/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

gives me conniptions

>>184195793

Thanks for the advice man

I'm not sure if I could fit GFD onto my build without sacrificing a more useful spell. Would throwing knives and the like be a reasonable replacement for the ranged chip damage?

I'm not entirely sure of what the poise breakpoint for halberds are. I can reach 25.40 with herald helm now I've lost the shield and dagger but I doubt that'd do much, any suggestions on getting more VIT for heavier armour? Lose a bit of VIG maybe since I'm running FaP+3?

Add pyromancy filters to arena and summons

>>184196289

Bows out-chip pyromancy builds, I get more trouble from decent bow users than I do from people who can use fire surge

Will texture mods and shit get me softbunned?

Am I still in arena/invasion range of 120 fags at 140?

>>184196218
I'd switch Great Soul Arrow or Great Soul Dregs for Dart honestly, both of those fulfill similar purposes already. You can use Knives or Shivs instead but they're gonna do fuck all damage on your build compared to a fully kited Dart. And honestly you could probably lower your ATT to 24 if you wanted to cut a spell anyway, 24 is plenty enough FP for PvP and you likely won't use all those spells at once in a single fight that you can't just switch between later.

For poise an ideal amount in my experience is 27.04 for halberds. That's the 100% poise health breakpoint for hyperarmor against 2H Katana, Straight Sword and Curved Sword running attacks which are a big danger. If you just want to withstand regular 2HR1s from curved swords 21.43 is enough at 100% poise health.

>>184196705
You should go up to 164

>>184196167
yes

>>184196289
Separate big weapons and small weapons.

This way str builds don't need to bitch how everyone never strikes first and other builds actually have chance to strike first without losing 70% of their HP.

>>184196218
>>184196748
If he replaced Great Soul Dregs, he'd have no ranged nuke spell which is a requirement for all mages. I guess he could replace GSA but then his only 2 ranged damage spells would be "extremely low damage" and "extremely high damage" with no middle ground. If anything, he could drop soulmass since it's more of a self defense spell and he already has flashsword + soul greatsword.

>>184197285
>If he replaced Great Soul Dregs, he'd have no ranged nuke spell which is a requirement for all mages.

Not really, especially if you have a melee weapon. Tinder is decent enough damage that his available spells having no middle ground that it's fine since support spells cover the other ends.

>>184196748

Thanks so much for your help man

I worked out a (imo) reasonably fashionable highish poise set that'd meet those breakpoints, and from that I've been able to adjust my VIT to suit it

If I took off a spell slot, what spell would be least useful? I'm guessing I'd be able to manage without Flashsword given that I'm now meeting breakpoints but at the same time I don't particularly want to end up getting bullied to death every time someone happens to have upgraded a dagger

Can't thank you enough for the information though man, I was well on my way to making a very poor build given all the points I was wasting

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>>184197527

Would help of course if I actually attached the screen-cap

>>184197527
Personally I'd take either Great Soul Arrow, Great Soul Dregs or Flashsword off. The first two because in my opinion you only need one for the purpose of a damage ranged nuke, and Flashsword because I find it a mediocre spell on its own but with Tinder it has good range. You get the same use out of Flashsword from a Crystal Longsword/Lothric Knight Sword so it's your call.

>duty fulfilled
>no ears
w h y

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>>184197665
>>184197683

Alrighty, I think I've got things just about finalized then

-27 ATT, the breakpoint where an Ashen Estus Flask will fill my FP bar with minimal wasted "juice"
-26 END, an FaP+3 breakpoint
-Back to 12 STR because apparently drinking makes me do silly things with my stats
-39 VIG, breakpoint
-28+ poise, apparent halberd breakpoint that I wish I'd known a while ago
-LKS to replace flashsword for when fighting faster weapons, since casting would be relatively useless anyway. No shield since I can use the WA with an empty offhand
-Spells are a stagger tool, a chip damage/finishing tool, a combo spell for the tinder and a hard to avoid nuke

Thanks again for the help lads, if there's anything I've messed up please let me know. It'll take a solid few hours for me to think up a decent name regardless

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>>184198193
Looks solid lad.

What is it with aldrichcucks and defending the host? What are you hoping to accomplish? Not even singular faithfuls, multiple are doing this per invasion. Did I miss a meme or something?

>>184198059
S U F F E R I N G

>>184199123
Apparently the covenant is filled with dickheads who just want to be like bloodshades

I hope they implement the true death mode into the DaS rerelease. It sounded so cool- in demons the death system was originally that recovering your souls automatically turned you human, but dying while in soul form (basically failing to grab your soul pile) delevelled you significantly. It'd be a fun optional difficulty, and would be made more fun because 90% of the time everyone playing would be online and susceptible to invasions. It also explains why the darksign exists as a usable item.

>>184198193
looks nice but if this is a duel build I'd use great soul arrow/farron hail over dregs

I'm thinking of replaying DS1 again, are the two tracer swords fun to use the intended way?

>>184200019
They're both good individually. I've played with dual wield but honestly it doesn't feel any different than just using one without a shield.

>>184200019
gold tracer is good in the offhand, which is how ciaran wields it but the dagger is just bad outside of criticals

Can you edit your hair in DaS2 CE like you can in DaS3? Don't mean like changing the presets, mean like literally editing the hair to look something you normally can't get.

>>184200019
gold tracer is good in any hand. In the right its a decent curved sword that unfortunately cannot be buffed, but is otherwise one of the best. In the left, it makes a nice compliment for slower bleed weapons like katanas, so that you can finish off the bleed proc. It also provides a good dps when you can get close range, but when that's not an option, the katana allows you to keep your distance and have a nice running attack

>>184199408
Doesn't seem fair to punish bad/new players like that though, they'd just give up after being locked in an endless cycle of de-leveling and twink invasions. Decent players don't die often enough to really be affected by those mechanics.

>>184200560
I don't think that's possible even in ds3. Only thing not normally available is more freedom with color/brightness

>>184200660
There literally was a guy on /dsg/ that changed his beard and eyes to look like Gaels. It wasn't just clientside and would also show in multiplayer.

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I record videogames to make webms

>>184200773
Anon-who-clearly-stole-an-older-anon's-low-quality-soulspear-spamming-sorcerer-webms-to-shitpost-kun, is this you?

>>184200749
>There literally was a guy on /dsg/

Well at least it wasn't figuratively

That's a specific age option that could only be selected in CE, nothing to do with changing hairstyles, and there aren't any human NPCs that have unique features that'd require the implementation of those options

>>184199408
>DaS rerelease
Only actually good games get rereleases, son.

>>184200019
I forget which one, but one of them inflicts Toxic with the R2. But unless you Collector's Edition, there's no way to get them until post-Lordvessel.

>>184201020
Seems like more than just freedom with color/brightness to me.

I just finished my first ds3 play through with a strength build. I did a curved sword and katana duel wielder in 2, and a katana wielding pyromancer in 1. I think I might replay ds1 next. What build should I do? Hows magic in ds1?

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dead game

>>184201384
better than in 2 or 3. melee is still more fun though

>>184201348

Freedom with color and brightness? It's literally the hidden 4th age option added specifically so Gael could have that long as all hell beard. Hell, selecting it makes it so your chosen hair colour becomes your eye colour because they never intended players to be able to use it themselves

(Goldstein)) and .exe boss fight is pure bullshit
One is fast the other heavy hitting
Nigger

>>184201020
That's a different thing and has nothing to do with hair. It's a custom face plastered on yours.

>>184201518
You sure? Tested it yourself?

>>184201954
Any other faces or is Gael the only one?

>>184201954

That's exactly what I was saying, there are no unique hairstyles, Gael's unique beard comes from his custom age slider. Why are you replying to my post with what I've already said?

>>184201592
>/pol/ack is retarded
And the sky is blue. Use the pillars you dumb cunt
>>184202112
Only Gael's afaik. Now that I remember, some guy had shown a couple of hidden sliders to make your face lopsided but I don't know how to mess with them. Also, it's actually the skin color affecting the color of the eyes and iirc you can make your actual eyes show through the face if you make them large enough. Getting Gael's face is easy as setting your age to 3 in CE. Also, goes without saying the lopsided slider wouldn't work on his face

>>184202417
I'll shove a pillar up your arse

Because of the quality nerf I want to rebuild my old Knight.

How does this look?
I mainly use the 2h Claymore. Straight Sword & Shield are backup weapons.

18 Dex for larger variety of weapons. Splitleaf for example.

Havels and FAP are mandatory.
One of the others can be replaced with Leo's.

I'm not sure about the buff.
Currently I use Carthus Flame Arc, which only costs 2 points extra.
But the damage is not much different from Resins.
I blessed weapon a good buff for my Claymore? I would increase my AR almost 600.

>>184203164

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>>184203164
I need a coffee

>>184203164
>>184203237
looks perfect

>>184203164
>>184203389
>18 Dex for larger variety of weapons. Splitleaf for example.

Splitleaf only needs 16 Dex which is the highest requirement for 99% of weapons on a pure Strength build. The only things you'll really be able to use with 18 are the Harald CGS and the Lothric Knight Sword, the latter of which doesn't really scale well with high Strength. I'd recommend taking a two points off Dex and 2-3 off Vigor and putting it in Endurance or Vitality.

>>184203389
Switch chloranthy for prisoner's chain, drop vigor to 35 so chain brings it to 40. Bring END to 35 (40 with chain). Now you have 20 vit and 3 extra points to put where you want

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So what grade would we give to ENB's run of the DLCs so far?
Shulva
+played all the bosses
+was online for invades
+didn't use chat as a crutch
-spent way too much time faffing around like a faget because he couldn't figure out the pillars
-was disrespectful to Batman
-summoned

Brume :
+did all bosses
+did Fume both with and without assen idols
+did not summon for bosses
-played offline so no invades
-did not do the entire DLC in one go
-responded to chat fag enablers

So imo Shulva was 9/10 and Brume was 7.5/10

>>184203389
A 66 Str build is only good if you're using ultras, Heavy infusion is weaker on smaller weapons. While you're at it, you may as well hit 40 Endurance, ultras require as much stamina as you can scrounge up.

Carthus Flame Arc depends on spell buff, and at that amount a Charcoal Pine Bundle will get you more damage output. If you aren't doing a Pyro build, you might as well put the points somewhere else. Blessed Weapon is a better buff since the damage is non-scaling and it adds physical damage (which removes the issue of split damage).

If you optimize your build and remove the excess weight, you can save the point in Vit and maybe even swap Havel's for something else. But if you're going to actually use that 66 Str for something good then you may well still need it.

Beyond that, if you need extra levels consider PChain, it can free up 15 levels for putting into other areas.

>>184203389

Take END to 26 or 34, those are softcaps with the FaP +3. VIG to 39 or 44, no point in playing inbetween. DEX down to 16. Ideally if you're playing with a ranged offhand you want Arbalest or Avelyn. Not got a clue as to why you want the pyro flame since your resins will likely add more than carthus flame arc, and with less easily resisted damage such as Magic (Pale Pine) or Dark (Human Pine). You'll also get more uses out of it without worrying about estus since your FP will greatly reduce your amount of casts, especially if you want to take advantage of your Straight Swords Weapon Art, which given you're using a Broadsword is really the only benefit it has left

Personally, I'd switch to either a Millwood B-Axe for a decent finishing weapon/hit confirm against parry spammers, or the Mace for another, lighter trading weapon with some phenomenal rollcatch potential

On that note, get some moe VIT and some heavier armour, you're maining a weapon that relies on trading with a medium poise armourset

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>mfw I use the DS1 randomizer, check the hintsheet and it turns out that it put the large ember in the dlc

>>184203389
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/227733

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>>184195923
>that webm

>>184204234
Just use twinkling weapons. There are also a few boss weapons you can make with the upgraded weapons already in the game

>>184204610
Thanks that looks great.
Didn't realize that PChain was so good.
Thanks for the input guys.
>>184203904
>A 66 Str build is only good if you're using ultras, Heavy infusion is weaker on smaller weapons
It is still a straight upgrade from by previous 40/40 character. Of course I will also use UltraGS, GreatHammer/GreatAxes from time to time, but Knight Armour and Claymore is my default playing style since DeS.

>>184204785
Problem is, at anor londo and only found 3 twinkling. Maybe there's a place to farm it somewhere.

Chloranthy Ring, or Red Eye Ring?

>>184206779
>5 am
*Red Tearstone Ring

what are good names for a healslut build?

>>184206882
ThankYourHealer

>>184206882
Paladin Yorlin

>>184206882
Heals(capital i)ut

What happens if I go past lvl 120? I see everyone using that level for character sheets. I assume thats just the agreed upon level to be? What do I do w/ souls after I hit 120? what do I do if i went past 120 already?

>>184207192
as long as you are still at the point where you can be matched with people around 120, you should be fine. Going over 120 is only bad if you participate in fight clubs, which case, you will be downscaled a little. Arena and invasions you'll be fine.

>>184207510
Has anyone hit 999? Why 120, seems arbitrary.

>>184206882
wats the big heal
shaqquile oheal
wheel of heal
kneel for a heal
heal or no heal

>>184206882
tulSleaH

>>184207768
Maxing SL takes an absurdly long time and kills build variety/uniqueness

There is a maxed PvP meta but everyone having the same gear and setups is no fun

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I just finished the first area of Dark Souls 2 and beat the Pursuer boss, And I've decided that I want to power stance axes and go shieldless most of the time. Is that viable? I know nothing about this game.

>>184208062
As far as I remember most any build is viable for the base game. Do whatever you want my dude.

>>184208062
Sure. Shield might come in handy for certain areas but entirely possible without

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what's the best infusion (most AR) for longsword

refined? currently using dark

pure physical better than split damage?

>>184208062
power stance axes is the most fun build in the game, go for it

people severely underrate it because maces have a similar moveset but deal strike damage, but the non-PS axe moveset you have access to more than makes up for the very slightly lower damage

Hypothetical: How would Dark Souls 2 have been received if it had been the 3rd game released? Not accounting for graphics of course.

Basically: DS1->DS3->DS2?

>>184208353
the longsword has an unusually high scaling with elemental infusions, so chaos and dark are the best for it in terms of highest damage output. But for pure physical, pretty much any infusion will get the job done. It's pretty much a weapon that you can put on literally any build and it will be top-tier.

>>184207768
SL metas were for people to meet up easily mostly for duelling, but eventually just became the agreed upon range for anybody who wanted reliable multiplayer connections for co-op as well.

120 was the des meta because that's where the average build felt "complete". The higher you go, the less of a build your character feels like. Dks 1 was 100 for a while because builds felt both complete and it was a clean number, but then some pvpers started going 120 to gain an advantage on 100s, then 125 to beat 120s, then 130 to beat 125s.

Dks 2 was 150 because ADP was a shit fucking mechanic that basically forced every build to spend 15-20 points just so rolls didn't feel shit. Pyros/Hexers went from requiring either 0 stats or 1 stat for optimal damage, to requiring 2 damage stats just to be relevant. Then people optimized souls gained because lmaosoulmemory and figured out they could match up with the average 150 even at SL 200, so that's where it was when 2 died.

Bloodborne was 90-100 because endurance wasn't a huge concern due to low stamina costs for dodging, so most builds could vitgouge with high str/skl/blt/arc depending on build.

Dks 3 was 120 because twitch shitters like brandon shilled 120 endlessly because he wanted to make a build with 2 damage stats maxed out while also having softcapped vig/end and enough vit to wear his usual generic outfit with DMB sellswords, and his mindless drones all obeyed his every command and made sure to convince every person on the planet to also play at 120.

120 ended up being absolute cancer, and with BB players coming from a game that stopped at 100 average, the playerbase got split between 95-100 and 120, with some people going 125-130 because they don't understand the basics when it comes to making builds and pushed themselves out of the 100 range. Some 100 players got tired of the pure cancer 120 players brought, so they made builds around 95-98/99 to just barely avoid those 120s.

>>184208443
probably much better considering how if we got DS1, DS3, and BB back-to-back, people would be craving a different kind of game, on top of the bajillion weapons in the game. It's why people would say that it would be the best game in the series if it werent for the backward-ass design with SM, agility, and the general movement

>>184205646
Ash lake is the earliest. But if you're in anor londo, you can just rush through until the giant and buy them
>>184207890
Wheel and deal

>>184208062
If you go power-stance, you'll have to sink a bunch of points into Endurance. The paired attacks eat up a lot of stamina.

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>>184208443
>How would Dark Souls 2 have been received if it had been the 3rd game released?

I would've been disappointed to go from the evolution of the series toward a faster and more skill-based approach into a slow as fuck slog type of number crunching game that DS2 is.

Most of the bossfights in DS2 are garbage especially compared to DS3 / BB bosses and even the great DLC bosses are basically "on par" with the good fights from those games.

Even disregarding the graphics the level design is garbage, the level themes are way too inconsistent to fit with each other, ADP was a terrible design decision and I think the real reason for ADP was to deceive newbies into thinking DS2 was "hard" despite the fact that the only reason for it being harder were mechanics that were outright deceptive.

Dark Souls 3 is the real Dark Souls 2 though so it would've benefited DS3 a lot because DS1 and DS3 back to back would've formed a coherent package, with DS2 in the middle the way DS3 ties into DS1 after that isn't all that smooth.

The best thing for Dark Souls 2 would've just been to be called something the fuck else because it's a good game in it's own right but everything it does to tie to game back to DS1 fails miserably.

In DS2, does 2handing a weapon actually multiply your str by 1.5 for AR calculations, or does it only help for meeting str requirements on weapons? I forget how it worked.

>>184208848
As stated in earlier post, I'm playing with the randomizer, Twinkling isn't where it's supposed to be.

>>184209106
No damage bonus, half the str req
>>184209246
You can farm it off clams, you god damn silly willy

>>184209106
IIRC only helps with STR requirements. There's some ass backwards convoluted formulas for the increased damage but they aren't influenced by your stats.

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How the fuck do you kill the giant swap sloths?
They seem really imbalanced for that area.

>>184209106
Your "virtual" Str doubles, but the bonus is still calculated using your actual Str. So if you get 20 Str you can two-hand most weapons, but they'll hit like wet noodles.

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>>184209613
If you're a Sorcerer equip Clever Rat's Ring, Ring of Magical Sharpness and if you can (because the online is dead) Old Monk's Headwrap and blast them to hell in hypermode using something like Fire spray or just regular Soul Ray. Fire spray especially is op as fuck for the swamp.

For melee strats keep to the islands, never ever aggro more than one at a time and be very careful about rolling when you're near the edge of the island because sometimes even if the model looks like you're on the ground, sometimes the game thinks you're not.

https://youtu.be/hYIvs2Rh89k?t=110

>>184210992
>db

>>184211225
So what? He exclusively posts invasions where he's up against multiple players. It's not like it's 99 like in 1 either.

And 90% of japs also seem to use siegbrau etc.

>>184211310
>>>db
A "friend" had surplus and dropped him or does he only invade 15 times per ng?

>>184211546
He seems to be on console so he probably duped with a friend and uses save backups.

>>184211310
>>184211546
>>184211619
Don't the giants drop DBs in TRC? I don't remember if they respawn but even if they didn't, using the purging monument probably brings them back anyway.

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I keep seeing the "DS2 movement deadzone" webm but I don't understand what it's conveying. I can move my character in any direction without installing a fix.

>>184211913
Try only walking (ie only tilting the left stick slightly), I think you're stuck with 8-way movement then.

>>184210063
As meme you don't see where the skulls are coming from. Then the fucking tree just fucks you off. I've yet to see a video where you can kill one as a usual melee for that level without losing hp

Great Soul Arrow is my spellfu.

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>Guts cosplay
>whips out a katana
>later he whips out a longbow
fascinating

>>184211913
I think the complaint is more how sharp the movement and turning are. People call it floaty but if anything it feels sturdier to me.

Doesn't matter what armor
What weapon
What attack pattern
Whar rings
2h or 1h
Shield that absorbs 95 or 100 percent
I keep dying against those two pieces of shit.
Whenever you try to attack the bad sonic rip off the fat piece of shit starts hammering at you.
Getting to the hammering piece of shit first is bullshit since the edgelord is quick to attack.

>>184212621
maintain a good distance from biggie and he's harmless, try and trap him on the pillars if you can. focus on ornstein

>>184212309
>I've yet to see a video where you can kill one as a usual melee for that level without losing hp

Well you have an Estus flask don't you?
Either way, the best way to kill one is to lead them to the cabin where you turn off the fire and then cheese them using the structure because they can't get behind it.

Also use a bow or a crossbow.

I almost never kill them though since you can just roll the fuck away from them and Farron Keep is such a shit area anyway.

Am I correct in believing than, in order to hit max cast speed with the base sage ring, I would need 20 DEX?

>>184209613
>>184210063
>>184212309
>>184213226
I'm extremely fucking confused right now. You guys are talking about the tree casters in Farron keep, right? The first post followed by the DeS post broke my brain for a few minutes.

If you are, best way to deal with them is to just iframe the tree slam then get a few hits in. If they slam the tree and skulls don't pop out, he's going to rip it out of the ground with the mud explosion. If skulls pop out, get a few hits in then panic roll away before the skulls come back down. If you deal enough poise damage to the center of their stomach they'll go into a riposte state, takes 3-4 swings with a twohanded mace for example.

>>184213664
Correct

>>184213664
Yes. Sage Ring +0 is 30 virtual dex, with 50 virtual dex being the softcap.
20 dex + Sage 0 = cap
15 dex + Sage 1 = cap
10 dex + Sage 2 = cap
You can also offhand the Saint Tree Bellvine and it applies the sage ring +2 bonus to all catalysts of any magic type.

>>184213831
>The first post followed by the DeS post broke my brain for a few minutes.
Whenever someone asks for advice and doesn't help in specifying the game I give correct advice but for the wrongest game possible that would still fit within the original question.

>>184213854
>>184214009

Cheers gents, helped me set up my build

I love the Saint-Tree Bellvine, the issue is that, unless it's been weakened, Scholar's Candlestick gives 12.5% extra sorcery damage, compared to the 12% I'd get with the Young Dragon Ring. Unfortunately with my build I can't afford both, so unless my information is incorrect this is how I'll get the most damage

Is there ever a point in DaS1 where my fashion stops being the bits and pieces cobbled together from starting sets?

Apparently the stam regen shields in DaS2 actually decrease your regen rate due to equip load.

What is the fucking point?

I'm playing SOTFS. Tell me /dsg/, can all bosses be beaten by keeping a big-ass shield up and circling?
So far I've beaten
>Last Giant
>Pursuer
>Dragonrider
>Old Dragonslayer
>dragon in front of the Blue Cathedral
>Flexile Sentry (entire area is pretty much pointless since I already had a way to Lost Bastille anyway)
Also, I bought the cat ring for 13k souls and still die if I jump down the hole in Majula, the fuck is this shit?
>>184214765
When you realize going full Havel's for the poise beats muh fashion rolling every time

>>184214765
Once you get to around sens/anor londo your fashion will consist of bits and pieces cobbled together from discovered sets.

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>>184214765
DaS 1 and DeS are the worst in fashion.
You either wear totally full sets (and in DeS you're even genderlocked for a lot of sets) or shit looks really horrible when you try to mix and match.

DaS1 also has the added downside of a lot of "regular soldier" armors looking fucking stupid on a human form character like the hollow soldier loincloths.

People can shit on DaS 2 and 3 all they want but at least the fashion is topper tier in them.

Also BB but BB has less "armors" per se and more just clothes.

>>184214821
>can all bosses be beaten by keeping a big-ass shield up and circling?

Most of them yeah. Some, especially in the DLCs don't allow that bullshit though.

>>184211893
They respawn but I think they drop it only the first time and I doubt the monument resets that

>>184214821
>Also, I bought the cat ring for 13k souls and still die if I jump down the hole in Majula, the fuck is this shit?

take off your armor

>>184215008
I'm running around naked cause I want that stamina regen
My shield and bastard sword are probably quite heavy though, I'll try without them
Is it normal that equip load raises fall damage? I don't remember that from DS1 but then again I've never had to survive a big fall to progress

>>184215102
It was the same in 1 just to a lesser extent.

>>184214821
The dragon isn't a boss.

>>184215102
>Is it normal that equip load raises fall damage? I don't remember that from DS1
It was changed from DS1 to DS2. Then BB went back to Demon's Souls fall damage and DS3 has a weird hybrid of mechanics where DEX and VIT govern fall damage and I think equip load matters SOME, but not as much as DS2.

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>>184212621
>he can't beat biggie smalls

>>184215239
Yeah I just listed the dragon because he was insanely laughable compared to the bridge dragon in 1

>>184214821
Very few bosses can't be cheesed with a shield. However, off-hand abilities (powerstancing, magic) are stronger in no other game, so I'd recommend switching it up for more fun.
At least one boss you'll want to be using a torch.

>>Also, I bought the cat ring for 13k souls and still die if I jump down the hole in Majula, the fuck is this shit?
1. You take more falling damage if your equip load is high.
2. You probably haven't leveled VIG since it's so rare that you'll take damage.

>>184215531
If you're trying to imply that magic in 2 is stronger than 1, I'm pretty sure you're wrong
Also, doing something non-shield is what I'll do with my second playthrough, turtling my way through PvE is just my comfortable way of beating the game blind

>>184214821
>entire area is pretty much pointless since I already had a way to Lost Bastille anyway

It means you can skip Ruin Sentinels (good luck shield circling them). But you wanna go that route regardless since there's Lucatiel, good loot and a blacksmith along the way.

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How did ENB like Sir Analone fight from yesterday?

I peaced out when he started fighting Fume the second time.

>>184215785
Well I'm gonna explore the entire Bastille either way
Right now, it looks about as useful as that completely pointless shortcut from Darkroot Basin to the Garden before Sif in DS1

>>184212847
or kill Smough first if you want the Leo Ring

>>184215785
>But you wanna go that route regardless since there's Lucatiel, good loot and a blacksmith along the way.
Lucatiel and McDuff are both easier to access from the Pursuer route, with Lucatiel being closer to that bonfire and the dark mook not being able to fuck up the barrel roll. I think I nearly despawned that negro trying to access McDuff from the boat route on my first character.

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why do people summon 3 phantoms? are they on ng+ or something? i feel like even one phantom robs you of the dark souls experience

>>184216162
I find 2-man playthroughs with shit/dumb builds fun.

But yeah, big groups make everything boring.

>>184216096
Right I forgot to mention, I already found Lucatiel and McDuff from that bonfire, yeah
Incidentally: What are the rules for gunpowder barrels exploding?
A halberd overhead destroyed them, but IIRC a bastard sword horizontal swing didn't. And they seem to explode if ever an enemy attack touches them

>>184216096
Yeah I meant the Pursuer route, worded that badly.

>>184215947
Lost Bastille's layout is pretty deceiving, going via the Wharf skips a large portion of the level. Again I dunno why they designed it like that though since the other path has so much important stuff.

Tell me, newfags
Did you ever hear the tragedy of the 4shits fag?

>>184216162
>muh dark souls experience
The series was created with co-op in mind. Did you watch the DeS intro cutscene where slayer of demons summons like 6 phantoms ?

Yeah, co-op makes some things just effortless but at the same time people who are bad at the games can use summons to get through areas instead of crying to From to nerf bosses / encounters because their sorry asses are getting beat.

>>184216162
Leading a full squad through a level while being hunted by 2-3 red phantoms is actually pretty fucking fun. Most hosts do it because they're faggots with bad reaction time, though.

>>184216247
The barrel rules are a bit spotty.
Fire will always set them off
Magic will SOMETIMES set them off depending on the spell, but magic weapons won't.
Dark magic won't set them off but dark weapons will.
Maybe there are no rules.

>>184216247
>Incidentally: What are the rules for gunpowder barrels exploding?

If your attack creates sparks when it hits the ground / wall it blows the barrel up in an explosion. I thought this was actually a pretty neat touch. Or just hitting it with a fire attack.

>>184216162
Summoning 3 phantoms actually makes some fights harder than they would ever be alone.

>>184216162
Why do people complain about others who summon phantoms? My guess is its some assblasted red who was trying to twink

>>184216364
i dont know man. the way enemies fight where they lock on to someone besides you means way more breathing room, and dont even get me started on stunlocking

>>184216162
>da dork sales experience
One summon is pretty good

>>184216702
im not assblasted. hell, id go as far as to say that im pretty bad at pvp. i was just curious

>>184216925
>id go as far as to say that im pretty bad at pvp.
That much is obvious if you're twinking

>>184217132
i shouldve been more clear. i was invading but i wasn't twinking. assuming twinking means minmaxing your stats and gear for low level pvp

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>do some dark souls speedrunning
>half way through the run realize I'm online

there is no reason to reverse hollowing so it doesn't really matter but still

https://www.mugenmonkey.com/darksouls2/66481
rate my shitty build
extra bullies wanted

>>184217473
Any specific build or just general speedruns?

>>184215301
I bet you used Solaire.
I bet a hundred bucks. I bet I am the only idiot who fights both at once alone.

Souls HD remaster when?

>>184217718
You aren't. They're e z p z maine.
Get off your high horse

>>184217718
What a silly thing to bet on.
>lock onto Oreo
>keep your distance
>only attack when Smooch is way back and no danger
Nothing could be easier
>>184217601
Do quality builds in DS2 even need 40/40 STR/DEX? Sorry if that'S a stupid question, but I thought scaling is much weaker than in 1 and you only need whatever the weapon requirements are

>>184217823
I'd tell you what you need for quality builds, but I don't know what a quality build is.

>>184217473
Speedrunners almost invariably play offline anyway because the online mechanics would just contribute all kinds of random variables.

Oh, someone happened to put a message in front of an interactable object? Well have fun losing a second or two while you fiddle with that.

Oh, some fagass tries to invade and the fog wall goes up so you can't leave the area but they never invade so they just drive up your time?

Oh, your internet connection crapped out for a bit? Have fun going back to the title menu

>>184217718
I beat them sl1 solo at ng, ng+ and ng++. Not ng+++ because I couldn't get past ng++ 4kangs
G E T
O
O
D

>>184196663
yes

>>184217950
Is this a meme or is there truly someone else who thinks 4 Kings are among the hardest bosses?
I don't know what it is, no matter what build I attack them with (except sorcery of course) my damage is laughable and they fuck me up easily

>>184217709
Just doing basic gravelord sword ones.

>>184218068
4 Kangz are easy for people who understand the basics of the fight (i.e it's a dps race, tankiness won't help much) but for people who only know DeS and DaS1 and thought they could hang back and play cautiously the 4 Kangz became 6 Kangz easily.

And the bar for "hardest bosses" was fairly low pre-DLC DaS1.

So, my mates are redownloading DaS III and want to do a full playthrough with me

One wants to do a sort of quality build, the other is interested in a melee INT build (Tons of VIT, MLGS)

What sort of build might complement this? I'm tempted to go for a healer build and just keep them chugging away while relying on raw weapons up until we get solid gearing, then just go full on poisecaster

>>184218068
4kangs are easy as fuck but on ng++ they do way too much damage to tank and they kept doing that bullshit attack where the king backs off for 3 million years to fire the soul arrow.
Reminder, sl1. They are cancer on sl1

>>184218978
I totally missed the sl1 part, apologies. Guess I am the only idiot having problems with them on a real build

>>184218927
Pyro or faith caster.

All melee is pretty dumb and you'll just be tripping over each other

>>184218927
Healing is a fun thing to do in coop, but you probably want to toss in a few offensive spells in there like lightning arrows and stakes or something.

In DaS3, when do I want to level VIT? After VIG and END, or after my damage stats like INT/FAI/DEX/STR?

Why do all these babies kill Ornstein before Smough? Big O is easy, and killing Smough before Ornstein is even easier

>>184219125
>>184219443

Oh I'll definitely be going offensive as I obtain shit like Stakes and Spears and the like. I'm just comfortable playing with weaker weapons so I ideally want to be playing a build that'll get them through the game

I'll definitely go with a healer then

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>>184214125
>Scholar's Candlestick gives 12.5% extra sorcery damage, compared to the 12% I'd get with the Young Dragon Ring.

>not using all damage boosting items along with sage +3

It's like you guys have no idea on how to do proper builds.

>>184219783
Because it's easier and quicker? Leo Ring is only useful for specific builds.

>>184220010
there is no sage+3 nigga

>>184216702
>some assblasted red
the only correct answer. nerds think that just because they've played the game before that they should be able stomp 4 v 1 because
>muh invasion experience
FALSE dark souls 3 pvp (especially invasions) is hard to get good at and posting about how you always get ganked in crucifixion woods doesn't change the fact that you still lose all your estus before you even get through the phantoms because your a retard who panic rolls into every other spammed r1.

saying that invasions are fucked in ds3 is the ultimate shit-player litmus test. OBVIOUSLY the game is stacked against you (try to think of it from the hosts perspective), but once you actually git gud you can invade 4v1s and get that ember 100% of the time. for better or for worse, pvp in dk3 is "solved". all you need to do is play optimally and not make mistakes
inb4:
>not make mistakes
easier said than done

kind of, but not really. 99% of players don't know shit about pvp and play the exact same way as everyone else. experienced invaders know that it can be as routine as invading npcs

>>184216532
This, try beating ancient dragon(pre-nerf) in dark souls 2 with phantoms. Good luck getting past the AoE one-shot Armageddon.

>>184219825
don't focus on only healing. You want to only heal after tough fights.

It's better to just burn down bosses with gnaw or lightning spears/ arrows. One regen heal or filli chime and a big heal should be all you need.

Don't be like those useless guys with only heal and buff spells who can't contribute any damage

>>184216532
very few

summoning NPCs makes some bosses harder though. when I co-op I always have to run to the signs first and emote no

>>184219783
You can kite them and Smough will take a while to catch up, so can get a few short 1v1s with Ornstein to whittle him down

>>184220496
How do you do that outside ds2?

>>184217817
My horse isn´t high! I don´t allow my horse so smoke weed.

>>184221049
only really do co-op in das2 2bh. it's no fun in 3 since every host has 2 other phantoms with him, plus your healing is gimped.

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What's the best pyromancer armour?

What is the general consensus on the FP mechanic? Do people prefer it over the limited uses system that the previous 2 games had?

>>183788485

Shut the fuck up.

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What's the current level meta in DS3?

>>184222127
i think it's good but having to sacrifice estus for blue estus is retarded as fuck and i hate it

>>184222326
There's not one.

>>184222326
98 to avoid the fatty autist neckbeards at 120

>>184222346
It makes sense on builds that spec faith in pve because you get more bang for your buck out of blue estus into miracle heals than orange juice (with the lower speed as a downside), but other than that I agree.

>>184222270
Your ideas are bad and you should feel bad
>>184221220
Fair enough

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>>184222127
Fp is much better than stacking a million copies of a spell.

The only real problem with the FP system is there aren't more ways to recover fp otherwise it's great.

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>>184223648

>FP doesn't recover very slowly

>>184224275
I miss the days in DeS where I had my stats as a battle mage and wielded both a crescent falchion and a silver catalyst. FP would regen because of the falchion while shit out damage with the catalyst.

>>184198193
Does Tinder R1 true combo into Soul Greatsword?

Does anybody know what determines how much or how fast the bleed / poison bar is depleted after being hit by an attack with poison or bleed build up?

I am talking about any dark souls from 1 to 3, since apparently those mechanics work mostly the same in each of them.

Maybe there even is a formula and it would be great to know to understand how that stuff works since in the games it often feels like the resistance hardly does anything.

>>184224569
You can do the same with simple but the damage is bad and the recovery is barely noticeable

>>184211225
I carry DBs and Seigbrau on me when invading so that I can go full cancer when the situation calls for it.

>>184224940

+ you can't infuse catalysts or scholar's candlestick making it as good as useless

>>184216162
Because they are too shit to get through the game without summoning but also want the bragging rights for beating 'DA HARDEST GAEM EVURRRR'.

They are also terrified of invaders and dying.

>>184220149
>Responding to webmposter

At this point he's worse than Lucifer

>>184222127
>>184223648
This post chain has happened before

Just how autistic can duskposter possibly get? Asking questions and then responding to himself to bait /dsg/ into another 'discussion'?

>>184225176
Ironically the item codes for infused scholar's candlestick exists, as do the codes for shit like infused bows and crossbows, infused Executioner's Greatsword, infused Crystal Sage Rapier, infused Black Knight weapons, infused Hollowslayer Greatsword, infused Morne's Hammer, and a bunch of other shit.

So much fucking cut content.

guys, giving myself two swords when you're only allowed 1 per character won't get me softbanned, will it? On SOTFS, PC
how do I give myself a bunch of great hero souls to use?

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>>184195923
War Banner, is it any good?

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>>184225546
I'm going to start filtering his file names
at least post webms that are more fun

>>184226676
I invaded a host yesterday who used the war banner and a ton of healing miracles to keep his phantoms alive and buffed
it was fun, the phantoms were garbage so it was more like a race to see if the host could get the heal off before the invaders could kill them

>>184218068
Just poisetank them and use a fully upgraded weapon
even if you're fatrolling it completely cheeses them

>>184226676
Dark Lothric War Banner with a Dark LKS in the mainhand is fairly solid.

>>184226392
You mean the sunsword? The game has no way of telling if you spawned it or someone dropped it for you

>>184212414
My character is called guts but I dont cosplay. Im wearing full havels with LKGS with LKSS and avelyn.

Grab the Rite of Kindling before going to the Painted World, or after?

>>184227389
alright, thanks. time to suck ass at PvP

>>184226790
>Ember up and use Dried Finger in Crucifixion Woods
>summon Hodrick
>hide and watch him take on invaders
Good idea?

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>>184226790
My webms aren't meant to be fun. They're to display high level invasion tactics. If you want to post meme faces and shreks or thrall hoods running around like idiots then go on. I'm not stopping you.

Fun doesn't win invasons. Skill is what wins battles.

>>184228157
So this webm is unrelated to your post then?

>>184228157

Actually having walmart wifi is what wins fights in Dork Souls.

>>184228157
>high level invasion tactics
>literally just spam soul arrows and soul spears while host and phantoms are distracted by enemies/other invaders

11/10, you got me

>>184228157
>high level invasion tactics
>hides behind NPCs and spams spells

>>184228157
'no'

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ENB is playing 3rd DLC of DS2 in half an hour. Line up the stream snipes.

>>184228157
go away

>>184228157
>My webms

Admit it, you killed duskposter and are wearing his skin>>184228468

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>>184228295
>>184228345
>>184228440
>>184228468
>>184228638
you are merely feeding his ego
instead, post more fun invasion webms

>>184228468
>>184228440
Stop you fucks

>>184228157
Judging from your webms, any host using a seed of a tree of giants would be too much for you. I'd hardly call that high level.

>184228157
>skill
panic rolling, spell-spam, and hiding behind NPCs is now skill?
KEK yourself and end it all

>>184228651
>ENB
who cares

>>184228651

Damn it's comfy af to have another ENB playthrough to watch while eating or whatever. I watch it on youtube though. I don't even do that with any other guy, DkS1 nostalgia probably

>>184228651

Is he really going to play online?

>>184228805

A lot of people do, actually. He's basically the Souls community personified.

@184228969
here's your (you)

>>184228805
A lot of people including myself.
He was the OG Souls gaijin piggu.

>>184228829
Sup y'all this is Marcus also known as epicnamebro, let's do the thing!

>>184228969
>He's basically the Souls community personified
Including getting cucked by a deceptive chink who delivered two disappointing rushed projects

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Every thread with this shit
>ENB streaming
>Who cares
>I care because reasons
>I don't care stop posting
AD INFINITUM

Wouldn't the people who care about ENB's streaming be watching the stream so that there's no reason to inform /dsg/?

>>184229290
are you talking about miyazaki and dark souls 1+3 or his wife and her 2 miscarriages?

>>184229465
The only reason I can think to inform is for stream sniping, even though he's almost certainly playing offline.

>>184229595
That's the fucking joke, you retard

>>184229465
You are not a mod anon
Acting like a mod can get you banned

>>184229742
is the joke the fact that you're talking about dark souls 1+3 or his wife and her 2 miscarriages?

>>184229847
yes

>>184229938
thanks for clarifying!
got a good loling out of that

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>>184229465
A lot of people don't know when he streams.

>>184228852
>>184229730
We don't know if he is online or offline. He was online for Shulva. I made a "build" for this shit specifically. If you see someone with dual pig shield it's gonna me probably

>>184229965
>loling
hownew.ru

>>184229976
what exactly are you planning to do with dual shields?

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I feel like starting a new DS2 run because I hate myself
what gimmicks/weapon/restriction/build should I go for? I feel like I've already done all the basic ones (str, dex, faith, magic, hex, etc)

>>184230221
Powerstance O&R or Bone Fists

>>184230221

Great Club. Then use an ascetic and get another Great Club.

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>>184230221
Whip only build, hope you stock up on Repair Powders asshole.

>>184229290
B T F O
Miya is a nip tho

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>>184195923
Thinking about doing a replay of Demon's. Recommend me a fun build /dsg/

>>184229465
Most people don't care about ENB, but everyone cares about shitting on other people's opinions.

Also there's one anon (whom I'm going to affectionally call "cuckanon") that is super triggered and butthurt over people liking ENB and probably samefagging the thread up to troll

Are Divine weapons absolutely necessary for Catacombs, or they just make life a little less boney?

is it superstition or do I actually get summoned quicker/more often when un-embered?

>>184230549
>Going for the point down

Broken Sword run

>>184230549
dragon bone smasher + curse weapon with cracked talisman of beasts

>>184228969
The "Souls community" (cringe) is an ultra cuck with a triple cuck audience who gets money from the triple cucks for playing video games?
What a sad little loser life do you have if you give money to somebody who just WANTS your money while he literally delivers nothing for it?
Just because he will read out your little gay username?
I want to understand this.

>>184230221
Covenant of champions
power stance
100% equip load
shield only
bow only
grand lance leo ring
30% equip load zweihander

>>184232047
if you kill the pyromancers, the skeletons won't respawn. Divine just lets you kill them faster.

You can use astora's straight sword, silver knight sword, or silver knight spear, all of which has a divine modifier without requiring divine upgrade path.

Or you could just run past everything, like most people do.

>>184232914
Artorias' Greatsword also has divine modifier

>>184232582
yeah well you're a QUADRUPLE PLUS INFINITY KEK!

>>184229769
(You)

>>184228157
>My webms

Those aren't yours. You're just stealing them from a more skilled player and I have proof that those aren't your webms.

Funny how this thread basically died when ENB started his stream.

>>184233052
Confronted with the truth the ultra cuck resorts to shitposting

>>184233347
Is this the part where we get to see the fabled YouTube channel from this guy? He mentioned it and put up a smokescreen to hide it.

>>184233384
you have cuckanon to comfort you if you want, he's entertaining.

Is it possible to transpose the final boss's soul in the same playthrough, or will Ludleth be gone by then?

>>184233621
Nah, that was also the guy who stole them I think

You can tell because every single post he makes is bait.

>>184233772
As long as you give Ludleth the kiln before he gets burned, you can continue to transpose.

>>184233772
you can interact with his "corpse"

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In DS1, I usually hear that people like the Claymore more than the Bastard Sword because it has a poke instead of a slam. But then, I hear that the Zweihander is more popular than the Greatsword because it has a slam instead of a poke. Can anyone explain to me what this is all about?

>>184233772
Give him the kiln that greatwood drops and then you can transpose from his throne after he dies.

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OPERATION TEARS OF DENIAL: /dsg/ Soul Revival Event (SOON)

Throughout the month of August a revival event will be held each week for every PC Souls game. /dsg/ players will spend their time doing fight clubs, co-op, invasions any any other online activity in each to give one last hurrah for the series. Console players are also free to get involved or do runs on Demon's Souls and Bloodborne during this time.

This will start on the first week of August for Dark Souls 1, then going on to Dark Souls 2: SOTFS in week 2 and finally ending with Dark Souls 3 at week 3. The fourth week of the month will conclude with a /dsg/ tournament in one of the Souls games to be decided by strawpoll in the thread at a future date.

>>184234105
I really want to know what's in all those houses in Irithyll. Who is still living there with the Pontiff Knights all hollowed and being crazy fuckers?

The lights are on. You know they're home.

But they don't open the door when you knock. It's rude.

>>184234301
>But they don't open the door when you knock.
At least they don't tell you to go fuck yourself, unlike Bloodborne.

>>184234301
maybe deacons

>>184233909
Here, check out this lore video discussion on the topic that goes in depth into the pvp mechanics behind the two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyA8odjCzZ4

>>184233909

The Zweihänder slam has a special knockdown animation which perma staggers bosses like Gargles or Capra.

>>184233909
Zweihander is considerably longer (and faster) than the greatsword and does equal damage. Bastard sword is shorter than the claymore and slower. Also you can get the claymore -before- the bastard sword but the zweihander is available WAY before the greatsword.

The Greatsword is still amazing but it's a lot harder to use because it's very slow and doesn't offer any other immediate benefits (other than counter damage, which IS a huge benefit).

So it's not really about Pokes vs Slams but is more about whether or not a poke is worth it when the weapon itself is slower, takes longer to get, doesn't offer better damage (without counter hits), and is much shorter.

I still haven't made a UGS build in any Souls game, maybe I'll run a Zweihander build in DaS1 if its got staying power in PvE

>>184234501
Oh, I completely forgot about that.
>>184234740
The Greatsword's R1s are exactly the same though, but it's true that the R2 is pretty fucking slow. I feel like the range difference between Bastard and Claymore is a lot more noticeable than between GS and Zwei though, but I haven't gotten to play very much pvp besides kicking a forest hunter's ass every now and then, so I wouldn't know if it's that noticeable.
>>184235316
Zweihander or GS will carry you through the game no problem. If you're lucky enough to get it the black knight ugs is pretty fun too. Demon machete is ugly as fuck and Dragon GS is post anor londo unless you're enough of a masochist to go down to ash lake and then walk all the way back up without the lordvessel

why do you hate the fextralife wiki

>>184234301
Would you open the door to the asshole who walked into your town after killing one of your leader's strongest creations, decked out in full armour with a weapon as big as he is?

>>184233909
Claymore has a great moveset overall. Zweihander is infamous for the minmaxed poise stack builds that could kill anything with chain R1s.

>>184235796
I did the walk all the way down and up from ash lake. It's really not bad at all if you take the master key and go in through VoD.

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Whoever told me that demon souls was one of the best in the series was a fucking liar

Just bought a ps3 for it and a couple of other games and just completed a playthrough. I only enjoyed worlds 1 and 4 and literally none of the bosses were challenging. I only died on a handful of bosses and the bosses that were talked up as the hardest, flame lurker and maneaters. Were both 1 attempt bosses for me. There was also some kind of weird film filter on the entire game that made it a headache to play. Overall the combat was more of the same which was actually really good but I dont see how anyone could not call it the weakest game of the series.

>>184236047
It's slow to load, often false info, the "video guides" are just a timestamp on fex' playthrough and often retarded (offers the point where a hollow dropped her the arbalest as its location) and for some reason it ALWAYS comes up first. It's kinda good for checking fashion though, lacking a proper fashion souls page.

>>184236371
They were a liar, yes. It's good to play Demon's Souls so that you know the original formula that they refined to create Dark Souls, but the actual game isn't amazing. The boss design is notably worse than Dark Souls.

I think the level design was fairly similar, though. That was one of the things they carried over with relatively little change.

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Why the fuck can't I connect online to DS3, is it just me?

>>184236371
People don't play DeS because the bosses are hard.

They play it for the audio and visual atmosphere and immersion and the level design, all of which got worse with DS1/DS2/DS3. The freedom of progression is also better than DS1/DS3 and things like world tendency add a lot of replay value.

DeS is probably the easiest game in the series if you have played at least one other game before.

Best way to play DeS is to close your /dsg/ tab, wear headphones, unplug your PS3 from the internet and play alone in a dark room in a 10 hour session.

>>184236371
Still better than Dark Asspulls 2

>>184236861
The level design of DeS is vastly superior to DS1. DS1 has a more interconnected and complex world, but DeS's individual levels are much more rewarding, thoughtful, and creative.

>>184237317
>Dark Asspulls 2
Best boy ENB is liking it better than DS3 already

"Dark Souls II is pretty fucking good guys" - Epic Marcus, Pillar of the Community

>>184236714
And yet its somehow is the best souls wiki

So when are we going to see this fabled youtube channel?

>>184237120
turn on uPnP in your router

>>184236047

They have a tendency to spread false information.

>>184236047
It was good for like 2011-2013 and then when ds2 hit it got devoured by reddit. I know, I know,
>muh reddit
but it was bad what happened there. Threads went to shit all over. Lore discussions became
>no guys that's wrong see enb's video for reasons
Pvp discussions became
>hahaha this guy didn't bow so I used my hacked weapon to kill him xd

Then to top it off fextralife ate the original forums and started adding all their bullshit similar to how youtube went to shit when google bought it.
The thing that sucks is that those forums used to be my favorite. It had a great community and it was really laid back.

>>184237825
Probably never, the guy will just squirm his way out of it somehow.

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>>184195923
top tier fashion

enb basically confirming he'll do the ringed city after dark souls 2

>>184237676
>DS1: Wikia
>DS2: Wikidot
>DS3: Fextra

>>184238043
>>>DS1: Wikia

Wikidot, it's even publisher approved.

>>184238025
>The L1 spam

I love it

>>184236345
>>184235796
it's actually better to make that trip early before the lordvessel, because you get remedy, tin banishment catalyst, large shards, power within, and green shards in the same area and you can use the dragon scales to upgrade drake sword. By the time you beat O&S, most of that stuff is kind of useless and redundant and you already have chunk farming and twinkling purchases available so the lizards in ash lake aren't even that valuable. Plus you might get a free purging stone before doing the depths, if you do it.

So are the four big souls you need to get in DS2 most of the game? I'm just asking because I assumed it was like DS1 where you just beat a few short areas for the big boss fights, but I haven't gotten that far on any path yet
I suppose the main game consists of unlocking the paths to those souls and then once you find them all you get into a linear endgame?

>>184238596
>once you find them all you get into a linear endgame?

Pretty much, there's a few side things you can do on the way though.

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>me and friend dicking around in pontiff fingered, purple joins in for memes
>someone falls off a ledge and dies
>drops a pile of stuff
>it's gestures

I feel bad for whoever else picked these up

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*reads your inputs*

>>184238816
Oh yeah I'm not asking for spoilers on area progression, was just wondering about the general direction because I once heard someone say that DS2 starts like DS1 after O&S but I guess that was just for the general openness of the paths instead of their lengths

>>184238895
enjoy your ban

>>184238940
Just make sure to explore thoroughly. Without spoiling too much the best boss in the base game (imo) is locked behind an NPC hunt.

>>184238919
And?
How the fuck would do even do intelligent and reactive A.I if you don't have the A.I predict what the player is going to do based on the inputs?

Most of you fags only want retarded PvE enemies that you can just stop through and feel competent and by doing so you're holding back the development of A.I when if the A.I is too good people will just call it cheating.

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>From will never rebalance the scaling of boss weapons to make them less shit
>Swordspear will never be a pure FAI halberd

>>184237960
>>184237825
Why do you even care? Even if someone posted it how would we know if it's the real guy or not? Besides that guy isn't even that good. I could do the same or even better if I really wanted to

>>184239147
Got rid of it ASAP, I've done it accidentally before.

Hope the other guys know how to remove it though.

>>184239271
I'll try to remember that but it's probably only gonna happen in my second playthrough cause I am very, very bad at exploring
I only found the alternate path that Lucia opens for you because I forgot where that doorway leads and checked it out again

>>184238025

ctfu you're actually terrible

>>184236714
Forgot to mention, they use shitty low res crops while wikidot pulls the high res transparents from the files. Just go check detailed weapons like friede's or valorheart in both wiki's, the discrepancy is tremendous
>>184237676
For 3, they compete with wikidot because wikidot has gotten lazy and barely has any info. They're only the best for bloodborne because they're the only one for it

>>184238596
>Tutorial: 1 area, No Bosses
>First Lord Soul: 7 areas, 8 Bosses
>Second Lord Soul: 5 areas, 6 Bosses
>Third Lord Soul: 4 areas, 4 Bosses
>Fourth Lord Soul: 4 areas, 2 Bosses

>Endgame to King's Ring: 4 areas, 5 Bosses
>Endgame to Kinship: 6 areas, 3 Bosses
>Endgame to Darklurker: 3 areas, 1 boss
>Endgame to Credits: 1 area, 3 Bosses

So if you are planning on completing all bosses, then getting the Lord Souls is 60% of areas and 63% of bosses. You're a little over halfway.

If you include the DLC:

>Sunken King: 4 areas, 3 Bosses
>Iron King: 3 areas, 3 bosses
>Ivory King: 4 areas, 3 bosses

That's 46% of areas and 49% of bosses, putting you right at halfway.

>>184239768
That's a lot of areas
DS1 was way smaller, right?

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>>184239357
This right here nigga. When an enemy doesn't follow an easy to read pattern and has more unpredictable reactions and attacks people call it 'artificial difficultly'.

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Are you as bored of ds3 as from software? Are you as bored as Peeve Peeverson and his recently-revived bloodshade covenant?
Say no more people, because it's EVENT TIME; VICARS ARE COMING BACK.
Latest we'll be starting is this sunday, so rev up those builds and get ready to gank some vileblood filth.

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Suggest an interesting, but at least sort of competent build.
I feel like I've tried everything.

>>184239909
Yes. DS1 is about half the size of DS2, less if you include DLC.

DS2's designers were more oldschool and tried to sell it on the size and scope of the game, with more weapons, more bosses, more items, more choices. Different design philosophy, especially compared to DS3's bosses-first and visual-focused production.

>>184240057
Counter damage build.

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>>184240050
is it real

>>184240050
>150
Wasn't it 170? Also, peeve is ps4 iirc. Does this extend to PC?

>>184240319
Bloodshades removed their level constraints, so we had to lower ours.
And it's all platforms, so long as you have the people for it.

>>184240197
Isn't that just any build with a Leo ring?

>>184240050
I'd be down for this. I have a build almost ready. Just need a few more concords and I'll have DMB.

I'm surprised they still haven't re-released or remastered DS1 on current gen

>>184240050
I don't see the point of an anti-gank covenant at SL150. Most ganks are password phantoms farming watchdogs and faithfuls

>>184240050
>150
I thought it was 140, or is that adjusted for Bloodshades being 140?
I don't want to waste all that time getting together a 150 build if Bloodshades will just die in a month or so, which I suspect will happen.

>>184240057
str/fth

>>184240439
Certain weapons work much better than others though, underused such as Picks can be devastating. Key to the Embedded in DaS2 is a fun build, has a huge counter boost and nobody knows how to play against it.

>Dark Souls 3: Pacifist Mode
>No offensive weapons or spells, not allowed to (intentionally) deal any damage to enemies
>summoned phantoms do all the work, I support them as an NPC.
>if I run out of embers, I have to let others summon me (but still can't kill the boss on my own, just support them) to get re-emberd so I can summon someone to kill my boss
>damage sponge, skull ring, greatshield, passive regen

is this a great idea or a dumb idea

>>184239394
>No boss weapon infusions

One fucking job

>>184195923
Can someone post updated softcap data for the stuff in the OP?

>>184241187
Not keep spamming afro, but you're late to the party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbR7MYGPR6c

>>184241187
Super dumb idea, literally slumbering dragoncrest + hidden body and no enemy will ever attack you.

>>184241187
Most phantoms will see you not attacking the boss and let themselves die.

What should I name my crossbow only character?