/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

first for eleum loyce best sword

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What was his fucking problem?

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>>169396167
this thread now belongs to crab waifu

Oh shit nigger, its a Gank boss consisting of False King Allant, Artorias, Fume Knight and Pontiff Sulyvahn

you have to choose 3 other bosses to fight with you

who is in your squad?

>>169396341
that he's stuck in the most casual soulsgame

>>169396167
Fuck that Peak. Only place in DaS2 where I had to use a guide.

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>>169396341
Nothing
He is /OURBOY/

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This thread is now blessed by Gravelord Nito, and the Pardoners of Velka.

>>169396428
Ivory King
Twin Princes
Kalamet

>>169396341
He's most likely a Tree/Corvian hybrid

and no one in Anor Londo like hybrids

>>169396115
Godhood in DS seems pretty clear to me

It's whoever possessed a Lord Soul and their offspring. How far this goes in line of succession is not known. Perhaps if they were in-marrying within the range of the Lord Souls it was permanent and ever going like the Greek Gods?

(Remember Gwyn split his soul and gave it to loyal followers of his, thus ascending them to Godhood)

>>169396428

Kalameet, Sinh, and Elana.

>>169396514
>He fell for the Bamco marketing

You're naive if you think any other Souls games are hard

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>>169396428
I only need one:

Bed of chaos

none of them will manage the shitty mario mechanics and will plummet to their deaths.

but if I truly want hard mode I'll have Sinh and storm king covering everything in fire from the sky at the same time

>>169396428
Ancient Wyvern
Bed of Chaos
Sinh

They can't kill Ancient Wyvern because no elevated terrain and they can't plunge attack. They can't kill Bed of Chaos because none of them are small enough to fit through the hole to kill the final bug. And none of them have aerial attacks so they can't hit Sinh most of the time.

>>169396732
that doesn't change that of the bunch, dark souls 3 is clearly the most newbie friendly and casual

I call being invaded by a twink with a +15 weapon and pyromancy in undeadburg pretty hard

>>169396769
can't believe that used to be a woman

>>169396428
Yhorm the Giant to tank all four of them at once and occasionaly bring the machete down.
Dark Sun Gwyndolin for long-range magical support. Also I'm sticking close to him.
Manus to fist them all into submission while they're busy with the nearl-invincible giant

>>169396798
>They can't kill Ancient Wyvern because no elevated terrain and they can't plunge attack

someone post the webm where someone managed to jump attack onto it's head from the bell immediately behind it.

also you can still damage the ancient wyvern, it just takes a while.

>>169396895
>twinking was a good thing

fuck off /v/

>>169396514
>>169396732
You both are really just fags, is the problem.

>>169396979
>him
>not her (male)

you have one job anon

>>169396428
Ancient Wyvern, Yhorm, and Vendrick
I'd just run around and let my nigh-invulnerable squad take care of things

>>169397117
Fuck off ass-pirate

>>169397153
>>169396798

>picking ancient wyvern which dies in one hit if you manage to land a hit on it's head from above
>a feat that the ashen one can accomplish with a jumping attack and the correct timing

>vs sullyvahn who literally has an attack where he flies up into the air about as far as you jump from if you do the puzzle

enjoy getting your roster reduced within the first few seconds

>>169397306
Ancient Dragon it is, then.

>>169397215
lurk more newfag

>>169397423
Nice meme, Gwyndolinfaggots are still the worst

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>>169396428
Yharnam + kalameet to stunlock the over aggressive faggots

and then old dragon god to 1hk them with his van sized fists

>>169397306
Theres also the fact that Ancient Wyvern takes fairly normal damage from lightning so you can kill him pretty hassle-free just spamming lightning spears at his head and body from a place he can't hit you very well.

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>>169397501
>he hasn't realized what ironic shitposting is yet

jesus just how new are you?

>>169396428
Pontiff is a fucking shitty pick for 3, he's a joke

>>169397720
>He still does ironic shitposting
>le new meme

/v/edditors never learn

>>169397756
>pontiff
>shit

explain

Alright, I was going to do the DaS2 event but then I remembered Adaptability exists so fuck that.

Bout to start my first ever playthrough of DaS1 instead, things I should know/need?

>>169397905
Completely ignore the fact that the Resistance stat exists.
Also you have to buy the item box early on in the game before it becomes available for use.

Why does Manus takes the CU back the past ? CU end up killing him

>>169397835
He's not a hard boss, I get why people enjoy him, and he's and interesting boss, but he's not a hard one, he's even one that you can just parry like a bitch

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>>169397905
Download the mods, found in the OP pasta. This way you won't get invaded and have all your stats set to 1 or get instacursed or something. Don't forget to have fun.

I just got summoned as a blue to Ariandel at SL40 +4
Does that mean people are hitting the DLC at around SL40, or people are hitting CotD around SL40?
I ask because if it's the latter, then I'm stupidly underleveled and that might explain why I've gotten exactly one invasion all day and not seeing any signs anywhere.

did any of the dark souls 3 patches increase droprate of covenent items?

>>169398053
Maybe you're one of the lucky few who don't find him hard

everyone's diffrent

>>169398082
the dlc gets people in all sorts of level ranges, SL40 is about when you hit CotD, some people decide to run in and grab some DLC weapons early while others wait until they're 60-70 before going there.

but like the rest of the game you can just sprint and dodge past everything with impunity

>>169398016
He senses the pendant you have and desperately wants it back.

>>169394369
Reposting, I can lend a hand if you still need it.

>>169398328
Oh yeah, thanks. I only played once through the DLC, and never finished the game, I got to Anal Rodeo, got the lord vessel, wandered a bit in the Duke's Archives, then stopped for some unknown reasons

>>169398519
Oh thanks, but I already managed him on my own

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>>169398292
>SL40 is about when you hit CotD
Well then. I usually get there at around 25 and stay there until the Abyss Watchers/Catacombs.
Guess I better start grabbing some levels.

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How early do people with "review" copies get to play Ringed City? I know of a streamer I follow who had one of those special copies and was able to stream Ashes a week or two (?) before release.

>>169398292
Pretty sure you should be 35 max for Cathedral. The rooftop areas are tedious, but as a whole it's well within the capability of SL30-ish players.

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>>169398016
To play the shitty games that suck ass.

Need a new gimmick for my return to Drangleic. Give me something silly and fun that doesn't require grinding forever.

>>169399038
Fist weapons

>>169398679
High Wall and Undead settlement either nets people a lot of souls or barely any depending on how many times you have to repeat areas of it because of casul or autistic need to grind.
Crucifixion Woods isnt a really big farming hotspot because no one wants to farm giant crabs, Road of Sacrifices is rarely run through more than a single time.

From what I gather Highwall is 10-20, Settlement is 15-30, Crucifixion is 20-35, Farron Swamp\Keep is 25-40, Cathedral is 30-40.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDUnwfx0LNA

>das3 babies will try to deny this

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you know who this is? that's right, best waifu of the dark souls universe

>>169399230
>memetubers

Stop shilling your garbage vids

>>169398858
it's well within the capability of a SL1 if you have the dark hand

>>169399331
not an argument

>>169399363
>not an argument

And? Still shit

>>169399441
YOU ARE SHIT

>>169399230
>june 17th 2016

>>169399441
still not an argument

>>169399441
If you don't provide an argument that is to my liking you automatically lose and prove me right

>>169399519
>to my liking
kek ok, mr. e-celeb

>>169399230
No one wants to play For Honor Scott.

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>"Nice moves, kid. You've trained well. My turn"
>teleports behind you
>"heh"
>unsheats bow
>"Playtime's over!"
>shoots a million istakill arrows that can outrun you
>"nothing personnel, kid"

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>das2
>okay
>invaded in wharf
>he keeps l1ing me
>he doesnt do anything
>go over
>two shots me with estoc
>does some shaking head emote

Hm.

>>169399850
If there's one good thing about for honor is that the stance switching makes for very good taunt dances.

That and bullrush into pit memery.

i only watch yungmaestro vids though

>>169399850
from what I've seen he hates for honor too

>>169396428

Manus
Twin Princes
Nameless King

>>169396912
The bug inside used to be a woman.
The tree is actually named KingIzalis in the game code, so it seems to be what's left of the father of the Daughters of Chaos, guarding what remains of the witch herself.

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I wish i knew miracles suck before investing 20 hours into a Paladin build.
Can i respec my stats in Dark Souls 3?

>>169399927
just play on fucking console

>>169400065
If you're a successful dickwraith, yes. Honestly, though, miracles have the strongest weapon buffs in the game so I'd make full use of it.

>>169400000
what a fucking waste of a get

How is the DS2 event? Im downloading it right now.

>>169400000
Digits confirm best team.

>>169399998
Because its not nearly as deep as everyone hyped it up to be.

>>169396617
>It's whoever possessed a Lord Soul and their offspring.

That's not a guarantee by half. There are plenty of gods mysteriously disconnected or lacking a confirmed connection from Gwyn's bloodline like Old Man McLoyf, Velka, or Flame God Flann, and the other Lord Soul holders, the Witch of Izalith and Gravelord Nito, aren't treated as though they're gods.

bird/tree pope has nice looking legs, if you don't mind the rotting look

>>169400136
Its a shame Spears, Stake and Wrath are a fucking joke.
>Spend a majority of your focus to do like 25% of a difficult monsters health in damage.

waow

why is farron memesword so fucking shit?

why does from hate fun?

it's a UGS that does below greatsword damage and has no unparriable attacks

I just want to be a flippy edgelord god damnit

>>169400315
They decided that fun was unbalanced in PvP so they removed it.

Crystal Estoc +10 for a melee weapon on a sorcerer any good?

I was trying different things out and I thought it was okay. I have 30 int, 18 dex, 13 strength. I am only level 60 but I dont want to mess up and go over to high of level where I cant play with friends anymore

>>169400000
Glory to Manus.

>>169400212
who is dumb enough to believe hype in this day and age?

I got a little excited when I saw that they included halfswording but then immediately lost my boner when vikings where just dumb barbarians in bare chests and katanas cut through plate armor.

>>169396167
How does the return to dranglic work? Are we supposed to play new characters?

Whats the ideal Soul Memory to aim for these days?

>beat the first boss by rolling the shit out of him and hitting him on the back
>carried to a new area by the raven
>walk around
>level up some stats
>get to a graveyard
>2 skeletons spawn and kill me in 3 hits
>die to them 10 times
>give up on that area
>walk to the left by climbing the stairs and get to some undead shitters
>kill them and go back to heal
>kill them again
>repeat that till I level up sufficiently
>go back to the skeletons
>kill them
>a giant skeleton spawns and kills me
>die several times
>finish kill skeleton in the graveyard
>there's fucking nothing there in the end
>go back the other way and kill the undeads
>get to some undead city
>kill more of them
>get to a spawn point
>find a shop
>grind the shit out of the bullshit undeads and kill the black knight with a bow and arrow to get chainmail armour and shit
>get to a taurus boss
>he kills me immediately
>get fed up with cannon fodder and decide to run directly to the boss from the spawn point
>it works
wtf guys? I have mixed feelings about this game. You can beat literally anyone by rolling and that's pretty fucking bland. Everyone calls this revolutionary?

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>>169400000
Them some nice digits son.

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>>169400594

Just started DaS2. Should I pump into ADP since I get more iframes?

>>169399998
>hates game
>continues to make tons of content for it

Did the same thing for 3 and I don't understand why.

>>169396428
Ancient Dragon
Manus
Velstadt

Manus beats Artorias easily
Velstadt beats Fume Knight in canon
Ancient Dragon one-shots everything anyway

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>>169400594
>he thinks hes people cus hes still in the first area

Play for more than 30 minutes before you complain here

>>169400765
if ur bad lol

>>169400546
>who is dumb enough to believe hype in this day and age?
A majority of people who play video games, what stupid question.

>>169400315
Miracles besides Dorhy's Gnawing all kinda suck until you get 60 faith, a good upgraded talisman (like saints), both miracle boosting rings, and possibly the lightning clutch ring.

Then they are good, but you don't get all of that shit until the games like 70% over.

>>169400594
the fact that you died so many times to the skeletons before getting the hint is fucking sad, Tbh

>>169400486
It's not bad. If you want to stick with rapiers you might look into the Sage rapier. If you just want a sword for a backup the longsword, shortsword, and the lothric knight sword are all fine swords and take crystal infusions well.

Any decent troll builds for return?

>>169400765
ADP is like resistance in 1, its a meme, youre being memed.

>>169400781
Every (you) he gets in a video generates money

>>169400930
Pate's spear my friend.

>>169400904
>tfw actually refunded the game because of the skeletons

>>169400781
Shills need views for their ad revenue. If it's a new and/or popular game, they'll also try to create name brand recognition out of it.

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>>169400765
at the minimum make sure you have 86 agility

it affects backsteps differently however, they get iframes on different breakpoints and so on

>>169400930
estoc/rapier/espada ropera

>>169400930
dual poison whips my friend

>>169400803
I grinded that area for hours on my first playthrough

>>169401125
flynn & rob?

>>169400575
Plz

pcds2fcbf

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Someone had posted a sorcery scroll icon a couple threads back and I noticed something. Was it better resolution than this one? Has anyone tried to cipher it? I clearly see a pattern here

>>169401404
No.

>das2 event
>this will be chill
>constant invades in foftg by twinks
>get through it somehow
>boom constant invades in heides by twinks

Some event

I dont know how much more of this i can take

Reminder to enlist in Way of Blue to aid against RtD twinkfags.

>>169401617
You're on the wrong side of it, idiot. Revival events are all about your chance to kill and torture newfags

>>169401679
IF one of those retards do get summoned they either get themself killed or kill themselves somehow, it sucks ASS.

>>169401789
You make it sound so edgy

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i'm buying a laptop soon for work purposes, but i also really want to replay dark souls 1 cause it's been years. does anyone have any experience with running it on a laptop? i'm trying to find one for fairly cheap (is <$200 realistic?) and i know it was terribly optimized but i mean it's a game from 2011, surely i don't have to buy a top of the line gaming laptop for it. please note that building a gaming desktop pc isn't in the cards right now, and i need a laptop for work purposes but i just wanna play some dang ole dark souls man

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>>169401876
you dont know what edge is

>>169401558
There's nothing to decipher. It's just a tiling pattern of random symbols.

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>>169401841
Not me.

>>169401926
>laptop
>gaming
no you fucking retard PCuck

>>169402019
Heheheheh..
*unsheathes dark washing pole*
Is that what you think, kiddo..?

>>169401926

note that i have done some research on it and found some that meet the requirements on processing power, but of course with a laptop my main concern is the video card. i don't need to run it at 60fps 1080p or anything, just stable framerate is all i ask for

>>169396167
What are strong builds in ds2?

Is rob flyn or dark magic and faith still the best?

>>169402124
*unsheathes 2kat dark washing pole*
Korede sayonara

>>169402067

well ya see the thing is my crusty old ps3 no longer reads discs and for whatever dumbfuck reason dark souls 1 is the only souls game you can't digitally purchase

>>169402214
if you actually done research you would know not to use a laptop for gaming retard PCuck kys

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>>169401558
It was this. I reckon there's not much to decipher here. They probably had some intern do a bunch of random patterns/symbols instead of inventing a proper new script or basing one on an ancient one.

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>>169402474
Also miracle scroll for anyone interested.

>>169396428
3 Giant Dads.

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>>169402635

hey while we're posting cool lore things here's the reconstructed altar of sunlight statue i.e. what nameless king looked like back in the day

>>169396167
Just finished farming for my darkmoon ring and darkmoon blade if anyone is interested in doing some Vicar events

>>169402860
He got a lot more /fit/ as the years went by

>>169402904
>interested in doing old reddit gank squads events
fuck off retard

Just finished downloading some drivers for my new card.
It comes with a program to record video, should I become a dicksucking mememancer and record my cosplay invasions now?

>>169402947

probably actually got exiled for never getting a goddamn haircut

>>169402860

Is it explained why he's a skeleton in DS3?

Did he link the fire?

>>169402947
Do you reckon he is natty?

>>169403148
DS3 is implied to be many, many, many cycles ahead of DS1. He's just crusty and old after chilling out on his mountain for several eons.

>>169403148

if he did, he'd be a lord of cinder right?

i take it more as evidence that the god race can in fact go hollow eventually, returning to the state they were in before the lord souls were found. i mean, he looks like gwyn in the kiln basically

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CAW CAW

post your fashion

>>169400928
Why do people shill the lothric knight sword?

>>169403638
The estoc is way better. I am not sure.

>>169400224
>>169400224
>Light Soul
Gwyn split his soul and those that received parts of it became Gods.
>Dark Soul
Pygmy split its soul and those that recieved parts of it became Humanity.

I don't recall much on Izalith, but people prayed and worshiped Nito, and you can pray and worship Nito.

They possessed Lord Souls, so that counts for something.

>>169396514
That's not dark souls 2

>>169400224
>>169404365
Oh and the indirect connections are the fact that it takes place over the course over a great span of time so people are being born during that from other Gods.

>>169396732
>This meme again
Souls games are hard compared to most games these days and most people find them hard, thus they are considered hard. Things like this are decided by consensus and comparison, not your subjective opinion.

>>169404365
>>Light Soul
>Gwyn split his soul and those that received parts of it became Gods.
>>Dark Soul
>Pygmy split its soul and those that recieved parts of it became Humanity.
This seems so fucking obvious why didn't I notice this before, like what is my brain even doing. It's a DIRECT fucking parallel

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>these SofFS NPC invaders that are programmed to be as annoying as possible
I don't know how to feel about this

>>169404365
But Gwyn only split his soul to leave a shard with Seath and another with the Kings of Anor Londo before he went on pilgrimage to the Kiln. He didn't make confetti out of it like the Pygmy did.

>>169404661
>He didn't make confetti out of it like the Pygmy did.
He did, Dark Souls 1 directly states that he imparted all his followers that were loyal a part of his soul

>>169404376
>dark souls 2
>casual

>the game where if you dont look up a guide to realize that agility affects your iframes you'll go through the game with 5 iframes

>the game where estus are so fucking slow you could pull of a charged ultra r2 in das 3 in the same time

>the game where roll punishing is the easiest in the entire series

okay

>>169404661
>I don't know how to feel about this
It's one of the best additions from Dark Souls 2, NPC invaders feel like actual people invading you

>>169404365
>Gwyn split his soul and those that received parts of it became Gods.
Blatantly false.

The Four Knights were not gods. Neither were the Four Kings or Seath (the latter obtained his immortality on his own).

And there are a shitload of other gods out there who didn't get a shard of Gwyn's soul.

>>169404817
That doesn't change the fact that enemies and bosses are the easier in the series. I steam rolled the entire game just spamming R1 with a Rapier. It's funny that the game is so easy even when the developers tried so hard to make it difficult

>>169403938
>>169403638
bump

>>169404806
Where is that stated? He imparted shards to the Four Kings and to Seath, that much is known. Where is it said that he gave any shard to others? And why don't we go chase THOSE people to feed those shards to the Lordvessel?

>>169404661
>He didn't make confetti out of it like the Pygmy did.
He did

He did it twice, even

He gave it to them as a reward for being loyal, and then he did it again when he went to the kiln for the last time

>>169404958
and you can likewise steamroll DaS3 r1 spamming a straight sword

the difference is that in DaS3 you get infinite super good rolls right out the gate with no downsides

>>169404817
Adaptability is a two edged sword because once you level that up to 30+ the game becames a absolute joke due to the amount of i-frames that you char gets. And about the combat being slower, it's okay because enemies and bosses are also slower

>>169404970
>>169404905
It's not false, he does it twice. He did it as a reward as mentioned here >>169405004
(I'll look for the in-game text)
And he gave it to them here
>Armor of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, who linked the First Flame.
Lord Gwyn, bearer of the ultimate soul, divided that power among his clan before linking the flame. When he departed, he left only with his greatsword, his garb, and the crown, now bereft of power. He kept his crown perhaps to preserve a symbol of the monarch, for its actual power had fully subsided.

>>169404832
Yeah, but at the same time you know they aren't real people so it's not as satisfying when you kill them and the whole thing just feels fake. Although it's probably just a mindset though.

>>169405054
>and you can likewise steamroll DaS3 r1 spamming a straight sword
Except you can't.

Proof: I tried and got destroyed, Dark Souls 3 and 1 actually punish R1 spam much better than 2.
>the difference is that in DaS3 you get infinite super good rolls
Like the other guy said, everything in Dark Souls 2 is slower, including the enemies, so once you level adaptability the game becomes a joke. Btw, having your i-frames tied to a status was a retarded idea since it literally forced people to level up that status regardless of their build.

>>169404817
>>169405113
>the game where if you dont look up a guide to realize that agility affects your iframes you'll go through the game with 5 iframes
So the game is way too hard when you don't understand it and way too easy when you do understand it

How is this a good thing for anybody?

>>169405136
Same text again, I'll have to look hard to find where it said he gave his loyal followers part of himself, but again another phrasing of that text for the second time he did it
> Soul of Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight
and Cinder, who linked the First Flame.
Lord Gwyn bequeathed most of his power to the
Gods, and burned as cinder for the First
Flame, but even so, Lord Gwyn's soul
is a powerful thing indeed.

>>169396428
oceiros with a greatshield stapled to his forehead

>>169405368
It isn't. Anyone who played all games in the series know that Dark Souls II is the easiest and worst.

The DLCs are the exception, since they are both good and challenging.

You, you. Give me, warm. Give me, soft.

does this place still have fcs
or have the shitposters taken over

>>169405392
Hmmm, that's actually quite interesting. While you can make the case that Seath could be granted the title of God of Sorcery, I really don't think the kings of New Londo are referred as gods anywhere.

ok so explain me this

look at all those human like bosses in dark/demon souls that are fucking top tier

False King Allant, Ornstein ans Smough, Artorias, Fume Knight, Burnt Ivory King, Abyss Watchers. Sulyvahn, Friede etc. All these fags have magical justification for kicking ungodly amounts of ass:(Allant is a demon, Fume knight was given power from a demon, Sulyvahn is a Bird/tree sorceror pope etc.)

So why. Oh god fucking WHY does CHAMPION FUCKING GUNDYR kick so much UNDGODLY amount of ASS, when his only power is spinning his halberd for red eyes.

I know he can be parried, but I never parry bosses because I want a challenge

>>169405362
>Proof: I tried and got destroyed

so you're an absolute and complete shitter?

out of all my character, quality build, dex build, strenght build, sorcery build, pyro build, luck build and even a faith (lol) build

by far the easiest playstyle in dark souls 3 is r1 spamming with a dark sword or other fast weapon, the game punishes flashy moves, it rewards spacing and being able to deal damage quickly.

>so once you level adaptability the game becomes a joke.

you need 105 agility to just match DaS3 rolls, that is a pretty heavy stat investment.

>>169405624
We were shitposters all along.

>>169405054
>>169404958
What I will say is obviously my personal experience with each game, but for me Dark Souls 2 was by far the easiest. I killed every boss with only up to one or three tries, except for Throne watchers and Smelter Demon, which were harder.

>>169405770
Champion Gundyr is basically the boss version of a souls protagonist. He was the Chosen Undead equivalent of the last cycle, except he arrived late and Ludleth had to take his place.

>>169405624
nope PCucks ruined the general and anything they touch because they have the majority nowadays

>>169405624
We just had a FC last night.

>>169405959
>implying PC hasn't always had the highest amount of fightclubs

booty bothered sony pony detected

>>169405959
You're quite oblivious aren't you.
Have a (you) for your continued efforts.

>>169405624
pcfcs frequently
consoles however...

>>169406045
>>169406046
see look how quick these PCuck kids responded mad af

>>169405624
I think most people are busy with the das2 event instead of playing shitsouls3

>>169405775
>so you're an absolute and complete shitter?
Tell me, how do you kill Lothric, Soul of Cinder, Nameless King, Aldrich, Dancer or Sulyvan with R1 spam?

>you need 105 agility to just match DaS3 rolls, that is a pretty heavy stat investment.
That's a unfair comparison because like i said, dark souls 2 as a whole is a slower game, thus you don't need the same amount of i-frames and speed as in Dark Souls 3, which is much faster.

The biggest reason why 3 is harder is because of how the bosses and level design work compared to 2, regarding their concepts and movesets. It was the only game that I barely died in my playthrough and the only area that gave me a hard time at all was Shrine of Amana, whereas none of the bosses were challenging.

The DLC changed that and indeed has some of the most challenging bosses in the series, but the vanilla game is a joke.

>>169406125
host a fc and we'll show these PCucks how it's done

>>169406161
>People are busy with this game that's inferior in almost every way instead of playing its much better sequel
No wonder this general is shit these days

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Would anyone be willing to drop me a Dark Hand? Im starting a Fistomancer build and I want to start punching as soon and as much as possible.
Ps4, high wall, pass: fist

>>169405619
yu, yu, giv us smood
yes, you, giv us silkee

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>>169406245
>Tell me, how do you kill Lothric, Soul of Cinder, Nameless King, Aldrich, Dancer or Sulyvan with R1 spam?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0WlFd7vHtk

by acquiring profeciency

>>169406476
>This video
>R1 spam
What this guy is doing is literally the opposite of spamming

>>169406245
>thus you don't need the same amount of i-frames and speed as in Dark Souls 3

actually you need more than das 3 because das 2 rolling animation hitbox is retarded and doesn't follow your character, you're stuck where you rolled from and will be hit if you aren't invulnerable.

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>haven't been summoned all event so far
>finally get summoned right before I have to go to work
fuck me

>>169402982
But it wasnt a reddit event

>>169406580
he also isn't dodging

>>169406161
Why no das2 FC?

>>169406723
I know, but he's basically doing a similar thing, which is avoiding the attacks of the boss and waiting for a an opening to attack. Although impressive, it's basically the same as rolling, only in a different and harder way.

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>>169406245
>farmed over 100 desert sluts and they didn't drop even one pair of high heels

well fuck this shit, post what character and SL you plan on going through ringed city as first

SL80

Dark sword still too stronk even after the nerf

>>169406706
>bloodshades originated from reddit because a washed up souls jewtuber wanted more attention
>its been proven PCucks who browse here also browse reddit
>PCucks here make a counter reddit ganksquad thats higher in level
>promotes it here and also in reddit, several also join bloodshades discords and posting their reaction here and on reddit
>meanwhile consoles are ignoring the cancer, literally no console players did the reddit event

>>169406723
>moving in the correct position to evade the attacks doesn't constitute dodging
Alright boss.
Let's just end this charade already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-EhLeSi0QI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYNv99FKeD0
Welp, guess all games in this series are shit, why does this general even exist again

When we will stop fighting over which Souls game is best or worst? Can we agree that they are all good?

>>169406968
>Welp, guess all games in this series are shit, why does this general even exist again

took you long enough to realize that the dark souls games are hard thing is a meme, especially when greatshields exist in all the games

>>169407038
Such is the eternal mandate of the shitposting sun.
Seriously though, I think Souls games have spoiled me terribly on the standards for these sorts of games. I haven't played any other action games in a while and looking back on videos for boss fights from a couple games it's apalling how dull it all is when compared to these.

HUMAN.

>>169406968
>>169407063
I know that you're just shitposting but
>Let me post this person that fighted against this bosses over a hundred of times to learn their entire moveset and attack pattern
>Yeah, that will prove that the game is easy
Sure.
>>169407063
Souls games are hard because they heavily punish your errors and carelessness, unlike most games. Even with Shield you have to look out for stamina management and most bosses and enemies have ways to punish players who just stand behind a shield.

>>169407038
as long as PCucks remind here, no
>bunch of PCucks who first game was dark souls 2 are butthurt people bashed on it hard and so shitpost about dark souls 3 because its their second souls game and is vastly different
>people whose first souls game was 3 keep shitting on 2 because its the bandwagon thing to do even though dark souls 2 is a decent game with some highlights, but they just cant shut the fuck up about it long after people have accepted its faults
PCucks only have those 2 games, they cant play dark souls 1 bc of GFWL and they don't have bloodborne and demons souls, and never ever will

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>>169407038
never because some people hate Dark souls 2 with a fiery passion instead of acception it for what it is

Dark souls: Kings fields edition

also Dark souls 3 killed casters by giving them 3 mandatory rings and anyone who thinks ashen estus was a buff needs to be reapply for elementary school math.

sadly most fun things being removed are a direct result of the very strict anti invader sentiment that started in DaS2 and went full retard in DaS3, which sucks because in their attempt to protect the babbies from twinks they also ruined the viability of a lot of things for pve.

serious why did they include the twinkling dragon stones if they where gonna be so fucking shit?

>>169407317
Cue the chorus

why do so many bosses fight with no shoes on and/or wearing masks of some sort?

>>169405770
People don't just call you a champion for nothing Anon, he was a badass before he decided to take a nap with his scented candles.

>>169407342
>Souls games are hard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbR7MYGPR6c

you're a funny guy

>>169407474
Human faces are notoriously complex to render satisfactorily, unlike, say, a dragon's.
>no shoes
Miyazaki is a footfag.

>>169407393
Hey man thats cool and all, you wanna reel in the pretend /v/ trolling stuff just a bit.

>>169407393
>GFWL
what?
>PCucks can't play Dark Souls 1
WHAT?

>>169406474
I really hope his armor makes it in somehow

>>169406943
the guy who came up with the idea was on ps4

he ganked with pointdownlegion2

>>169407265
> I haven't played any other action games in a while and looking back on videos for boss fights from a couple games it's apalling how dull it all is when compared to these.
I think that Souls games are different from standard action games, like DMC or Ninja Gaiden, they are more like slow paced action RPGs.

But I share your sentiment, Souls games spoiled me in terms of combat.

Sorry if this was obvious, I only just started Dark Souls.

I have a theory on what the Darksign is. I think it's kinda obvious too.

It was in fact created by Gwyn, on purpose. Not an accident like it's speculated in some places. Why exactly? All about the First Flame.

It's his attempt at SEALING humanity. It's the Dark Soul wreathed in flame. Trapping it.

This is why when you die, you resurrect. Your soul is literally trapped in your body. But only to extent due to its connection with fire, you're being siphoned.

And as you die further, it takes you to the bonfire thus feeding it with your Dark Soul. It was Gwyn turning humans into batteries.

And why does the curse end when you ignite the first flame? Well...it's reignited so you don't need batteries anymore...for a time.

>>169407603
Everythings already been datamined though hasnt it? I dont know how the preview builds work in their entirety or if they add stuff later.

>>169407393
you do realize that dark souls 1 came out for PC too right?

also

>implying the DeS scene isn't deader than gwyndolin in 3

Playstation 3s cost chump change now a day, but you faggots never like it when people who've played all the souls games point out that Dark souls 3 is deeply flawed.

>>169407679
but the darksign affects everyone, not just humans

Gwyn is a batshin insane hollow when you meat him

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Who here /skippedDSII/?

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DEAR "RIN" FROM DARK SOULS 3

FUCK OFF WITH YOUR SEED FINGER GANK SQUAD

WE ALDRICH FAITHFUL JUST WANT A FAIR FIGHT

GET THE -FUCK- OUT

I KNOW YOURE FUCKING HERE GIGGLING WITH YOUR BUTTBUDDIES

>>169407679
alright so here's the quick run down

fire brought disparity, life and death, all that good shit.
prior to fire the only things around where just immortal stone dragons, who weren't really alive or dead, they where stone and they just existed

when the fire starts going out, life and death stop working right.

>>169407546
They are compared to most games these days, being because of how heavy the enemies hit, because it punishes carelessness, because it has no hand holding or because of how the checkpoints work.

Your subjective opinion doesn't decide whether a game is hard or not, consensus does. By stating that Souls games are easy, you're just saying that the vast majority of players are bad, whereas you are a pro and even if that is true, it still doesn't disprove that the games are hard, it just proves that they are hard for most people, but easy for you, which I doubt they are anyway.

Btw, I'll not watch this video, if you want to get your opinion across explain or reasoning instead of using meme videos.

>>169407740
>Everythings already been datamined though hasnt it? I dont know how the preview builds work in their entirety or if they add stuff later.
I might be wrong but they can change data in the game to become other sets sort of like how burial set became Vilhem's. Its more wishful thinking on my part to want it in the game

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>>169407393
>PCucks can't play DS1
>this is what Sonyggers actually believe

I always knew you guys were retarded but holy shit.

>>169407978
Aldrich Faithful invasions are such a dramatic waste of time, so many people troll them or just gank them.

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invasion webms?

>>169407741
>>169407596
>>169407581
>>169408113
>PCucks in charge of reading
prove me wrong then
>PCucks cant play dark souls 1 because GFWL and also because the game is literally unplayable without dsfix and even then the game is still more broken than consoles
>PCuck versions are all deader than dead and the few 2 people are on are all hackers

>>169408113
Can you guys stop replying to someone who's just blatantly trolling or does this somehow boost your ego to argue with actual baitposting.

Holy fucking shit, just stop.

>>169406431
Still begging, if there's any interest.

>>169407978
>WE ALDRICH FAITHFUL
>goo worshipper
>frogposter
You deserve everything thrown at you

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>>169408234
>just stop responding because we PCucks literally cant disprove anything he says
kill yourself

>>169396167
Is crystal estoc better than crystal knight sword for a sorcerer's melee weapon?

>>169408219
>GFWL

there you again

what the fuck are talking about here?

>>169408234
sorry, can't, doctors orders

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>two-handed R1s don't combo into each other
>no perseverance on casting

Any Heysel Pick type combo's with this thing?

>>169408219
>dsfix making the game objectively better than console versions means PCucks are getting the short end of the stick
Nigger what
>GFWL
What the fuck is this

>I played all games in the series for over 2000 hours, therefore, I came to the conclusion that they are easy now because I learned all the level design, mechanics, tricks and attack patterns of the game
I know that Souls difficulty became a meme, the game isn't THAT hard and you want to be contrarian, but pretending that's easy is even more retarded.

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>>169408219
HE STILL THINKS DS1 PC HAS GFWL

EVERYONE LAUGH AT HIM

HAHAHAHAHAHA

>>169408485
>>169408448
>>169407596
He's talking about Games for Windows Live. Which is completely fucking irrelevant because it hasn't been a thing for three years now.

>>169407038
The only argument I can actually see is if 2 or Demon Souls is the worst game in the series.

2 can be last because it actually just isn't fun in the slightest, shit boss fights, shit enemies, shit level design.
DeS just unfortunately has all its mechanics improved in the following games, though personally I much preferred the mana mechanic even if it did just making cheesing some stuff easier.

Beyond that 1 > BB > 3 are pretty clear top 3.

>>169408423
>Japs literally incapable of making PC ports due to below average PC literacy
>somehow PCuck fault

wew

>>169396428

Manus, Kalameet Orphan of Kos

>>169408485
>replying to bait

>>169408290
>>169408121
seriously what is WITH these fucker hosts being so powerful?

it was pretty balanced over the week. either 1 v 1 blanaced fights or multiple v multiple that was never ganging up

now its saturday, and all the troll hosts come out and gank squads

really makes you think........

>>169396428
Ancient Dragon
Yhorm
Bed of Chaos

>>169396218
Loyce Greatsword, nigger.

>>169408612
>>169408578
>REPLYING TO BAIT

>>169408671
>implying I have anything better to do while I wait for Dorkmoon summons

Fuck this covenant holy shit

>>169407834
Hollow = no soul
Not Darksign

Though hollowing CAN be because of Darksign

Darksign is dying and resurrecting because...reasons.

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So how much new shit have we found out about the DLC since the trailer?

How's the Return to Drangleic going? I should really hop on a rock and roll.

>>169408879
Yeah but it shits up the thread
>>169408715
Host is usually wearing the white phantom ring, host is more often than not some 200+ ultranigger wearing a dark ring. Attack the white phantom and watch them go into full panic mode.

>>169407834

Darksign only affects humans.

Hollow =/ undead

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>>169408671
>>169408805

its good bait

Is crystal estoc better than crystal knight sword for a sorcerer's melee weapon?

>>169408627
I agree with almost everything you said, except for the implication that DeS isn't leagues above Dark Souls II. It's true that DeS mechanics and structure was improved in the following games, however, it still has stellar level design, is full of unique and creative boss battles and has top-tier atmosphere, unlike Dark Souls II, which has generic bosses, levels that are nothing but shitty hallways with branches that only lead to dead ends and shit-tier atmosphere compared to any of the games in the series.

But I do have to agree that
>Beyond that 1 > BB > 3 are pretty clear top 3.
You have God-tier taste anon

>>169408030
> because it has no hand holding or because of how the checkpoints work.

lmao

in Dark souls 1 and Demon souls you might have a point about checkpoints but seriously now

Dark souls 2 had a bunch of bonfires, but it had nowhere near the metric fuckton of pointless bonfires that 3 has

what is the point of having the Farron keep perimeter bonfire? it takes like what, 15 seconds to sprint there from farron keep and you can easily run past all the enemies and continue running past them all the way to the boss, if you tried that shit in DeS you'd get your shit pushed so far back in you could taste it.

or the water reserve bonfire, sprinting through the dark room is so laughably easy that you dont even need to hit the roll button.

or the foot of the high wall bonfire being rendered completely pointless 5 seconds later by the undead settlement.

atleast in 2 you usually had to fight the enemies throughout most of the game because you didn't start with super good rolls with very fast recover for close to no stamina cost

not to mention estus are so fast in 3 its not even funny, if you're invading and not using a 1 shot build, you will never kill the host, especially if he has phantoms (unless they are incredibly incompetent)

in 2 if you try to do 1 roll away from an enemy and estus you will get your guts spilled as you slowly lift it up to sippy, even if you manage to pull it off it wont heal you instantly.

as for the video it was just onlyafro summoning phantoms and literally walking around the boss arena while they win the fight for him.

which brings me to the final point: If you wanted to be human form in dark souls 1 or demon souls it was a big deal, which put a risk to getting summons

in 3 you can just pop the ember at the boss door, no risk, summon all you want and if no one is there and you get invaded, walk through fog gate and homeward bone your way out.

atleast in 2 they did the right thing by making it so you could always get invaded.

>>169408131
>roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll roll

Bloodborne was a mistake
Fuck Dark Souls 3

>>169409225
stale bait, you blew your load with GFWL

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>all this constant invasions on bellfaggots
This is great, i already have all my main weapons on +9 and i havent even defeated the first major boss.
I had to take the ring off just to have enough time to talk to the blacksmith.
We should make a "Return to Lordran" after this.

Do Maces still do increased damaged to armored enemies like it did in DaS2? I haven't actually tried it but in DaS2 I always had a mace or club around for turtle knights and the like. Fucked them up.

>>169408219
>PCucks cant play dark souls 1 because GFWL
Lol...what....do you really think DS1 on PC has no internet service?

Really?

>>169409326
We already have a Return to Lordran every year. That's where Return to Drangleic came from.

>>169409337
yep mace still wrecks everything in heide

>>169408219
>PCucks cant play dark souls 1 because GFWL
Wrong. It works online just fine.
>the game is literally unplayable without dsfix and even then the game is still more broken than consoles
Wrong on both counts.

>>169409337
Armored enemies generally have less strike absorption resulting in more damage, yes.

How much int and faith do i need for a pyro build?

>>169409105
>what is the point of having the Farron keep perimeter bonfire?
Practicality. We had this discussion last threat. Every boss needs a nearby bonfire because the boss is supposed to be a challenging encounter that warrants all the player's attention and resources. If you do not believe that to be the case, I may as well ask you, why have ANY bonfires through the level? Just do it in one go if you're good enough.

>or the foot of the high wall bonfire being rendered completely pointless 5 seconds later by the undead settlement.
To prevent an unecessary cutscene and loading screen as you make your way down the high wall?

Complaints about excessive bonfires in 3 only make sense if you point out a sequence of gameplay that said bonfire cuts in two, and which would be improved by not having it. Removing Farron Keep perimeter does NOTHING but make the wlakback to the Abyss Watchers longer. That is simply padding. Removing the Wolnir/Undead Settlement bonfire does NOTHING but make the player have to go through an empty tunnel with no enemies, and go through an extra cutscene in case he dies to the dogs before the gate. Is that your idea of improving the game?

>>169409337
No, it's not anywhere near as significant as it was in DaS2. Strike weapons also tend to have less AR.

>>169409072

Estoc. Less Dex needed.

>>169409564
none

>>169409472
I meant do they still do that in DaS3? Sorry if I worded it poorly

>>169408257
Sure let me fire up my playstation.

>>169396167
How long does the Dark Souls 2 event last fuckbois?

>>169409575
Perimeter bonfire is a crossroads bonfire for Crucifixion woods, but I feel its redundant as well.
You could use the one in Farron Keep near the Abyss Watchers gate just fine, you would just have to walk past the praying Corvians again.

I like 3 a lot but I think there are too many convenient bonfires.

>>169409717
read it again

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>>169409763

>this one sperg keeps clamoring about How PC's suck
>while posting on his PC

Holy shit did you get banned on /v/ or something?

>>169409948
just filter him

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>>169409717
Many thanks!

>>169408461
R1 into Lifehunt Scythe or lightning stake?

>>169409865
What SM do most stop at in ds2 end game? Its abouy 1.8-2.5 million right?

>>169409105
>Dark souls 2 had a bunch of bonfires, but it had nowhere near the metric fuckton of pointless bonfires that 3 has
>This retardation again
First, bosses bonfires and bonfires at the start of each level are literally irrelevant in Dark Souls 3, they don't affect how the level design works or the overall feel of your deaths, thus mentioning them is almost pointless since it bears no significance to making the game easier.

Second, High Wall has only two bonfires if you don't count the bosses bonfires and that area is at least as big as florest of the giant and Lost Bastile from Dark Souls II, which both have up to five bonfires. Irithyll dungeon has two bonfires if you don't count Yhorm one and that area is at least twice the size of Drangleic Castle, which has five bonfires. If you don't count boss bonfires Lothric Castle only has three and It only uses one bonfire for the entirety of Grand Archives and that area is even bigger than Earthen Peak, which has four bonfires. Cathedral of the Deep has only three and is bigger than Lost Bastile, which has five, or Heide that's extremely small but has three as well. I could go on, but you got the point;

Last but not least, even if three had that many bonfires like you are implying, it still wouldn't change what I said, as the game would still be more punishing in terms of checkpoints than 99% of games these days.

The rest of your post is basically ''bla bla bla bonfire'', which is answered in what I said above, or ''bla bla 2 did better'', which isn't true because 2 is worst than three in every aspect that matters. But that wasn't even my point, you are the one trying to turn this discussion into 2 vs 3 shit.

Btw, tone down your cancerous reddit spacing.

>>169409575
> I may as well ask you, why have ANY bonfires through the level?

that's what demon's souls did

>Every boss needs a nearby bonfire

no they fucking dont.

>Removing Farron Keep perimeter does NOTHING but make the wlakback to the Abyss Watchers longer.

next you'll tell me you think it was a great idea that the final bonfire to soul of cinder is just a straight walk.

that shit did not fly in DaS1 and DeS, you have to earn the right to fight the final boss, which added to the tension.

fighting the soul of cinder has no tension, you aren't losing anything if you fuck up

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why is every npc a filthy liar?

>already gave up on SOTFS twice in recent months
>new big event happening

I'm trying hard to like this game but the combat is so clunky. Maybe I went with not-so-fun builds. 1st build I was a Strength user. Second I was a Hexer. What's the most fun build you can think of? Maybe those other builds are innately slow.

Is anyone even using the Name Engraved Ring? I see more summon signs without it than with it equiped.

>>169409814
>I like 3 a lot but I think there are too many convenient bonfires.
You are right, of course, but my problem with all these discussions is that people always complain about a bonfire that is there either obviously to serve as a boss fight tether, or bonfires sitting in transition areas where there's no meaningful challenge that end up close to one another and decrying that as proof that 3 offers you a bonfire every two feet and as a result that makes it a casual game.

Hell, if the corridor between defeating Wolnir and reaching the Irithyll bridge had fifty bonfires neatly arranged side by side that would not compromise the challenge of the game at all, it would simply make the warp UI cluttered.

>>169410278
>no they fucking dont.
Yes they absolutely do. Walking for four minutes to reach Gwyn, Lord of Cinder does not add to the tension and the challenge, it does not make the player more invested, it takes you out of the entire experience of what would be a cool fight you're trying to learn because you realize you have to make your way through a vast expanse of empty terrain with just a handful of Black Knights every time.

Might as well lock the boss wall down on a timer until you are allowed to cross it again.

I already earned the right to fight the goddamn boss by crossing the level leading up to it and unlocking the appropriate shortcuts. Is that not what those things are for? Are shortcuts casual now?

well im stuck on dancer of the boreal valley. Im sl 75 and have a +8 broadsword. Got wrecked easily 20 times and cant get past the second phase at all.

>>169410387
Try thrusting swords.

Time to rev up DaS2. Get myself the Rogue set, a long sword and a mace and get to it.

>>169410579

You have to learn when to get your hits in during phase 2. I usually just bait out the super twirly move or the one where she jumps into the air, slams, then twirls.

>>169409814
>>169409105
The ONLY area with overabundance of bonfires in Dark Souls III is Road of sacrifices/Farron Keep, the rest of the areas have very few bonfires if you disregard boss bonfires, which again, have no relevance whatsoever to the level design, they are just there to make you warp to Firelink and spend your Souls after killing the boss. Most areas in Dark Souls 3 are very large but only use two or one bonfire and you can only acess said bonfires later on by using shortcuts.

Anyone who thinks that 3 is worse than 2 in terms of bonfire don't know how to analyze things objectively and only thinks that way because of boss bonfires.

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>tfw still need to get the "All Rare Weapons" achievement in DS1, but I haven't played on my achievement run character in ages and have no idea where I was at with it

>l1 spamming some guy with paired weps
>if he parry spams with caestus he can land one and one shot me
this seems wholly against the idea behind parrying

>>169410579
Got a great shield?

>>169411031
Collectors Edition

What God got chosen for the restart for DS2?

>>169407978
>WE ALDRICH FAITHFUL JUST WANT A FAIR FIGHT
then duel.or man the fuck up and out-scum them. if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. by the way, especially aldrich faithful are a gank covenant. by putting on that bage, you sign a paper saying "i want to gank people". so fuck off

>>169410565
>Lord of Cinder does not add to the tension and the challenge, it does not make the player more invested

the fact that you can fuck up and get killed by the black knights while your souls are in gwyns room adds tension

the fact that you dont want to fall off the edge while your souls are in gwyns room adds tension

the only case of a long trip to the boss not adding tension, is the walk to the throne of want in DaS2, because that is actually what you describe: A long ass walk with no obstacles.

>>169411168
Kremmel

>>169411396
Thanks.

>>169411396
What was the Adaptability for 10 AGI, 26 right?

>>169411271
>by putting on that bage, you sign a paper saying "i want to gank people"
The irony is most of my AF invasions while farming dregs was into a fully cleared map and gank squad.

>>169410935
>a bunch of additional bonfires splitting up a linear map have no relevance whatsoever to level design
>if you just disregard a massive amount of bonfires in a discussion about bonfire proximity and then think objectively

you objectively need to kill yourself lol

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>farron memesword does 500 AR on a 40/40 build
>black knight sword does 542 on the same build

FROOOOOOOM

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Hello /dsg/, are luck/dexbuilds a thing, or should I just go with either one.

>>169411569
like the treehuggers in 1. and the bellbongers in 2. it's how it goes, if you face a ganksquad stall until backup arrives

Are there any fucking news about the DLC yet fuck

>>169411619
Luck is useless, go dex.

>>169411619
depends what are you trying to do?

bleed builds demolish most bosses in the game

>>169411768
Well, doesn't luck raise your bleed build up?

Maybe I should've been more specific

Wait, was 120 the Meta in DaS2? I fucking forgot everything about that game lol

>>169411976
SL is irrelevant, only SM matters

>>169411859
>bleed builds demolish most bosses in the game


Pretty much what I'm going for yeah

>>169411976
Soul level? 150 but it was based on soul memory

>>169412062
>>169412040
>>169412040
>>169411976


What was the meta SM

>>169411885
Yes, but there's an item that does it too. That item is so strong it's worth more than 99 luck

You just make a dex build with that item

>>169411279
Anon, who in their right mind would fight the final boss of the game while carrying a meaningful amount of souls that they mean to spend on something or other, rather than simply spending it all first?

But hell, let's make it a better point for you, let's assume it's a played with a Chaos-infused weapon carrying 99 humanities and they're all laying on Gwyn's puddle.

That STILL doesn't excuse the immense amount of terrain you have to cross to reach the goddamn boss room. Might as well have the big atmospheric walk through the kiln, then add a bonfire at the top of the spiral staircase leading to the fog door, while concentrating all the Black Knights in that area between the bonfire and the door proper, one after the other. Maybe even add a couple holes here and there to the ground if you want for the platforming challenge.

It's still kind of a waste of time, but significantly less so, and your intended goal is still maintained.

I still don't think it's a sensible design decision, I still think the boss as a challenge on itself should warrant full player attention rather than tacking on long gameplay sequences right on top of it in the off chance some player is carrying souls or something they wish to keep.

>>169411604
>Let me show you how retarded I am hur dur
Did you read a word of what I said? How does Vordt of the Boreal Valley bonfire affects the level design of High Wall, for example? You already finished the area, so it literally bears no relevance to the feel of the game or your deaths, which is the case in most boss bonfires. Or for example, the bonfire at the beginning of Undead Settlement and then, one right after said bonfire, It basically makes no difference because the area of the first bonfire has absolutely nothing besides some items scattered around, upon reaching the second bonfire, which is when the area actually starts, your the next bonfire is only very far ahead, as it's the case in the vast majority of areas in Dark Souls III. Another example is Irithyll of the Boreal Valley having one bonfire at the beginning and another after the bridge. What fucking difference does that make? There's literally nothing at that bridge after you kill the mini boss.

See >>169410565
> if the corridor between defeating Wolnir and reaching the Irithyll bridge had fifty bonfires neatly arranged side by side that would not compromise the challenge of the game at all, it would simply make the warp UI cluttered.

>>169412192
Usually around 2 to 2.5 mil

>return to drangleic
>dead
well now what?

>>169412449
b&?

>Heide's Tower of Flame post-Dragonrider

>Right off the bat two knights and a giant aggro

>everything in the stage chases you, forever

>can't find the fucking switch to access the cathedral

>can't kill the drake because every single enemy in the zone pours onto the platform behind me

And I'm ALREADY at 61k Soul Memory, like 3 hours into the game.

>>169412220
Alright then, thank you

>>169412294
Im not that anon so spare me the paragraphs, but remember back to DS1 before you get the lordvessel how the world was designed to have lots of unlockable shortcuts and sometimes a decent walk to get back to Andre or to Firelink.
I think that added a lot to the game.

>>169412487
no, but world without name engraved is way more active

>>169412523

You have to kill the drake for the switch to appear you nignog

Any tips if I can't find myself with enough DPS to down the first Maneater in time?

>>169412523
Remember when Dark Souls was hard?

>>169412523
>>can't find the fucking switch to access the cathedral
you need to kill the knight, do you? at any rate, killing ODS after DR in SotFS is ill-advised