/dsg/ - Dark Souls General

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RIP Boss Invasions.

Post boss invasion WebMs

post yesterday's "leaks" please somebody

Remember to vote
http://www.strawpoll.me/12265775

>>167404795
Which ones?

>>167404745
they're not patched until the 9th anon

Take your fucking trip off if you make a new thread, you attentionwhoring piece of garbage.

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>>167404301
Seath the fucking Scaleless.
That motherfucker's first fight is the worst design decision in the entire fucking game (Lost Izalith is just underwhelming, Seath is actively bad). First of all, in a game that's all about fairness and skill, they put in a mandatory death. Secondly, when you get sent to the prison, they throw so many of their own rules out of the window that I thought it was a glitch. I spent two homeward bones trying to get out of there because the description clearly said it would bring me to the last bonfire I rested at, and this bonfire wasn't even lit so I could never have rested at it. Then by sheer accident I found that I could actually hit an enemy through the wall here, where you normally can't (it's a little more complicated, you sometimes can, but I was under the impression you couldn't at the time).

But I could forgive all of that, if it wasn't for the final rule that they broke, because it's about the central gameplay mechanic and arguably the entire theme of the game. Namely that when a boss kicks your ass you persist and try again, you try to find the strategy that works. You die, you go at it again, you try to git gud, you try not to lose hope and go hollow. That's the central gameplay loop of the entire game.

So I found my way back to Seath, and naturally it was in his original chamber, because where else would he be? I tried again and again to defeat him, only for him to heal at a crazy rate and kill me again. It was the most frustrating experience in the entire series.

I finally gave up and looked online, to find that I had to go somewhere else entirely with no indication of this given in-game whatsoever (I hadn't freed Logan).

Fuck whoever designed that encounter, and fuck whoever said that the best way to play these games is to go in completely blind, not looking anything up online.

I know some of you fuckfaces are in this thread. Fuck you.

does the passive effect of Artorias shield matter at all? Talking about the Ds3 version

>>167404837
everyone.

>>167405045
Yes, Seath is definitely the worst.

His real bossfight is also worse than even the bed of chaos, if only due to the BoC being unique. Seath's fight is just a big retarded slug dragon piece of shit with an irritating tail to cut.

>>167405165
Seath is a terrible boss fight, but saying that he's worse than BoC is a bit harsh. At least he's easy to kill, and if you go through the trouble of cutting his tail, you get rewarded with an excellent weapon.
There's nothing even remotely fun about Bed of Chaos. She's just extremely frustrating.

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>decide to replay DaS1
>spend an hour in character creation because i'm a huge faggot
>intro cinematic plays
>loading screen
>DARK SOULS PREPARE TO DIE EDITION HAS STOPPED WORKING
>character didn't get saved
>spend 20 minutes recreating
>intro cinematic
>DARK SOULS PREPARE TO DIE EDITION HAS STOPPED WORKING

WHAT THE FUCK IS CAUSING THIS FUUUUCKKKKK

>>167405334
I'd say Seath's real fight is dull, BoC is worse because it's frustrating, and Seath's fake fight is worse than both because it's a load of bullshit that doesn't even serve any purpose.

can someone please explain before I have a heart attack why greatswords get the same of number of hits in a combo in PVP as faster weapons do

>>167405418
Miyazaki's dad is a claymore

>>167405334
I'd agree but he has a real point about the fake Seath fight and the "prison" bit. They put forward clear rules on how the world works, then change them suddenly with no real explanation. Most of the rest of the time you get fucked in Dark Souls you can often reflect and see something you missed that should have prepared you.

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>>167404745

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been playing through the game multiple time on my sl80 and have had quite a good fun with invasions. However Id like them to be more common and actually see some summoning signs(I also want more vit and nig).
Should I level to 100 or over? Is there alot of activity at those levels other than the gank city

>>167405637
Make a new character and lvl it to 120. Have a broad sl range of characters so you're not missing out on the action on some of them. You want at least one meta sl char, one sl 80, one in sl 50 and maybe a sl 20-30 twink.

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Why is every Great Hammer beside Great Club so useless. Why does Great Mace even exists. It looks so fucking cool but barely tickles anyone, with one of the worst weapon arts.

I wanted to make a Great Mace + offhand mace build, but it seems like Great Club is only decent one. Also I always end up doing retarded shit like this.

What is the best greatsword and why is it the moonlight greatsword?

>>167405849
they can be extremely good if you just practice with them. I myself have been rocking vordts/mace combo since the beginning and I do just fine.

this guy made some valid points recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoTQbxaBcSc

vordts greathammer and great maces looks alone make them better than great club

>>167405350
Are you using the fixer program? Maybe trying playing without it first to get your character going, and then fuck around with the program afterwards so at least your setup is done.

>>167406005
I know. They look so great, but look at all the weight they have compared to Great Club. Now also look at the amount of damage great club do, without a useless wep art. Oh and GC can be buffed as well.

Why is piece of a giant tree lighter than a custom blacksmith made great mace that was obviously intended for combat?

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shitters uniform

bonus points for kite shield and katana

>>167405165
>>167405045
>>167405391
>>167405526

>4 lord souls fights
4Kings>Nito>Seath>Bed of Chaos

>4 great souls fights
Lost Sinner>Freja>Rotten>Old Iron King

>4 lords of cinder fights
Princes>Aldritch>Abyss Watchers>Yhorm The Giant

>4 devas fights overall
Lords of Cinder>Great Souls>Lord Souls

>All Fights overall
Princes>Aldritch>Abyss Watchers>4Kings>Lost Sinner>Freja>Nito>Yhorm>Rotten>Iron King>Seath>Bed of Bullshit

the worst deva fight in each game has 3 words in their name

>>167406086
I wish you could remove the cape. It'd look pretty without it.

>>167405915
Claymore, DaS1's MLGS, and BB's LHB are the top 3 in the series. Which of the 3 is number one is up for debate.

>>167406086
It's literally shitter's uniform.

I like the idea of a hood over helmet, but that armor is just shitty.

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>>167406185
http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/48/?

>>167406085
just put few more levels in vit and adjust fashion. Its totally worth it man
try out surprise trade with pine resin bundle into preservance and 2 hit trade. Its beautiful

What's with the fog gates in Shrine? Is it a ploy from the Firekeeper to keep me away from leveling up with Irina?

>>167406303
I wish they'd give us an intact version.

>>167406303
Damn. That's pretty good actually.

>>167405154
So I posted this in the last thread/one before it so if you recognise it that was me.

Lots of new equipment to try out.

Some of the weapons have cool weapon arts. I think this is the most believable thing seeing how the crow quills have the jump, sabre has the wombo combo, onyx blade has buff, etc.

Weapons can be divided as follows.

Strength and/or Dex builds will have plenty to keep them busy.
Some weapons have very high stat requirements. The ones that do have very high strength or dex to wield.

Beyond the str/dex/quality weapons there are a couple of hybrid weapons that scale like friede's sycthe.
So Str/Faith, Str/Int, Dex/Int and Dex/Faith. He didn't specify which of those 4 are there but to expect at least 1 to be str plus faith or int and 1 that's dex and faith or int.

>>167406012
yes, the problem was that AA must be disabled ingame, fuck

>>167406431
The fog gates are a trick to make load times shorter, since most of the time you probably will have no reason to go out there.

>>167406431
To reduce loading times since most of the time you warp to firelink you're not going outside.

>>167406505
>>167406526
How clever. Interesting trick that.

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Front coat

>>167406631
Not really, it does that everywhere in the game.

The Shrine is unique in that it wont even attempt to load the rest of the zone, unless you specifically try to go there. You can track when the game is loading another area with the flame that appears in upper right corner.

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>>167406419
Like this? Also I've been stunned by Preservance of normal mace, but does it also works with Great Mace? When do I have to time it, just as I get hit so they stunned?

what do you do if people randomly give you a friend request?

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I swear this feels like the Undead Burg

>>167407082
Delete it.

>>167407049
anticipate their hit and activate preservance if hyperarmor didnt kick in.
Also restart as a warrior to get rid of disgusting dex lvls

>>167407082
You accept it and see if you get fanmail.

>>167406164
Seath is still better than any of the DS2 lords. He is much more engaging and visually interesting than, say, Freja, which is a horrible fucking fight.

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Any idea why my DaS1 won't run on 60 fps?

I unlocked FPS in DSfix, limit to 60, but the game still runs on rock solid 30 fps

I tried both fullscreen and borderless windowed mode, to no avail

>>167407493
>Seath
>more engaging than Freja
Is it a bait? Maybe if you try to get sword, but otherwise he is less engaging than fucking tutorial boss

>>167407565
Even tutorial boss is more engaging than Freja.

>>167407493
I dunno about that. I'd rather fight the old iron king any day over that piece of shit Seath.

The only good thing about the fight is how visually pretty the crystal caves are.

>>167407493
That fight would have been way more fun without all the shitty adds.

>>167407493
Lost sinner is better at least.

>implying anyone kills any of the great souls besides rotten past the first playthrough unless they want their items/spells or DLC

>>167407742
Lost sinner was overnerfed into oblivion. He/she wasn't any special to begin with, just a relatively tough boss, now it's just a generic DS2 humanoid with really limited and non-threatening moveset. Seath is much better at least in terms of visuals and moveset diversity.

>>167407820
What moves does Seath have besides crystal breath and flailing his lower limbs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y625zkkUzG0

So this is happening today.

>>167405915
Majestic Greatsword / Abyss Greatsword.

Is there a way to get the Pale Shade set without fucking up the Yuria questline/ending?

>>167407820
I never finished DS2 and have recently decided to play SOTFS to see the end of the game, it feels like The Lost Sinner got leukemia with how quickly she went down

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>Trying to get sunlight medals
>Put sign down at crucifixion woods for people trying to kill crystal sage
>Summoned by Jose
>He's running haphazardly everywhere
>He goes down the ladder to Farron Keep
>He spends some time running around the bonfire like he doesn't know he can't sit at it
>He kills every slug and breaks everything and spends several seconds swinging on every unbreakable thing
>He often stops moving and waits until I go somewhere
>He keeps missing the fire towers and I have to stay there and point to get him to activate them
>Hold his hand through literally every single inch of the poison swamp
>Save him from an invader (and Heysel) that he had zero reason to fight because I cleared out the area before the Legion
>He stands still for about 5 minutes and eventually BCs me

Covenants were a mistake, even the easy shit is hard because other people are shit.

>>167408052
Yes, you have to attack her, run away, go to Farron keep and get invaded by pale shade. Then remove the sin, continue on and repeat the process for the second pale shade invasion.

>>167408052
No, you have to sin against Yuria (kill her) to get the Londor Pale Shade to invade you before Irithyll.

>>167407934
He has 3 version of crystal breath and multiple melee moves.
Sinner does uuhhhhh, a sword combo and a thrust like all DS2 humanoids?

>>167407820
Lost sinner was an Artorias reference originally. Then they got nerfed.

>>167408112
So I have to remove the sin twice to get both invasions?

>>167408089
Try getting concords kept. Sunlight medals are piss easy in comparison.

>>167408052
Punch Yuria to piss her off before you beat the Undead Legion and get invaded by the LPS in the swamp. Absolve the sin at that grave immediately if you want to summon the LPS and get its gesture, then repeat the process for the invasion in Irithyll.

>>167408145
>Lost sinner was an Artorias reference originally.
And a shitty one at that.
Actual Arty fight looks and feels like it's a whole generation ahead of Lost Sinner.

>>167408148
That's how I did it, you could probably only do it once and just steer clear of Yuria while she's pissed off at you I guess. Though there could be a risk of her leaving if you don't remove the sin as soon as possible, I'm not sure on that part.

>>167408129
Seath was also a late-game boss whereas Lost Sinner is an early game boss.

More moves do not make a better boss. Especially when that boss is meant to be fought with pyromancers spamming fireballs at you.

>>167408187
Oh, wait, I can't remember the details, do NPCs not invade after boss kills in this game? I've done everything except beat SoC.

>>167408129
Seems unfair to say a few sword combos don't really amount to anything, but a few types of breath attacks is somehow variety in a moveset.

>>167408209
Adds are a shitty way to increase difficulty though it's DS2 we're talking about, hordes of enemies is the only way they could ever maintain any semblance of difficulty.
Moveset variety actually makes boss fight more varied which is an important component of a good boss battle. A boss with literally 2 moves is worthless because both of them are instantly memorized. This is why Soul of Cinder is so good with his enormous moveset pool and move combinations.

>>167408251
>do NPCs not invade after boss kills in this game?

No they do not. If you've pretty much already beaten the game then you're locked out of most, if not all, NPC invasions and probably most questlines in general.

>>167408148
>punch yuria three (3) times with empty hand before killing abyss watchers
>quit to menu/teleport away
>get invaded by shade in swamp
>kill watchers, clear catacombs and get invaded in Irithyll
>remove sin
The only downside to doing it that way is that you can't really come close to Yuria in firelink because she will try to kill you. Talking to Hawkwood and Greirat should be fine because of the distance to her.

>>167408286
I've done the vast majority of questlines already, it's no worries. It's just this and Creighton's set I wanted to pick up

>>167408279
>Soul of Cinder is so good with his enormous moveset pool and move combinations.
He is worse and more easier than nameless king who has only 3 mobies

>>167408189
The actual arty fight is stiff and janky. He moves like a robot and only looks cool because, as a DLC boss, he's loaded with more and more detailed animations than main game content.

Sinner was a good boss before they killed its AI. Too many nips complained because they couldn't wrap their head around a non-linear game

So, /dsg/, when did you come to realize that Wyverns were people?

>>167408129
And Sinner has more swings than 3 types of breath that can't even damage you
So sinner has more moves according to you!

>>167408376
No, he's not. NK only gets shitters with low vig, it's really easy to learn his moveset pool.
SoC can be a total asshole if he wants to with combination of his buffs, sudden ripostes with no parry animation and a shitload of rollcatching moves.

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Rolling to replay in grorious nihongo

>>167408150
>Try getting concords kept.

I am. Collecting sunlight medals is what I'm doing to break the monotony of waiting around for a damn summon. The only covenant item that I don't have trouble getting is bone shackles because lots of hosts die even if you genuinely try to help them.

>>167408402
They aren't. Fuck off, Nameless Loser.

>>167408346
I can drop you pale shade and creighton stuff if you're on pc.

I hope the painter girl gets eaten by a giant pig

>>167408089
Happens to me all the time in Ariandel. Put down my sign for Friede (even hide my sign a little bit, next to Gael's) and still get summoned to passive hosts who want me to guide them through the whole DLC.

I wouldn't mind, but Ariandel is a fucking slog to get through and I have no idea if these hosts want me to show them every single thing or just want me to get them to the boss quick. I should probably just take them to the Gravetender boss instead.

>>167408503
>Loser
He outlived his entire family, spent his life in battle and died the way he wanted to.
Of all gods he had the best fate.

>>167408376
I prefer the Final Boss over Nameless King. NK is really disappointing.

>>167405021
Or you could make a new thread before the old one has almost 800 posts and is on page 10, so I don't have to.

>>167408529
Delete this post immediately

>>167408486
I have a character at sl120 with all the npc questlines complete, with just the SoC unbeaten and I want to get darmoon blade. So either I make a new save and do the whole game all over again for the 10th time or I grind concords.

Why can't from just add the blue eye ord in? As a red invader I'd be happy with getting invaded by darkmoons to boot!

>>167408507
I'm not, but thanks for the offer anon

>>167408503
>Infected with Pus of Man, a human entity related to the dark
>cutting open the head of one gives you the Dragon Head Stone, which claims it was used by human worshippers to become dragonoids
>intelligent enough to co-operate with Lothric Knights
>Crowded around Archdragon Peak, the hangout of dragon-worshipping humans that seek to transform into dragons
Should be obvious. Wyverns aren't natural dragon-descendents like Drakes were. They're semi-successful human ascendants.

parrying is hard on ps4

>>167408580
>Why can't from just add the blue eye ord in?

I'm still amazed it wasn't in from the start. Lack of full orbs was an issue for everyone in DS2, I can't believe that their response to that was one full red orb and no blue orb.

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R8

>>167409004
Blue orbs don't really need to exist. There's not really much difference besides the fact you get to be an overleveled shitter and that the other player won some invasions

Any tips of farming Swordgrass? Just keep murdering Ghru?

>>167409214
You'll get more damage out of resin/bundle that carthus flame.

>>167407556
no idea, did you try turning vsync off?

>>167409298
The filter is the best part of blue invasions, though. Exclusively invading invaders is a great concept because it means you can avoid 1st-timers and target primarily people who know what they're doing for some good ol' fashioned pvp.

They should have just made it so that wearing the darkmoon covenant caused your red eye orb to work as a blue one.

As for the overleveled part: with the chance of invading inexperienced hosts out of the picture, the invader needs some advantage to balance the HP/estus penalty

>>167409367
Yeah, but flame lasts longer.

>>167409298
>Blue orbs don't really need to exist.

Neither do red orbs.

>>167409367
Well I've gotta do something with that spell slot and I figure a fire buff from a weightless catalyst is a safe bet for general purpose use.

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I don't think they want me to go kill their homo princes

>>167409365
>get 400+ item discovery
>farm 3 ghrus just outside keep ruins bonfire
Swordgrass is the easiest covenant item to farm from mobs.
>>167409513
After parrying you have enough time to use bundle and riposte and guessing from his build it's exactly what he wants to do.

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Why is poison so damn good as an invader in DaS3?

>poison a host
>watch them freak out
>watch their combat ability slip
>watch them chug through their estus
>tfw some of them even try to run away
>watch their healthbar run through the level as it ticks down to death

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What arenas do you reckon will be added to do the undead match?

>>167409945
how the fuck do you even poison people reliably

like post some sick webms to back up your claim

>>167409945
>poison somebody
>it ticks for 2HP a second
>their blessed cestus negates most of it
>they munch moss in less time than it takes to chug estus
>or just fucking ignore it
Poison should have reduced healing and negated regen for its duration. That would have made it useful without turning Farron Keep into cancer.

>>167406164
sinner is the most boring of the great souls though
literally just "dude with a big sword"

>>167409978
he's a twink. low lvl ppl dont have access to moss yet

>>167410058
artorias is the most boring of the dlc bosses though
literally just "dude with a big sword"

>>167410058
Sinner is a cute girl

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>>167409945
it's only good on low levels but there's it's like an inevitable, slow, painful death

>>167404638
reposting 'cause dead thread

How do I open light illusory walls in Oolacile?

I don't want to go and get a skull lantern or sunlight maggot because I'm overlevelled as it is, and I don't have the INT for cast light.

Are there any other options?

>>167409978
I once fought a poison twin dagger fag who probably would've killed me if I didn't always make a point of getting moss ASAP.

Is gapping dragon a tragic monster?

>>167410089
artorias is dude with big sword and interesting moveset at least, isn't he

i wouldn't know because i never played das1

>>167410251
Just dash to the skull lantern, or you can get it to drop from the first Necromancer in the Catacombs

>>167410317
Nope, just a greedy turd with janky leg hitboxes and an AI too bad to get him out of a corner.

>>167410251
why does getting a lantern magically force more levels down your throat
just spend the souls on something else if you don't want to level more

>>167410258
are we playing the same game as each other anon
poison does sliiightly more damage than bleed but it does it over 3 minutes instead of happening instantly
it's complete nonthreatening garbage

>>167410317
Not really, it was spawned mostly due to it being a glutenous piece of shit.

>>167410251
>I want to have a source of light, but don't want to spend the effort to get it!
That's how retarded you sound.

> I'm overlevelled as it is
What, is someone forcing you to spend your souls on leveling up? You do know that you can level up whenever you want to, right?

>DaS2 has so much nice shit
>People will always hate this game because of memes
;_;

>>167410429
>>167410449
Won't I be under-levelled, then? Because I'm not spending the souls I'm meant to get on levelling up?

I'm over-levelled for Oolacile, not the game.

>>167410429
>it's complete nonthreatening garbage

After a certain point yes, but early in the game you can really fuck people up with it, especially if you're doing high wall invasions. I prefer bleed in general but poison does have its place, especially on a poison bandit's knife. You can see people start to panic as multiple bars start filling up on their screen.

>>167410475
People hate the game because it is bad, not memes.

>>167410475
>Dark Souls X has so much nice shit
>People will always hate this game because of memes.

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>>167410475
I hate it because it's not fun, controls horribly, and is ugly as hell.

>>167409978
On low levels just grab any poison weapon, people don't have the moss to get rid of it.

On high levels, the only thing I really found effective was a Ghru Sword, slapped a Blood Gem on that for high poison and bleed. Kept it in my off-hand, so whenever I caught someone off guard it was like 5 hits to the face, generally getting me bleed, and then I'd tap 'em 2-5 times more (even through the shield) to get poison.

>>167410056
>people always have moss equipped
I can guarantee you like 80% don't have it ready to go. A decent amount don't even have any.
>blessed caestus being used outside of faggot duels

>>167410193
Yeah, it does get less effective the higher you level unfortunately. I just love it for Watchdogging.

>>167410535
ah okay if you're doing super early twink stuff i get it
but even by the time the player first gets to farron swamp they no longer care about poison at all

>>167410506
huh? the dlc is supposed to be like endgame difficulty in das1. you can't be overleveled for oolacile but not for other areas

>>167410506
If you're over-levelled for Oolacile, you're overlevelled for the Catacombs. Just fucking shut it and grab the lantern.

>>167410660
>>167410661
I was told to do it as SL 50-60.
>Just fucking shut it and grab the lantern
Nah but you've given me the idea to cheat it in. Thanks anons.

>>167410475
I completely understand why some people hate it, I don't agree with them, but most of the reasoning makes sense.

Although I have a way lower opinion of DaS1 than where I assume most people seem to sit.

>>167410660
>by the time the player first gets to farron swamp they no longer care about poison at all

Yeah, ironically enough that's the point at which poison becomes inconsequential.

>>167410785
DS1 is overrated, DES is even more overrated.

>>167410657
>On high levels, the only thing I really found effective was a Ghru Sword, slapped a Blood Gem on that for high poison and bleed. Kept it in my off-hand, so whenever I caught someone off guard it was like 5 hits to the face, generally getting me bleed, and then I'd tap 'em 2-5 times more (even through the shield) to get poison.

>>>5 hits to get bleed
>>>>>2-5 more for poison
what the fuck anon
if you used a real weapon they would just be fucking DEAD after 10 hits

a good bleed/poison weapon gets it in probably 4 or fewer hits anon

carthus rouge on the spiked mace can do it in 2 hits

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>>167410475
>let me just ignore a shitload of legit criticism people were throwing at ds2 for almost 3 years now
>it's all memememememeemememememememememememes

>>167404878
Dancer's Booming Footsteps

>>167410587
He's fast

>>167410851
Way too much of that legit criticism spiraled into hyperbolic nonsense or pedantic shit you could apply to any of these games

>>167410851
Why did Hollows in DS2 have to look like generic zombies instead of beef jerky? They're so fucking ugly

>>167405045
>Versed Seath for the first time the other day
>Pretty much agree with everything said here
Archives was at least neat

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> going to start DS2
> no pyromancer starting class
well, now I understand why the game is shit

>>167410975
More advanced state of decay.

>>167410851
The problem is that the legit criticism (and there is a lot) isn't enough to make it a bad game. It's only enough to justify one person's taste over another. Nothing about DS2 makes it 'not worth playing'.

>>167408580
>As a red invader I'd be happy with getting invaded by darkmoons to boot!

Seriously if someone does lots of red invasions it's probably because they LIKE pvp, and getting invaded by blueberries will be fun for them.

Adding blue eye orbs is a win/win situation.

>>167410975
DS2's art style feels completely alien compared to DS1/3 style in general. More western, more WoW-esque even.

>>167411045
>he doesn't know that pyromancy is already OP as fuck in DS2.

>>167411118
DS2 is closer to King's Field and AC's westernized style. It was done by Shibuya and Tanimura. Miyazaki likes Berserk more, which is a more JP style.

>>167410975
They start to look like beef jerky as you get closer to the 50% HP threshold. It just doesn't look like it initially.

>>167411045
>wanting to go the worst casting school in DaS2
You get your Pyromancy flame after the third or fourth boss anyways.

>>167411158
>>he doesn't know that pyromancy is already OP as fuck in DS2.
Pyro was already OP in DS1, and you could start the game cheesing bosses with fireballs.

>>167411228
>>wanting to go the worst casting school in DaS2
Fire can't be worst anything nigga.

>>167411228
>>167411158
I'm getting mixed signs about this here

>>167411158
Pyromancy is actually pretty pitiful in DS2 compared to other games. I mean, you can potentially stack 12 or so forbidden suns but this requires a lot of work and SL like 200, and i get 6-7 chaos bed vestiges per blue flask easily in DS3 before even reaching Irithyll.

>>167411305
>Fire can't be worst anything nigga.
Fire is generally quite resisted in DS2 and if your target is wet they get even more fire resistance.

you can't use DS2 pyro as a primary offense like you can with sorcery
there just aren't enough casts for its spells to do pve with

>>167411560
that was a problem in ds1 too
even 16 combustion casts ain't that good
my most satisfying pure pyro playthrough was in ds3

>>167411338
Go to the forest and get the fire longsword (it scales on your magic stats) and buy the branch from the old lady. Use this branch on the petrified woman behind the ginger outside of Majula and you'll get your pyro flame and a trainer. Beat the Dragonrider in Heide and go back to Majula and the dubious miracle ho will let you go down the path that leads to a hexfag and he'll sell you a chaos rapier if you're in SotFS.

Get any or all of that gear and go nuts and develop your own opinion, /dsg/ can't tell you anything of substance towards that end.

>upgrade sharp lothric greatsword to +7
>over 500 AR without even meeting strength requirements
>buffable despite having inbuilt lightning damage

downsides
>heavy as fuck, literally weighs as much as entire set of armor
>drains a shit ton of stamina
>parryable

>>167411560
>>167411647
You are expected to use melee with any class, maybe not in DS3 because you can replenish with flask.

>>167411906
yeah, ds3 is nicer to pure casters than other games in series
even miracle users get gnaw and dorhys gnawing though they are certainly the worst for pure casting

>>167411560
>>167411409
>>167411349
>>167411338
>>167411305
>>167411158

1. Fire Longsword
2. Scales equally with the best damage type (dark)
3. Flame Swathe and Lingering Flame available right away
4. Does the most damage early on
5. Cheapest to upgrade
6. Flash sweat makes an entire area of the game easy
7. Best healing spell
8. Best weapon buff
9. Int+Fth investment gives you good elemental defense and access to all other buffs and support spells.

You can't be a hexer in early game, and going pure int or pure fth gives you a ton of downsides. Pyromancy doesn't have those. It's only problem is that there are a few bosses that resist fire really well.

Why was from able to pump out the ds2 dlc so quickly whilst AoA took them like 6 months? I'm expecting the ringed city to be only slightly bigger so that taking 6ish months as well is weird.

>>167412014
Also the original argument was "DS2 is bad because it doesn't have a pyromancer starting class". A Pyro starting class in DS2 would have literally no weaknesses and would be the most powerful by far

>>167412317
Both das3 dlc were ready months before their release
Really makes you think

>>167412317
Because DS2 dlcs are just a cut content, anon.
AoA was 100% original content with only one set returning from game files, and they fully reworked it. There's seems to be a lot more of re-used cut content in TRS, but they are gonna rework it as well most likely.

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First I kill Heysel. Then, a Watchdog invades and falls to his death trying to kill me as I climb down the Farron Keep ladder. Next, this guy tries to ambush me after I light the ceremonial fire.

Are all watchdogs this dumb?

>>167412317
Because they weren't working on anything else during the DS2 DLC (except for maybe SOTFS), while they have been working on 3 simultaneous games while doing AoA.

>>167412338
What would be so strong about starting with a single fireball or combustion spell?

>>167412014
Fire longsword is nice and all, but it's just a weapon, not a spell.
Swathe has pitiful amount of casts, lingering flame pitiful amount of casts AND needs 2 slots.
Iron Keep doesn't have enemies actually doing fire damage and you can avoid all contraptions easily without wasting a slot on pyro.
From what i remember flame weapon is actually shittier than other weapon buffs, static duration in exchange for less power.
Warmth is good though.
As i said, overall pyro in DS2 is pretty pitiful.

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Aside from flashy UGS like the Profaned Greatsword or Smelters, I always find myself gravitating towards claws and fist weapons. It makes me sad because I want to try everything, but I know what I love.

You know what I mean?

>>167412421
>Are all watchdogs this dumb?

I have never encountered a competent watchdog. I've only ever died to 1 watchdog invasion and the invader didn't even kill me, I got Marvel'd by spearfags.

>>167412435
>>167412491
There's a reason why the pyromancy flame is not accessible until after no man's wharf.

The strongest build in DS2 PvE would be 20/20/20/20 str/dex/int/fth with fire or dark infusion using pyromancies with minor spell or miracle buffs.

Sure, you could throw in a pyro starting class and make it have dogshit stats, but pyro in DS2 is overall very effective.

>>167412421
>that snap-back-to-neutral animation

I miss DS2's motion capture. Sure, it made things slow and sticky, but it didn't look fucking ridiculous when swords snap around and warp like an arcade game.

>>167412758
>There's a reason why the pyromancy flame is not accessible until after no man's wharf.
The reason being the fact there wasn't supposed to be pyro in DS2 at all initially, just fire magic.
Pyro is dogshit compared to other casting schools, anon. Hexers can use the only 2-3 effective pyros too while having much better bnb spells. There's no reason to be a pyromancer in DS2 at all.

>>167412758
There's nothing wrong with allowing you to start with a pyro flame you'd have no way of upgrading and one of the weakest spells in the game anon, stop overrating pyromancy

>>167412848
Hexer take 2/3rds of the game before they can get even the most basic spells. Pyro's get the strongest spells for their class literally before the first major boss.

You have to go around the game and pump tons of souls into upgrading staffs to make sorcery effective (and burn aesthetics to get enough spells to even take down bosses) whereas Pyro can use exclusively fire spells to take down everything except smelter or old iron king

do you need a pyro build to do good damage with the Demon Fist?

>>167412949
>Hexer take 2/3rds of the game before they can get even the most basic spells
uh what
felkin sells them
you can get to him right after dragonrider

you can literally run through heide, get dragonrider to jump off a cliff, talk to licia, and go get dark orb without swinging a weapon or casting a spell once

>>167412949
>Hexer take 2/3rds of the game before they can get even the most basic spells
WHAT?
Dark Orb is the most effective hex in the game and you get it after a single boss.
>You have to go around the game and pump tons of souls into upgrading staffs to make sorcery effective
No, you don't. You find the strongest catalyst extremely early as well as great soul arrow and soul spear barrage, both of which are way more versatile than any pyros.

>>167412987
Demon fists are STR.
If you want a fist weapon with pyro build, use dark hand.

>>167404638
tfw was doing the giant farm and didnt realize all the other trees are maxed out at ng+7 too.

Well fuck i cant complete this lol

Any DLC2 leaks from that Bamco event ? I'm mostly interested in the new weapons.

guys So I heard alot about this game because it seems to be called the hardest game ever and stuff by /v/ and /a/ and everything. I also realized that there are multiple sequels of it.
Is this a classic to understand video game culture? Should I play all of them or not?

>>167413406
no and anyone who tells you otherwise feeds you fake info
wait for 4 days

>>167413435
These games aren't nearly as hard as some people make them up to be, just play it carefully and don't get greedy with your attacks or run into groups of enemies and you'll be fine
Start with Demon's Souls, or Dark Souls 1 if you don't have a PS3

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>>167413435
>called the hardest game ever and stuff by /v/ and /a/ and everything
they're idiots. I hate this fucking meme. Souls games are only as tough as you make them out to be. Every time you die it's because something stupid you did. Bosses are easy to exploit as they arr very predictable.

They are fun games that are punishing if you are impatient or don't learn from your mistakes, but they aren't the hardest games ever IMO. Start with Demon's Souls if you can then play DaS1, then 2, then Bloodborne, then DaS3 if you can in that order.

>that invader that ganks you because they want an honorable 1v1 with the host

>>167404638
the caestus was a mistake

>>167413639
>>167413601
all I have is a PC. Can I play them on this?

>>167413792
Caestus should only be able to parry when twohanded

>>167410847
You're not bringing into consideration speed, I don't think you understand how fast a Ghru Sword is. Those two hits with a Rouge Mace take as long as my 5 hits. Plus, don't have to actually farm any Rouge, plus I'm poisoning as well.

And yes, general death takes longer but that's why I enjoy it, I like to watch them panic and suffer.

>>167411902
LKGS is my weaponfu, almost 800 AR when buffed with gold pine resin.

Two-hand that bitch so you become harder to parry, stack up on stamina boosting shit and poise, then kill most spellcasters in like 2 r1s.

Surprised that I haven't seen more people use it, it hits like a truck.

>>167413896
You can play Dark Souls 1, 2, and 3, but not Demon's Souls or Bloodborne
Get the DSFix and DSCM mods if you're gonna be playing DaS1, the PC port for that one is awful and those mods fix the worst parts

>>167413935
Ghru sword is about the size of my dick, making its speed worthless. Poison carthus shotel or CCS would be better, or just actually using rotten pine resin in a good infusion

>>167408467
roll

>>167413896
Demon's Souls is a PS3 exclusive. Bloodborne is a PS4 exclusive. All of the Dark Souls games can be played on PC, but you'll want a controller to play them with (playing with KB+M is doable but extremely shitty).

>>167414076
You're clearly not reading my posts properly at all, and you're not taking into account a lot of tertiary factors.

>>167413975
Something feels really off about its length to me. Though it might be because I've been spoiled by the Astora GS.

>>167414235
Such as? You're offhanding a CS, which already means it's much slower than a 2h CS. It also is very small. You can't hit 5 hits unless the person keeps trying to trade or they press absolutely nothing. 2 hits is always reliable, a poison CCS or carthus shotel if you're ths hellbent about not using a resin would be a straight upgrade

so, any leaks yet?

>>167414167
how is a controller better?

>>167414498
Well, it's a vertical one compared to AGS

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What are the lore implications of pic related? I don't understand, is it estus flowing on the ground?

>>167413775
>Invade
>see another invader there already
>kill the present phantoms
>Host can just run back to Pontiffs, chug estus and summon more phantoms like nothing happened.
That was the most infuriating invasion i've ever done

>>167413639
When I played DS2 first I thought it was hard.
But I did not understand scaling or equipment upgrading.

>>167414596
I thought they had the same moveset? At least when twohanded.

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>>167414698
I know what you mean. DeS was my first Souls game and I started as a thief and my stats were all over the fucking place I was so weak. I had to restart once I realized what I was doing wrong.

>>167414754
AGS is horizontal 2h, LKGS is vertical, like Fume or Black knight GS

>>167414790
any advice so I don't fuck this up?

>>167414790
I actually meant DS1, but the point is the same.
When I replayed the game I took 5 hours less even though I finally did the DLC, something I totally missed on my first playthrough.
Just like Ashen Lake.
On DS3 it was 10 hours less with a melee build instead of Sorc.

>>167414962
yeah, remove the trip

>>167414510
Ghru Sword isn't an average CS, it's much faster probably to account for the size. It's also extremely light, which is why I use it as an offhand, carrying something big in the other hand generally. You can either whack them with the large weapon to stagger, then hold your double-hand button to two-hand the Ghru Sword and wail on them, or you can just stick right up next to them and wait (works for guys with the massive axes and UGS since their windups are huge windows of opportunity).

I've done it countless times, countless foes poisoned in Irithyll (not dueling because that's gay), so your theorycrafting just doesn't hold up.

>>167414962
What game?

>>167414871
Lothric knight gs is horizontal you doofus

>>167414871
https://youtu.be/ZyTWRQ0sPow?t=60
https://youtu.be/r_eNds97SDA?t=48

>>167415110
dark souls 1?

>>167414584
The games are almost unplayable with KB+M, whereas using a controller gives you significantly much more control (especially with things such as dead zones, etc.).

If you can invest the $70-80 to buy all three games (Prepare to Die Edition, Scholar of the First Sin Edition, and The Fire Fades Edition), you can invest the $10 or so it takes to buy an old 360 or PS3 controller.

>>167415248
Kill the dogs first
Don't level up RES

>>167415248
Oh I thought you meant Demon's Souls since that's the post you responded to.

Choose Knight. Stay under 50% equip load. Resistance is a dump stat, never put points into it. Early on focus on your HP stat, then endurance, then strength and dex. Find the halberd and use that. JK you can use whatever weapon you like but I'm impartial to the halberd myself.

Also remove the trip.

>>167415324
Someone needs to make one of those images for DaS2 some day.

>Pay the ADP tax
>Strafe right

>>167415248
Kill black knight
If his sword doesn't drop make new chearcter
Repeat until you get it

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>>167415248
You will probably fail on your first playthrough.
Best tip I can give.

Why do faggots have to cheat on this game? I just invaded two immortals in a row, fuck this.

>>167415481
>>167415458
>>167415378
>>167415324
ty

>>167415285
nice ill consider it

>>167415481
Oh and it is DS1, so learn to parry. If you can parry the game becomes much much easier.

>>167415545
Also, keep us posted when you start!

>>167406502
you're an actual fucking retard

that's literally the ONLY thing you have to do to not fuck up DSfix

Is there a way to cheat getting upgrade materials without getting banned in DS1? I made the mistake of wanting more than one +5 chaos weapon and grinding for these slabs is a nightmare

>>167416018

DaS1 doesn't have bans.

>>167416018
>is there a way to get banned in DS1?
no

>>167416018
You can't get banned in DS1

>>167416018
There's absolutely no punishment for cheating in DaS1, save for a mod that functions as a method of kicking you from an online session if you're running with stuff like impossible stats.

>>167413639
>Every time you die it's because something stupid you did. Bosses are easy to exploit as they arr very predictable.

*unless you play dark souls 2 and one of those claw ninja dicks jumps out from behind a corner that you had no way of seeing ahead of time and combos you for 80% of your life even with armor

>>167416018
Read the DaS1 pastebin. It is possible, but I hope you don't use other cheats online.

>>167416132
>but I hope you don't use other cheats online.
I actually want to twink this build out to help people fight bosses

Why are there so many ambushes in Dark Souls 2? Why?

>>167416225
DS2 embodies 'mass not class'.

>>167416225
Is it really still an ambush if you saw it coming?

>>167415978
>greatsword

deserved it

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>>167416107
das2 is probably the only souls game where some of my deaths just felt like bullshit.

>>167413639
>>167416107
>Unless you play dark souls 2 and didn't put points into adaptability to make your roll actually work, a mechanic that you have literally zero way of knowing without either a guide or insane amounts of scientific testing to realize that agility is tied into rolling i-frames

>>167416225
for some stupid reason they brought back healing grass, so I guess the developers felt that they can just randomly take damage from you a lot more without it being as critical as DS1 (where you had the much more sensible-if-busted-by-kindling set amount of heals for each area)

it's the same reason that fall damage is literally like 5 times as deadly and falls that would do no damage at all in DS1 now take damage (like the drops outside of second bonfire in FOFG to get the fire longsword) and why shields with 100% resist are a little less common

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I found a wild Anon.

>>167416225
Take a closer look at individual DS2 enemies. All of them are not threatening in the slightest, especially alone, and generally poorly designed. Constant ganks was the only way to ramp up the difficulty of the game but the only thing it really did is forcing you to move at crawl pace in already crawl slow game and encourage kiting. Retarded-ass design decision if you ask me.

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>>167416516
meh

my "favorite" example of DS2 ambushes is the area in earthen peak where you drop down a maybe 1 foot drop, can't backtrack because of it and are then stuck in a cramped area with a bunch of pretty tough enemies, with the way out behind one of many boarded up tunnels

>>167416773
That's a pretty fun room desu, lots of room to divide and conquer.

>>167416874
its not unfun or anything but it's really balatant. they couldn't have made the drop a little bigger instead of so low I could literally roll over it if the animations worked that way?

>still need to play DaS2
>can't bring myself to play it because it looks sluggish and clunky

Whenever I see a DaS2 webm it always looks like it's been slowed down. Does it feel better when you actually play it?

Please tell me that that this cunt knight in the Corvian Settlement can't heal himself unlimited times.

>>167416949
No.

>>167416949
I don't think so, but maybe I have a messed up perception of what clunky/slow controls are. It feels more fluid and responsive by comparison to DaS1 to me.

>>167416949
PvP is the best in the series for me.

>>167416949
No. Why do you "need" to play it anon? It's not like they have some overarching story which you need to play every game to get.

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>>167415082
Okay so, I went out to try and show how they work. Quality is shit but you can get the general idea.
All CS have the same speed anon, there's no getting around that fact, the only moveset changes are WA, R2s and if they have regular kicks or not.
By using Ghru, and a blood one at that, you're not doing much good to your build.

>>167371181
>Can you explain a little further?

I highly doubt an answer this late will be meaningful but...

Early game miracles like replenishment are good once you have end game stats and equipment. If you have 10 faith, you can wear the ring which adds 5 faith to cast replenishment, then switch that ring to the ring which gives 2 hp/s while it's running for 7 hp/s for nearly no investment. It also becomes more valuable when you're running out of vigor levels to add, 40 vig and up is usually not worth it since you can recover over double the HP by casting replenishment at the start of a fight than you would gain from rising from 39 to 49 vig (embered with life and favor, those 10 levels only give you less than 150 hp, whereas replenishment gives up to 300 for around half the sl investment). You can also do this as a means of casting blessed weapon (which is pretty meh even on weapons with high physical and leo) and tears of denial as well (which has infinite duration, so you can equip the darkmoon ring, cast it once, then de-attune it before even walking up to the bench at a fightclub). And since these miracles don't scale with your spellbuff, you can use whatever chime you want. The priests chime will let you use the prayer weaponart without having the faith ring equipped. The bellvine has more casting speed, but I don't think cast speed affects buffs. The crystal chime lets you also cast sorceries, provided they're non-scaling like magic shield, and is lighter than any other sorcery catalyst, making it the best tool for those spells regardless.

>>167417060
To be honest I don't really care, it worked and I was happy with it. It was a secondary weapon, just a tool to apply those effects.

Is it even worth using carthus rouge on a weapon that doesn't have pre-existing bleed effects?

>>167417405
against bosses yeah

in pvp bundle spam is generally better, unless perhaps you've got a wombo combo that you can use to guarantee a proc

>>167417405
The same effect as using an unbuffed average bleed weapon. You just have to hit the target more than 3 times.

>>167404638
Is the achievement, "Curious Map" in scholar bugged? It's lighting all the flames and getting cale's gear. And I did that and have his gear yet the achievement isnt unlocked.

Why did From have to make magic dogshit? I mean, it would have been nice to have at least one of the flavors of magic be not shit.

>>167417532
Pyro isnt shit. I count it as magic.

>>167417532
uh wew there buddy

I wouldnt call miracles shit
healing and buffing as invader is a pretty big deal, also poise casting force can be deadly if you are creative

>summoned as a purple in settlement
>spawn where the dogs are
>they nearly kill me so I have to use all of my estus
>host gets invaded by red
>red goes for me
>kills me
>they don't even fight, red just bc's out
What the actual fuck

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>>167417532
Pyromancy is still great.

>>167417532
They all fill a niche
Pyro is the combo set-up school
Miracles is the support heal&buff school
And Sorcery is the backstep soulmass school

>>167417532
I would rather not have it in the game, most of it is kinda retarded. You've got one guy rolling around with a sword popping weaponarts and doing fun shit, the you've got another guy who's a turret that just poops out blue shit. I don't get how these are comparable.

Pyro is pretty good, as are healing miracles. Sorcery has darts at least.

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>>167417532

Is the achievement, "Curious Map" in scholar bugged? It's lighting all the flames and getting cale's gear. And I did that and have his gear yet the achievement isnt unlocked.

did they even put any effort into this game at all?

>use a 1ft long fast weapon with no hyper armor
>get the same number of hits in a combo as longer, more damaging, higher range weapons that get hyper armor that also hit in arcs

>>167418047
>pvp
>worth any real development or balance consideration

>>167418047
>SPEARS NEED TO BE BETTER
retard

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>>167418164
I've never been awed by stupidity before, but there's a first time for everything

Hey guys, I'm new to Souls games and so far I've been playing DS3 for 12 hours and its fucking amazing. I've been using Knight and a Broadsword +3, and I'm also conflicted at the Road of Sacrifices. There are 2 paths, one to the Keep and one to the Cathedral. Which one should I take? And should I keep my Broadsword or use the Ithryll Straight Sword?

SOMEONE HOST FC

>>167418510
>thinking wide-arc hyper armor weapons like GH or UGS are better than anything at all
retard
return the game, you've probably still got time for a full refund given how much of a newfag you are

bf?

>>167418562
Either route is fine, but technically Cathedral should be done before the keep, neither is an optional area for progress.

When it comes to weapons, just experiment with whatever you happen to fancy.

>>167418562
Go cathedral since you'll need to beat the boss there in order to continue once you beat the area after the keep.

>>167418562
Do whatever you feel like sonny, don't be afraid to experiment and find what works for you, either path is equally viable and you'll be coming back to do the other at some stage anyway.

What SL are you? Be wary I don't invade you.

>sulyvahn's beast starts charging
>catch him with a 2H zwei R2
>instant stagger
My dick is so hard right now

>>167418562
Cathedral first. Also ember up through the swamp. You can find lots of white signs to help with the giant crabs

>>167418562
Cathedral should always be done first.

>>167408467
rrroll

>>167418910
There's no real validity to that statement though.

>>167418960
Yes, there is.

>>167404638
Why is the claymore so inferior to the black knight sword?

>>167418960
>responding to lucy
>any year

>>167418715
heh

got your '''bf''' right here, homo

[readies Pyromancer's Parting Flame in my non-dominant hand]

>>167418960
From a progression point of view, there really isn't any reason to hit the keep first outside of a specific goal you've set for yourself to obtain some item earlier on or personal preference.

>>167419058
The r2 isn't.

>>167418562
>actually recognizing there are two paths instead of just going down one and realizing you missed the other
If you wanna do the cathederal, there are some estus items in the keep you can grab early if you want; I know there's a shard literally visible from the first bonfire (the one at the bottom of the ladder), and a bone shard near the next bonfire in there. There's an estus shard and bone shard right on the front porch of the cathedral as well.

>>167419036
Go on then, why should it "always" be done first?

>>167419070
Yeah, I know, anyone who calls themselves that should be ignored but I took the plunge.

>>167419116
Right, but then that's not always.

>>167419058
Both of them are ass compared to my greatsword-fu the bastard sword

>>167419058
just use the wolf knight sword if you're gonna go for an unbuffable quality gs

>>167405849
shieet nigger what are you doing

>>167419095
Pyromancers are banned in FCs, thank you

>40/40 int/fai
>Onyx has less AR then MLGS, and split damage to boot
what the fuck
does the buff compensate?

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Is there a covenant more DEEP'D than bluebois?

>>167419340
yes. also the lenght of onyx is autism tier

>>167419158
If you have two paths, one is a long, extended path that leads to a locked door, and the other is a short, dead end path with a key at the end of it, which path should you follow first?

>>167418960
You need Cathedral to do Heysel's questline. Also more reliable for Anri's one

>>167419402
MLGS is pretty long though, but I guess it doesn't have the same pokes

>>167419408
That is an extremely short-sighted question missing plenty of details.

Hope in the next souls/borne game spell charges will be back

>>167419435
It's his first time playing, he's probably going to stuff up some questlines anyway. Especially given just how many questlines DaS3 has. Also questlines are not an "always" thing.

>>167418735
>>167418761
>>167418831
>>167418883
>>167418910
>>167419150
Thanks for the quick responses, anons. Pretty sure I'm SL 33.

>>167419640
Right in my target range. It's alright, I'm done for the night anyway but who knows I might catch you over the next day or two...

dark hand is the best fist weapon.
prove me wrong

>>167419604
It gives you a better chance, doing cathedral first gives you better chances not to fuck up questlines.

>>167419408
I always go grab the sorc books (need them for npc) and estus items before killing the sage, and in the process light the torches. I do save watchers and catacombs for after the cathederal though.

>>167419709
can't parry

>>167419820
>offhanding the dark hand
?????
are you retarded? you lose out on the hyper armor idiot

>>167419891
>hyperarmor on fist weapon that's not demon fist
? ? ?

>>167419984
get in the game and try it out

>>167408467
rawl

>>167420024
which attack?

>>167420169
r1 and wa

>Everybody I invade as I play through the game has endgame characters helping them

The password system is worse than mules ever were

>>167420307
>not liking easiest frags ever

DS3: What's a good amount of poise should I aim for?

>>167420307
git gud

>>167420428
36 i think

>>167420428
About 3 fiddy

>>167420428
depends purely on weapon used and weapon striking your face

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>>167420554
I haven't seen this meme in ages

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Are these the worst Axes in the game?

>>167420428

Pick a great hammer and r1 through everything

>>167420654
you mean best

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Just spent an hour making a character in vanilla DS2 and forgot that i have to buy SOFS to play with my friends

Does pic related work for transferring a character appearance from DS2 to SOFS? Pls respond

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What is the purpose of this thing?

>>167420654
Dunno about that WA, but they're fucking monstrous in pve for burning down bosses super fast.

>>167420843
To cage a giant.

>>167420843
You can lure the giant over there and lock him in.

>>167420654

No that's Eleonara.

>No War Cry
>WA doesn't even really add bleed
>awful damage on top of that

>>167420843
It can rise/fall by pulling a switch. Maybe it's there for security purposes. I think you need to cross one in order to reach rosaria.

>>167420930
kys

>>167408467
Roll

>>167420820
No, the savefiles are incompatible.

>>167421079
how about taking character appearance from ds2 with cheat engine and injecting it into a softs save or something? i dont care about my progress or anything, only looks

they have to have the same sliders / values in character creator

>>167420654
You mean the single best non-bleed DPS weapon in the game?

>>167420843
Trap the giant in there so you can fight it outside of the sludge.

Has anyone seriously beaten this game without farming blood vials? What did you do if you ran out? Did you just never run out?

I'm seriously stuck on vicar Amelia I can't take off more than 110 and I have no idea how to dodge her attacks

is the saint bident actually good on a faith build?