/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

Can we all agree that DaS3 is the easiest game in the series thanks to the bloodborne stamina and heal mechanics being mixed with souls formula

Dark Souls 3 confirmed hardest Souls game last thread, difficulty fags with nostalgia go home

>>167086247
No, we can't.
Fuck off to /v/.

>>167086247
I found dark souls 2 to be eaiser. It had some difficult encounters, but the bosses were pretty easy. It got harder in the dlc though.

>>167085423
10$
assuming the next DLC is equally good per unit of size (and that the size increase is proportional to the price increase), then the season pass will have been worth it.

>>167086304
Tbh I think DS1 was harder but ONLY thanks to bullshittery mechanics/area/whathaveyou.

>american time on /vg/
>pointless, retarded arguing instead of simple game discussions begins once again

>dat glimpse of Velstadt kneeling if you run out of Vendrick's Memory

dat fealty

>>167086363
It got harder than vanilla dark souls 2 that is.

>>167084639
>the fact that unpatched 1 was more challenging proves that anything less than it wasn't difficult
the reason why it's hard to name 5 games that are more difficult is because it isn't a clear criteria

Assuming you mean "learning and non-menial talent required to pass," I'd say games like hotline miami were harder (unless you used the rabbit mask in 1, but if we're comparing design mistakes like that then I can just as easily say that manus is the easiest boss ever cause you can shoot him from outside the fog) given the broader and more complex array of bad options I has to sift through to find the best course of action.

Most of the other games I find more challenging than souls are PvP games (harder in the sense that they're harder than souls's PvE and PvP combined), though those are a sketchy comparison since a lot of the difficulty comes from players rather than developers, even though developers may have given players a large amount of room to create difficulty (which is less the case in souls PvP, save for when you make it literally impossible for an opponent to win, which typically requires minimal ingenuity). I'm referring more to things like quake than fighting games; a fair bit of the skill in fighting games is what I'd call menial (though making players have to practice combos is often a necessary evil on the developers part).

There were bosses in games like undertale which were harder than souls bosses. Obviously the game as a whole is more laid back, so I'd be hesitant to call it harder, and there are some ancient wyveren tier fights since the game isn't prioritizing difficulty, but from boss to boss in souls games you don't really change much. you need to figure out when their hitboxes are active, then you can usually roll in almost any which way. In UT hitboxes are displayed in an obvious fashion, and you're expected to figure out what to do about them instead of just identifying them and using iframes every time.

Word limit/oregano.

Was that image of a summoned magic curved greatsword legit for dlc2?

>>167086247
I think it's the 30 second apart bonfires that do it. DS3 PVE is easy as fuck unless you're a sorcerer because rolling/healing is brainless.

The difficult bosses are the ones that punish rolling, but Champ and Sully can get parry spanked no problem.

This leaves NK and SoC, with SoC not being too bad overall and NK only having his rough second stage.

>>167086407
>european time on /vg/
>thread is dead

>>167086293
>it can be cheesed so it's easy
Those can mostly be chalked up to design oversights on the developer's part. Manus can be shot from outside the bossfog, people still call him one of the harder bosses of ds1. Not to mention pre patch DWGR

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Husbando material right here

>>167086507
it's the pontiff Curved sword WA

>>167086363
Fucking Ice Rats.

>>167086609

burnt ivory king is more of a man to be frank

>>167086626
aw damn.

I really want to summon a curved greatsword

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>>167086609
get destroyed

>>167085969
>DaS3 imagery and gameplay
>music is of Sir Alonne, a DaS2 boss

>>167086335
It's more of a shame that DaS2's director decided to ignore him. If he had been done right the first time, then maybe Miyazaki would have saw fit to bring more of him back than his greatshield.

>he doesn't keep following you, becoming stronger and having fewer weaknesses each time (e.g. can't be parried anymore)
>he doesn't use a different weapon with each encounter, and with each defeat he doesn't drop a fragment of his soul, allowing you to trade for his weapons which gradually unlock
>he doesn't use the environment against you, like you did against him at FoFG
>you can't get his armor after defeating him one final time

>>167086763
There was some dark souls 2 intro footage.

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I think that Jailers are way creepier than Mind Flayers.
The fact that it almost looks like they're floating when they walk.
That creepy little laugh they have as they creepily run toward you...
Or maybe it's just my fetish for masks.
All of it seems creepier than tentacle face.

>>167086592
Games design with real difficulty in mind would pose a challenge against a player trying their hardest to win.
Take whole actual genres that require some effort from the player like Bullet Hells where at best a boss has one blind spot in a single pattern and everything else forces the player to not hold back. Or roguelikes RNG fuckery, even if you pick the more forgivable ones like DCSS, they still require more of the player than Souls does. Or rhythm games, specially those that forgive nearly no mistake.

Souls series, even 3, is a thing people have to actively gimp themselves to add challenge whereas games that are hard from the get go ask nothing else from the player but that they clear it without pulling any punches

>>167087102
>RNG is difficulty
what
In most cases RNG is completely player-independant. Reacting to a randomly generated level might create difficulty through variety, but "hey, this time you rolled the dice and got a spear that deals a 10th the damage" in the roguelike sense isn't.

>rhythm games
I mean they're probably the best thing to compare the souls games too due to the similarities, but if anything I'd say what makes souls easy aside from cheese is just the fact that they're essentially watered down rhythm games as far as boss combat is concerned. You just do it a bunch of times until it's muscle memory, there's often little to no ingenuity. Yeah, it's hard, but only in the most straightforward sense. It's difficult in the same sense that going to the gym and getting yolked is difficult.

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>press circle
>nothing happens
>die

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>>167086592
>Manus can be shot from outside the bossfog
I just knew about this...

>>167087089
Best mob in DS3 imo, along with the Failed Dragons

>>167087089
They're just annoying. Just rush them so they can't bullshit my HP even while I'm staggering them.

>>167087089
Something about how their strengths were attributed made me apathetic after a while. I was usually pretty conviced I was going to lose my health either way, so I stopped worrying about it, and they often couldn't realyl catch me. I'd have preferred it if the slow-down effect came on more quickly and the health drain were slower.

>>167087089
Neither are creepy to me, but both are a cool challenge. Just wish that section of the game was better designed or rather, expanded.

7 days until Nioh ruins the souls series

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>>167088223
>only 5 weapon types
>mystic arts are just generic buffs to your playstyle

>Archbis**p
Fucking FromSoft

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>Dark Souls gave me a fetish for masks/humanoids without a human face

What fetish did Dark Souls give you ?

how grating would an offhand estoc / warped sword build be?

ds2

>>167088369
>Dark Souls gave me a fetish for masks/humanoids without a human face
more like haydee

>What fetish did Dark Souls give you
Nuns kinda; prior to this point I'd ironically only seen them portrayed through pornography, where they were usually pretty un-nunlike from the get-go instead of pulled into the mindset against their will. It's less of a direct dominance thing and more of a hatefucking thing almost, I just want to give Irina dark tomes because I'm mad she's able to be so un-edgy that easily or something. Though ds more or less just gave me the idea of that, I don't think of ds directly when those things come to mind.

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I have a SL 100 Pyromancer, mainly using the gargoyle spear and Onyx blade and I want to respec the character for the upcoming dlc as I never tried the Demon Fist.
How do I build this? I figured I must have a bit more End to make numerous strike and a bit more physical stats like str or dex
Or perhaps I just need to focus on Int and Faith?

>>167089375
demon fists are str weapon

>>167089459
Fuck really? I don't want to do another str character. I thought that the int and fth scaling mattered more

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>>167086151
Did someone say Donger Man?

How do I fix my game being minimized everytime I click on my second monitor?

>>167090280
the solution you're looking for is borderless fullscreen window mode

t. guy with 2 monitors

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Glossary:Borderless_fullscreen_windowed

>>167090280
open gesture menu

>>167090208
how terrible you need to be not only to need summons in ds2 but actually get hit by any of his attacks when you can strafe him to death

>>167090280
Literally just google "borderless gaming".

>>167090349
Not him, but when I run DaS3 in borderless fullscreen I get weird lines, well not lines, more like tearing. Not really visible when not moving but the lines are still here. It gets really visible when moving.

>>167089375
That dog kinda looks like Nito from the thumbnail, with the nose as the skull.

>only difference with mound makers is that they invade a little higher than reds and have invasion rules
what a waste

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>>167090685
Fug, I thought that was the whole thing. Didn't notice it was a dog.

>>167090381
protip: look more closely at the video, it's not personal footage

>>167090489
Deactivate vsync in game and in your graphics card software, then download and install Riva Tuner. Lock your frames with. It'll also give you better frame times, therefore a smoother experience.

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When does this shit fuck off? It's been a couple weeks now. Want to go back and start creating other builds.

>>167090770
mound makers get different behavior for the white soapstone as well

>>167090920
Haha PCfat.

>>167090920
You probably still have invalid content present. Only way to be certain is to delete all of your characters and start again.

>>167090920
>using CE
I'm going to laugh if/when From retroactively bans everyone who ever used that. Especially after seeing what Valve did to lmaobox users.

>>167090770
They can also invade boss rooms, shit's fun as all hell.

souls newfag here. if i want to start pvping should i go all the way to ng+2 for the rings or are the +0 rings good enough?

>>167091252
+0 rings are fine.

have they said the recomended level range for the ringed city?

>>167091252
Depends on your SL
For SL100/120/125 you should probably get the +1/+2's(or life+3)
For lower SL pvp(50-ish) the +0's will do

That being said the differences are small and not that big of an impact on how well you do

>>167090349
>>167090413

thanks

>>167091012

Nah I deleted literally everything.

>>167091252
that would be a waste of time.
start pvping when you're past SL50

>>167091559
>past SL50
spam that red orb in the undead settlement as soon as you get it nigga

>>167091363
>>167091481
alright thanks for the answers
im gonna be sl 50 range so ill stick with the +0s

>>167091559
>not PVPing at SL30
Better to get started at low levels, where more people don't know what they're doing.

>>167091428
No, but I'm guessing it's just before fighting soul of cinder. Would fit perfectly too.

>>167091627
>Soul newfag
>have him fight twinks or ganks with little weapon variety

>>167091252
most players are dogshit so it wont really matter

the increase is very small anyway

>>167090208
If it was das3 he wouldn't even attack

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>Weapon with really fun move set
>Can barely use it in PvP because anything other the fastest R1 spam will get me killed

>>167093335
Which weapon?

>>167091136
They basically do already, but it's piss easy to get around the bans. And because valve and fromsoft don't have any connection with their servers valve doesn't give a shit what you do in dark souls 1/2/3

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>dogs in DaS

>>167094461
Dogs are annoying in every game

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>yfw you get trolled by an invader the same way you troll people when invading.

>>167093690
Crow Quills. I'm actually exaggerating a little, some of the L1 moves have let me catch and kill people trying to get out of my range.

>>167094461
>6 wolves + big wolf while an archer is shooting timed explosives at you
Fuck the snowfield desu

>>167094461
Not as bad as das 3 ones
>Poke with tiny dagger
>Dog was pushed across the room
Bloodborne engine was a mistake

>>167095085
Punching a dog and watching it go flying is so satisfying though

>>167086363
What's up with the beginning of Dark Souls 2? It's easily some of the most unforgivable parts of the series. With no ADP, terrible stamina in a game with a very large focus on stamina management, and no 100 physical shield, it's pretty brutal. Combined with only 1 estus flask, maybe 2, a dwindling supply of lifegems, and the HP loss on death, the beginning is easily way harder than any other part of the game.

>>167088369
slight giantess fetish

>>167088369
>without a human face
but then how can they provide thee succ?

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>>167088369
*unzip*

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>>167094461
>dogs in DeS

Nameless king is hard with 20 vig 20 end

Just beat the game and I am so fucking shit at farming souls. Got my ass handed to me all the time with the damn winged knights.

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>>167095970
This is growing on me
Last time I did the Dancer I was having real trouble focusing on the fight

>>167096124
I will provide the succ

>>167096129
S-stop

>>167096258
>You can literally drink flasks and use gestures while staying in his hit distance between combos
>Hard
Don't even try to play old souls games

>>167094809
Dude you just run through. I get the millwoodbow as early as I can on every character.

>>167096510
stray demon is so hard

>>167087089
They're fun to fight at first but once you find out that their gimmick can be completely trivialized in many ways, they're wasted potential without another pressuring factor. It's justified that they're naturally weak in close quarters and can be separated for 1v1. But for new players who find out this tactic, it becomes a tiring grind and for experienced ones who have tried more than one way, killing them is a joke. They're the only thing that's legit threatening other than the basilisk spam.

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>invade some guide using shitter using hidden body to cheese the game
>he uses it against you thinking it actually makes him invisible.
Silly motherfucker.

>>167096591
Just want them large titanite shards though
>>167096510
Ds1 bosses suck dick for the most part.

>>167096651
gwyn so difcult

>>167096651
At least, he could punish you for being retarded
Aside of being hit by Soul of Cinder 4x combo, the biggest punishment in the das3 is needing to roll away and use instant flask

what did Vicar Amelia look like while she was still human?

>>167096371
>I will provide the succ
fair enough

>>167096825
Play dlc
>>167096743
It should, too bad glorious a-team was too afraid to pick nice things from the past games, like des
I still miss "fuck you phantoms" miracle

>>167096287

Follow this. Really easy. Just fish backstabs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdUWpQNpBZ8

>>167096931
>Play dlc
what do you mean?

Looking for fun roleplay character ideas for a new file in DS3.

To be clear, I mean choosing a character from fiction and restricting my gear and items to fit that character. The friend I'm doing this with has chosen Simon Belmont, using only whips, throwing knives, and leather armour for example.

Got any ideas?

If I can't think of anything more interesting I'll do Conan or Guts

fight club?

>>167096931
You want actually invisibility?

>>167096824
Are you saying Nameless King is easier than the 4 stray demon copy-paste bosses?

DaS1 fags everyone

Really makes you think

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What stats do I need to start seeing better damage out of my Claymore?
I have a Claymore +1 and a bastard sword +1 and my damage is much better with the BS

Any tips for how to level my character for the claymore?

>>167096824
>At least, he could punish you for being retarded
Well it's official, you never get punished for being retarded in 3.
What the fuck.

>>167097086
do the one spear using guy from the Castlevania Genesis game or one of the support characters from 3, maybe even Dracula idk nigga

>>167091537
Did you try deleting figuratively everything, too?

>>167097331
Best with quality infusion. Shoot for 25/25 for now. Should also be the most stat efficient. When you've got points left you can go for 40/40.

>>167097342
Yes, because literally nothing can oneshot you and you have fast as fuck heals and infinity stamina, if you want to recover
Miyazaki couldn't even copy bloodborne right, das3 bosses feel like a joke

>>167097541
>DaS1 fag
Really makes us think

is there some trick to black gultch, or am I seriously supposed to just break all 10 billion statues?

>>167097479
I think I should hold out on infusing it before I get to 25/25.
My stats probably arnt high enough to pay back damage with the infusion

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fashion time /dsg/?

What kind of bullshit do I need to do to kill holy knight hodrick for sirris' questline? His riposte is utter fucking faggotry, one shots me at SL 70.

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>>167097086
Indiana jones would be a nice pair, but having another whip is kinda meh
there's the thief, the sorcerer, death and dracula from the first game. can't remember more

>>167097939

I just spammed Black Flame. Just play passive.

>>167097939
Stop spamming R1 like a retard and you wont get parried.

>>167097682
You're supposed to break 100 billion statues. Or just use these safe spots. The former is more effective if you're new to Black Gulch so I recommend it.

>>167098051
Are you fucking retarded? How does spamming make parrying any easier? If I approach him carefully and make a single swing, he STILL ONLY NEEDS TO GET THE PARRY TIMING RIGHT ONCE. It doesn't matter how many times I attack. If I attack him once every five fucking minutes he could still parry me if he timed it right.

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tell me your hopeful predictions for DLC2

>>167096510
there are some bosses where you can get hit by their attack, get knocked on your ass, stand up, immediately chug your estus, and still have time to dodge the next attack

>>167098253
Oh, and make sure to unlock the second bonfire.

>>167098036
If you go passive, he kills Sirris. She's incompetent as fuck.

>>167098382

You have tried just using a greatshield and blocking all his shit. Maybe she can do shit then.

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>>167098280

>>167098280
3-4 bosses. One of them is really hidden.

Neat lore.

>>167098280
It's going live beyond it's expectations.

>>167098280
Lots of plotholes

>>167097682
or you can just run past them and accept a little poisoning
it's a really short area

>>167098276
Ive never once been parried by him and can parry him easiy. Git gud scrub.

>>167097683
you can literally see how the damage will change with the infusion before you do it

>>167097682
fire arrow the tar pools

>>167098276
pvp parries are more about prediction than reaction unless you're using a 1h UGS or something equally slow

idk how NPC red phantoms do it though

>>167098582
the problem isn't the poison, it's the fact that the shots stagger me so I get ganked by the enemies, otherwise I would just run it

>>167098280
3 bosses, dark miracles, no unbalanced weapons, neat rings, good invasion areas. And lastly, I hope it comes with a good balance patch.

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>>167098280
archdragon greatshield

110% physical
99% magical
110% fire
1.49% lightning
7500% dark
100 stability
100 weight
99 str 99 dex requirement

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>>167087089

>Lothric set
>Jailer helm
>get a snazzy cloak from head to toe

>>167098813
They read inputs Also, most npcs and enemies have a tell when theyre in "im going to parry you" mode. NPCs will two-hand then immediately one-hand again but wont raise theyre shield. Skeletons hold their weapons across their chest. Just look for out of the ordinary behavior.

>>167098880
don't forget that when its 2h it has 1000 ar and uses the washing pole running attack and that it has a great magic shield weapon art that actually restores FP instead of costing any

>>167099083
*their

>>167098880
>get hit by a sword
>it heals you

That'd be funny

>>167098818
oh yeah that's the weird-as-fuck out-of-place das2 headshot mechanic
projectiles that hit your head always send you into that long-ass stagger animation regardless of poise, and a lot of the statues are right at head height
old bell helm fixes this but i think you need NG+ to have it by that point

related: you can perma-stagger people in pvp with good aim + a bow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L1pv30lCv4

>>167098280
Multiple zones featuring intense combat in built areas.
Multiple good bosses with one super duper extra hype boss to cap it all off.
Multiple cool new armor sets, looking forward to Rap's armor.
Black Phantom enemies added on NG+ cycles.
DS3 equivalent of chalice dungeons

>>167098813
They read inputs

oh here's the original video on headshots
nice fucking meme FROM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEOmS6iuZ8

>>167097682
Just sprint to the fog gate and hope for the best.

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>mfw I have to put up with shitty clothes untill I'm able to pick up the set I want in the Boreal Valley

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>>167088369
Dragonesses.
Feet.

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does ds3 have any weaponarts as godlike as the channeler's trident or alonne sword from ds2?

>>167098684
Parrying doesn't require any skill you retarded faggot.

Yorshka isn't at the prison tower. What the fuck gives?

>>167099517
If its that much of a bother you can always ask someone here to drop a set early, i understand the importance of fashion souls

>>167099824
The spin arts can get you pretty good damage if you hit the full combo, buffs just make them even more ridiculous. Good luck hitting them though

>>167099927
she ded

>>167099829
In that case it should be your go-to strategy for killing hodrick.

Whats the best stats to get damage out of the dragon stones? Int/fai at 30/30?

>>167097086
Dante from Devil May Cry

>>167099970
I've never even gone to the tower before. Does she leave at a certain part of the game?

>>167099927
you've unlocked the 3rd DLC
you gave in to the tongue didn't you, ya slut

>>167099824
There's a Katana with a copy of the Alonne sword's special as its WA.

The new Channeler's Trident is the the Parting Flame, which causes you to strike an over-dramatic pose for about 4 seconds. It's not a meme, though.

Most WAs are just extra attacks in the moveset that aren't particularly worst FP or their overblown stamina costs. The few useful ones are just combo-filler that add ~200 or so damage compared to R1-R1.

>>167100049
I didn't offer any tongue, I re-allocated my stat points once.

>>167100042
no, she never leaves her chair

why was the abyss watcher's so easy, and why was it my 4th boss? is this game that short?

>>167096931
There's Chameleon and Obscuring Ring.

>dragon form doesn't get boosted damage with unarmed anymore
DaS3 just feels like a huge step back in some cases.

>>167100341
>why it was my 4th boss
If that's the case then you're going out of sequence. Have you been to the Cathedral of the Deep?

>>167100157
possibly that triggers it too.
talked to sirris?

>>167100416
It feels like a huge "we just didn't really care all that much."
All that attention to detail and love put into diverse playstyle options is gone.

>>167100592

I'm lost family

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Haha! assholes get stabbed in their asshole! shit, its like poetry or somethin.

>>167100723
Just helped her kill her grandfather.

>>167100341
The whole game is piss easy. They made tonnes of hand-holding concessions towards casual players in the combat design and it really comes through in fights like that which are supposed to be "difficult" but aren't even remotely.

And yeah, the game is short. The shortest souls game. IIRC there's like 19 bosses but all of the bigshots who got a segment in the intro cinematic are all chumps like the AW and they're all dead by like the 2/3.

>das3 doesn't have backstep iframes
for what purpose
dodging shit with backsteps was the coolest shit

>>167100728
Different play styles are still totally viable though. Only thing I found lacking was poison builds, dark builds also kind of fall short.

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>>167100875
Uuuuuummmmmm... Is that its butt?

>>167101164
Where can i subscribe to your blog ?

>>167101164
mouth

>>167100341
It's really easy to overlevel or "overupgrade" for that boss fight. They are really fun if you got shit for upgrades and so on. Pontiff will be much harder though even when you have strong weapons.

>>167101040
Everything is viable in pve.
That doesn't make them fun, engaging or rewarding to play.

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>>167097754
Fashion time.

>>167101164
it eats the shit that flow down the sewer

>>167099064
This isn't Lothric set

>>167101353
but you didn't post any fashion?

>>167101224
darksoulsbutts.blog

>>167101272
Pontiff's pretty easy, too.
Both of those bosses have the issue that their aggressive movesets were overcompensated for by their low health and damage. If you go into Pontiff with a +4 or +5 GS, you will probably be able to trade him to death with hyperarmour. He tickles and crumples like wet paper.

The only reason Pontiff is difficult for some people is that they panic and blow most of their stamina rolling 8 times to avoid 3 attacks.

>>167101353
>that shield
>>>fashion
disgusting

>>167101285
Still had fun with all the different playstyles.

>>167101492
Abyss watcher and vordt definitely need more HP imo. Still, both of those bosses are really fun when you are underleveled and so on.

>>167101272

I was like level 23 with a +1 lothric sword. I had the dragon shield though.

>>167101020

That would be cheap.

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>>167101226
>>167101386
So the gaping hole with flailing tendrils is its butt?

>>167101657
That's pretty low. I did a valorheart run and the boss was pretty tough because of my shit damage and low level.

Straight swords are always really good I guess.

>>167101020
>backstep into running r1, Now with iframes
Don't get me wrong, I liked those iframes too

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>>167101353

>>167101631
All bosses could use a hp buff. On every playthrough I felt like all bosses didn't have enough hp.

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>>167101353

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>>167101353
I gots the best fashions boys.

You need to focus on a color or a theme.

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>>167101353

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>>167101353

>>167101986
This is true, except for maybe certain ones.

Like, I think Champion Gundyr's HP is perfect where it is. It's low enough to be practical to kill early and balances the "Aggressive but fragile boss" paradigm well. He's one of the few in the game that hits hard enough to justify his HP pool being lower. Greatwood is fine as-is, too. Mainly because fuck the Greatwood, that fight doesn't need to last any longer.

But damn near everything else could use a big increase in HP. Especially the early-midgame bosses who seem to be balanced assuming you'll be going in with a weapon that's like 3 upgrade levels below average while the game throws mountains of unnecessary upgrade materials at you.

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>>167101834
mai waifu was the sanctum mace
backstep into running r1
* and did i mention the running r1 is a lance charge with a greatmace for some reason
* and did i mention the lance charge with poison resin is enough to instantly poison any player
* and did i mention it also knocks them on their ass so you can cast firestorm or heavenly thunder at them
<3<3<3<3

Anyone for DaS1 duels?

FIGHTCLUB.

>>167102301
Nameless king does not need a HP increase.
I can understand his damage and HP pool where it is, being a god, but any increase would be unfair

And I agree with champion Gundyr
Probably my most favorite boss in the game. Fun, but not unfair. The nameless king for me was nothing but frustration

>>167102468
where?

>>167102301
Champ and Greatwood are the only one who're fine as they are.

Even in NG+7, in which bosses are supposed to have more hp, they still don't have enough. Abyss Watchers on NG+7 is a joke, yes they hit hard but the hp they have is pathetic. Same goes for other bosses.

>>167088369
Technically not souls but BB gave me a huge hardon for alien mind rape with Iosefka and then Adeline in the DLC. Something about a girl with a cute voice gradually liquifying and degenerating into a blob as she gets drunk off ayylium brain cum is fascinating.

>>167102468

Yeah where bitch

>>167102631
Most bosses gain an unironic 1% more HP in NG+ in DaS3. They even casualized that element to oblivion for some godforsaken reason

>>167102619
>>167102719
I DON'T KNOW
SOMEONE HOST ONE

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>>167102637
>4chan

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>nearly 10k from downscaled butt buddy
Holy shit, it's what, SL150 or something?

>>167102910
>10k
It's nothing

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>play DS3 for the first time recently
>tfw beaten Nameless King in one try
The only one that really gave me headaches was Dancer and Cinder.

>>167102910
whatever level takes 237050 souls to get to the next.

>>167102834
you host it then

>>167102834

You host

I need /fasouls/' advice for a build. I'm looking for a Flame Crusader look with a focus on the colors black and red. Any ideas?

>>167103245
>>167103394
Can't. All bosses are dead on every character in range.

>>167103516
Well aint you just the little engine who COULDNT

>>167103516

good

are there any summons available for sif

>>167103516
Kill Iudex

>>167103726
if youre a qt you can summon me :)

>tfw want to make another character but hate going through the beginning areas

>>167103726
>needing help against Sif
Are you talking about original Sif, or shitty clone of Sif?

>>167103516
make a backup, go to ng+ kill tutorial gundyr and host at high wall, then just rollback your save after you're done.

>>167103798
Take a break and come back ?
Use dried finger + way of blue ?
Have a friend drop you the weapons you need ?

>>167103849
That sounds like a lot of work to host a fight club instead of participating in one

>>167103798
its the opposite for me
i just kinda lose interest after getting the lordvessel

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>>167103798
Goooood, let the hate flow through you.

>>167103885
that sounds like 5 minutes of setup if you're slow.

>>167104014
Then do it, faggot.

>>167104042
We didn't ask for FC

>>167104042
I'm not the one asking for a fight club friendo

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>Come up with a fun idea for an invasion build
>Get all the equipment
>Get all the levels
>Get the fashion
>Reach the area I want
>Start invading
>Remember that 99% of invasions are disgusting normies or epic memester weebs getting carried through the game by password phantoms and seeds
>Remember that no matter how much effort you put into a build or fashion people will only see you as an obstacle in the way of their cheevos
>Remember that no matter how much you try to make an invasion fun for both you and the host you'll still get meme gestures spammed at you
haha woops back to the arena i go

>>167104271
>arena

>>167104060
>>167104267
You both literally just asked me to host one for you. You fags are practically begging for an FC.

So DaS3 causes my WIFI to overheat and im not sure why, the temp is usually around 70-75 when play DaS3 but sometimes it will start to stutter in the game and the CPU temp will spike to 90 until i pull out the adapter which fixes everything pretty instantly and the temp goes back to normal and the game plays fine, except if i try pluggung the adapter back in nothing happens, i have to quit out of the game put the adapter back in and then start the game again which gets pretty tedious, does anyone know why this is happening? I havent had this problem in other games.

I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the adapter drivers and it hasnt helped.

>>167104352
k then, no fc

>>167104271
Just use some gimmick oneshot build and make fags cry. I've been bullying normies in Lothric castle since launch and it never really gets old.

>>167104352
>durr i can't host, i killed all the bosses
>but you can
>fuck off with your begging
?

>>167104271
>trying to make invasion fun for the host
>not invading as a purple who don't care about no seeds
Those were your first two fundamental errors. If you're not going full grapist mode and invading to make life hell for the host, you're not doing it right.

>>167104356
the wifi adapter?
what the fuck
maye you need new drivers for it

>>167101000
>nostalgiafags
Holy shit

DeS is the shortest game you fucktard

>>167103824
Whos the clone?

>>167104550
>the wifi adapter?
>what the fuck

Thats exactly what i thought when pulling out the adapter fixed the issue, Guess ill have to get a new one, im just worried im gunna buy it and then the issue is still there.

>>167104609
rat vanguard
his soul becomes the best pyromancy in the game tho so he's cool

>>167104271
Lets hear that epic meme build you have in mind, bet it's trash.

>tfw smiting heretics with just miracles
REPENT

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>>167104271
Although on the other hand
>Decide to give being invaded a go
>Rub my magic finger
>Invader arrives!
>Invader doesn't dare fight a lone host
>Invader hides amongst enemies unless I pop a seed
>Invader hides from me until the level/enemies kill me
>Invader is in general a big dumb fag
>Suddenly remember/understand why the automatic reaction of most of these people is to treat invaders with scorn

>>167104459
>>167104535
The temptation to just go all out and become a griefer is immense but I can't make myself do it. I'm too much of a fucking honourfag - actually it's not even honour, I'm just too concerned about being polite/trying to let them have fun. Unless the host has like 2/3 phantoms or does some dumb shit first I can't help but try and play fair. Whenever I'm about to start being an absolute madman I just can't help but think "but what if they're nice? What if they're just trying to play through the game happily and me coming in and being mean would upset them?"

>>167104725
Corvian Knight cosplay. But, the DLC is surprisingly hard to invade in. I keep getting the same people and sometimes invasions take a while. Maybe I'm at the wrong level or something.

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>>167104271
>he can't deal with literal Chads happily running into your attacks
>he actually wants to make invasions fun for the host
Yes, go back on arena. Or better yet, to for honor, that seems to be the hot thing for FOTM shitters.

>>167090208
>out of stamina, exhausted
>gets hit because of it
WHY DID THEY CHANGE THIS

>>167105061
>Maybe I'm at the wrong level or something.
Probably. DLC is 60-80 for best results. Anything edngame or above is going to pit you almost exclusively against shitters sprinting through NG+ or a new arena build playthrough with a squad.

Invasions target first-playthroughs or not at all. If you;re beyond the range to hit people that have never touched that zone before, you're too high.

>>167105091
i want to make a pyrotwink now

>>167105192
I'm level 67. My weapons are +9 though, maybe that's what's stopping me. I assumed there'd be plenty of people with at least +7 weapons around.

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>>167105360
Do it.

>>167105091
>Twinking
Like you're in any position to talk down on him. Where my fellow nontwink invaders at?

>>167105592
+9 can go down to +6.
Bear in mind that you might, conversely, be too high. In midgame ranges you'll catch people running through the game to make a new build, who dove the DLC early just to sprint through and collect gear.

I'd make a save backup and try again at something around 75. See if the activity gets any better there.

>>167104356
>So DaS3 causes my WIFI to overheat
lmfao try connecting an ethernet cable instead of using Wi-fi

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>>167105760
>Where my fellow nontwink invaders at?
Too busy getting raped by downscaled phantoms while i enjoy fun invasions.

>>167105760
I'm invading darkroot

>>167105789
Yeah, I'll try going up a bit more. I also made a save back up before upgrading my weapons to chunk levels so maybe I'll restore that if increasing SL doesn't work, in case it is WL that's the problem.

>>167105091
>healing in your face and getting away with it
This is Dark Souls 3

>>167105760
Playing DaS 2, the superior game for non cancer invasions

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>>167106073
I said go back to arena, faggot.

29 equip load or 35 equip load with armor, which will help me more in ds2?

>>167106076
>Ds2
>Good for anything
LOL

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>>167105970
>nontwink

>>167106073
they need to make lloyd's the same speed as throwing knives or something

Judging from these webms there's not much difference between low-level PvP and high-level PvP

>>167105760
Invading the Catacombs and dealing with downscaled phantoms with bleeding using appropriately themed weapons. Literally the only twinked item on me is my hood, which is from the prayer set.

>>167106229
Both you and him healed in eahc other's faces and didn't get punished for it. That's just DaS 3's awful estus system working. He didn't deserve that heal and you didn't deserve yours, but punishable heals isn't something From can add to this game, no.

>>167106362
in high-level pvp the chaos vestiges kills people in 4 shots instead of 2

>>167106363
Build?

>>167106073
same shit happens in DS2, the game where there's a stat specifically to make chugging estus faster and where backstabs are shit

>>167106387
>Both you and him healed in eahc other's faces and didn't get punished for it
Yes, and i prefer it this way unlike the shitfest of 2's "host and his butt buddies turtle in warmth with their shields up and r1 mash you if you get close".

Are there nice Mound Makers or are they all cunts?

>>167106362
>Judging from 1 anon's webms (...)
sure

>>167106530
this happens in ds2 but not with estus but lifegems which are outrageously fast and if you baited attack your next healing is 100% safe
while as an invader you couldn't use consumable heals at all which is the most retarded From balance decision in ds2 after sm

>>167106602
Depends if the host is a faggot or not? or if I want to eliminate his phantoms one by one then protect him against red just to push him off the map or kill him at the last minute?

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Does it bother you that the level-up waifu characters never have any sort of depth or even a personality?

>>167106778
>lifegems being fast
they are noticeably slower than estus anon what are you talking about

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Is swordceries any good in DS1? If so, is the MLGS my best bet? Or is going Int/Dex and using Velka's Rapier better?

>>167106980
you can move while using them and they are actually faster than estus

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>>167106530
You could completely stop estus and lifegems before they started healing in DaS2.

Don't defend DaS3's broken healing.

>>167106602
I'm planning on making a mad man and using the boss invasion glitch to force co-op on people. Unless they attack me first just help them through the whole thing.

>>167107063
I miss when these games were slower paced.

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>>167106989
>swordceries
>DS1

>>167106602
I tried to get summoned as a MM in PvP hotspots like Pontiff or Farron and just deal with invaders. They ether don't summon me at all or the host just tries to kill me.

>>167106989
Sorcery is extremely powerful in DaS1
Buffs are broken in DaS1, but there are no swordceries like soul greatsword or spellcasting weapons
Velka's Rapier doesn't do good damage on attacks but is great for ripostes/backstabs
Go for it but don't expect a challenge

You could balance it by doing an aggression mod black phantom run

>>167106551
>have to resort to complaining about the other games

All Souls games are awful for PvP with one side having more players. Ganks in 3 aren't more or less bearable than in the rest of the series, it's just that they're prioritised. Besides, your complaint is about high SL invasions. If I invade in DaS 2 or 1 at the same SL as you are I'm in an even bigger advantage and I assure you I'll run into no players with warmth since they'd need to be very lucky with a drop or grind for it so early.

The point I'm making is that all healing systems have their flaws, but from an invasion standpoint, 1's and BB's are the closest we get to a good situation (1 with infinite heals for both sides if they farmed properly, but very slow ones that you need to earn or BB with parriable or punishable by very big AR weapons heals). DeS's system is the most broken, 2's is imbalanced and 3's is just balanced in a way it needlessly extends fights as you need to wear down every player.

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>>167107063
Showing mouthbreathing retards doesn't do you favour as i can easily punish those for healing in DS3 too. There's a reason everyone cried when DS2 arena had estus flasks.

>>167107307
Same reason people cried about dual avelyn.

>>167107307
You can't stop healing
You can't punish healing
You can only mitigate healing

Don't defend DaS3 healing

You know DaS3 invasions are making you an angrier, bitter person right

>>167107410
sorry friendo it seems they have only made you an angrier, bitter person.

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>>167107410
>You can't punish healing
>Webm shows player getting punished for healing

>>167107302
1's healing system was shit. Ds3 encourages the use of undead hunter charms. It encourages the use of a lot of items actually and thats what I like about it honestly.

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yo if i have a raw uchigatana +7 and i'm doing a quality build , what should my dex/str when i infuse it with a refined gem

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>>167107410
You're the only person who seems to be upset here, anon.

I sure am glad I never had any interest in the pvp of these games.

>>167107589
Just look at the damage difference at the infusion screen, you dumb weeb.

>>167107527
Yeah, a mouthbreathing retard healing exactly point blank right in your face while you were already running for the backstab
Wouldn't work otherwise
>>167107520
I don't play DaS3 anymore and became happier for it
>>167107581
How does it encourage item usage when it so strictly limits your items? Are you for real? Five (5) Hunter Charms. Come on man.

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>>167107581
I'm really surprised people don't use lloyds as much as they should in DS3. They work almost 100% of the time on wakeups or against heals and if your weapon is good for roll catching, finishing the host is a really trivial matter.

>>167098280
Being able to use Gwynevere's tits as a bouncy castle

>>167107802
It encourages proper use of undead hunter charms, not mindless spam, you dumbfuck.

>>167107581
>undead hunter charm

That thing was nerfed so badly that with a full stamina bar you can roll for half of its duration if you want. In fact, I just ringswap to blood ring whenever someone hits a backstab > charm combo into me and wait it out. They can't do anything to stop me when I decide to do that.
The items 3 encourages using more than the other games are knives and the new bundles.
Resins are worse off now except for the rouge. Bombs are better but they are just a test if they player knows phantom range doesn't allow you to dodge this without rolling thing. Repair powder is a joke when it had uses in 1 and 2. Bug pellets are also jokes. Grass is also a joke. Duel charms are good but you only ever run into things that are worth charming very, very rarely.

>>167107765

o-oh

>>167107710
>>167107901
>>167105970

Take a look at your filenames and ask yourself who the angry one is
You hate the playerbase. You hate the roll spammers and the endless summoners and the braindead estus mashers.

I just wonder if you're lying to yourself about enjoying this.

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>>167108151
You're simply further confirming that you are a horrible player, anon. I'm really sorry.

>>167108317
>no argument

I'm just asking you to explain how these are good. Tell me how you catch my blood ring rolls when you charm me, or how those consumables have uses?

>>167107742
same

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>>167108317
>Player wearing Xanthuous Crown, Thrall Hood or some other epic meme headgear
>They're shit
every time

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>>167108280
I hated playerbase since DS1. This doesn't have anything to do with DS3 specifically and spending a few hours invading is really fun.

>>167108280
Maybe because it gives the same feeling as defeating a boss you've been struggeling against for hours. Feels damn good winning when the odds seem stacked against you. Maybe because I like challenge. Now go get some easy wins in your dead game.

so what is the best boss theme out of all 5 games?

>>167108519
>Bloodborne
>A game
Good one.

>>167108445
i wear both of those hats and i am 110% shit

>>167108519
Vordt.

>>167108454
>likes challenges
>twinks

You're just a faggot who wants challenges tailored to your skill level and the moment it gets worse you go back to crutches.

t. SL 130 invader who actually fights dedicated gankers and not dumb PvE tards

>>167108519
https://youtu.be/NN8dCyG-Pqo
This one is definitly god tier.

>>167108451
>that backstab
>pvpfags WILL defend it
lmao

>>167108597
there are people ITT who actually like Vordt's theme?

>>167108868
y-yeah
it fits his fatness

>>167108519

Twin Princes or Pontiff.

>>167108519
>5 games
Acshually there are 6-7 Soulsborne games.

But best boss themes by game are :

Allant
O&S
Velstadt
Ludwig
Dragonslayer Armor

>>167108406
Nobody uses bloodring outside of meta ranges and if you're invading in meta ranges you're just a retard, sorry.
There's 100% working methods of roll catching in DS3 and they work in any invasion situation you can get into.
Resins in DS3 are carbon copy of resins in DS1. They are actually more effective because there's dark and magic resins now. Bundles are even better than any non-spellcasting buff in DS1.
Pellets are 15% damage reduction which is pretty noticeable. Green blossoms were rightfully nerfed as they were ridiculously overpowered in DS1, still useful. Durability is a shit system that needs to go, i'm really glad Nioh devs understood this.
Your complains are cherrypicking and simple whining.

>>167107268
technically manus and tin banisment catalysts are weapons. tcc too because of high base (but it's a reeeealy short spear). the problem is that they cast with r1 instead of r2 which means they are left with the inferior r2 for melee damage

So I've just seen Ringed City is coming out in March and I really want to make a sorcerer or a cleric. First time I've played through DS3 I never even put points towards INT or faith, is it possible to play even decently with a caster in both PvE and PvP?

>>167109074
>6-7

I'll take the bait. What are them?

>>167108647
>Projecting
Never made a twink. In fact, I've been invading people with almost retarded stuff like a poison murakumo.

>>167108519
Even a list of 10 tracks won't be enough for all god-tier DS boss themes.

>>167102070

does this castle in the cemetery have any in-game significance, or is it meant to be mysterious?

>>167109074
>Velstadt
Fuck no.

>>167108868
when his second phase kicks in, it feels pretty good.

although he never lasts long after...

>>167109074
Laurence theme > Ludwig theme but OK

>>167109128
Sure, but you'll always want some kind of infused/buffed weapon as backup.

>>167109150
Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, Slashy Souls, Softs if you want to count it as a separate game since it uses different servers and is in general a different experience, Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3.

>>167109320
It's Lothric. The rest of the game world is on the other side of it.

will DLC2 make dark magic great again?

>>167109191
Twinking is literally having pieces of weapons you shouldn't have yet for that area. You are twinking badly with a poison kumo, that's like twinking with only dung pies in 1, but are you invading Irithyll with it? Are you avoiding using prisioner's chain and upgraded rings?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=susg9a_G3Sk
>tfw second phase starts

>>167109128
What >>167109384 said.
You can do a full caster for Pve, but you'll rely too heavily on dmg/fp efficient spells.

>>167109509
No, I'm invading snowy mountain pass at lvl 109.