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>Contracted Pertussis:
>>171253989

>Discord-sponsored tournament on March 25:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdE5nW644n-uDkR2sLrJD--n4Nsynw2f9GP2BJOrNUBpgiBiw/viewform

>Ringed City DLC stuff
Announcement trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igomOLwqsV0
Screenshots/art: https://imgur.com/a/83M79
Gameplay footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Ke647-xsU
Redacted Ringed Knight armor set screenshots: http://imgur.com/wIM6rIJ
Vaati's notes, trimmed (MAJOR SPOILERS, read with a grain of salt): http://pastebin.com/Y7MTapKN
Leaked first boss fight (SPOILERS): https://sendvid.com/ppo6urmb
Famitsu screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/A6diD
TRC gameplay from PAX East stream: https://mega.nz/#!nFUhTJTY!sVWEb4jeiteATO9mFWKPmtOuyPQiPI6IKEWXH1uS3qo
GameSpot gameplay (mostly same as above but with some extra stuff): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpZD7l_LPmU
PvP arena screenshots: https://steamcommunity.com/games/374320/announcements/detail/261612445216430867
ADP arena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ogfoPhz64
Grand Archives arena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVM4AsXX4yk
Bamco stream (PvP portion, some weapon stats): https://mega.nz/#!7YNUhbZB!IXABnYIRQR9GQd030iLgOAMR30ExztE-qdV9RdQKysc
Bamco stream (PvE portion, nothing new): https://mega.nz/#!fYUhiA7b!bb9K_rKuPVb3vg4OLvWAsab5r_7h0TOyO6IxnjKvPi0
DLC weapon stats: https://imgur.com/a/00ozT
IGN PvP gameplay in ADP arena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFR6YZTlNz8
IGN PvP gameplay in Grand Archives arena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH-ZJfeO9iw

>Character Planner
https://www.mugenmonkey.com/

>DARK SOULS 3
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u8Mak1goSv4g73g16XsWV4sJelDQUatWkP2kcO6GVAA/pub

>DARK SOULS 2
http://pastebin.com/CAx8Yc8v

>DARK SOULS
http://pastebin.com/eNY3su63

>DEMON'S SOULS
http://pastebin.com/RjpF5s7a

>BLOODBORNE
http://pastebin.com/WdLBWD8n

>KING'S FIELD
http://pastebin.com/G8zw0sc3

>Community & Fanart
http://pastebin.com/vVWz9pJm
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>>171313790
If he refuses to enjoy the game the way you want him to, then let him play it the way he wants to. Not every playthrough has to be 100% the first time through, he can come back later once he gets gud and properly explore on a new build.
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>>171314143
she coughin up some horse load?
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>Also, in the second area, enemies related to that boss are exciting for series fans. Because he got a set of his armor when knocked down it was like a fan service. In addition to the series fans I was able to confirm the reappearance of a delightful weapon.
What did they mean by this?
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>>171314532
Fluted & Scraping Spear
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>>171314532
Gold+silver tracers
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>>171314290
They sure can appreciate lewdness. That said, there's definitely something that makes lewd stuff even more lewd when it's you in control. Someone else dressing up in the desert set is one thing but when you do it on your own character?

DIAMONDS
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This thread is now blessed by Gravelord Nito and the Pardoners of Velka.
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They wont show us the area after demon prince because it takes place in dark souls I & II locations. The dreg heap harnesses the power of reused assets to give us a massive as fuck area containing several reused fanservice bosses. I'm talking artorias of the deep and ornstein & smough as hollows type of fun stuff. The actual city is comparatively tiny, but still manages to squeeze 3 bosses in.
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>>171314698
>no news regarding velka/pardoners yet
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>>171314821
We already have confirmation that you enter The Ringed City immediately after beating the demons. They drop the banner and you step out of the tree log onto a ledge where you raise it. Cue cutscene and loadingscreen transition to the outskirts of The Ringed City.

The city itself is massive and takes up most of the DLC, while also apparently including numerous branching optional paths and secret things. There's also apparently a 3rd area after the city which nobody is allowed to talk about
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Would anyone on PS4 be willing to drop me a Lightning Urn and Medicant's Staff so I can get my Solaire armor early?

I'm at the High Wall bonfire, pw is dsg123

I have multiple alts so I may have something you need in return?

Pls respond
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>>171314821
>>171315018
Where are you guys getting this stuff from?
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>>171314532

Most of the dark souls 1 shit is accounted for so im assuming its something dark souls 2 related
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>>171314927
>you will never be a pardoner
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>>171315193
Japanese IGN preview of the DLC.
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>>171314532
B O N E F I S T
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>>171314532

Related to the demon prince? And the demon prince drops an armor set?

What is a character that could have become the demon prince, who wears armour that would excite fans?
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>>171315238
Name one item unique to Dark Souls 2 that's recognizable and iconic enough that a game journalist would feel the need to point it out specifically as something 'fans of the series' would be pleased to see reappear. Note before you answer that, as a gaming journalist this person has likely never actually played a souls game themselves outside of 30 minute demos at press events.
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>>171314532
He is talking about SoC and the ringed knights drops.
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>>171315018

Secret area is obviously the DaS1 kiln of the first flame.
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>>171315449
Demon Prince is the boss of the first area.

Second area is possibly the Ringed City itself, with the Ringed Knights and shit.
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>>171315491
>reappearance
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>>171315064
aight im here
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>>171315449
Second area is the Ringed City itself. Demon Prince is the boss of the Dreg Heap, the first area.

Since some people are still confused about this (and gullible enough to consume blatantly false information before regurgitating it) I'll clarify: Earthen peak isn't its own area in the DLC, it's just part of the Dreg Heap.

First Area: Dreg Heap (including ruined High Wall, ruined Grand Archives, and ruined Earthen Peak) - Boss: 2demon
Second Area: Ringed City (and nothing else is currently known about it)
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>>171314532
DBS
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Started using Yhorm's Machete. What's the deal with the bugged moveset? Whenever I'm in PVP, and 2handing the weapon, sometimes if I hit a guy, then go for the second swing, it won't actually swing, he'll just sink the weapon beneath the earth and deal no damage and let the opponent get away. This bug is so annoying I need to use the weapon one-handed unless the opponent is clearly going for a parry.
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>>171315616
The first part at least.
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>>171315616

Ringed knights wield a straight version of gwyn's sword, I'm assuming that there will be knights who use a carbon copy of the freat lord greatsword, and the boss-related armour set mentioned is fwyn's
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>>171315878
Nah, we already have the FUGS. It would be sweet if it was from Demon's Souls, though. A Soulbrandt that scales off of hollowing would be cool.
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>>171315624
Sweet, my sign is right by the fire.

Thanks famalam
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>>171315905

I don't know about 'sinking the weapon beneath the earth' but Yhorm's Machete and the Great Machete both don't consistently combo R1s when 2H to make-up for their longer length relative to other Greataxes.
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>>171315996
Demon's Souls is owned by Sony. We have as much a chance of seeing something directly from there as we do of fighting Orphan of Kos.
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>>171315996
Could be channeler's trident desu
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>>171315414
T H I S
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>>171316031
The character will sort of bend over and swing, only the swing will clip under the terrain and not hit the opponent unless they're really close. It's a weird ass thing that looks like a glitch.
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>>171314532
G R A V E L O R D
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What are these tags even? Did you memeing fuckers have anything to do with this?
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>>171316328
Nigga, we're a dead general on an irrelevant vidya sub-board with like 20 regulars
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Is Friede parryable at all?
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>>171316420
Yes. IIRC, she has some unparryable attacks, but most can be parried
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>>171315997
Hm. Can't see your sign

Put my own sign down just before and was summoned but i guess that wasnt you

Hope im not doing something wrong here
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>>171316483
Did you set the password to dsg123?
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>>171316258
This seriously doesn't happen to anyone else?
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>>171314607
Can they legally do anything DeS related or does Sony own all that?
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>>171316652
Ye. Settings should be right
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>>171316950
The Fluted Set is actually in the game files, unused. I'm kinda salty about it.
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>play ashes of ariandel
>manage to unlock the friede bossfight before the first one.
Is it easy to miss? Feels like i've explored almost everything.
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>>171316950
Sony owns the IP and Jap distribution rights, Bamco owns Yuro distribution rights, and Atlus owns American distribution rights. DeS is a licensing nightmare, but we can get similar stuff that's 'totally different and original.'
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>>171317127
There's only two bosses
Friede is the main one and the second is hidden and optional. If you've unlocked friede then you've essentially reached the end of the dlc
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>>171317127
The bridge is a ladder.
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>>171317127
Member the Catacombs, anon?
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>>171314532

it's gwyn, the boss is gwyn. Gwyn was the captain of the capital knights.
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>>171315472
laddle
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>>171316420

she's quite literally an NPC with a semi-unique moveset, you can literally circle around her and backstab her.
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>>171317018
Alright I put it down a little further from the fire now. It's over by the chair, near the staircase leading to the elevator.

If this doesn't work maybe you try summoning me? I've had this problem before with a friend.
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>>171317423
Anon, how do you reason that with the fact that Gwyn is currently stuck inside a smouldering suit of armor with about a thousand other people?
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>>171315472
It's going to be Alonne's Apprentice, and Captain of the Alonne Knights. A clone of that boss fight, only with extra moves and a lot faster to account for DaS3's broken rolls. And the armor you get is going to be the Alonne Captain set, and then you can buy Alonne's set from Shrine Handmaid afterward..
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>>171317485

>beat the ringed city
>given the option of a new ending that grants you a special newgame+ with permadeath
>beating it unlocks a unique weapon and armour set
>both the game mode and the unlockables use a server-side trigger so you can't cheat them.
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Why does everyone who PVPs is over level 100 in dork souls?

Wouldn't lower levels provide more build variety instead of everyone being soft capped at all the stats that matter for them? I figure the stat system differences in the sequels helped with that
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Wasnt Vaati supposed to play the DLC around 15th March? Did he leak any boss fights yet besides the bat?
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>>171317834

he came back as a lord of cinder, just like everyone else does. he went to the city to find his daughter.

>>171317848

It can't be because the ringed knights are thematically connected to the boss. considering the ringed knights use gwyn's weapon, with gwyn's moveset, and it's touted as a massive fanservice, it's obviously going to be gwyn.
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anyone got good fashion with Chester's long coat?
something for a sorcerer specifically
I'm shit at fashion
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>>171318001

>lower level pvp in 3
>everyone still just using higher quality builds but at 27/40 or using only stat efficient gear like Heavy Millwood/Sharp Quills that will outdamage everything else
>only ones who really suffer are casters who now have even less health/endurance to sapre
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>>171318001
It severely limits the potential of just about any build except for basic shit like strength, dex or quality.
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>>171318001
The lower the level, the more minmaxing, the less variety.
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>>171318158
>use gwyn's weapon
Not even remotely similar
>with gwyn's moveset
Gwyn didn't have the stance they use nor their multihit combo. It resembles SoC but isn't the same.
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>>171318102
Vaati was assassinated by FROM so he wouldn't be able to leak any information after playing it.
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>>171317659
Still nothing. Try summoning me. Maybe that'll work
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>>171318001

if I remember correctly the meta level for dark souls 1 was around 80, but DaS2 raised it with its cheap levels and it never went back down.
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>>171318361
DaS meta was 120.
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>>171318361
You remember incorrectly.
DeS was 120 because of the 2nd chance leveltax and DaS1 followed the trend because why not.
DaS2 was 150 because it had more stats to work with and then DaS3 went back down to 120
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>0~4 - buy DS3 with all dlc at full price like a good goyim
>5~9 wait one month for the definitive edition
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>>171317216
Yeah, I know.
>>171317220
>>171317228
Thanks anons.
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I LIKE BIG HATS

I LIKE BIRD MASKS

I HAVE NO TASTE IN FASHION

PLEASE HELP ME BECOME A BIRD WIZARD BY POSTING COOL FASHION TO COOL WITH THIS HAT PREFERABLY LIGHT
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>>171318547
Call yourself Logan and wear the hat and nothing else.
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>>171318361
DaS2 put it at 150 because of the Adaptability tax, and the Endurance-Vitality split
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>>171318340
Thanks, Anime!
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>>171318547
Are there even any pieces of clothing in this game that make use of feathers prominently? I can't recall any.

Anyway, Big Hat + Jailor Robes is always a great combination
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>>171318808

Cornyx's robes have crow feathers on them.
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>>171318263

it's a dilapidated straight sword version of the weapon, and even you can't deny it has almost the exact same weapon. WA does not count, they didn't exist until DaS3 and even then the WA is to cover the weapon in flame.

there's going to be a great sword version of the capital knights as well
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>>171318878
Oh that's true, actually.
That goddamn set. Even half a dozen playthroughs in, never once have I managed to remember to summon Cuculus to the Old Demon King fight. I miss it every time.
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>>171318797
No problem
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>>171319018

It's so easy to miss. I don't blame you at all.
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>>171318898
>>171318158
>Gwyns moveset
You're deluded anon.
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>>171318263
>It resembles SoC but isn't the same.
>it resembles the boss that literally copies gwyns moveset

so it resembles gwyn then?
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>>171318808
Karla's robe/dress looks kind of feathery.
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>>171319213
Gwyn's moveset doesn't involve throwing lightning, anon.
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Claws, manikin claws or talons? which and why?
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>>171314143
Does beating the 3 dlcs in sotfs give a different ending?
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holy fuck this game is beautiful
they've really upped the quality from DS2
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>>171319550
DLC's never affect endings.
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>>171319550
No, it's the kind of thing that seems like it should be relevant to the ending, but really doesn't change anything.
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>>171319550
talk to a tired old man with the 3 crowns in your possession
otherwise no
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>>171319514
Talons because DLC weapons are, as a rule, top tier.
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>>171319631

>Brown and gray: the game
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>>171319514
Claws and Manikin Claws are pretty much the same except for WA. Claws have the 2kat jump and Manikin Claws have quickstep.

Crow Talons have a pretty different moveset.
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>>171319631
It is a very sad thing that 3 doesn't make more use of vibrant colors.
Even something as simple as carrying a torch and a weapon enchanted with Darkmoon Blade at the same time is more of a use of color than most of the game does, unfortunately. Most areas in the game have one particular color scheme they use predominantly and they rarely mix it up.
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>>171319514

Claws are the best fist weapon by a wide option due to the WA and being able to combo L1s after landing it.

Manikin Claws are slightly longer for regular attacks but Quickstep doesn't really benefit the fist moveset due to how slow the attacks are.

Crow Talons are shit. They take away the best part of the regular fist moveset, the running L1s in favor of a 'unique' one with one of the worst hitboxes in the game for actually hitting something. The WA also has noticeable wind-up and could at least be good with Rouge on if they didn't specifically nerf Bleed on it to not trigger from landing it right away.
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>>171319631
Everything looks like doodoo, your character almost blends in with the surroundings and that's not even an insult.
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>>171319631
>1362x766
What the actual fuck anon.
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>11 more days
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>>171320001
>They take away the best part of the regular fist moveset, the running L1s
Nah mate, the rolling R1 is god tier for rollcatching.
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>>171320258
Rad getup Pilgrim!
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>>171319550
Technically, no. You can get the second ending simply by talking to the tree in every location in the base game. The way he talks before the fight though, they do expect you to have beaten all the DLCs.

>>171319703
Four. You also need Vendrick's.
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looks like a smaller version of the dark sword with a ring on the handle.

I'm assuming the dark soul is dark because gwyn sealed it, as opposed to it being intrinsically abyssal?

who is the boss going to be? i hope it's not the fucking furtive pygmy or something, it's implied to be somebody we already know
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>>171320438
>this is the power of PC
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>>171320305

If they are right in front of you yes, the running L1 is practically speaking far better. It's fast and has almost no wind-up compared to other fist moves and is the only tool the moveset has for aggression. When timed right it will always roll-catch and improperly rolling opponent with at least one of the hits.
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>>171319821
>>171319973
>>171320058
you guys are way too critical
this is my first time playing and I'm at a loss for words
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>>171320438
The Dark Soul is humanity dumb dumb.
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>>171320258
Rad getup pilgrim!
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>>171320551
It's a screenshot from the Bamco stream, you fucktard.
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DaS2 < DaS3 < DeS < Soulcalibur 3 < BB < DaS
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ds2 = goat
ds1 = singleplayer goat
ds3 = shit
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>>171320412
Wait there's a different ending besides sitting in that chair inside the dome?
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I love DS3
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>>171320875

yeah and I'm saying the humanity is dark instead of a flame because gwyn did some voodoo shit to it, learn reading comprehension.

also, I went back and watched the gwyn fight because of the shitposting, and I noticed that the flame from his sword is "dark" in a way reminiscent of kalameet, has anyone else noticed that? I find it a bit odd.
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>>171321379
Yes, they added it alongside flaming tree man. Same procedure as in DaS1, either approach the kiln for Link the Fire ending, or go back to the door for Dark Lord ending.
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>>171318547
I LIKE BIG HATS AND I CANNOT LIE
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>>171320258
Rad getup Pilgrim!
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>>171321479
Gwyn didn't do anything to it. Gwyn, Nito, the Witch of Izalith, and the Pygmy all got their own lord souls.
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>>171321582

except for the part where the gods sealed the power of flame from the ringed knights using the dark sign?
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>>171321363
Now let's take off those nostalgia goggles for a second and see how ds2 REALLY looks...
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>>171320825
It is pretty, but just like BB, it has the problem of lack of complementary colors, making areas look dull and samey. DS2 does it right here >>171321934 by adding moss, it breaks the gray from the trees and walls (though it does look like absolute garbage for other reasons)
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How do I get to this item?
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>>171322486
Explore the prison cells some more for a key to a door you should've already seen
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>>171322486
Certainly not by opening the door directly above it.
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>>171322486
>not exploring

there is a key in one of the cells that opens the shortcut to that item
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>>171322486
Through bars at the end of the hall above it. you get the key from a corpse.
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GIVE ME THE DLC NOW

NOW NOW NOW NOW

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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>>171316419
>we are dead
why ?
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>>171320258
Rad getup Pilgrim!
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>>171316419
45 posters.
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>>171322247
>DS2 does it right here >>171321934 (You) by adding moss, it breaks the gray from the trees and walls (though it does look like absolute garbage for other reasons)
LOL I was posting that pic to show how BAD the graphics in DS2 are. The nostalgia goggles never come off for some people I see.

But you know, as far as DS2 photos, that's a really good one. 99% of DS2 is just repeated textures over empty rooms.
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>>171322565
>>171322581
>>171322625
>>171322639
This is my 15th playthrough or so but I never got it for some reason. Thank you
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>>171322247
Also, you're absolutely retarded and need to get past level 2 if you think this is the case.

The undead village is supposed to be dull and oppressive, which is why they use muted tones. When you get to other areas, they use different color palettes.
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>>171323027
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>>171323297

irithyll is meant to look dead, painted world of ariamis is exactly the same. in fact the entire world is meant to look dead.
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>>171323297
Now compare to DS2:

This area is literally just a huge empty floor with repeating textures and no props.
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>>171322852
>nostalgia goggles
>for a game that just turned 3 years old
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>>171322683
>best girl
I'll allow it
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>>171322852
Didnt you see i said it does look like garbage? I was just complementing the use of contrasting colors to make the place seem more lively, just because the overall product is shit doesnt mean that there arent parts that succeed.

>>171323027
Though the pic you posted is a good example (the drapes and carpet are a good inclusion) and >>171323297 the blueish hue makes iythill look good, there are plenty of moments that the game looks dull (even in good areas like you posted) for the excessive use of gray duing the game. Most likely for the reaon posted here >>171323427
it's intentionally somewhat dull to show the world is dead/dying.
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>>171320258
Rad getup Pilgrim!
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What program do people use and not get banned for using when wanting to use playstation 4 controllers?
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>>171322686
>Maximum of three threads a day
>46 unique IPs
>46 people
when the dlc drops we'll probably get a few more but yeah, until then, we're pretty dead
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>>171323691
A bunch of people left because spoilers. Some left because they got burnt out and are waiting for new content. TRC will bring those people back, if only for a while in the case of the burnt out people.
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>>171323652
Now, let's see what it looks like inside Irithyll.

Damn, just graying monochrome----whaaa?? The game actually has a variety of colors and everything you said is just bullshit?
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>>171323691
>46 posters at the beginning of the thread
Yeah no fucking shit. Usually we hit at least 120 unique posters.
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>>171323679

You can use them natively with Steam in Big Picture mode.
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>>171323679
SCP

I use it for my DS3 but it works with DS4 as well. It just makes your controller look like an Xbox 360 controller.
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>>171324078

>gray walls
>gray sky
>gray enemies
>fucking gray grass

not gonna lie I think irithyll looks good but you are full of shit
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>>171324132
Yeah sure, but it takes like 6 hours into the thread for 120 posters to show up, I wouldn't exactly call that "alive"
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What's an optimal level of poise to shoot for with a greatsword build in DS3?
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>>171324315
Especially considering one guy at university can contribute like 5 IPs just by phoneposting between classes
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Am I crazy for thinking Bloodborne is ten times better than DaS3
I just started a new BB run after a long time and christ I just love this game
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>>171324078
>>171324078
That's like, a really bad example there man, that pic like, 40 shades of gray and some fire in the corner created by an enemy, so it's even temporary. And what i said it was like, moments, not all the time.
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>>171324446
At times, DaS3 can feel like a weird combination of BB and DaS that doesn't necessarily work that well. So I can see where you're coming from.
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Which is generally considered better, BKGA or DSGA?
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>>171320204
patrician resolution
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>meanwhile in bizzaro lothric
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>>171324298
>The fire of the weapon
>The reddish lantern light casting the entire right side of the picture into warm hues
>The player's clothes
>The frozen white-and-green grass
I'm afraid you're colorblind.

Even if I wanted to take the most colorless part of the entire game, the catacombs, it looks better than anything in DS2.
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>>171323606
i want to be her slave
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>>171324678
god i wish that were me
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>>171324553
BKGA is probably the single strongest ultra in the game for raw damage, but it's a quality weapon.
DSGA is a strong single-stat greataxe but doesn't combo while 2H. It's a generally good option for a strength build and an excellent source of lightning damage for enemies/bosses weak to it. The WA is the strongest single-hit attack in the game.
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>>171324547
That's precisely the problem with DS3. The mishmash sort of works but it lacks the focus of other games in regards to what exactly it wants to be, making it weaker by comparison.
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Who is Ocelot?
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>>171324678
It's so weird to see the firekeeper doing anything aggressive, she's an avatar of submission and servitude.
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>>171323691
>3 threads a day
>dead
Damn, dude. I come from generals that last for days.
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>>171324961
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>>171324969
why are firekeepers so submissive anyhow? what are the lore implications?
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>>171324714

a slight spattering of reddish gray and blueish gray does not change from the fact that it's fucking gray; even bloodborne had more colour and that game consisted of various shades of brown and black. raise your standards.
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Lore wise, how would you rank the following subjects as they appear in the base game?

>angelic faith
>pilgrim butterflys
>the deep
>everything to do with the farron swamp, ghrus etc
>profaned flame
>firekeepers and untended graves
>the royal lothric family
>archdragon peak and the whole dragon worship stuff
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>all these fashion peasents

explain yourselves, why do you not copy my superior fashion instead?
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>>171324961
You're a Child of Dragons, you have nothing to be afraid of. Where have you gone? COME OUT OCELOOOOOOOOOOOOTTE
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>>171324795
It's a dark fantasy.

DS has always been dark fantasy. In DS1 you had the darkwraiths, bloatheads, infected zombies, gaping dragon, giant rats, dog zombies, gravelord dog skeletons, necromancers, mimics, demons of various types, etc.

But since Bloodborne, any time someone sees a creepy monster, they go "cut content from bloodborne" as if DS1 and DS2 were Middle Earth or something, and didn't always prominently have creepy monsters.
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>>171325065

they're slaves. the gods turned humans in general into a slave race.
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>>171325101
nice princess crown knob gobbler
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>>171325101

>Crown of Dusk

Immediately shit.
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>>171325067
You're obviously mental, if you think that a dark, atmospheric catacomb is supposed to look like some sort of technicolor funland.
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>>171325168
It's not the thematic stuff that's an issue, it's the mix of Souls and Bloodborne gameplay. Just look at the Corvian Knights, absolutely ridiculous.
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>>171324663
>patrician
That would be 1080 or 1440p.
That's just caveman tier.
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>>171324961

the culmination of Oceiros' attempts to create a dragon. whether he is still alive or no is up to interpretation, but I like to think that the body horror maggot Rosaria comforts is Ocelotte.
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>>171325168
I was speaking more a long the lines of gameplay/combat rather than visual design and themes.

DS3 seems like they put less thought into how the combat system would work compared to DS1/BB, mashing them together instead of taking a more focused route and polishing it.
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>>171325413
that maggot is just me actually
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>>171325096

>firekeepers and untended graves
Give me more information on Ludleth while you're at it

>the royal lothric family
Only this high because I want to know more about the Queen and what her involvement with things is. Also I wish we got to see what a pre-transformation King Oceiros looked like and see how he ranks alongside Gwyn and Vendrick

>angelic faith
>pilgrim butterflys
These are more or less the same thing, apparently

>the deep

>profaned flame
>archdragon peak and the whole dragon worship stuff
>everything to do with the farron swamp, ghrus etc
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mfw i've been playing with +0 estus flask til Irithyll because i didn't try to burn shit at Firelink's bonfire.
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>>171325316

the entire fucking game looks like that retard. FROM is using a post-processing filter used by every capeshit movie under the sun these days and it looks like a touched up monochrome photo.
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>>171325498

What's wrong with the combat? Everything seems to work right.
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>>171325316
Nonsense. Isn't this much better?
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>>171325096
>Propaned Flame
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>>171325550

>I want to know more about the queen

she's rosaria. you're welcome.
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>>171325683
Just ignore them. They dont know what they are talking about.
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>>171325392
resolution doesn't matter above 720p, the only thing that matters is FPS
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>>171325754
Much better.

>>171325667
There ya go, just turn up the contrast on your monitor to max and delight in all the spectacular colors you seem to crave.
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How the fukk do some people have so much health in DS1 sl120? Are they using elemental weapons?
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>>171325881
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>>171326163
FaP
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>>171326163
Fucktons of base health, RoFaP, Pinwheel meme mask, armor that actually has defenses.
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Somehow I managed to avoid reading any of the corvian stuff from the bas games' item descriptions. There's some real interesting stuff here and if I'd read it prior to ashes of ariandel I definitely would've thought priscilla was still alive.

>Great scythe of the forlorn souls guided by heretical storytellers. The Mistress of the Painted World is said to wield a great scythe herself. Great scythes inflict profuse bleeding, such that the blood splatters on the wielder.

Combined with the lifehunt miracle telling of a pale girl in hiding. I'm actually surprised no one theorised this prior to dlc 1s release
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>>171325754
What kind of bastard went around dumping sauce all over the bridge?
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>>171325881
>implying FPS matters over 30

Pee sea cugs lmao.
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>>171325550

>angelic faith

the connection between the way of white and its divinity divinity, and kaathe's sable church of londor, that DaS3 paints is the most interesting part of the game.

>profaned flame

the implications of it being an actual burning piece of the pygmies lord soul

>royal lothric family

these guys are interesting to me solely because they tie into the strange divinity = londor pilgrims thing they have going on, especially in the way they are blatantly considered to be related to the gods, while still lamenting over intrinsically human sufferings such as the curse of the undead.

>firekeepers and untended graves

don't really care, firekeepers are apparently blood related to royalty

>the deep

don't really care, might as well be ash lake

>archdragon peak

don't really care at all

>farron swamp, ghrus

what's there to care about? they're just chaos-warped people from what used to be the blight town region. same with the winged corvian people from road of sacrifices, the sorcerer ones even wield staves bearing parasite eggs.
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>>171326395
>I'm actually surprised no one theorised this prior to dlc 1s release
Are you retarded?
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>>171326395
Aldritch didn't actually consume Priscilla, he only dreamt of her and came up with the Lifehunt miracle based on his dream. Thus it's also iffy to say that the Lifehunt description is reliable.
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>>171326070

>so butthurt that he as shitty artistic taste that all he can do is throw out personal attacks over and over until the opposing voice stops caring and he can pretend he won the argument.
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>>171326618
Are you retarded?
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>>171326854
so you are then
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>>171324714
>discussion is about level palette
>bring up a fire weapon and the color of the armor the player wore
Getting pretty autistic up in here.
DS3 looks far better than 1 (aside from some retarded texture decisions) and 2 but its color theory is aids. Probably intentionally aids because the world is dieing and everything is depressing but still.

Even in the shithole crypt level plays with lighting. Though DS3's is like 20 seconds of running so the comparison is eh.
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>Using any Great/Ultragreat weapon
Boy I sure love only being able to hit people once before they instantly roll away

I also love how if I raise my sword to slam it down onto their most bodies, all they need to do to instantly stop me is hit me regardless of whether or not I just started my attack or it's just about to land

I also love hitting people, having the blood splatter appear, hearing a sound implying a large hunk of metal was inserted into someone's body, and hearing them cry out in pain, only for it to have done no damage and they keep rolling around with <9 HP

I just fucking hate how incredibly outclassed any of the G/UG weapons are by literally everything else that can attack faster than them
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>Watch Ringed City weapon preview
>GREATSHIELD MAINHAND WEAPON for turtle cancer meta
Well, there goes any build that uses weapons that can't spam attacks
>STRAIGHT SWORD WITH GREATER REACH THAN A SPEAR AND AN UNINTERRUPTABLE 4-HIT COMBO
what. the. fuck.
>Coop heal so phantoms can carry noob hosts even harder in invasions

RIP PVP
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>>171326926
>Even in the shithole crypt level plays with lighting. Though DS3's is like 20 seconds of running so the comparison is eh.
I honestly cannot recall ANY color in Undead Crypt at all beyond grey. In my memory it manages to be even more monochrome than the Catacombs of Carthus. Where the hell is that screenshot taken from? I know it's the little icon for warping to the Crypt from the bonfire menu, but other than that I don't think I have ever noticed that.
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>>171327052
Hyper armour, nigga. Increase your poise and you can trade more. If you don't have the vitality, 2H your weapon and you'll get more hyper armour.
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>>171326702
>Given an example of what your "artistic design choices" would actually look like
>Gets butthurt
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>>171327054
Wicked
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>>171327054
link?
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>>171327054

>content that literally can't be reached until you are actively fondling the soul of cinder's flaming balls
>you get really good meme weapons

why would this surprise you?
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>>171327052
>>171327160
Also, put some space in between you and your opponent. You have more reach.
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>>171327218
>until you are actively fondling the soul of cinder's flaming balls
Do you have anything you wish to share with us, Anon?
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>>171327120
M8 you gotta explore more, you missed out on a nice armor set with a terrible drop %. It's a switch near the start of the level down a ladder or some shit.

I also think it triggers the Fenito.
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>>171326926
>This crypt uses more warm colors so it's better
>The other crypt that uses a mix of warm and cool colors is worse because it uses more cool colors
OK. Now everyone knows not to take you seriously.
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>>171327184

yes because increasing the vibrancy to the point that somebody threw spaghetti at the screen (and it STILL fucking manages to be almost completely gray) is a valid argument comparable to the writings of voltaire.
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>mainhand weapon that's primarily defensive and team-oriented
>ranged heals for supportive playstyles
They're testing the waters for a souls-styled Action MMO, aren't they?
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>>171327120
Under the little bridge, wher you can light the torch that makes all the phantoms spawn and lights the place up
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>>171326907
Surely you see the stupidity now in asking if someone is retarded on a hawaiin monkey breeding videoboard.

Also you didn't even point out the problem with my post.
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>Projected Heal
>Desert Sorceress top
>Slave leggings
HEALSLUT TIME
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>>171327054
>implying PVP hasn't been dead for months already
Yeah try invading at low levels and see how many people don't have at least one phantom up their ass
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>untended graves
What the fuck is happening? What is this place?
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>>171327218
>make high level character
>get it
>drop it for your faggot host
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>>171327657
Keep going. You'll see.
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>>171327531
The only things good about the slave knight leggings are the metal legs, the diaper look absolutly awful without something covering it, if you combine it with the desert sorceress top it will look retarded.
You will be better of with the loin clothe or the desert sorceress legs
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>>171327398

gray isn't a colour. why can't you admit you are wrong, and that DaS3 has virtually no colour to it? nothing you have said has in any way tried to argue against the fact that the colour in the game is absurdly washed out, you've just said you like it over and over and called everyone idiots for disagreeing with you. the grass being 90-100-90 on the RGB scale is not in any way a decent example of colour.
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>>171327401
>This guy is comparing himself to voltaire now
>(and it STILL fucking manages to be almost completely gray)
I found another grey picture to go along with my reaction to your post.
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>>171327657
You're in for some fun
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>>171327160
I am aware it exists, it just seemingly doesn't work at the most random times.

There was this guy who was using a spear, I had Yhorm's Machet and no matter how I tried to approach he just kept poking me out of my attack animation before I could throw out the attack. Even playing passively, waiting for him to attack so I could counter, he'd just quickly poke me whenever I tried ANYTHING and shut me down entirely. That really shouldn't be able to happen at all, I should have been able to poise through his attacks no problem at least half the time. I only managed to hit him once, and it wasn't even damage, just a stagger from being hit by the very edge of an attack.

I have 19 Poise, so unless I just didn't have enough, or spears do more poise damage than a greataxe, I don't know why I was just totally shut down by this one guy with only a spear.
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>>171327657
How the fuck was anyone supposed to know this shit was there? There's literally no indication that anything would be back there. What the fuck were they thinking?
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Are Splitleaf and Ringed Sword going to end up being Quality weapons?
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>>171327657
Miyazaki turned off the lights, vomited up some incoherent dialogue for the shrine jew and placed some blueberries behind an illusory wall.

Also he took Gundyr and gave him an energy drink.
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>>171327829
The right tool against a spear user is parrying.
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>>171327826

ok I have a different question, do you actually know how to read english? or are you some flavour of autistic? because you seem to have completely missed the part where I was calling you a fucking retard.
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>>171327832
At least it wasn't Great-Hollow tier levels of hidden. I somehow even found it on my first playthrough, too.
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>>171327852

Splitleaf is already confirmed to be STR. RKSS is also practically STR.
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>>171327832
>There's literally no indication that anything would be back there.
Oh yeah, just a boss guarding a gesture, scales and nothing else. Move along.
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>>171327832
The wall is kinda suspicious if you take a decent look at it.

They probably should have made that chest a mimic so there was a fair chance someone would bump into the wall by accident in combat.
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>>171328012

You sure? Black Knight Greatsword also has B/D maxed and it's a Quality weapon.
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>>171328131

RKSS has B/D, too. I thought it was E for whatever reason. I guess it is a quality weapon, then.
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>>171328131
>30/18 required
>B/D scaling
>quality
I don't think so, anon.
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>>171327686

they are not going to balance a PvE game around PvP anon
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>>171328281
You poor, naive soul.
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>>171327980
>The retard is fighting back
>M....maybe if I call them retarded they won't think I'm retarded!
Just keep trying son, one day you'll fit in with the smart kids.
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>>171327813
Because he's not wrong?
Off the warp menu areas:
High Wall has plenty of color.
Road of Sacrifices has color.
Cathedral of the Deep has color.
Irithyll has color.
Irithyll Dungeon and the Capital both have color
Lothric Castle has color.
Archdragon Peak has color
Ariandel has color.

Now if you want to classify everything between blue through purple through green to orange "gray" then there's nothing that can be done about that. I would love just as much as you for the game to make a bette ruse of vibrant colors since that's when I feel the game is at its best, but this "everything is gray!" nonsense is a claim that has no feet to stand on.
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>>171328079
What? There's a dead-end behind a lot of bosses. Boss soul, scales and a gesture are more than enough reward. You didn't start randomly hitting walls behind Capra Demon either, right?
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>>171328275
oh sweet child
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>>171327813
The grass is covered in frost!

Frost is this white (not gray!) thing that sometimes appears in cold places.

Surely you've heard of it!
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>>171328275
>66 STR = 586
>40/40 = 600+
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>>171328526
>Key to the Depths
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>>171328131
That's because BKGS has huge base damage.
The value of a scaling grade rises exponentially with base damage, since scaling is a % of base.
D with massive base damage is enough to be worthwhile on a return per-level basis
D with a straightsword's base damage is not.
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>>171328526
Capra gives you the key to the depths. NK gives you a slab. Greatwood unlocks boss soul transposition.

Sure, the gesture gets you to Archdragon Peak but it seems a bit strange to have you do this tiny little optional area in Lothric Castle just as a roadblock.
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What's the best way to troll invaders that invade my friend while I'm playing with him? He's getting invaded a lot for some reason. He's 26 pyro and I'm 144 pyro.
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>>171328775
Yea that was a bad example, but still.
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>>171328845
Kill them and point down.
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>>171328474

we were talking about irithyll and the catacombs of carthus, which consist almost entirely of various shades of gray and blue-gray. the only colour to be seen is literally from the enemies fire and the player.

and this is only part of the original argument that the colour in the game is incredibly faded, because it is, and I actually think it looks good in the context of the game, but there's this one retard who is in here with literally no argument but to push everything to the extreme spectrum so he can stand there calling everyone a retard (which is how irithyll and carthus ended up the central focus of bullshit)

the game is incredibly washed out, it is thematically appropriate and it looks good, but people saying it is somehow not washed out need to either learn photography 101 or eat a bullet.
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>>171328845
You're getting invaded because the game was balanced around being played through solo and unembered, and if you're giving yourself an entire other player to carry you through the game, then there needs to be some sort of counterbalance to provide a challenge, which invaders provide. If you don't want invaders then don't go embered and actually get good.
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>>171323510
if by that area you mean that one platform where you fight an optional boss then ya
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>>171329107
My friend is embered so we can play with him. It's a lot of fun.
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>>171329253

tough shit, if you want to play multiplayer in a singleplayer game, that includes invasions.
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>>171329253
Well invasions are fun too, so you gotta put up with it then because otherwise the game would provide 0 challenge
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>>171329107
> the game was balanced around being played through solo and unembered
[Citation Needed]
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>>171328845
Wear untrue dark ring. When invaders spawn, have your friend camouflage or use a white branch. Stand out in the open as if waiting for a duel. When the fight starts, surprise!
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I haven't ever used any elemental infusion. Is there anything I should watch out for or can I basically infuse anything with whatever I want, assuming I have the right stats?

I'm currently 40 int/faith, could I just slap dark or chaos on an Astora Greatsword and be good to go?
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>>171329340
I'm not trying to stop invasions. I want them to come. Then I want them to regret it. Isn't that what invasions are all about?
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>>171329460
Don't taint a good weapon with Souls split damage. Stick to heavy, sharp and refined.
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>>171329494
>Then I want them to regret it.
They already regret it as soon as they see the host's overleveled butt-buddy carrying him through the game. I don't think anything you do afterwards is going to make things any worse for them.
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>Posts a single super-washed out photo
>Durrr the entire game looks like this
Why are you still trying? Don't you realize how stupid you look?

We've all played this game, and MOST of us have realized that different areas have different color palettes; and also how washed-out an area looks depends on the lighting.
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>>171328845
beat the game at low SL then clear to swamp in NG+ and seed when your invaded then go hide in a fucked up corner with obscure ring on and branch used.
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SL200 FC when?
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>>171329494
You are replying to a git gud poster. I recommend you to stop it and wait for somebody else to reply to you. You could also watch some pvp videos and see what other people do when invading or getting invaded.
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>>171329423

a single player game is balanced around being played by one person anon, don't be a fucking retard. the multiplayer if anything provides an in-house throwaway to corporate that keeps the game from getting dumbed down, like their own version of nintendo's level completion option they put in their mario and donkey kong games.

>"it's alright that this section is very difficult, if a player can't do it he can bring in highly experienced online players to complete it for him"
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>>171329460
>I'm currently 40 int/faith, could I just slap dark or chaos on an Astora Greatsword and be good to go?
Maybe? I mean I used a crystal estoc on my int build to great effect. For PvP/bosses it's better to make it raw/refined/heavy/sharp (depending on weapon and stats) and buff it, but for general use it's probably ok.
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How is the Old King Hammer?
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>>171329107
>the game was balanced around being played through solo and unembered

Well you're half right.
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I stayed away from /dsg/ when Ashes came out and didn't return until a good while later. What was it like at the dlcs release and the days following it?
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>>171329898
So the citation would be your ass. (You) just think your opinion is the absolute truth.
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Starting up a SotFS run. I'm going with Fume Greatsword and was wondering what's a good UGS to use until I get to it? The more damage the better
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>>171329774
Another pic of dark Gundyr, which is notably less "washed out" by that horrible, horrible untended graves area lighting.

There >>171329054 I hope you've learnt something and you can stop screeching about how everything is gray.
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>invaded while solo and embered
>fight!
>invader is on a sliver of health
>turns and runs, clearly trying to find mobs to hide behind
>but there are none
>he keeps running
>but everything is dead
>I just keep following
>he finally corners himself
>we fight again
>I get a backstab in
>hee takes no damage
>his character stops animating when he gets up
>floats up to me and backstabs me from the front
>somehow it takes all my health
>he animates again as I fade out
>points down
I had hoped I'd be safe from this kind of shit on the PS4.
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>>171330168
>le
ree reddit ree
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>>171330168
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>>171327829
Nigga you need like 45 poise or more if you want real hyper armor
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>>171330008
antique
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>>171330162
regular Greatsword is great and gets S strength scaling
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>>171329891
I feel like git gud posters are just mad because they don't have friends to play with and the person they are invading does. Yhen they die and tell the host to git gud etc etc
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>>171330398
thanks mate
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>>171330358
>>171330168
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>>171330358
In comparison, here is the same area in the original, lit, version of the level.

Notice how the "fading" effect is in fact caused by the game's dynamic lighting.
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>>171330309
Connection issues will always happen. Just laugh it off. At least you have a funny story to tell now.
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git gud faggots

all of you you're shit
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>>171330309
>tfw never been invaded by a cheater and absolutely wrecked in a hilarious way
Kinda sucks, to be honest.
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>>171329774

you cherry picked an over-saturated picture somebody took with a camera

washed out does not = no colour

washed out = reduced colour

as in the colour has been dulled

which describes basically the entire game

they did this on purpose, it creates a visual environment suitable for a dying world, and allows them to create strong contrasts with the minority of things they choose to give a strong vibrancy, which 75% of the time is fire, again for thematic reasons.

your arguments don't show anything but your lack of knowledge of visual design.
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>>171329832
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>>171330627
But Anon, even me?
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>>171330664
it's even better when there's obvious cheating going on and you still win
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>>171330605

it's almost like they wanted to game to look washed out!
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>>171330731
nah youre cool
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>>171325065
they are literally your personal cumslaves.
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>>171330129
Dsg or in game?

Dsg we had maybe 3-5 threads a day. Lots of new porn.

In game? Very active. Can immediately find summons, invasions, and sometimes get summoned as a dark moon
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>>171329695
>>171329932
Alright, thanks. I'll just try it out and see how it goes
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>>171330693
>expecting some shut-in autists on a taiwanese board to know anything about colour theory/ambience
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>>171330693
Pro-tip: Lighting effects and brightness can cause the colors to appear washed out. Maybe you should adjust your brightness settings.

Here's a screenshot that was released of the DLC. That provides sort of an idea for what they want one of the levels to look like.

Notice how it's not "washed out".

Fix
your
brightness
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>>171331134
teach me PLLEEEASE TEACH ME PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!
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>>171331046
>new porn
You're telling me there's a whole stash of ashes of ariandel porn I haven't found? Even the painter?!
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>Being so butthurt about nobody agreeing with you that you start talking with yourself
Then again, this is the same idiot that posts pictures of the game with brightness on max then complains that it's too washed out
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>>171331301
go to /ic/ and check the sticky
you're welcome

>>171331436
>assuming that I'm the same guy
lmao
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>>171327398
>this crypt uses a mix of warm and cooler colors so it's better
>the other crypt uses more warm colors so it's worse
Teach me more about your autism, so I can learn about defeating fake arguments I make up in my head. Catacombs are fine, just completely forgettable especially in the overall palette.
When dealing with an area you know is going to be dull and grey playing with the lighting can be interesting, DS2 does this a lot with Wharf and the Pits. DS1 goes the opposite direction to make shit spookier.

I mean no one fucking goes "oh yeah the catacombs looked great", they remember the door to Irithyl because the borealis is the first and only time you see a range of color in DS3's environment. Like or dislike this, denying it is retarded.

>taken seriously
>you can wear different color armor so the level palette isn't grey!
Seriously, kill yourself or go back to shitposting on /v/. We've hit DS3 has good bonfire placement levels of bait or delusion so last (you) my friend.
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>>171331250

>cherry-picking a bullshot

the dreg heap is washed out as fuck, but the colour actually improves as you travel down. the actual ringed city has quite a bit of colour to it. guess why? because they designed it to look this way. you are cherry picking the areas they didn't wan't to look overly washed out to try and say the majority of the content, which IS purposefully washed out, isn't washed out at all.
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>>171331392
>Even the painter?!
Hop in sweetie, we'll take you right to them.
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>>171331582
>>assuming that I'm the same guy
>lmao
Sorry, I thought there was only one person in this thread that dumb. But you proved me wrong, congrats!

Now go fix your brightness before Voltaire finds out!
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I'm trying to use my PS4 controller in SotFS and the button mappings are completely wrong (X is square for example). How do I fix this?
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>>171331897
drink bleach fuckboy
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>>171331897

>this guy is unironically so autistic that he doesn't realize the Voltaire comment was mocking him and his shitty arguments
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>>171331897
Only if you go get your shitty eyesight fixed first!
I'm afraid that I can't say the same for your mental retardation though!
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>>171331997
Just play on ps4. Theres more players on ps4 anyway and no cheaters
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Is the farm for sunlight medals as bad as the farm for proofs? I'm in NG+2, I fucked up my leveling so I have to farm the medals as well as proofs since I'm too high to get summoned regularly.

I have 5 proofs left which is why I don't want to restart. But I really hope the farming for medals isn't as bad as the proofs, it's fucking agonizing.
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>>171331895

*pomf* W-what are we going to do in the car?
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>>171332205

I've played this game over 100 hours and I have yet to find a sunlight medal that I didn't take off of a corpse.
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>>171331826
Those screenshots don't even look washed out. The sky is overcast, and things in the distance look foggy, but the tower looks vibrant, so does the character and the ground he is standing on.

>>171331803
The original argument was "there's not enough contrasting primary colors in DS3". I'm talking about how there's more contrasting colors in DS3 than there in in the DS2 photograph you posted. You're talking about how "i like da liting" which has nothing to do with anything.
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>>171332138
shit memes T B H F A M
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>>171332205
Concords are the worst to farm by a long shot. Don't worry.

You can get medals by invading with Warrior Of Sunlight equipped, by the way.
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>>171331895
The painter ISN'T a loli

>After Sir Vilhelm led a white-haired woman to the attic of the library, he kept this key as if it were his life.
>woman

She's just short and flat which is fine by me.
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FUCK ME

I SPEND 30 FUCKING MINUTES TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE THE FUCK I HAVE TO GO TO MEET PATCHES

LOOK ALL OVER THIS SHITTY FUCKING AREA

AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THAT SINCE I LIT ROSARIA'S BONFIRE HE WON'T FUCKING SPAWN?

I'M SO FUCKING MAD

I'M GONNA HAVE TO NG+2 TO FUCKING FINISH SEIGWARD'S QUEST FOR FUCK'S SAKE
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I just realized why Sirris does no fucking damage

Take a close look at her estoc's sheath
She's using a broken weapon
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>>171332205
Which game? Its very easy to farm sunlight medals in ds2 and ds3.

For ds2 you need to wear the agape ring anytime you are going through an area you already cleared before.

For ds3 just farm vordt or curse tree.
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Tips for phase 2 champion gundyr? I can parry phase 1 very easily, but his nee combos in phase 2 wreck me.
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>>171332491
you can still spawn him in firelink, buy his shit and rescue siegward
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>literally just found out TODAY that you can open the valley of drakes blighttown shortcut with the master key

HOLY SHIT

I'M FUCKING BRAINDEAD
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>>171332474

she's a pygmy.
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>>171331997
What program are you using?

Souls acts janky with certain DS4 drivers, supposedly the native Steam support that just rolled out works well but I haven't tried it. I use Inputmapper and I had to go through some BS to get it to work right the first time but it's been flawless since.
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>>171332491
go up the elevator of the locked tower in firelink. he spawns there as well
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>>171332085
Yes, I know, the mean people on the internet are calling you names again, but there's a simple solution:

1. Fix your settings so your game doesn't look faded
2. Stop talking to people on the internet until you've figured things out

Then they won't call you an idiot anymore!
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>>171332575
Oh, seriously? Even if I never managed to find him the first time in Cathedral of the Deep? Will he just spawn in the tower?

>>171332597
lmao
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>>171332491
Just open up the fire keeper tower in fire link and he will spawn there
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>>171332598
How did you reach that conclusion? I always thought she was some crossbreed, perhaps Priscilla and someone else.
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>>171332680
Yes.
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How cancerous is HP regen in the arena? I kind of want to make a build centered on using it, but I'm not sure how friends upon it is, considering most builds can't heal without Estus.
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>>171332570
Just dodge him until he does an attack you know how to parry.
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>>171332713
>>171332687
Oh, thank jesus, my blood pressure spiked.
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>>171332729
it's shit
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I've been playing for the first time ds2 and I put 35 points into INT and 20 into ATT and soul arrows/greater soul arrows are still doing shit damage forcing me to roll and kite enemies like a bitch STILL.
I just killed Ornstein copycat and smough copycat and I've cleared the forest of giants (pursuer+giant). It feels like I'm 30% into the game and I'm starting to enjoy it but the combat is boring me. Is sorcery always like this? I just stand and shoot the same old lasers again and again as I kite like a bitch. I played ds1 as a melee and only used pyro in the endgame to kill nito in a few shots but pyromancy always felt satisfying. So does melee combat to an extent. Sorcery does not feel satisfying.
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>>171332729
Frowned upon*
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>>171332540
>>171332446
>>171332315

My SL is 156, which is too high for pretty much any PvP or co-op unless I beg here for people to summon me. I have 5 proofs left to farm and then I need 14 medals and I'll have the miracle trophy, and then one more shackle and I get the pyromancy one.

I mean, I guess I could try and lurk threads and wait for people to ask for help while farming. Glad to hear medals aren't as bad.
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>>171332810
All you missed was a rusted coin, kek.
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>>171332680
>Oh, seriously? Even if I never managed to find him the first time in Cathedral of the Deep? Will he just spawn in the tower?
I did exactly the same thing you did and he spawned at the tower but didn't have the armour
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>>171332852
You're, like, 10% of the way in. Those are the beginning areas, dude.
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>>171332729

hp regen hasnt been good since DeS
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>>171332068
>Bringing up voltaire because you're too dumb to adjust your settings
>Calling someone else autistic
WEW
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>>171332138
>Theres more players on ps4 anyway and no cheaters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-8adcvfskk
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>>171332852
Sorcery is just not satisfying. It exists as the option for players who do not like action games but still want to experience dark souls, an action game.
It's the least involved and least action-oriented playstyle possible.
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>ENB is sick of Souls to the point that he doesn't even feel like playing the second dlc of ds3
WEW
E
W
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>>171332852

sorcery is boring shit, yes. the only entertaining part about sorcery is PvP and min-maxing to gib bosses.
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>>171332935
I've almost maxed INT 35/40 and my spells are tickling those huge green knights. I can't even 1 shot those regular Hallows in the pirate town I just got to with soul arrows. It might work with the greater soul arrows but I tend to save those after soul arrows are finished.
No trace of pyromancy flames anywhere either. What the hell?
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>>171333118
>still caring about the irrelevant divorcee
Why?
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>>171333207

The sword spells are cool as shit though.
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>>171332669
>it took you 7 minutes to post this reply
yikes! also

>implying that I ever said that the game looked faded
retard. All I said was >>171331134 , but nice try backpedalling out of the discussion
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>>171333118
I mean

can you blame him
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>>171332240
>>171332474
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPp4qb-phrA
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>>171332604
Thank you for reminding me of InputMapper, just installed it and it seems to work perfectly.
I was using DS4Windows previously. Maybe I should just move on to the native support but the sensitivity was all wrong when I tried it on DS3 and I just couldn't be bothered to adjust it
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>>171333231
Huge Green Knights are explicitly anti-sorcery. They have huge magic defense to scare off beginner sorcery players that want to skip FotFG.
The first pyro flame is available at the end of the pirate zone.
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>>171333034

>doesn't understand basic shit like sarcasm
>oversaturates the game to compensate for the games PURPOSEFULLY washed out colour
>thinks he deserves to have an opinion
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>>171333110
>>171333207
I expected better from sorcery. It always looks cool when people use it in videos and when gwyndolin/moonlight butterfly used it. Those floating balls that follow you and home in on you seemed to be cool so I decided to do. I guess it's a mistake. Should I use soul vessel and transitions to faith?
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>>171332852
I just made it to throne defender/nash fight.

Trust me. Use great soul arrow and great heavy soul arrows.

Heavy soul arrow is fucking shit and seems to do less damage than great soul arrows.

It sucks early but eventually you can kill most npcs in a single spell. The dlc will be a nightmare though.
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>>171333368
Is it bad I instinctively think of the blades of the snackfood covenant when I hear anything to do with the police?
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>>171333291

OR you can just use the sword that's in your hand.

the weapon spells are meme shit, they'd be actually somewhat interesting if they summoned an actual magical weapon, the way aldrich creates a magical gravelord sword. as it is they're just a waste of mana to attack at melee range when you can just equip a sword and do the exact same thing infinitely.
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>>171333292
>Takes 6 minutes to reply
>HAHAHA! YOU TOOK 7 MINUTES TO REPLY
NANI? H-how'd you get so fast?

>>171333484
You were implying that what you said was somehow backed up by the writings of Voltaire, which a comment that is pure, distilled, autism in a can.

>Heh, I was only sarcastic
Need to work on that wit, Voltaire
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>>171333650
Also yeah using spells makes dark souls boring. Its always more enjoyable to use a pure melee or paladin type character for your first run.


Magic is boring because it either makes certain enemies very difficult if not impossible to defeat or it trivializes it by being too easy and one shotting or cheesing everything.

The only time magic builds are really fun is in pvp that isnt a 1v1
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>kirk collects humanity for the fair lady in DS1
>collects tongues for Rosaria in DS3
>all along kirk was just serving waifus
He's truly /ourguy/
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>>171333974
When do I get spells that feel satisfying to cast? Soul arrows are depressing me. Should I quit sorcery or does it get more fun?

>>171333449
So will it be more fun later?
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>>171333953

I was using the very common method called "sarcasm" to make fun of your argument that consisted of sliding the saturation to 100 in photoshop.
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>>171334302
That wasn't even me, but it was funny, so I commented on it.

Struggling to follow along?
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>>171334157
>kirk
>collecting anything
He has to actually get a kill before he gets a reward.
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>>171334221
I guess soul greatsword and soul spear are more satisfying but you dont get them until about midway.

You can try using aesthetics on the magic bosses to get crystal soul spear early and trying that out or moonlight blade.

Try those out and if you don't like it then thats about all sorcerey has to offer.

Honestly its best to just do a melee build or paladin type build first.
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>>171333279
To you he might be irrelevant but for someone like me who marathoned all of his souls content and has listened him sperging about how great souls is for untold hours he was like the face of the entire community in a microcosm and having him lose interest is just.... i dunno, really unexpected.

>>171333331
At the same time no and yes. He must be absolutely burnt out on soulsborne but on the other hand streaming the dlc is just free money.
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"Dark Souls 3 is too faded out"
-Voltaire
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There sure is a lot of porn of Priscilla and Pickle-Pee for some reason.
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>>171332793
Done. I've kept running away from him until hr did one of the attacks I'm familiar with. Thank you, anon.
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>>171334510

says the guy who still thought I was the one who made that picture dozens of replies into the chain, despite the fact that the original poster of the image was clearly being sarcastic
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>>171334658
Actually soul spear is pretty early. Its right in the huntsman corpse
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>>171327497
>i cant believe noone thought about this idea before i did! i must be the first!

you're not, and to assume so makes you retarded
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>>171334658
I've already kind of played like a paladin/knight in ds1. So I don't want to repeat it in this playthroigh.
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>he uses parting pyro vestiges
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>>171334718

this guy is legitimately autistic
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>>171334946
>not using the same characters in every dark souls game.
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>>171334941
I guess it would've been more accurate for me to say I'm surprised I didn't find many people talk about it of at all. Happy?
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>>171334909
I don't even know what picture you're talking about.

The one with the contrast ramped up that was making fun of you for calling everything "gray"?

Yes, indeed, that image was made for the purpose of sarcasm. Excellent work Voltaire, another sarcastic bit of wit exposed. Nothing gets by you!
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>>171333081
It's true though.
>>
I want ideas for a new character please :D
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>>171334946
Just go to huntsman corpse after heides tower and get soul spear.

If you don't like casting that then there's not really anything else you would like from magic
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>>171335053
Voltaire wasn't autistic, he's one of the most important writers of the enlightenment.

Look, just because you don't agree with his Thesis on Dark Souls 3 Color Theory, doesn't mean you have to call him names.
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>>171335173
Buttmancer
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>>171333292
>he literally sits there and waits for people to reply
loving every laugh
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>>171335132

and I was *sarcastically* comparing him and his argument to Voltaire because it was a terrible argument. I understand they don't teach these concepts in the special-ed class, but you should at least try to keep yourself from looking like a retard.
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>>171334703
He lost interest ages ago, man. He's in his 30s, he started a family then lost it, he's been through jobs and real life shit and all sorts of other things all since the last time he produced any relevant souls content.

The only reason he clung to the series for so long is that he harboured some delusions about making a living as a content producer, but once those dreams were shattered he was free to just move on. Everyone moves on eventually.
I'll never understand why people idolize these floating heads on youtube.
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>>171335340
>>171335302
>>171335132

this is the "I lost ages ago but I'm just gonna keep going" breed of troll.

once this breed realizes they've lost their argument, they proceed to march straight forward into retard-city for the sole purpose of seeing how much they can piss the other person off.

it's best to just ignore them and move on.
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>>171335221
Alright. I'll try that spell.
I thought sorcery was for intelligent people. I'm INTP so I thought it was the playstyle for me, instead of uncivilized melee combat but I was mistaken.
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>>171333014
Dark Souls 3 has some extremely powerful hp regen that's on par with DeS.
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>>171334703

vaati clearly didn't care much after dark souls 2 and to a lesser extent 3 raped the lore through mismanagement.

he's just in it to make some money then he's going to move on, his theories aren't even good anymore, they're often completely wrong and full of random bullshit.
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>>171335539
OK, but you're the one invoking Voltaire here out of literally nowhere. So when you say

"Your argument isn't comparable to the arguments of Voltaire!"

Then that "sarcasm" falls flat because it has nothing to do with anything anyone said. Instead, it looks like YOU'RE the one claiming to be supported by one of Voltaire's works.
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>>171323510
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otzdarva is my favorite youtuber!
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>>171335779
>once this breed realizes they've lost their argument
Argument was never lost. We diagnosed the issue: Dumbasses fucked up the screen setting, which makes the entire game look washed out (and not just certain parts that are supposed to be gray and dreary for atmosphere).

If you're going to keep going on about it, then I'm going to keep having a laugh at you since it's funny.
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>>171335809

DaS3 having the balls to break the mould set when DaS1 hard nerfed HP regen doesn't mean it has the same shit as DeS. it has some very nice supplemental hp/sec items, but nothing comes close to the bullshit you'd get with blessed mirdan hammer paladins and their 18 passive hp regen.
>>
Why can't I get past these damn pontiff knights? they just stomp my shit no matter how I play(With the exception of laming it out with arrows)
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>>171325579
That just means you're gitting gud.

Also possibly blind.
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>>171336482

they're honestly bullshit enemies, but you can beat them with the generic circle around strategy.
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>>171336482
Draw them one at a time, then seize the initiative.
They kill you easy, but they also die easy.
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>>171336564
Would that strategy work in real life?
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>>171336564
One on one they're fine, but when it's the two of them and the witch I keep getting overwhelmed

>>171336654
I will try that as well, thanks
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>>171332852
just go with hexes

dark orb >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> soul arrows
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>>171336746

I don't think anyone actually fights that mob, just run past it.
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>>171335809
The sun princess ring heals 2 HP/s. The Regenerator's ring is 4 HP/s.

The EoS and ADG each heal 2HP/s. A +5 Adjudicator shield heals 8HP/s.

A +5 blessed weapon in DeS heals 6HP/s. The best you can hope for from a weapon in DS3 is 2HP/s or 3HP every 1.5 seconds, either way you're looking at 6HP every 3 seconds.

HP regen in DS3 sucks ass compared to DeS unless you count the enemy-dependent shit that won't work in the arena.
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>>171336482
Pull them one at a time with arrows. The trick to beating them and most other ds3 enemies is to prey on their low poise.

Just get a straight sword and r1 mash the hell out of them
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>>171336746
>One on one they're fine, but when it's the two of them and the witch I keep getting overwhelmed
Ah see, there's your problem. There's never an instance in Irithyll where you're FORCED to fight more than one at a time, much less accompanied by a Fire Witch.

Just treat it like a stealth game and sneak past those once they do their patrol rounds.
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Is the Splitleaf Halberd going to be shit?
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>>171336891
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>>171323510
>This area is literally just a huge empty floor with repeating textures and no props.
Holy shit the 4 King's Abyss is just a huge black room with no textures. How very dare they.
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>>171336749
Can I still do that? My faith is 4, so I'll have to use the soul vessel.. And where do I find those dark orbs to cast?
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>>171337040
yes
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>>171337040
nah either high or mid tier
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>>171336482
Put up a shield and strafe. They're super aggressive when you're in front of them, but they have trouble turning and can't punish you getting behind them. Which is kind of funny given how Lothric K***hts, which you meet in the very first level in the game, have multiple moves to reach their back arcs.

It also helps to fight on your terms, not theirs. The shield guys will be assholes and stand in place to bait you into being sideswiped by another one that's hidden out of sight. Never go aggressive on them, force them to come to you and kill them one by one.
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>>171336482
Stunlock them before they can stunlock you.
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>Fume, ivory and dragon die like bitches
>2cat, blue smelter and gank squad shitting all over me
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>>171337117
>Holy shit the 4 King's Abyss is just a huge black room with no textures. How very dare they.
>black room
I think you'll find, the Abyss is actually gray
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>>171337117
Technically there are floor textures, they're just hidden under the arena and you need a light source to see them.
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>want to play demons souls again
>don't have ps3 or money

In fact what's even worse is I'll never get to experience tower of latria (3-1 I think) again.

>singing lady
>HELP ME
>weird monsters
>RING RING
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Okay. So after hearing what ludleth had to say about the firekeeper's eyes I can guess that the untended graves are in the past.
But it's a bit strange. There is no light, no nothing, yet the thrones are still there. That means that ludleth, and the das3 world has gone through 2 linkings of the fire at least. The first when the thrones were made and another one after the dark period we see in the untended graves.
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DS3's muted monotone look is deliberate and looks fantastic in all the areas where sufficient effort was put in (ie. Not Izalith). None of you have any taste.
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>>171337145
if you go with hexes then try to keep your faith and int the same, since hexes scale with the lowest of those stats

you can buy dark orb from felkin (huntsman's copse), straid (lost bastille) and grandahl (if you join his covenant after meeting him in black gulch, shaded woods and drangleic castle)
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>>171337728
Untended graves isn't the past. It's the present. It's physically linked to the world you go adventuring in.

Firelink Shrine is removed from the rest of the world. It's some kind of nexus between different timelines.

There was never an age of darkness. Also, Ludleth only went through one linking.
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>>171337728
That whole part of the game suddenly makes a lot more sense if we pretend the thrones or at least specifically named thrones aren't there.

>UG shows Ludleths world just before he linked it

Nice and simple
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>>171337117
In what bizarro world do you live in that there being a boss room themed around a pitch black empty pit of despair somehow makes it ok for another boss room to be completely devoid of any features?

Also having a couple interesting looking rooms doesn't change the fact that DS2 has a disgusting travesty of an art style.
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>>171337832
>muted monotone
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>>171337040
It's a pure str glaive so it will be at least good based on that alone.
If the unique moves end up being good, it'll be on-par with the BKG. If the unique moves end up being amazing, it'll be up there with gundyr's
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>>171337902

it's in the past, moving from area to area also involves moving through time, it's just a concept that wasn't inherently blatant until untended graves

if you talk to the maiden in untended graves before talking to her in firelink shrine, she has unique dialogue mentioning that she's met you before.

also, the most interesting part about untended graves is how she implies the flame is a dangerous sentient entity that can be disturbed.
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>>171338149
m-muh cherry picking...
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>>171338149
Behold! A Paleblood sky!
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>>171337728
>That means that ludleth, and the das3 world has gone through 2 linkings of the fire at least.
The Souls world has gone through so many linkings of the fire that all of the fuel available to stoke the fire has been consumed and we're left trying to burn the ashes. It's gone through so many linkings of the fire that Frampt and Gwyndolin don't need to sucker fuel in with lies and legend anymore. Humans have become so accustomed to people throwing themselves into the fire and burning themselves alive that it's been adopted as a time honoured tradition, where the sacrifices are honoured as Lords and provided with thrones and crowns. The Souls world has been burning people alive for so long that we're approaching the heat death of the game universe.
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>>171338149
Presenting the whole game world in monotone for most of a playthrough makes it all the more significant when you suddenly add one more colour.
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>>171337910

ludleth didn't link the flame in that timeline, he already linked it. Lothric was supposed to link it but obviously that didn't happen. the person who's being controlled by the soul of cinder is who linked the flame during the untended graves age of dark, which is why you see him doing as such in the introduction.
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>>171337728
The real explanation is much simpler: Miyazaki was too lazy to make another version of Firelink Shrine that doesn't have the thrones or the names, so he just copied the map data and re-arranged the enemies.
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>>171337852
Thanks. guess I'll go to huntsmans copse next.
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This whole mess would've been avoided if we'd just STOP LINKING THE FUCKING FIRE.
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>>171338661
Kaathe pls
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>>171338580
Hmmm....
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>>171338020
Wanting props in the middle of a giant flat circular platform at the top of a mountain shrine specifically designed to house a huge dragon who sleeps on the platform, makes about as much sense as putting wooden crates in the middle of the abyss. You made a shit observation, stop backpedalling.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F61tviDEgi0
something new
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Anyone want to do Ivory King no knights with me in a bit?
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>>171338661
I don't link it.
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>>171338651
>nearly every theory can be summed by this post
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>>171338608
But how can it be dark then? Up until the flame dies for good it's still there. Yet talk to the handmaiden and she says that

>tis dark for now and not a soul stirs
>but beware fires are known to fade in quiet
>or perhaps thourt captive, like the poor girl

Which made me think she's referring to the fact that humans won't respawn in an age of dark and will die for good. The soul stirs, fire fades and already captive bits are what strongly suggest this.

But that is a good explanation if we can come up with a reason why there's seemingly an age of dark when the fire hasn't died. Even in our timeline right at the end when the fire fades the shrine still has the bleeding sun, converging and light around.
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>>171338439

the souls world has been burning people for so long that previous linkers are literally wandering around like it's nothing, with linkers who burned such a long time ago that they've literally ran out of kindle and turned to fucking ash.

DaS3 firelink shrine is just one incarnation of one kingdom, and they have an entire tower with like 100 corpses in it.


so many humans have linked the flame that humanity doesn't even seem to exist anymore, just tiny charred embers of the stuff that's already been burned away in the flame.

we have to go all the way to the end of fucking time and kill the first beings of the age of gods, just to find a single piece of humanity.

the world in DaS3 is very, very, very, very old. It exists for so goddamn long that the archtree it rested on has fucking died, and all that's left is a heap of garbage, a trunk, and a single bonfire kept running through sheer desperation and fucking time travel. it's pitiful.
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>>171330725
>Ugh, this game is just so MONOCHROME!
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is str/faith a good combo or should I just go full strength?
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>>171338705
What point are you trying to make? Because if that's the best example of abundant colour you can find...
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>>171326395
>>171326395
But everyone knew that? Miracles have always been interpretations of things people weren't actually there for. Priscilla has pretty clearly left the Painted World quite a while ago, because her legacy of wielding a scythe, turning invisible, and protecting people as a mother figure, is what Elfreide took up when she moved in, so that people who don't even know Priscilla's name would assume she is the mistress of the Painted World.

The only point on which people bring up about her being dead is memeshit in the Pyromancer's Parting Flame text that was already a huge leap of logic, but also mistranslated.

Dark Souls 3 is always pretty damn clear about who from 1 died. Everything from the Easterner's Ashes, to Gwyndolin's vore study, to Quelaana's corpse and the spider body, go a great ways towards it. Instead we have a dialogue about turning each Painted World over to the next generation, and some cozy references.
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>>171338842
>the body on the ledge doesn't have an item on it anymore
what a fucking pleb
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>>171338879
But did you usurp it?
>>171338687
Kaathe wants the age of ugly now so end of fire seems like a good idea.
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>>171314143
Has everyone finished their Return to Dranglic runs?
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>>171329054
This image has a better and more complete look than:
>>171330168
This image. Anybody arguing otherwise shouldn't take up interior decorating.
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>>171338969

she's warning you to stop poking around and to get the fuck out of the shrine before whatever living entity is lurking there takes notice of you like it did the firekeeper.
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>>171338651

I doubt this purely because it would have been as simple as a single trigger that changes one or more of the names to "nothing is written here".
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It's time to let the fire die out for good.
Linking fire is evil. The world ends if it keeps getting linked.
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Why aren't there hexes in ds3?
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>>171339175

the pyromancer in ariandel is implied to be priscilla's husband, and is pissed that she's dead.
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>>171339463
There's no evidence to suggest there's anyone other than the shrine handmaid and the black k***hts at the shrine.
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>>171339381
yeah even went a ways through ng+
high faith Heide spear only, it's been fun
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>>171338842
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>>171339835
>k***hts
What the ****?
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>>171339248
On the bright side, they knew exactly how to fight the lothric knights, so they've finally let someone at IGN who has actually cleared the high wall at least once play the DLC for a change.
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>>171339820
Because they are called different names during different ages.
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>>171339835

you forgot the first flame

I think if I was some parasitic non-corporeal being feeding off of the souls of others, and I was slowly dying, but some food just kind of wandered into my home, I might do something.

the flame fades in quiet
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>>171339821
No you dumb fuck, he is not.

The retarded leap of logic is that "hideous" is somehow an explicit reference to "abomination", which has never held any water. It's baseless head canon.

Furthermore, the translation is actual shit. They chose the word "spouse" when the original Japanese is gender neutral and non-romantic. There are clear words for "spouse" "lover" etc. The original is "companion" or "partner". Even google fucking translate will give you "after the death of his ugly companion".

It's pure memery. People only show up in the Painted World after they've already had their spirit broken as a consistently exhibited rule.
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>>171339959
What a weird and ugly looking area
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>>171338969
Already captive references the same thing as Ludleth's dialogue.
Treat the Fire Keeper not with discourtesy. She is much like thee. Prisioners, both, kept to link the fire.
You awake from your own grave in light firelink, summoned as fuel. Light firelink is a different time to the rest of the game, and seems connected to the final Kiln scene where you can see the collapse of the world. You could assume light firelink is a world out of time, or at the end of time, and that you're a prisoner of a groundhog day scenario where you're fated to resurrect forever in the moments before the fire fades linking it over and over again to continually prolong the end of the world, until you finally decide it's better to let it die.
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>>171340245
Welcome to DaS2, m8
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>>171336324
prod is mine
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>>171338842
Highlights (don't bother with anything else):
5:54 There's another path you can take to plunge attack the second Harald.
6:34 Thralls with Toxic weapons, and Desert Pyromancer Zoey (with the new Flame Fan pyromancy). Also apparently there's a source of Curse somewhere.
8:03 Harvest Valley footage, doors gameplay.
8:37 Boss fight, shows that after doing a powerful two-handed smash the bats will get exhausted (their flame goes out) and you can wail on them.
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>>171340114
That's actually a pretty good point you raise anon.

It would be neat if the souls we pay to Andre and especially the shrine handmaiden were being pumped directly to the flame. In fact if the shrine handmaiden was just a projection by the flame itself that would be very cool although impossible since she's Sirris' grandmother.
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>>171339959
So glad that i just started a female pyromancer build a few weeks ago.
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>>171338772
Did I say props? I said features. It's featureless. Empty. Void of anything interesting. It's lazy shit. A dev took 10 seconds to make it by copy/pasting the same floor texture into a giant circle.

The games frequently house gigantic monsters in rooms they have no ability to enter/exit or rooms in which they can barely move around without destroying half of it.

The NPC is supposed to be a giant, cool dragon who dispenses interesting story tidbits. Why are you trying to defend the fact that he's in the most boring room imaginable?
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Do we know where the DLC entry point is yet?
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>>171339976
>Saying the N word
Tut tut, no need for profanity
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>>171340492
Yes, it's pretty obscure and requires you to get hit by a super specific sit-down grab attack from the dancer.
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>>171340395
According to Vaati's notes, Earthen Peak is covered by an angel with a curse spotlight.

Also note in the boss fight footage, one of the demons will glow while the other doesn't. When a demon falls over and gets tired, it stops glowing. The long "power up and roar" animation seems to be what gives them their glow back. The glowing one is far more aggressive while the non-glowing one will circle around at a small distance and rarely attack.

The only other thing to note is that the dropdown with the first angel (right past the archive room) has a hidden path to the left. You can see it clearly in this new footage and the IGN player deliberately swivels their camera to avoid it afterwards --they aren't allowed to show it.
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>>171340614
About time the Season Pass was worth my money.
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>>171339125
mon·o·chro·mat·ic
ˌmänōkrəˈmadik/
adjective
adjective: monochromatic

containing or using only one color.
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>>171340614
>tfw we could have had Asses of Ariandel
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>>171339959
um excuse me, tell that BITCH to take off MY clothing right now!!!
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>we'll be getting lore on th furtive pygmy himself/his people before lesser characters like Lloyd and Velka
Whilst I'm happy about such a major character getting a whole dlc to him, it is weird Miyazaki would choose to touch such a mysterious character now of all times.
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>>171340749
Stop using "furtive" like it's a name. It's literally the same thing as saying "the mighty Gwyn." It's just a fucking adjective, not a name.
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>>171340395
Adding to this
10:25 The demon is knocked down from an attack to its back leg and the "I am now ripostable" sound byte players.

Seems that hitting them enough anywhere can stagger them for a critical
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>>171340749
It's the last hurrah to his involvement with the series. It's now or never.

In other news, why does my Steam unlock say "approximately 9 days"?
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>>171340845
Alright fine calm the fuck down anon
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>>171338842

>tfw demon prince drops the Twin Demons soul
>tfw the demon from below merged his soul with his brother's soul, just like Lorian did, to safe his life.
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>>171340746
This post is probably the purest form of autism that I have witnessed.
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>>171341047
Reminder that the painter girl will be devoured by covetous demon 3.0 in TRC
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>>171341112
The boss battle basically has the two demons sharing one flame, that's why they keep alternating who's powered up, and why one becomes the prince when the other dies.
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>>171340845
Oh what's his name then? Steve?
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>>171341134
Reminder that she's an uggo ingame.
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>>171337686
PS3 emulation has already made DeS playable on the pc.
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>>171340845

the problem is that he isn't the only pygmy, it's like referring to a single person as "the human"

"Furtive" is the closest thing we have to a name for him ,so we are stuck with it.
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What the fuck. this map seems to have three fully fleshed out pathways. I went left at the two pontiff knights/witch thinking it was to the shortcut at the start, and it just keeps going and going and going and then it forks
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>>171339959
>pyro flashsword that fast
>NPC caster invaders like kriemhild don't use sage ring
I have some concerns
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>>171340492

kiln of the first flame, there'll be a second path as opposed to the bonfire that warps you to the SoC arena, which leads to a drop down.
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>>171340845
Anything can be a title if it's used as one, anon.
Pygmy isn't a name, either. We refer to these characters via epitaph because it's all we got.
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0. the fire fades
1. the bell rings, new candidates arrive, one of which could have been Ludleth
2. one candidate is able to do whatever the requirement is at that time and get to the point where the fire can be linked
3. betrayal happens, the fire is not linked
4. the firekeeper is killed and the world turns dark, Ludleth is a witness to these events, but he can do nothing about it
5. we arrive at the untended graves, the world is still dark
6. Ludleth steps forward and becomes a lord of cinder
7. some time passes, the fire fades
8. the bells ring again, dark souls 3 begins

Betrayal is mentioned various times by the handmaiden, ludleth and the firekeeper herself if you give her the eyes. After giving the firekeeper the eyes and saying you wish for a world without fire, Ludleth's parting words change and he says that your fate could "entail a foul betrayal".
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So Lady Astraea dindu nuffin wring right? Also fuck you to all the sif and artorias crybabys, Astraeas story is much sadder.

>>171341134
No, I will protect her.
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>>171341205

that's essentially the same thing anon, the demon from below shared his soul with the demon prince to keep him from dying.
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>>171341552
She died like a bitch, completely deserved it desu
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>>171339959
Can we take a moment to realize that dwarves and gnomes are canon in Dark Souls.
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>>171341543

ludleth had already linked the flame before the age of dark in untended graves anon. the person who became the vessel of cinder is who you're looking for. if ludleth linked the flame, we'd be fighting a legless hobo at the end of the game.

the memory ludleth has of being mistreated are likely from him getting his legless ass mauled when he was the vessel in the kiln.
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>>171341639
>there are people itt who don't know about his wheelin' and dealin'
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>>171341845
Oh. I haven't actually finished the game, so I don't know who the hell is the final boss. If Ludleth was not the lord of cinder from right before the game began, then the order of events would be mostly the same, only 1 and 6 would change.

0. the fire fades
1. the bell rings, new candidates arrive
2. one candidate is able to do whatever the requirement is at that time and get to the point where the fire can be linked
3. betrayal happens, the fire is not linked
4. the firekeeper is killed and the world turns dark, Ludleth is a witness to these events, but he can do nothing about it
5. we arrive at the untended graves, the world is still dark
6. somebody steps forward and becomes a lord of cinder
7. some time passes, the fire fades
8. the bells ring again, dark souls 3 begins
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>>171316128
>What is the storm ruler
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>>171341552
>>171341630

Astraea > Sif because there's just so m7ch more buildup to Astraea and the fucking music in the Astraea fight.
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>>171341231
Doesn't have a name. It's just "the pygmy." The point being that adding "furtive" is unnecessary.
>>171341276
>>171341431
If it was a title, it'd be capitalized like everything else. It's just a description and a race. Likely the one shown in the intro cinematic is only a placeholder for all humanity acquiring the dark soul. Though of course it could be Manus or another character (one shown in game or not) if you go by any one of the numerous theories over the course of the series.
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>>171341845
What if Gael turns out to be the Red Knight all along?
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>>171342362
Yeah, she's much better than Sif. I don't ever get why people feel sad for Sif in the first place, even with the DLC modified cutscene he's there to challenge you and die in glorious combat, honor intact, just like his master.

Sad would be something like somehow breaking all of Sif's legs and taking the ring, leaving him to slowly recover/slowly die and deal with the fact that he failed so miserably.
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>>171338842
>desert slut rolls off and dies
kek
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>>171341639
>>171341919
gavlan is never coming back :(
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>>171342772
That's gotta be the highlight of the whole video. It's a non-respawning encounter so they couldn't even cut the blooper and try again.
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>>171342969
So hop on the wheel and become gavlaan's deal
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When does Irina become a firekeeper? I've purchased all her good miracles and have not touched the bad miracles, but she's still in firelink.
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Why does the Earthseeker/ Quakestone WA work in the NK fight?
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>>171343365
You have to buy every good miracle from every good tome. You probably forgot the Lothric tome.
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>>171343803
I got her the 2 light tomes and 1 dark tome. I bought all the miracles from the good tomes. There is only one more tome in the game, and it's a dark one. I guess that I have to kill a boss or something like that in order to trigger her to become a firekeeper.
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What I appreciate about mid rolling in DS1 is it has decent i frames so you can actually use it to evade through attacks but it has enough of a recovery time that you can't spam it, and honestly that's the problem with DS3s rolls. Them having more or the same i frames is fine since it matches the faster attacks but the lack of pretty much any notable recovery time means you can spam it with impunity.

They could have kept the small recovery time/high i frame thing they kept going on if they went the DS2 style of having very high stamina costs for consecutive rolls.
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>>171342256

we kind of have an idea of what happened before untended graves and what led to it.

basically prince lothric was meant to link the flame, he was groomed for it his whole life. however, influential members of the kingdom had a direct ear to the prince, and they doubted the flame. When the time came prince lothric refused to link, and it caused a ton of events including but not limited to a coup or civil war within the kingdom.

prince lothric won the war, and I SPECULATE that this allowed him to commit the great betrayal.

When Lothric never showed up, Champion Gundyr showed up and was capable of linking the flame, however there was a great betrayal: the firekeeper was dead, and the exits from the shrine all smashed. the flame did not link, and the world went dark.

then, somehow, at some point, someone or something linked the flame.

now for some speculation:

I believe that untended graves was not the only linking before DaS3 takes place, and that gundyr's dead firekeeper is the first firekeeper.

I have a theory that the first flame, canonically bearing some form of sentience, figured out a way to link itself, using its own embers. It spawned embers from its own being, which then fed into itself again creating a very short and temporary period of flame.

then the flame proceeded to do this an absurdly large number of times, obviously with the help of whatever still-functioning beings still existed in the world, keeping firekeepers and other beings as slaves and slowly burning itself away until DaS3, where it can barely even stay alight.
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is pvp meta still around 120 sl?
and do darkmoon blades ever get summoned? need 5 damn more concords and farming is getting way to boring
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>>171340683
This right here? Probably not so much a hidden path, as an optional gauntlet, because you need to run through the angel beams to get there.
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>>171342470

when did I claim furtive pygmy was a good or definitive title? I'm saying it is literally all we have

what can we possibly call him?
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I miss dark souls
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>>171344542
No, earlier. Right when he drops
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>>171340683
>>171341205
>>171341556
Actually, it looks like both can glow at the same time (around the 9:30 mark, before that you can hear the other one roaring and powering up while the player is fighting an already on-fire one).
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>>171339959
I like the part of the video where the player desperately tries to use a fun weapon like the shield doors effectively and struggles against a freaking thrall for like a minute, then gives up and does twice the damage with a straight sword. Not at all a sign of things to come.
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I got Hodrick's set and shield, along with Sirris giving me her knightly vow. Is it safe to give Rosaria a Pale Tongue and invade Leonhard or do I need to wait until after the Twin Prices to get Sirris's set?
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>>171345030
You mean here? That's where the wooden path leads to.
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>>171345634
Wait until post-twin princes when you've found Sirris curled up into a ball of dead dorkmoon.
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>>171345646
No.
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>>171345634
She'll still get pissed, this includes after giving you her vow.

If you don't really care, then just kill her when she shows up at Firelink to say goodbye. She's a liability as a summon anyways.
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>>171345619
Well if you look at the icon of the doors you can see that he doesn't meets the stat requirements for the doors.
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>>171345768
Okay, found it, you just head in the opposite direction of cover just after landing. Yeah, it's sort of counterintuitive, a pretty neat discovery.
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>>171345882
Yeah, if I remember right the stock K***ht that the press and streamers were given have 35 Str or so. You need 45 to handle the doors.
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>>171345738
>>171345810
I'll wait until the Twin Princes then. Thank you.
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>>171345634
You can always give her pale tongues to respec or change appearance, but not rank up or equip the covenant slot.
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>>171345970
That's cool
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>>171345970
You got it.
Sorry, I couldn't think of any better way to explain it.
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>>171345882
I probably should have looked at it for more than 5 seconds instead of posting like a moron. Sorry about that.
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>>171345619
I only noticed now, that the doors actually have a slamming sound effect when you enter the Lockout stance, like you're actually closing the doors on them. And when you exit stance, there's a creaking sound effect like you're actually opening a pair of doors.

It's pretty neat.
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I dont understand. Dark Souls 2 has so really good concept art, and designs. Why does the actual game looks so garbled and out of tune with its surroundings?
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>>171347328
Because it actually was glued together, out of the pieces they could salvage from Shibuya after canning him.
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>>171347328
Because the game had a castrated development cycle and poor resource management. The game that was released is a patchwork of various assets that probably weren't even finished to begin with on an engine that had to be downgraded to run on last-gen consoles.
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>>171344439
>Champion Gundyr showed up and was capable of linking the flame
Any source for this? I can see it written in wikidot, too, but it doesn't say where it's from.

His soul says
>Once, a champion came late to the festivities, and was greeted by a shrine without fire, and a bell that would not toll.
He arrived after the fire of the shrine ended. And we know form das1 that the fire of a bonfire gets put off if the firekeeper dies. So even if champ was indeed capable of linking the fire, there was no fire and no firekeeper so he could not link the fire even if he wanted to.
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>>171342969
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>>171347328
2 got fucked by company politics, publisher meddling, a console generation shift and a director so incompetent he had to be canned to save the project. It's a goddamn miracle any game was released at all
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Do we know how Ludleth became a Lord of Cinder? Were only told he "willed himself" to be Lord. What does that even mean?
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>>171323691
cant be as dead as the vindictus general
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>>171347591

the shrine was sabotaged by the lothric princes, that was the betrayal. Gundyr shows up to basically nothing and goes hollow.

remember that the shrine has been cut off, nobody can actually reach it anymore, and the kingdom itself has been dead for ages. DaS3 is just the flame collecting pieces of itself in a futile effort not to die.
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>>171347940
he wanted to be a lord of cinder so he became one doofus
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>>171347940
>I took the mantle of Lord of Cinder of mine own volition. I speak these words with pride.
He means that he was not forced to become a lord, that he was not thrown into a fire. He wanted to become one and he became one.
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>>171347940
Presumably, he somehow gathered the remaining embers of the First Flame after it went out and gave his soul to Link it, reviving the Age of Fire. It's established that in an Age of Dark, a new First Flame will eventually appear, so maybe he somehow sped up the process. But we do know that Ludleth has the strength of will to become a Lord of Cinder, since otherwise he would be an Unkindled.

It's all ambiguous anyways, exactly as Miyazaki intends it.
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>>171347940

Ludleth is just meant to be a mysterious character

that being said, I do believe that he's a prisoner of the shrine just like you, the firekeeper, the maiden, andre, etc. When the fire fades his little ashen legless body gets reformed on his throne, and he's forced to sit there and help unkindled, age after age, linking after linking.

he probably hopes you'll put the flame out and free him.
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>>171348345

how can the unkindled lack the strength of will to become a lord, when the player character is an unkindled?

unkindled = hasn't been set on fire yet. which by the time DaS3 comes around is an almost meaningless statement because humanity itself has become embers.
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Hey, anyone here good at CE/reversing? A group of us are working on a Dark Souls 1 overhaul mod, and if anyone wanted to join (especially if you can reverse/program), that would be awesome. I can invite you, or you can ask on the reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSoulsMods/comments/601pss/dark_souls_overhaul_project/.

If All-Bones-Jones, Zullie the Witch, or Cliff Racer are still around, this might be up your alley.
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>>171348807
What would this Overhaul change?
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>>171348763
No, according to Miyazaki, Unkindled = attempted to Link the Fire, but lacked the strength of will to do it, and was burned down to ashes.

By the time you've beaten down four Lords of Cinder and everything else in your way, you've found the strength of will to Link the Fire and become a true Lord of Cinder yourself.
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>>171348098
Well, anon, the betrayal is mentioned in a few occasions and I doubt it means something as specific as what you're saying. To me, the betrayal is the act of not linking the fire, the act of letting the fire fade and letting the world go into darkness.

Fire Keeper:
>These will reveal, through a sliver of light, frightfull images of betrayal.
>A world without fire. Ashen one, is this truly thy wish?

Ludleth:
>The eyes show a world destitute of fire, a barren plane of endless darkness.
>A place born of betrayal.

>>171348526
>he probably hopes you'll put the flame out and free him.
This is probably true (and in my opinion it's also implied) since he says

Choose thy fate alone. Seize it with thine own hands.
All the more, should thy fate entail such foul betrayal…
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>>171349015
If he wants to end the flame, why is he so proud of becoming a Lord of cinder?
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Do girls play Dark Souls?
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>>171349276
Yes but only to fulfill their requirement as a "variety streamer"
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>>171349015

ludleth is being literal. he's telling you that if you're gonna end the flame, physically take it with your own hands.

>>171349179

he would want to end the flame because he's been stuck on his throne for ages and just wants to die already.
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>>171348964
A combination of PvP balance and adding new features. We've got a good chunk of the high-level players (BadManChief, LonePyro, Liberty Prime, etc) here and a bunch of others proposing and implementing changes (weapon animations, scaling, damage, etc).
Me (metal-crow) and some other RE guys are working on new features entirely. Right now i'm patching in the ability to have any number of phantoms in a world at one time, so we can have X on X battles, and i've got a laundry list of other stuff to add.
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>>171349276
Me and my sister play, we use to visit the early /vg/ fight clubs when DS3 first launched.
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>>171349276

I never really thought about it, but I just realized that the dark sun's "leak" physically drops down to an actual place in the world.

yeah, it's fucking obvious now that that's where we're going to end up in the DLC, in some place directly under the sun with a gigantic fucking beam of god-knows-what the sun is a gigantic egg
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>>171349015
The real question is why those blueberries let the Firekeeper see these things and why she is "seduced" by them as she puts it.
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PC F C Blood Wolf / Demon Bridge
pass: dsg
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Hey, ms fire keeper, you need a line for when the ashen one kills you.
>Are you fucking stupid? I can't fucking die.
You can't use that kind of language.
>But know'st thou not? I cannot die.
Much better.
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>>171349276
Do living beings play Dark Souls ?
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I've been away from the dark souls community and the games for quite a while and I just want to know what the consensus is on the new dlc, is it something people are excited for? Should I start playing again in preparation for it?
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>>171350208
People are very excited.
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>>171350208
It makes me almost want to return to Ds3 tbqh
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>>171347328
changing the director during the game's development and downgrading the game to release it on 7th gen consoles was a mistake


the concept art shows they had many amazing ideas, too bad nothing come even close to resembling it
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WHAT THE FUCK? That's supposed to be in lothric castle, in front of the bridge with the 2 wyverns.
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>>171351230
Bloodstain location is fucked. Dying in the dancer boss room makes it appear floating in archdragon peak as well
Probably overlap of the areas in some shape or form
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>>171351582
>>171351230

So that's why you often see bloodstains above the passage between Dancer and Bort.
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So soul of cinder is the chosen undead from DS1?
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>>171352479
Alongside with Gywn and all the other lords.
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>>171351230
yeah in ds2 the areas where similarly fucked, you could drop a stone in one area and it would show up in another
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How are miracles in Souls 2 now? I kinda want to play it again before the DLC comes out
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>>171352837
What? DS2 miracles are still shit.
Do you mean 3? DS3 miracles are still shit.
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>>171353183
No, I want to play 2 again before the DLC for 3 hits. Miracles in 3 are only suboptimal in pvp, and even then I still win more often than I lose
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PC FC?
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>>171353730

One's at Farron Bridge right now, check the thread.
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>>171349276
I know a few. They're pretty much all filthy memesters. They also all play solo.
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>>171353767
the dumb host wrote F C instead of FC so i couldn't find it when i ctrl+F FC
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>>171353929
>ctrl+f FC
>ask anyways
Dumb manlet
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>>171352479

A composite of everyone who tossed themselves in, with the body of the most recent person as the host body.
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>>171354005
but when i ctrl+F FC it doesn't show up because its written F(space)C
thats why i had to ask, also i am 6'3 what are you on about?
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>>171354005
are you blind? he is clearly a purple haired chinese woman he posted his picture with his post.

big dummy dumb dumb head dummy
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what's an interesting build for ds2? I've already tried:
sorcerer
hexer
pyro
paladin/cleric
strength

dex needs something to compliment it, right? is poison/bleed enough, or even viable?
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>dlc drops
>find out wood grain ring is added
what do?
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>>171349669

Do you NOT remember Darklurker?
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>>171353620
Miracles in 2 are honestly really bad, and I say that as someone who did a faith run on all three games recently. There's something interesting there, like the use of herbs to regenerate spell casts [and as a result the spells themselves are comparatively weak], but the bug that accidentaly nerfed miracles hurts one hell of a lot and as a result offensive miracles have very little use beyond "I want to kill this one, non-boss, melee enemy from a distance, so I guess I could throw three or four Great Lightning Spears at it from a distance".
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>>171354272
>but the bug
what bug
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>>171354386
I am told that the last patch to Dark Souls 2 caused miracles to deal approximately 50% less damage than they should through some sort of coding mistake. I'm not 100% sure if that's true or not, but boy if that's not the exact feeling you get when playing the game.
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>>171354207
Poison is supposed to be okay-ish. Bleed is absolutely terrible, it's effectively the equivalent of Frostbite in DaS3.

>>171354235
Wood Grain Ring is already in the game, you fucking idiot. And if you're talking about DWGR, that's also already in the game too, you fucking idiot.

http://darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/Carthus_Bloodring
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>>171354272
What if one went for a more melee-oriented paladin/cleric and just used sunlight spears as a finisher of sorts? Do faith builds get fun shit like hyperarmor when casting like in 3?

>>171354386
The patch was so bad you'd think it was a bug lolololol
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>>171354487

bloodring doesn't give a kickass fucking backflip faggot, fuck off.
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>>171354483
>>171354532
Well whatever.I am going to freeze my SM at 39k so no miracles for me.
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>>171354532
Good luck getting Sunlight Spears, they're the finisher unlock for the Warriors of Sunlight-equivalent in 2 and you can't find it natively in PvE I don't think. You're stuck with Great Lightning Spear, your heals, and Lightning Weapon [which thanks to buffs being applied on top of infusions in 2, isn't anywhere near as fun as having one weak as hell mace or morning star that you can barely hit people with which you then cast a miracle on and it becomes a god-slaying machine, but this is just a small nitpick].

Also as far as I can tell Faith in 2 doesn't get anything fun like Lightning Stake or miracles like Gnawing, all you get are a couple other spells that are woefully underpowered or entirely unreliable [the "strongest" miracle in the game that has the highest Faith requirement is just a sphere you throw in the air and it shoots Lightning Spears in random directions. No tracking, and if you by accident hit something with it the damage is not exciting at all].

But with all that said, I still think a Faith playthrough of 2 is worth it just so you can beat down everything into submission with a mace while wearing flowing robes.

And ONLY a mace. I haven't at all found any other fun faith-based weapons to use, or maybe I haven't looked hard enough.
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>>171354253
Amazing boss fight, holy shit.
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>>171354487

>Carthus Bloodring and DWGR have the same effect
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>>171354253
Only great boss fight in vailla d2.
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>>171355016
>And ONLY a mace. I haven't at all found any other fun faith-based weapons to use, or maybe I haven't looked hard enough.
Dragonslayer spear? Bow of Want? Heide Knight weapons or a greatsword of some kind?
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>>171355016

The Heide family of weapons are very good for FAI builds.
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>>171355296
I should clarify that I was trying to look for a blunt-ish weapon for the theme of playing a cleric, and I spent most of the game hoping to get my hands on Velstadt's chime hammer, only to finally get it and realize it's a hexer's weapon.

So let me correct myself and say that I haven't found any fun blunt weapons to use with faith, which is sort of like a crime unto itself.
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>>171355458
Ahh gotcha. I'm still asspained that we don't have any actual warhammers in the fucken hammer weapon class
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>>171355458

the traditional paladin weapon in souls is the lucerne
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>>171354487
>you fucking idiot
You don't have to be rude to me.
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>Hit someone with Yhorm's
>No stunlock, as soon as they took damage they blasted the fuck out of there and healed up before I could even start the second attack
>They swing a Greatsword at me
>Total stunlock, cannot move, cannot roll, spamming roll does nothing
>Get hit again, still completely unable to move
>Get hit once again, STILL completely stunlocked
>One final hit kills me

What the ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS GAME

WHY CAN SO MANY PEOPLE DO THIS

WHY CAN'T I DO THIS TO ANYONE
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>>171355016
Wait what?What about wrath of god?
What about all of those http://darksouls2.wikidot.com/miracles ?
>barrier
>emit force
>denial
>wrath of the gods
>unveil
>sacred oath
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>>171355676
I never actually got the chance to use Sacred Oath because it requires the soul I used to get the Chime Hammer.

Unveil wasn't useful at all, I don't tend to die in these games too much so I didn't have much use for Denial, and Wrath of the Gods was not within reach since it requires either a legit NG++ or some fairly intensive covenant work.

Maybe you could find something for Emit Force, but I vaguely recall using it at some point and not being immensely impressed by it. Maybe it was just me though.
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>>171355593
I think its latency I've had this happen randomly a ton of times and it sucks.

Just like I've had people magically teleport backstab into me even though I clearly hit them and they take the dmg and do the flinch animation mid backstab but still get the backstab off on me.
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Anyone have the stats for Ringo Straight Sword?
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remember the hole above new londo? how it was just a small thing but mimicked the sun? the real works the same way, it's an illusion. the fire create the illusion of a reality, but when it fades it starts to burn away, and you're left with a hole, a harbinger of reality: the dark sign. the dark sign literally burns at the seams, before eventually growing to consume the sky to reveal that they they aren't fighting away the abyss, they just forgot that it was always there.
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>>171338842

>character has Sunlight Spear

No doubt they probably just gave the characters some good miracles, but that's a SOC Miracle.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQcKBUcgmA
why does BB have such a great OST? fuck I want to play it.
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>>171357321
Just buy a second hand PS4 for like 250 dude.
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>>171357418
I'm tempted but I also keep hoping one day they'll announce it for PC (will never happen but I fucking wish)
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>>171357535
I'm a PS4fag and I wish they would, if only so people get to datamine it and we get that juicy unused content that we'll otherwise never know about.
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cannot beat seath the white nigger. I've put over 6 hours attempting this fucking piece of shit now.
>dude just melee and run away
every fucking time I try this he swipes me and instakills me with one of his tentacles, yet all the videos I've seen this never happens
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>>171357908
What's your Vitality at?
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>like Creighton's helm
>blends with basically nothing

Fuck. I'm using it with the Sunset chestpiece as the shape looks nice, but the color difference hurts. It also works with the Alva chestpiece, but I would rather have more poise from the former combination.

Any good chestpieces that blend with Creighton's helm?
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>>171358030
I like it with the Millwood chestpiece. You look comfy.
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>>171358003
29 but I am of course cursed
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>>171357908
It's been awhile since I fought him but is your health low or something? I don't remember him 1 shotting me. It did take me awhile to beat him my first playthrough, but it was mostly due to my attempts at cutting off his tail with a garbage build once I said fuck the tail I beat him easily.
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>>171358119
Well there's your problem. Go stock up on Purging Stones from Oswald.
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>>171320258
Rad getup Pilgrim!
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>>171320258
'Rad getup Pilgrim!'
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>>171320258
Pad petup Gilrim!
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>>171358104
I'll definitely try it once I get to the DLC. I've been going through on a new character and plan on doing it right after SoC.

Also it kind of works with the Drang, Exile, and Wolf Knight chestpieces. Drang is more leather looking but blends, Exile is fat, and it clips a tad on WK.
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>>171358030
Works with Sellsword and chain mail.
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>>171358104
>>171358526
Now I think about it, Cathedral Knight chestpiece also works great for that templar look, if you've got the Vit for it.
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>>171320258
RAHD GEHTUP PILGREM
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>>171358607
A bit too much floating for my tastes, but I just got a good look at it with the Northerner armor and it isn't too bad.
>>171358635
I have 25 VIT because I like the look of heavier armor, so I'll go to Oceiros's bonfire and farm for it.

I'm a fan on the chainmail tucking itself into and/or being obscured by the armor.

Thank you two, I'll get to acquiring more fashion!
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Fuck me, the camera during the first half of the NK fight is garbage.
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>>171358995
You'd be better off farming it from Deacons. Much easier to kill than the roided out ones in the Garden.
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>>171359025
If you insist on having it locked, it helps if you focus it on the rider rather than the drake's head
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>>171359079
I completely forgot that they were there. I wish I knew about that on my first character, as I spent hours farming the strong ones for their sword.
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What do you get for saving Greirat? Is it worth it?
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>>171359261
about 350 souls
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>>171359261
He sells some pretty dank items every time he comes back from looting. Just be sure to be following Siegward's questline as well, otherwise you'll fuck up.
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>>171359261
Pretty good items and weapons, especially after he robs the Boreal Valley.
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>>171358995
Not quite sure what you mean by floating. But taste is taste. I honestly did not expect that the coif would work with Alva. Makes me want to test if it works with other things too. What about the Lothric Knight chest?
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>>171357027
I think the scaling is B/D/C/C
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>>171357027
Anybody try reading the OP instead of posting like a moron?
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N-nani?
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>>171360613
I didn't know Raiden was in Dark Souls.
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I just encountered a really awful gank squad. I was invading in the dungeon, and invaded a guy and his password buddy. Then a blue spawned in, and immediately another blue. Both were sentinels.

Thank you miyazaki.
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>>171360613
Am I looking at someone deflecting a Soul Stream fired by someone in mid-air.
Because that looks like someone deflecting a Soul Stream fired by someone in mid-air.
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>>171360729

Close. They're shooting their energy beams at each other while in midair..

>>171360657
Dark Souls is all about rules of nature.
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>>171360613
>>171360657
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwxOSU3keFU
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How many waifus will the ringed city have? the painted world only had the one.
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>>171360895
The fact that one is named Shrek makes this 10 times better.
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>>171359769
By floating, I meant that the chainmail on Creighton's helm does not connect with the Chain Armor but instead just floats above it.

I just farmed a bit and got the Lothric Knight armor and it's not bad. There is just a smidgen of your neck exposed when close up, but nothing terrible.
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coming back to the series after a long absence gonna be playing ds3, strength or dexterity?
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>>171360936
Gywn's daughter is probably gonna be a qt3.14.
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>>171361005
dex scythe build
dont be a pussy, youll thank me
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>>171321934
>this game can't be better, look at it's graphics!
spotted the 12 year old
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>>171361005
Yes.
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>>171361021
Gywns daughter or Gywns daughter(male)?
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>>171361021
>Gwyn's daughter turns out to also have snake legs
>Gwyndolinfags will never allow such an insult to stand
>the two groups will go at war over which snake-legged waifu is best

Why do I have a feeling this will bring doom to us all.
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>>171361174
The secret second daughter that he gave to the Demon Prince back in the day, long before Lorian injured his ass.
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>>171361248
o-oh, I didnt know about that. Hope shes a QT then
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>>171314532
Post yfw it's the giants set
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>>171361414
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>>171314670
Considering my blind run was a pyro/dex build with the gold tracer I would be stoked for this.
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>>171360895
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>>171361389
You know she will be anon. Its impossible for Gywn to have ugly children, and NK doesn't count because he's hallow by the time we meet him.
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>>171349276
I have 700 hours in das3 plus 3 steam share accounts with around 20 each, and about 200 hours in both das1 and das2.
Most of my time in das3 is spent invading.

I am a very unhappy person with nothing better to do, but still a girl. Yikes.
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>>171361471
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>>171327054
>actually adding in cool shit in spite of the pvp r1 spammers whining
thank fuck
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>>171361471
>giant chest
>dancer gauntlets
>desert ho hood
>slave knight leggings

praise memeazaki my fashion is finally here
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>>171327832
There's a big fuckoff door leading there, you know
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>>171360120
>Heh, the OP just fucking dumps pages of info on everything so there's no reason to have a thread, been nice talking to you kiddo
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>>171330725
>summoning for Yhorm
>when he dies in 4 hits
well alright
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>>171361959
That fucker is fun to take down in a group.
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I just +9ed a weapon on my lvl 70 invader, did I just goof hard?
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>>171332597
that's like THE reason to even have it
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>>171361471
that's a screenshot of the consumed kings garden. the guy you see there is just one of the cathedral knights.
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>>171361959
it was someone I was playing through the entire game with on new characters, I just thought bullying him with 3 storm bringers was funny.
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>>171362013
If you are SOLO you can almost time your hits to stunlock him from full health to death.

In a group.... does he even survive long enough to swing once?
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>>171362118
I once did him in with 2 other guys. We all got at least 2 swings in. It was over in 2 minutes probably.
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>>171361901
>have an incredibly obvious question
>so obvious that instead of posting it you could post the exact text in a search engine to find the answer straight away
>better post so someone does that for me instead :^)


it's not even lazy it's just stupidity.
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>>171360937


So I ran into him again. Will I survive? Tune in next time on Pontiff PVP
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>>171362213
If you actually did type in "Ringed Knight Straight Sword" in google to test your theory, you'd realize there's no images of the stat block, and on a web search, the only stat source on the first page of results is some random guy on the steam community.

Maybe you should test your moronic claims before getting all high and mighty about them?
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>>171362464
How about you look at the OP
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>>171362320

Nevermind, it was ogre before it even started.
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Hey guys

I've played the full Dark Souls trilogy. I really want to play Bloodborne, but I've got a bit of backlog-focused OCD and I feel like I have to finish Demon's Souls before that. My concern is that I've seen a lot of people that thought Das3 was trash, and I get the feeling that that's more from a place of series fatigue than anything else.

I really don't want to be bored by BB, should I just skip over to it and play Demon's Souls whenever? I hear BB is the pinnacle of the series' gameplay, so I'm also concerned that I just won't feel like playing it after BB.
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>>171362532
I already found the stats in the cluttered mess that is the OP, but in the time you spent bitching about the question you could have been actually helpful and posted something useful or just not said anything at all and been twice as helpful.
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>>171362558
Bloodborne has the smoothest movement system of all parts.
Compared to BB all other parts, especially DaS and DeS feel unplayable clunky.
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>>171362558
Honestly by DS3 it was obvious that Memeazaki was bored of the series. Bloodborne has alot of creativity in it, which I believe is something that Dark Souls 3 lacked. Personally I think Bloodborne would be more interesting than Demon's souls considering that you've played the entire series desu
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>>171362558
Depends on whether you feel like playing another dark souls like combat for the 4th time in a row without getting burnt out. If you can't then play bloodborne and des after and vice versa.
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>>171362558
Play Bloodborne. It's pretty different to Dark Souls, whereas Demon Souls is just more of the same gameplay with different lore.
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>>171362558
Play Demon's if you want a similar experience to Dark souls 1
Play Bloodborne if you want FAST and r1 spam
don't play them back to back though.
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>>171327916
My fucking sides
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>>171362029
pls help
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>>171362558
Most of the people calling DS3 shit are doing so because they used a lot of elements from Bloodborne which many consider to be oversimplified and less interesting.

It's not a bad game, just don't go in expecting the variety you'd have in DS.
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>>171362772
>that pic

how fucking dillusional, Demon's souls has more in common with Dark souls than Dark souls 3
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>>171363075
Most people call DS3 shit because every build is better as QUALITY. It's shit because theres no variety.
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>>171363148
That's what I mean. In Bloodborne there are far fewer play styles and From thought people liked that so now in DS3 it's rolly-flippy-parry or bust.

Also they made poison suck, and I really liked how you could make a viable poison build in DS2.
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What boss gave you the most trouble your first time around? Gwyn fucked my shit up because I didn't know you could parry him
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>>171363337
it's a toss up between Fume and NK, although fume was mostly because I hadn't turned off all the healing bitches and NK was because I hadn't upgraded my graphics card the first tiem through so I was fighting him at ~10 fps
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>>171363256
Thats cause HAckizaki is convinced that DS2 was so shit and ds1 was gods gift to gaming that he scrapped every nice thing about ds2 except respeccing, but only because bamco made him.

If there was an award for sucking your own dick Shitizaki would be world champ 10 years running.
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>>171363148
A lot of weapons have D scaling in one of the stats and getting 40 in it only adds an extra 30 or so AP on top of the 400 from the base damage and the main stat.

If you're going to invest 30 levels for 30 AP then you deserve that little boost. You could have put those points in faith or int and been a hybrid spellcaster, or into vigor and endurance to have better mobility and longevity, or into hell, even luck, for a bleed build, if you got pissed off enough at all the bloodring dodgers and greatshield turtles.
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>>171363337
These guys, due to the classic problem of underestimating no lock-on
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>>171363148
Pretty much this tbphwyf.
If the new bow miracle isn't great I'll probably end up respeccing my faith build to a quality with support miracles like tears and oath.
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is it scummy to play passively with a greatsword?
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>>171363416
I'm the most pissed that they took out armor upgrades, meaning armor in later areas is literally useless.
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>>171363476
>fighting 3v1
>worrying about being scummy

push their shit in senpai, hell if you want some help I'll gladly put my sign down and beat the crap out of some doggos
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>>171363337
The first boss that ever had me banging my head against a wall was probably Kalameet. Didn't help that I never really played fair against any of the other bosses before him (summoned Solaire to act as a meat shield for Ornstein and Smough, cheesed Capra with Dung Pies, killed Manus with arrows from outside the fog).

Got my comeuppance in DaS2 though, I ended up throwing my body at Pursuer for something like an hour because I didn't realize you could just strafe right to dodge almost all of his attacks, and because I spent the vast majority of my time at half-health from dying so many times and not wanting to use an Effigy due to only having 8 of them. Also didn't help that I kept trying to bait him into position for the ballista, but didn't know how to parry yet at the time.
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>>171363476
There's playing defensively and then there's just running across the map like a faggot only stopping to take shots of opportunity.

Whenever I see someone try to pull this shit, I just move to block the exit and wait for them to come to me.
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>>171363440
I don't think you should be punished for spending the extra 30 points, but when you have to spend 60 points in int to still have a shittier weapon then Quality is too strong. I don't even want to to be worse then other options, I just want it to be equalish to others so it isn't the clear fucking winner every time.
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>>171363337
It's a four-way context between Ornstein and Smough, Artorias, Pontiff Sulyvahn and the Dancer. Although the real deal is probably between Pontiff and Dancer, because I got stuck on both for the best part of a day. Maybe even an entire day.
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>>171363587
>fighting 3v1
Game prioritizes people with phantoms for invasions. All his phantoms probably died.

Also, as an invader you regularly fight 3v1s in the host's favor, and you're also the one who needs to be on the offense. 3v1s in the invader's favor are insanely rare. Like 1 in a hundred, and only in certain areas.
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>>171363527
I don't even care about upgrading armor, but they need to make wearing heavy armor more rewarding then it is. Base absorbtion should be way higher for havels then it is, 10% more is not enough. People still wouldn't wear it if they didn't fix poise.
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is there a good lore video maker for dark souls 2 and/or 3?
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>>171363743
>Pontiff Sulyvahn

I still to this date fail to see how anyone can get fucked up by him, and I'm not even talking about parrying him.

It's a boss you can beat by staying in his face and wailing on him and as long as you dont get overaggressive his attacks are easy enough to dodge.
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>>171363815
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>>171363782
Fuck it I'm going back to DS2.
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>>171363841
figured, wondering if there were some UNIQUE INSIDER UTUBERS that all you cool kids watch
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>>171363771
t. bootyblasted invader

>>171363815
define good
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Best places for White Sign Soapstone at Dark Souls 3? (SL 62 btw)
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>>171363712
>60 points in int to still have a shittier weapon
This is where you are going wrong. You don't upgrade int or faith for the weapon damage. Even if it has good scaling, the split damage will be heavily mitigated by defenses. The reason to have 60 int is to obliterate half an opponent's health with a single spell. Having a weapon with salvagable AR is just the backup measure
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>>171363906
Mitch L
Jerks Sans Frontieres
The Ashen Hollow
AzzArmA (kind of)
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>>171363974
Kazz*
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>>171363963
>60 int is to obliterate half an opponent's health with a single spell
>Implying Hackizaki would make spells servicible at all
You sure you've been playing DS3 and not ds2? Spells are only useful in DS2. Which is more of Shitizaki sucking himself off. Spells were so much better in DS1 then 2, amirite?
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>>171363830
I honestly rate him as probably the second hardest boss in the game, and definitely in my top three for the entire franchise.

Best I could tell you is that staying in his face and wailing on him did very little for me when he's just start swinging one of his lightsabers around in long combos I simply could not process properly and kick my face in like it was nothing.
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>>171363938
Right outside boss fogs or at bonfires. At your level Irithyll is about your best bet
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>>171363906
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWu5YqWjy8o

Candidate
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>>171363337
Funnily enough, Gaping Vagina pushed my shit in on my first "what am i doing" run. Not because he was super hard, but because I didn't grasp equipment upgrading and I was doing like 2 damage per swing.

In my first completion run of Das it was O&S, though. I wanted to do it with no companions on a greatswords-only build, killing Smough first. Trying to kill the slow guy while you're being flanked and projectile'd by the super fast guy is a lot harder than just kiting smough around while hitting Ornstein.
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>>171364138
Outside Pontiff and Aldrich?
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>>171364215
>>171364215
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>>171364185
Especially outside Pontiff
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>>171364231
Thanks Anon, i wanted to do other bosses but meh... Pontiff is fun
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>>171364061
Chaos Bed Vestiges and Giant Crystal Spear Sorcery Thing (I'm a pyromancer, I don't do sorcery crap) are both capable of taking out fully half of a 40 vigor character's health at SL125, I've seen it first hand, on both sides. Its easy to dodge these things in a 1v1 duel, but in an invasion or a brawl where things become more chaotic, you can snipe distracted people easily.

There are also other spells that are easier to hit with, like black serpent and black combustion, or profaned flame (for catching people who got knocked down, with timing).

Sorcerers have... that big blue thing and the other big blue thing. I don't know. Be a pyromancer, not a sorcerer.
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>>171364061

Sunlight Spear and Lightning Stake will both do at least 1/2 a 27 Vig reddit fag, both of which will poise through the enemy attacking with a basic Canvas

Your primary weapon is then to hit them a couple of times to finish them off
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>>171362732
This is why Im hoping he does that syfy game hes been talking aboot, bloodbornes atmosphere was a slam dunk, so his dystopian future game will probably be dank as fuck
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>>171362070
This was leaked shit

that shield is also clearly from the giant sentinels

It's possible they used them as placeholders for those knights though
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