/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

DS2 looks good on paper but I just cant get into it

>>186849645
I assume he means "quality" in that it's pointless to go above 40/40. Which is also bullshit because it retains more AR than any Sharp-infused katana at 80 Dex.

>>186850104
2kat is still okay.
CCS is utter shit because its AR was nerfed to hell and bleed builds were also nerfed to hell (mainly with Rouge taking a massive kick in the balls)
Claws and Quills are still better than any other claw and thrusting sword weapon at 80 Dex with Sharp. They're just not brokenly good.
Follower Sabre took a major AR nerf, I don't see anyone using it ever so I assume that it's trash.

>>186849672
Curved Greatsword 1H movesets are basically the same as 2H with less range, at those stats Exile would be good. Also Rose of Ariandel would fit perfectly into the cleric theme you want.

>>186850104
All of those are still great save Crow Talons which were always shit for various reasons.

>>186850714
>Claws and Quills are still better than any other claw and thrusting sword weapon at 80 Dex with Sharp. They're just not brokenly good.

>Quills better than Estoc
>Talons better than regular Claws let alone Manikin

The fact that Talons don't have the terrific fist running L1 alone makes them the worst fist/claw weapon in the game.

Also just because CCS and Sabre don't have absurd AR anymore doesn't mean they aren't great since they are curved swords with still decent AR and range which makes them better than most other weapons in the game still. Sabre's WA alone makes it amazing.

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After he's done with Dark Souls 3 do you guys think he will play DeS, BB or Dark Souls 1 next?

Get ready for some c o m f y shit because he doesn't hate any of those games.
>inb4 Nioh DLC and he's "done with souls" again

>>186850868
>CCS and Sabre
>decent range

They're shorter than the fucking scimitar now

>>186850714
>80 Dex with Sharp
i thought the level meta was 98
did that change too? fuck, everything I knew about this game before putting it down for a while seems to have changed

>>186850905
Who?

>>186850905
i think he said he's playing ds1 next

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Give me videogame OST to listen to while playing through the game for the 18th time

>>186850868
They're short as PGCS now,they have slow as hell 2HR1, their ar is butchered. Scimitar,demon scar,pkcs are leagues above them

>>186850958
And they're still longer than the fucking Falchion. The basic CS 2HR1 attack is so brokenly great that even that slight range nerf isn't that damaging, the AR nerf was far more damaging to their status at top of the meta to just being 'good' now. Though if you're going for an 80 Dex build there's no reason not to use the Scimitar over CCS, Sabre is a contender if you want to use the WA at least.

>>186851063
>98

That was never the meta in 3 or any proper Souls game, it was always 120-125 which you can easily do an 80 Dex build with if you sacrifice some END or put Dex down to around 70.

>>186850497
Nah still to shit at partying and vig is too low to risk getting smoked if I miss.

>>186851148
>They're short as PGCS now,they have slow as hell 2HR1, their ar is butchered. Scimitar,demon scar,pkcs are leagues above them

Painting Guardian Sword actually had its range buffed to be on par with theirs in the TRC patch. Their AR still is around 400-430 on quality or pure Dex builds which is perfectly fine for weapons that are as fast as they are. Scimitar is a good argument against using them though because on pure Dex it is absolutely amazing, Scar is a pyro weapon though so I wouldn't say it should be in the argument and PKCS is quality anyway and also agreed to be busted by absolutely everyone.

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>>186851093
You'd think that he would try to go through the series in reverse order given how he's gonna do DeS for last. So the most logical would be to play BB next but then again it plays the most similar to 3 so maybe he could go to BB after slow DS2 and cap everything off with DeS.

>>186851086
Marcus "Epicnamebro" Sanders, the Vaati before Vaati and for all intense purposes the founder of the baka gaijin Soilsborne community. He is the pillar upon which the community rested on.

>>186850704
DS2 is probably my favorite of the three but it also took me the longest to appreciate its qualities.

>>186851162
I fell for the 80 dex meme and gave follower's sabre a try. Cant roll catch for shit with it. It's extremely easy with the PKCS on the otherhand. The range really makes the weapon.

>>186851063
>>186851162
The meta for /bbg/ is 98. He might've mixed the generals up. Or I might just be wrong and sound like an idiot.

>>186851162
Well, everything is longer than the falchion. Broken ss has more range than sabre and carthus now. The range and R1 speed nerf and AR nerf made them inferior to say LKS in every way or even longsword

>>186851292
I know that but it's still in the piddy range leagues,on par with rgcs,pgcs and a few others that are known to have like pisspoor range. Their r1 speed is noticeably slower which kind of defeats the purpose and gives no incentive to use them over a plain longsword

>>186851462
No, you're correct. /bbg/ stays at BL98 because they're allergic to the BL120 meta.

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>>186851163
Pontiff is super easy to parry. On my pc I got like 5 frames per second and the Pontiff fight would literally freeze for minutes at a time because the performance was so shit but I was still able to parry him 3 times in a row. And that was with a MEDIUM shield. Small shields obliterate his first phase entirely.

But congrats on first trying him!

Best curved greatsword?
Asking for a friend.

>>186851394
>He is the pillar upon which the community rested on.
Still a faggot none the less

>>186851623
The "meta" is more or less useless outside of PvP, in which the /bbg/ FCs have become a good-sized shitshow. Haven't attended in months, and it feels great.

>>186851698
Yeah I'll learn to parry one of these days

>>186851489
>The range and R1 speed nerf and AR nerf made them inferior to say LKS in every way or even longsword

If you're comparing them to two of the best weapons of the game of course they'll come up worse but that doesn't mean they still aren't great relative to 80% of the other weapons in the game still. On a purely mechanical scale I agree those are better but that doesn't make Sabre and CCS bad now at all. Also the R1 speed nerf for heavy Curved Swords was only on followup R1s, the first 2HR1 is still as fast as it ever was which makes actually hit confirming people as easy as always.

>Their r1 speed is noticeably slower which kind of defeats the purpose and gives no incentive to use them over a plain longsword

See above. The heavy curved sword 2HR1 is still a few frames faster than the basic SS 1HR1 which can make a difference. Again a competent player with an LKS/Longsword can likely beat a Sabre/CCS user now (almost definitely if they have a shield) but that still does not make those bad on their own and if you use that argument you might as well say why bother using any weapon over those two.

>>186851623
To be fair, BB does have less stats to put in so it warrants having a lower meta. Everything still does tons of damage at that level as you can hit caps pretty easily and fit in that range.

>>186851707
Str build: Exile
Dex build: Kumo

>>186851780
>PvP in Bloodborne
Heh, nice meme.

>>186851707
Exile for raw damage and stat efficiency, Harald for range and WA trades. Murakumo if you're pure Dex and want a balance of damage and range. Old Wolf CS if you want to use it cheap on a 26/40 quality build and get optimal AR for it.

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I would play Dark Souls 3 so much more as my go to game when I have nothing else to do if I didn't need to grind so many souls for upgrade mats when I want to change my build

Was going to make a frayed blade build but I need like 15 dragon scales and they cost 20k each and I'm not prepared to sit grinding lothric knights for like an hour

>>186851908
What platform?

>>186851891
>>186851893
My friend said thanks lads.

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>>186851749
Well he's a perfect representation of the Souls community then!
his sisterfucking ways aside the dude seems really cool and I'd deffo hang out with him in real life and buy him a beer if I had the chance. He's a genuinely friendly and awesome guy but he becomes a prick in his Souls and especially ds3 streams

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>>186851956
Xbone

>bradley of the old guard will never softly pat you on the head after you defeat the flexile sentry

>>186852004
Dude really needs to chill out a bit. His streams are often comfy but he gets so defensive so quickly.

>>186852016
Damn. I'm on PS4. Perhaps you could ask someone on here at a later point? I know how you feel though. I want to make a cosplay build but I can't bring myself to grind for the things I need and potentially go into NG+ at a lower level just to get a second copy of the same weapon. Also I can't make a face without a nose that is just flat.
You could also see if someone would want to play through parts of the game co-op with you to spice things up more.

>>186851809
I thought it'd be a fair to compare weps that are/once meta who's main purpose is fast R1s and rollcatch. While I'm not arguing that they're bad,as they can still shit on ultras and such. There's no reason to use then when there are weps that can do the same R1 really fast job but better than them. A weird comparison would be like why would you use garg spear on pyro (I know it's best on quality) when it got nerfed when you have dark bident

>>186852415
I can understand your argument when it comes to CCS at least because that's definitely worse than say a Sharp Scimitar now but I'd consider Sabre still comparable. It's WA is one of the best in the game still and reaches similar AR on pure Dex. Sabre actually works really well 1H with a WA shield since it's 1H range is noticeably longer than 2H, I'd recommend trying it since the 1H moveset still has the great running attack.

what's the best twink build is dark souls 3. i feel like working through some issues by pissing other people off

>>186852245
I wish there was just an undead match mode where all your gear was leveled to max or something

>>186852976
vordt's greathammer

>>186852976
Raw DSA with Gold Pine Resin
Two-handed Borthammer
Dark Hand

Any decent big weapons (great hammers, great axes, UGS) on early game? I want to play with a big weapon on main and chimes/talis on my offhand but I don't remember anything big aside from maybe Vordt's. Planning a str/fth build.

>>186853353
Great Club from the Exile guy at Crucifixion Woods. The Exile Greatsword from the other Exile is also a great choice for your build.

>>186852976
Mace, broadsword, DSA, borthammer and daggers with quickstep (to counter bort users) are twinking meta, HOWEVER. If you want to be a real asshole get some ghru weapons, especially the dagger, and harass mossless chaps on the wall/settlement

>>186853353
Borthammer is the earliest available guaranteed one.

Winged K***ht Halberd can theoretically be farmed off the Fat K***ht circling the fountain at High Wall. Stock Greataxe can be farmed off the big hollows on High Wall as well.

Great Wooden Hammer and Spiked Mace can be farmed at Und*** Settlement. Same for Great Machete off of the cage-wearing fat fucks. Once Greirat comes back from his guaranteed pillaging run you can also buy Zwei off of him.

Exile CGS can be obtained guaranteed at Crux Woods. BKGS can be farmed off the Black K***ht there.

Gutssword is loot inside Farron Keep, Farron Memesword you get by killing Abyss Watchers

Great Mace is available at Cathedral, same for CKGS. You can also grab Astora's from the graveyard.

If you're willing to accept regular greatswords, you can pick from Claymore (loot at High Wall), Bastard Sword (buy from Greirat), Flamberge (drop from Thralls in Und*** Settlement) and Executioner's (Cathedral). Hollowslayer's and Wolf K***ht's can be gotten via transposing.

>tfw bloodlust will never be as good as other katanas

>playing 3 for the first time
>get to Abyss Watchers, 10/10 fight
>think game can't get any better
>get to Pontiff Sulyvahn, 11/10 fight
>really start thinking the game can't get better
>get to ANOR FUCKING LONDO, and another 10/10 fight with Aldrich
>don't like the idea of having to use a specific weapon to fight Yhorm, but the fight was still pretty great

By the way, when should I start doing the DLCs? After I beat the main game? I presume NG+ works as it did in 2, where you have to manually start it, so am I better waiting? I've also only found the Ariamis DLC, not sure how to find the other one

>>186854021
You should generally start AoA by the time you actually get into Lothric Castle. TRC is locked until after you beat either AoA, or every required boss but the last one.

>I presume NG+ works as it did in 2
Hahahaha, no.

>where you have to manually start it
Oh, that's what you mean. Yes, you can choose when to go into later NG+ cycles from Firelink after you beat the final boss.

Gael left the chapel somehow and I can't access ariandel anymore
Is it because I went to TRC first?
is there a way?

>>186854150
Do you get into Lothric Castle after beating the Dancer? I haven't done that yet

>>186854161
Teleport to it

>>186854238
That's the problem. gael left cleansing chapel even though I didn't talk to him and didn't teleport to the painting
therefore I can't access it

>>186853931
What are you talking about, it's the only katana worth a damn

>>186854282
That's why you should always activate the DLC when you arrive at the Cathedral regardless if you're going to do AoA or not.

>>186854282
Go to where Gael is. He leaves the scrap of painting there and you can use it to go to Ariandel, they even made a unique cutscene for it for the one person like you who found yourself in that position.

>>186854229
Yes. Lothric Castle is behind Dancer. Beat Dancer, then beat at least one or two bosses after Dancer. Then you should be about tough enough to play AoA.

>>186854617
>it's true
nice, thank you

>>186854021
You don't have to use stormruler for Yhorm, it's there for people who can't tackle the actual bossfight to skip it. What you do need is a weapon that can hit a couple of feet above your head. I think that rules out whips, maces, daggers and cs. If course you can still fight with those but you'll only be able to hit the arms, not the head.
Yhorm is fought by hitting his arms and head, which receive normal and extra damage respectively. He is the best giant boss and answer to the complaints of people (like me) that killing a giant by clipping it's nails is retarded. Also a reason why Midir is such a great fight. Ancient Wyvern too, if it didn't have such horrible camera issues.
The best weapon against Yhorm by far is Ledo's, the strong attack is easy and safe to hit him square and in the head if you time it right. Also, spoiler for the fight, don't read if you want to figure out on your own standing under his feet baits him to do the downwards smash attack, bringing his head within spitting distance
Hope you'll have more fun next time you take him on

new to dark souls 3, is fire longsword good early

I got summoned in to help in an invasion against a hacker. He was invisible and teleporting and turning into various mobs that gave souls every time he switched.

I black crystaled out because he wasn't attacking or anything and it seemed like the invader and invadee might have known each other. Ever since I haven't seen any summon signs or been summoned. What are the chances I've been banned?

>>186855210
It's fine but you get a raw stone in the high wall which as a similar effect only leaves the weapon buffable. If you don't want to bother with magical stats or resins, go fire

>>186855210
Mm if you're planning on building strength or dex, maybe go heavy or sharp longsword?

>>186855210
It's only good in the first few areas when a bunch of enemies you'll be fighting are extremely weak to fire. Beyond that, you're better off deciding on a build you want to stick with and weaponizing accordingly.

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>>186854931
>You don't have to use the Stormruler for Yhorm
This is a shit argument and only serves to encourage design where they make a boss almost undoable but then give you an instant win button right next to it and go "Well you have a choice!". Both choices are shit because there is no scenario where not using the Stormruler is preferable to using it.

They should've made the Stormruler
>only stagger Yhorm for a while which allows you to riposte them / do extra damage
>do damage but adjust both the health of the boss and the damage Stormruler does so that on NG+ cycles the lack of scaling means defeating him without it is preferable like Storm King from DeS

But no, the DS3 Stormruler is a lazy copypaste reference that does it even fit within the logic of it's own world.

In Demon's Souls the weapon only gained special properties in the bossroom because the obelisks were powering it up while DS3 lacks this lore justification and indeed the weapon art works everywhere, it's just completely unuseable everywhere else in the game.

Why does it only work on Yhorm but no other giants? Why can't you use it on King of the Storms in the Nameless fight or Cursewood?

It sucks, Yhorm would easily be my favoriteord of Cinder but they rendered him a non-fight due to the ebin DeS reference that was executed totally wrong.

I'll give From this, though. People on /v/ and here were jerking off to the thought of ebin DeS stuff returning so it doesn't surprise me at all why DS3 is the way it is.

>>186855251
You get informed if you get baned.

holy shit so is the girl in the ashes of ariandel dlc who's painting a new world supposed to be painting the world of bloodborne?

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yo is this shit any good

>>186857180
nah

>>186857180
Yes but outclassed by Splitleaf like every other Spin Sweep halberd now.

>>186857297
yo what the fuck is splitleaf I was talking about dark souls 1

>>186857390
Oh in Dark Souls 1 it's fucking god-tier for PvE, it's known as stupidly strong for a reason.

>>186857037
It would be a shit argument if hitting him anywhere did shit damage and SR was the only way out. It is bad design, but you can just ignore thus one thing and have an actually great fight. It's like saying that because you can slap on way of the blue and keep summoning phantoms at the bonfire while endlessly rolling and avoiding conflict, it's the only way to deal with invaders. Or that because you can parry Gwyn, you HAVE to cheese him like this every time
Go give yourself a cactus enema
>>186857390
How is he supposed to know, that's a ds3 icon. Yes, it's retarded good in PvE but the weight and the fact that it's outclassed by the scythe with 40 dex makes it suboptimal in PvP

>>186851394
>for all intense purposes
People like you are diamond dozen.

>>186857180
It's OP as fuck is DS1 and 2

>>186857137
>>186857137
It's a painted world within a painted world within a painted world.

Since the CU didn't have a level up maiden, does that mean that SL1 runs are actually canon in lore? No other protagonist can level up like that, making me believe that it is only there for gameplay mechanics

Who was ariandale?

>>186857823
Daddy.

>>186857823
A mega ass waifu fag

>>186857823
King of scotland

>>186857823
Enbposter

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So I don't want to start any trouble here but which one of you guys is trying to request porn of ENB and his sister?

>>186857816
>No other protagonist can level up like that, making me believe that it is only there for gameplay mechanics
Priscilla was supposed to be the level up waifu for Dark Souls 1. For whatever reason that ended up being (thankfully) cut because it wouldn't fit with the Metroidvania style of world.

>>186858109
What board is that?

Guys, I don't want to kill Yorshka. Can I just bribe her charm with candies?

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>>186851394
>>186857549

see guys this >>186854021 is an example of modern neo-souls community, the new target audience of from software

hobby-grade coop campaign; genre-blended, multi-mode competitive e-sports; meta-growth, choice + epic Dark Souls 3!

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>>186857756

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>>186858304
What the fuck is this post even trying to convey? /v/edditors getting their buzzwords all mixed up again

I lose interest in the game after NG.
I just can't seem to play it after NG. I started the NG after finishing ds1 but it was boring so I had to move on to ds2 and then onto ds3. I think I'll get bored of ds3 once I beat it also.
That's why it's annoying how there are endgame items that I can't use much because I get them so late in the game and don't get to beat many areas or bosses with them.
Why do the 3+ rings have to be near the end of the game? I won't get to use them for NG.

>>186853903
I've no problem with greatswords but I want something bigger. Maybe I'll stay with WKH on the early game then find another huge weapon that I can change into lightning by late game

>>186858572
Large club is in settlement too, in the area with the demon

ds2 had the best fashion and variety you can't prove me wrong faggots

>>186858998
ENB please go you total shitter

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>>186859023
prove me wrong

>>186857536
>but you can just ignore thus one thing and have an actually great fight
No, you can't. Your argument is like saying that Wolnir is a good fight if you don't attack the bracelets. Storm Ruler is obviously there for a reason, they obviously expect you to use it, and taking him on melee is worse than running around under Midir and slashing at his legs and tail.

The only alternative to Storm Ruler is to be a caster who shoots Soul Spears at his head and then goes for the visceral. You have very few other options to try to bring him down, since the windows for whacking at his hands and head with a melee weapon during recovery are stupidly small.

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>>186858180
Just ask someone to trade you their Yorshka's. I have at least two from previous NG cycles, she's currently alive for all of my characters because of that.

>>186859023
The actual fashion options are actually fantastic though. You don't have problems with shitty neck seams, and the colors don't look completely washed out because of the whole "shit-brown is awesome!" mentality that pervades every design facet of DaS3.

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Really, Fromsoft?
Does this faggot dog really have to keep teleporting at the edge of my screen all the way into the Chapel?
Who the fuck designed this bullshit?

>Gael's Greatsword is Quality instead of STR
fuck

>magic is garbage
>pyromancy garbage
>faith not good/fun until mid-late game
Fuck this stupid shit.

>>186859783
You forgot the best part:
>Have to sacrifice estus to have fun

Also, Pyromancy is fine, sadly sorceries are still utter garbage.

>>186857536
>It's like saying that because you can slap on way of the blue and keep summoning phantoms at the bonfire while endlessly rolling and avoiding conflict, it's the only way to deal with invaders

That's not analoguous at all because doing that is a bigger waste of playing time than dying to the invader.

>Or that because you can parry Gwyn, you HAVE to cheese him like this every time
Parrying Gwyn actually carries a risk of him BTFOing you if you fuck up so again, there's a tradeoff that's totally lacking from the Yhorm fight.

Similarly Ancient Wyvern is garbage because yeah, you CAN technically beat the Wyvern without using the plunging attack but it's so ridiculous to do and the devs basically force you to kill him with the plunge. The hilarious thing is that you encounter another Wyvern up top which is actually reasonable to kill in melee and Ancient Wyvern would've been okay if the boss wyvern had the miniboss Wyvern's health or maybe a bit more but not as much as it does now.

Just goes to show that the devs wanted to shoehorn in "cinematic" moments and trashed the conventions of normal gameplay to force the players into them, resulting in even decreased replay value.

You'd think they learned from their mistakes in DeS but apparently not.

>>186859710
>Gael's Greatsword is both longer and wider than Executioner's Greatsword despite being a broken version of it

It's not a very sensible weapon.

>>186860070
I paid good bux for this sword so it must be better than the original.

>>186859243
but ds3 has aristocrats mask

>>186860047
>Yhorm was super overhyped in the trailer
>It's a gimmick boss fight
Thanks Memezaki, you fucking faggot.

>>186859562
what's that weird onion aura

>>186860674
but dude, STORMRULER
it's so BADASS
you charge it and like be so EPIC and AWESOME

>>186860885
>Says effective against giants
>Only use is against Yhorm
It's like, they didn't even try this time.

>>186860885
Better than Storm King at least.

>>186861224
That's barely an excuse, considering the release dates of DeS and DaS3.
They should have gotten better at Boss fights, but they just got worse at them.

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The abyss sounds like a pretty cool place

>>186861217
they tried but they tried to poorly it's just sad

whenever I play I end up getting sad if I overplay

>>186861336
>They should have gotten better at Boss fights
they did

they just went into a different direction with them

"This game has no real sense of subtlety or nuance. Everything's all about flash and spectacle, the music, the combat, the presentation... it's such a far cry from what made me love ds1 in the first place. I guess I could see why you like this, but I'm upset that the devs just couldn't help themselves from letting the anime shit pollute the series. It's again, the antithesis of what made the series cool in the first place."

>>186861336
Well to be fair, the real boss fights of DS3 are some of the best in the series and shit all over DeS / DS1 / DS2 bosses except the DLC ones.

The problem is that out of the fairly small-ish base game boss roster too many are completely garbo gimmick fights that are arguably worse than any of the gimmick fights in DeS or DaS and have less replay value.

>>186861224
Storm King was actually better and on successive NG cycles the DeS stormruler lost effectiveness quickly because it doesn't scale in damage.

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>>186861336
see this guy >>186861891
he is a simple man
the game was made for the him and the likes of him
simple people with primitive tastes, impatient, impulsive, with no sense of moderation and poor perception

or in other words, the generic modern day "gamer"

>>186860705
It's his Stand

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wasn't too hard but got quite nerve wracking around shrine of amana

>>186862225
Do you have actual arguments or are you just shitposting?

Most of the DS3 / BB bossfights actually either require or heavily encourage dodging and gameplay instead of obliterating slow as molasses bosses without them being able to even react. The only even halfway decent bosses from DeS were FKA, Flamelurker and Maneaters.

>>186862974
>King Allant

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>>186862870
>tfw got both of them first try in one sitting
I did it on NG+ though so it probably doesn't count.

>>186858565
I also can't finish the game but it's a happy problem for me. I keep on resetting for new build instead of going the easy way with NG+

Creighton The Wanderer isn't invading me for some reason. I've done everything to trigger it.
Only thing was I picked up the loot before burning an ember.
why isn't he invading?

>>186861835
I actually don't mind the anime by itself (except the dual ugs), it's just that the other non-anime part is so bland that it feels boring using them, and then the anime feels out of place because of the huge gap between the two. They might as well have introduced more fluid combos with less restriction when chaining attacks instead of the somewhere in between that they tried to do.

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Rate my stupidity

>>186851908
start a new character if you want new builds all the time

>>186854847
Well, I went straight to AoA after beating Dancer and now Sister Friede is kicking my ass

I like hard fights, Aldrich and Sulyvhan were pretty difficult in my book and I had to become better at the game in order to beat them

Sister Friede is just bullshit, though, she's hard enough alone and then you have to beat her and some massive dude who has a fire attack that covers half of the arena with only a few Flasks left

Why do all the bosses have to have two phases?

>>186851908
I don't have this issue with anything except slabs because I get so many souls pvping in Aldritch zone it doesn't even matter when I lose 2mil or some shit.

>>186863869
60 dex is ass, either go 70-80 or better yet get 30/30 int/fai and use dark and chaos
50 vig is somewhat too much
13 att is silly, either go 14 or stick to 10
You have way too much end for the weapons you use, which I assume are spears. I use 34 on most builds. Unless you want to spam your way into a setup parry
If that's the longspear offhanded, I'm pretty sure it only gets hyperarmor on WA and 2hr2. twinspears only on WA
3/10 what the fuck are you even trying to do

>>186863869
>50vig ever
>13att when you get a second spell slot at 14
>not stopping at 34end or going 40
>stacking poise on a weapon that has poise only on weapon art
>60dex instead of 80
I'm sure you know where it belongs.

>>186858304
What's wrong with my post? I've been playing the games since 1 came out, but I've only just now gotten around to playing 3 and BB.

>>186863509
someone please help

>>186864174
Be Pinhead Larry.
>>186864195
I don't WANT a second spell slot I just want a bit more FP
I actually didn't realize that 60-80 was a larger impact for dex than 40-60, what the fuck?
VIG was just stupididty becaue I had no idea where else to put it.

>>186863509
>>186864318
Don't you need to assist Sirris in her battle against him for him to invade you?

>>186864346
then get a simple infused offhand or attune more blue flasks

>>186864153
>two
oh boi

>>186864409
already did that.
I have talked to her at firelink too.
I haven't killed the area boss either

>>186863509
Picking up the loot doesn't matter. As long
>you've killed him with Sirris
>Pontiff is alive
>you're online
He should invade
>>186864346
What does being Pinhead Larry entail beyond wearing the follower's helm?

>>186864414
If you're saying that I have to fight her three times I'm never playing the game again

>>186864461
You sure that you're in the right area?

>>186864461
are you embered and online? NPCs won't invade otherwise

>>186864475
>>you're online
what the hell?
Why?

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>>186864412
But then I either need another point of VIT or to bring less heals, though 1 vs 3 is smartyer probably, fug.
>>186864475
Abject stupidity, mostly.
I need to shave another 5 points then send help.

>>186864490
They're so cute when they have no idea what's coming to them.

>>186864530
Probably From thinking people playing Offline doesn't want invasions, period. Fuck if I know.

>>186864513
yes

>>186864529
I'm embered but I can't go offline. There's no way to get his axe is there?

>>186864606
Sadly not, you HAVE to be Embered AND Online to trigger invaders.

>>186864530
I guess because people go offline to avoid invaders, we can't have hosts break a nail over a fucking npc 2 seconds from a bonfire now can we?
>>186864556
wear havel+3 and lower vit

>>186864490
yes she has 3 phases
I had troubles with her too the first time, but for me it worked trying to stunlock her in the first phase. Her invisible attack has a sound before it comes.
In the 2nd phase I focused the big guy, when he charged at me I was mostly able to dodge it and he charges that far that Friede is far away then, thus dividing them.

>>186864751
But I need that wolfring slot for untruedark/catring/obscuring switchery.

>>186864751
NPCs are a part of the game. They're not PvPers

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>get parried by parry spammer
>quickly activate Cheat Engine
>parry does no damage
>He thinks that it's a bug or something and the fight goes on

>>186864597
>Probably From thinking people playing Offline doesn't want invasions, period. Fuck if I know.
Nah, just a measure to fuck with pirates. You still get invaded by NPCs while playing offline from the settings.
They stop invading if you have no internet connection or Steam's in offline mode.

>>186864597
>They're so cute when they have no idea what's coming to them.
Are there really three phases? Fuck. I wanted to get Smough's Armour and become a fatty anyway, so I'll just try to level up my character to get a bit of resiliency

>>186864769
Her attacks have really weird timings to them, so I find it really hard to dodge. I just found out that she can be backstabbed, so maybe that'll help. It helps that she's super easy to find and attack when she's invisible.

My biggest problem is running out of Flasks in the second phase, so maybe I should try to find a few more shards. I'm not enjoying the fight as much as others, but it's not really that bad.

>>186864942
>>186864597
>>186864530
>>186864475

On the PS4 NPCs would invade me even when I didn't have my PS4 hooked into the internet.

>>186864817
>They're not PvPers
Hence why they're healing bitches

>>186864956
Second phase is seriously the easiest one.
Pay attention to the one being active, they complement each other and basically give each other a window of free air to recover, giving you enough time to react.

Whenever Friede heals, just rush her and hit a backstab.
Big guy charges at you? Most likely means Friede will stay back and you can get a few hits in for free.
Friede goes on the offensive? Means big guy most likely will sit back or attempt to spit fire at you, which can be easily avoided.

Her third phase though.. Prepare your buttcheeks.

>>186864942
I could see that actually being a valid reason, but it's such a small thing to remove that piraters probably don't even care. They can spawn the item anyways.

>>186864848
i wouldnt be surprised if he dismissed it sometimes I visibly get hit and roll a moment later and I still survive. damn online videogames.

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>>186864808

>>186865103
So I should hit both when I can? I was doing it like O&S, and only going after one of them.

>>186864817
>missing the point
Invaders are part of the game too. They are there to enhance the pve. That has always been their role. DS3 dicksucks casuals in every chance it gets
>>186864808
Switch cloranthy instead. Or drop to 26 end
>>186864848
This has happened to me legitimately. I was backstabbed and got no damage while I could fight the guy normally
>>186865067
You can't pirate for ps4, can you?

>>186865210
They share the same health bar, so it's more of a find out who to aim for in what situation fight.

>>186865082
You can always tell a salty invader lmao.

>>186865252
They do? I seriously didn't notice that. Thanks for the help.

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>>186865176
You hate me don't you, but I'll do it, thanks anon.
>>186865241
Looks like I'm dropping Chlor!

>>186865280
Why would an invader be butthurt about npc invaders healing? Why would an invader be butthurt about healing in general? A honorabru dueru fag maybe
>>186865453
Don't drop it, just switch it as necessary

>>186865498
>why would an invader be butthurt about healing in general
Because they have much less flasks than the hosts do and they get aggravated when hosts roll away and sippy as punishing Estus is kinda difficult in DS3 compared to the other entries.

>>186865613
Yeah, but it's an invasion, not a duel. People who expect hosts to abide by any set of rules in random invasions aren't invaders, they're idiots. If they want a duel they can slap down a red sign or better yet, fuck off to the arena

How do you use halberds in DS3? It's my first time using a regular halberd and found that their thrust range is deceptively small. Kind of disappointed by it.

>>186866643
You got some hyper armor and a nice 1hr2 swipe. Your thrust is also relatively fast

>>186866741
halberd that hes talking about has no hyper armor though or am I missing something.

>>186865613
invaders in DeS
>you invade with 50% (or even less since you're gonna have black character tendency), so better unzip that cling ring to have more hp
>but you also need foe's ring to deal damage, so you're out of ring slots already, whoops
>die to environment = lose a soul level
>get hit by banish miracle = get sent home and lose a soul level
>use the equivalent of black crystal = lose a fucking soul level
>host can hide behind 198 healing items that will heal him from 1% to 100% (not counting healing miracles with 99 spices)
>host can summon 2 friendly phantoms, while you're all alone
>second chance gives you 50% hp back
invaders in DS3
>you invade with 70% hp
>4 ring slots and one of them can give you 15 levels for defense penalty so small you will never notice
>dying only leaves the bloodstain in your world without other penalties
>host can't send you home without using CE
>host can only have 15 estus flasks (or some ashen to cast a heal once or twice) which can be disabled with charms
>host can summon 3 phantoms and get a blue to save him, but you can get other invader to help too
>Tears of Denial don't heal anything
really makes me think

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>The halberd 1hr2 in dark souls 2

What the fuck were they thinking?

>>186867071
This 2bh. Get good

>>186867071
>>you invade with 70% hp
this alone is enough to get you ohko by a parry king

>>186852004
he looks like a cuck

>>186867342
Not like it works the other way around too, because you can oneshot phantoms with ease. Unless you know you're a shitter. Also 30/30 chaos dagger with hornet ring should be enough (or almost enough) to oneshot hosts too.

>>186867886
I'm a shitter, post 30/30 chaos dagger build SL125 pls

What weapon do I replace Vort's Hammer with?
I might or might not go full quality.
But I just want to two shot 99% of things.

>>186868029
Ledo's GH.

>>186868072
I will evetually when I get the DLC. But before that or would Vordt's be enough for the regular game?

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Back again /dsg/. As usual I will take on uncommon weapons and comment on them, to make them sound either shitty or not so shitty, all to make some of you try it out.

Glaive (or Battle scythe)

-Early access
-Low dex requirement and good str scaling

This is a weapon that is hardly seen used yet is one of the better halberds. At 11 units, this thing will have 467 ar 1h at 50 str and 18 dex. At this stat, gundyrs will have 471 and blackknight at 429. Keep in mind that the glaive only requires 18 str and 11 dex to wield, vs black knight's 28/18 and gundy's 30/15, while doing almost identical damage.

While black knight and gundys always have higher AR if the build is a quality build, this also means that they require more stats investment. Considering that they have similar moveset and WA, i decided to compare these three.

The Glaive is as long if not slightly longer (correct me if im wrong) as the black knight halberd, and has the spin slash WA. This means that it's one of the few halberds best against groups of enemies. It is one of the heavier halberds as well, so keep that in mind.

Infusion wise it's similar to the regular halberd, though their use and moveset differ too much to be a direct comparison.

It's a strong contender in the glaives and halberd class, and is certainly as good as the black knight one esp for a str build.

8/10 they just cant decide what to call it

I'll be back in half to make responses if there are any requests; my first post was regarding the painting guardian sword about 7 or 8 threads back. If you have question about a certain weapon check the old threads first before asking. Just try to control+f the weapon names.

>>186852004
what a loser

So patches just dissapeared on my game and I checked why because I had no clue why. It says he will come back when I beat a boss, does that also include me helping others in coop?

Holy shit guys. I just entered irithyll dungeon and something screamed really loudly.
My volume is really low but that was pretty loud. Loud enough to be unsettling

>>186868172
make a post about how splitleaf is op

>>186868270
only in your world, always in your world

http://www.darksouls.jp/info/info_170822_1.html

>>186868280
welcome to the worst zone

>>186868341
prisoners are falling out of their cages and pushing me down ledges

>>186868326
Poise Casting is FINISHED

>>186868172
Great Wooden Hammer

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*teleports behind you*

Why is my health so tiny? wtf happened?
What is irithyll dungeon doing?

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>>186867983
Any dark infused weapon as the main way of dealing damage.
Arbalest for bullying, Filianore's chime for free regen that persists after swapping to something else.
Dagger is currently bugged and chaos infusion deals a lot more damage than dark one when riposting/backstabbing (thanks memezaki).
Oh, and ToD because I had leftover points.

>>186868594
Jailers drain your total hp when their lantern is red and you are in their line of sight. A lot of running attacks and jump attacks from bigger weapons makes jailer fall on their ass, which prevents them from draining your HP while you fight them. Black firebombs and greatbows work too.

>>186868635
looks good to me, thanks
Futur shitter who misses all his parries and get destroyed incoming

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>>186868326
>Fixed a problem that can be invaded by players in battle by performing specific operations
>no mention of buffing unbuffable weapons
It will be hilarious if they keep the cancer in while removing the fun. As a novelty that is, I will hate them
>Change of name and description of magic "lethal mercury"
Pestilent. Don't know why
>>186868465
OSOI

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>>186868420
it's good

>>186868840
>>Fixed a problem that can be invaded by players in battle by performing specific operations
>>no mention of buffing unbuffable weapons

Aren't those tied together in the same glitch?

>>186868738
okay but what is this huge worm thing on teh wall in one of the cells?
it's just looking at my with it's huge ugly baby head. I can't lock on to it. Is it an NPC?

>>186868990
Yes because what causes it is different, if they address how the game treats the player instead of fixing the glitch at its root, they could very well leave it in. In either case, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtZdmgWU26g is dead

>>186868304
Ok thanks

>>186868465
m- masaka

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>>186869142
They are wretches. First one is harmless

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>>186868304
I will in a while. Making GWH first
>>186868420
Great Wooden Hammer

-lightest of all GH
-Relatively low str requirement
-Good weight/damage ratio
-GH moveset (high poise damage, good WA)
-Spin bash WA good for group

It's actually not that shit, not since the infusion patch. At 50 str, the GWH will have 481 AR 2h, which is the lowest of all GH; it is however also the lightest at 6 units. Think of it as a pocket poise breaker/HA machine.

The GWH hammer is also the shortest of all GH, but since it is a GH hardly anything could trade it. Having such low weight also meant that the GWH has the least stamina consumption, which considering it's also got spin bash means that it excels at combo. The R1 could be followed with a L2 then a R1; players could also buff this weapon if so choose to.

This weapon is a pain in the ass to get; in fact, I never got it once. The reason why I know about it so much is because I had a buddy who started using it before it got patched. If you want one, better to beg for it.

9/10 get wood'd

Why is sullyvan such a bigshot?
what did he do besides transform half the games knights into monsterous bosses?

How come fire demons aren't weak to magic?
Magic reminds me of water. Since magic is water, it should damage fire creatures right?

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Would someone be willing to drop me a Chaos infused Dagger please? I really don't want to have to wait until I get the giant's coal...

Platform: PC
Where: High Wall
Pass: Dagger

Thanks.

Why does mugenmonkey show me different Defense stats on the build than in game?
i'm 20 def less even though I have exactly the right build on

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>>186869830
>Deacons of the Deep bow to the Pontiff
>In contact with the Profaned Flame
>Possess psychic-like abilities
>Controlls Irythill with an iron but fair fist
>Own castles & banks globally
>Direct descendant of the ancient tree blood line
>Will bankroll the first cities in the Deep (Sullygrad will be be the first city)
>Owns 99% of the Way of the White churches on Earth
>Said to have 215+ IQ, such intelligence on Earth has only existed deep in Izalithian monasteries & Anor Londo
>Ancient Izalithian scriptures tell of an angel who will descend upon Earth and will bring an era of enlightenment and unprecedented technological progress with him
>Pontiff is in regular communication with the Deep, forwarding the word of Aldrich to the Way of the White. Who do you think set up the meeting between the Aldrich & Gwyndolin (First meeting between the two in over 1000 years) and arranged the Way of the White leaders first trip to the Deep in history
>Nation states entrust their gold reserves with him.
>Pontiff is about 7 decades old, from the space-time reference point of the base human currently accepted by our society
>In reality, he is a timeless being existing in all points of time and space from the First Flame to the end of the universe. We don’t know his ultimate plans yet. We hope he is a benevolent being.

>>186870724
Post pics of both

>>186870963
>And Anor Londo
>tfw Smough has 215+ IQ

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So is Marcus playing DS1 next now that DS3 is done?

What are the comfiest armour sets in Dork Soles?

>>186871156
Are you making fun of fat people again?

>>186870963
The only thing I know of that he did was give his rings to vordt, the beasts and the dancer using them as human weapons on foreign kingdoms.
And his name triggers me. I want to really wreck him hard.

>play pure hexer
>reach Aava
>300 dmg with dark hail up front
Pls

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>>186868304
Split Leaf Greatsword

-Halberd with the highest AR at 66str
-5 hit true combo that could end a scrub's life
-WA could deflect arrows and shit

There's not a whole lot to say about meta weapons, and this one garners its hate with proper reasons.

At 13.5 units, the splitleaf greatsword is almost the heaviest halberd, but it does have the highest potential damage as a str build. The splitleaf greatsword is infusable and buffable as well, meaning it's damage output is indisputably high. Having said that, it's an otherwise normal glaive-type except for its weapon art.

Windwheel allows a player to deflect projectiles during it's spin. It could also hit for damage, but it's probably better to use the follow up attacks R1 or R2.

For some odd reason FROM allowed this weapon to combo unlike other halberds. The R1 could follow up with THE ENTIRETY of the WA. R1, L2 and then R1/2 will result a little over 1000 damage on an average player. Typically this is a 1hko combo if the invader is already hurt or has low health. In addition, the WA has very good HA to out last all a lot of weapons.

Another factor is that the HA consumed very very small amount stamina while having such high damage potential, it almost seemed that FROM forgot to balance the weapon at some point.

There are ways still to counter the split leaf, but at this point the weapon is undoubtedly one of the best halberds in terms of damage, range, and versatility; perhaps and hopefully unintentionally so.

>>186871880
Which game?

>>186871930
Make a post about the falcion

>play only DaS3 and sometimes DaS2 for fuck long time
>decide to go to a new NG with the first character I finished Dark Souls with

It's like coming home.
And still a beautiful game.

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Redpill me on Dark Souls 2 because I just got it and I'm expecting it to be shit

>>186871519
Comfy female combo: brigand, maiden, maiden or court sorc, northern
>>186871768
He's also responsible for Gwyndolin's demise, Yorshka's imprisonment, controls the settlement, RoS and cathedral other than Irithyll, he's the only link between the profaned capital and the archives (so that the placement of gargoyles there makes sense) and could be the scholar that convinced Lothric to not link.
>>186871880
dlc enemies have retarded resistances. As a hexer, you should have access to decent pyromancies
>>186871949
How many games have Aava?

>>186871949
>hexer
>Aava
>more than just like 5 fucking dark spells mate
Hmmmmm....
What game could it be....?

>>186872072
Why are you asking for our opinion if you already decided it's going to be shit?

>>186872112
>He's also responsible for Gwyndolin's demise, Yorshka's imprisonment, controls the settlement, RoS and cathedral other than Irithyll, he's the only link between the profaned capital and the archives (so that the placement of gargoyles there makes sense) and could be the scholar that convinced Lothric to not link.
How do you know

Be honest with me /dsg/
Did you touch the demon inside her?

>>186872317
Because of in game dialogue? Because I've seen the carts bringing food to Aldrich?

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>>186872445
>carts bringing *food* to Aldrich
kek

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>>186872550
Being conscious doesn't make it any less food

>be blue faggot because I want ears
>get called to invasions
>it takes 2 decades to actually get summoned after the first message appears
>invader always runs through the whole level so we'd have to fight him and mobs
>almost do complete regions with hosts while I just want to quickly kill invaders
>invaders often run away and blank out hiding behind mobs
Why is this so tedious?

>>186871880
Load up on dark orbs and pretend your doing a +5 dagger run or something 300 damage per dark orb and you should get it in a few minutes, DLC bosses are unnukable so don't even try

>>186870963
So basically he did everything bad that happened in ds3?

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>>186872036
Falchion

-Good weight/damage ratio
-Highest AR across the board compare to other falchion class weapons (sabre, carthus CS, storm ruler)

Unlike in the previous dark souls, the falchion should not be considered as a direct upgrade to the scimitar, as now they have different attack speed and animation, WA and combo ability.

The falchion is yet another underrated weapon that actually excels other more popular variants like the CCS or FS in terms of damage. at 45 dex and 20 str 2h, the sharp falchion will yield 421 ar; CSS 393; FS 396 and Storm CS 362. In terms of infusion, it is the best in the falchion class damage-wise.

The falchion however is also the shortest of the falchion class curved swords; CCS, FS and SCS are all considerably longer and were favoured due to their ability to out space many weapons while being fast.

Still, it's high damage potential is something that should be looked out for.

8/10 still not as good as the scimitar lel

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>>186872376
>did you touch the demon inside her?
every time the kid is at our parents'

>>186872317
>>186872112
Yorshka confirms like 3 of those and Pontiff also has a statue dedicated to him at the High Wall

>>186873131
Almost. He didn't cause what remained of oolacile to fall to the abyss or the propaned flame to scorch the capital.
>>186873174
I'm pretty sure it gets the heavy cs moveset on the offhand while retaining a parry, making it one of the better choices for dual wielders

Is DaS 1 Online still alive?
Or is there no one to summon or PvP against in the forest? or Londo_

>>186873459
as does other curved swords, if I'm correct. The parry is not very good but it might unlock some combos with a different main hand weapon.

>>186871930
Now tell us how to counter it

>>186871092
I'm using exactly this >>186868635
Somehow I have 139 def instead of 155

>>186873678
You can counter it how you would with any halberds. Their strengths are 1. Range 2. Damage 3. Decent HA

1. Few weapons have longer range than halberds, but some spears and other halberds could be untilised here. As long as you're good at spacing, however, you could range yourself better against a poor SLGS player.

2. Use something with Perseverance like a GH or caesti. The key here again is to trade and winning it. Using a bigger weapon might work but be mindful that halberds are a lot faster than ultra weapons.

3. Don't trade with smaller weapons unless you know how much poise the other person has and where the HA frames are.

SLGS is consdered OP for that combo, meaning it's difficult to survive its onslaught if you make only 1 mistake. Honestly, if its R1 doesn't combo with another (or the WA) then it would be a considerably more balanced weapon.

My suggestion is if you dont know the weapon well use a mace and persevere through it, just in case your opponent is brain dead.

>>186873174
the whip!

>>186873567
It's alive but not well.

>>186874353
>3. Don't trade with smaller weapons unless you know how much poise the other person has and where the HA frames are.
rolling/running r1 don't have HA, so there's that. you can also toss a firebomb to make them roll

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF
You can use the Dark Souls 1 Randomizer mod on a cracked version of Dark Souls?

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>>186874570
I've made one for the notched whip, but since i'm too lazy to find it back in the archived threads i'll just rewrite it. See if you can find the old one in 7 or 8 threads ago just in case I miss some points

Whip

-highest AR of all whips
-Unparriable attacks
-Longest range of all melee weapons (non projectile)
-WA shield pierce

The whips are a class of weapons that are the most unique in terms of being a melee weapon. Whips lack in damage and combo ability, but excel at wide arcs of attack and long range. The R1 never combos, and is very slow. The R2 is where it's at, able to either make wide range of attack or a singular, long range one (All R2 except for 1st 2h R2 is a long-ranged horizontal sweep). Rolling R1 is very fast and can be used to punish, and the WA is good for fending off enemies who get too close since it's a fast 3 hit attack.

The WA has a very long range and can go through walls as long as you're not too close to it. It can also go behind shields and slow stamina recovery. Frozen weapon could be put to good conjunction along with any of the buffable whips to further this effect.

The whips are very difficult to learn to use and even more so to master. There's very few combo ability and the user needs to learn which movesets are the best for mix up and the situation at hand. It's R1's have very singular path and it's usage should be carefully considered. Still, being a whip you cannot be punished by a riposte.

9/10 this is why indie uses it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP-HNNTzzMQ

>>186875513
I actually like the whip for how you can use it to set off traps and break shit from a distance, makes navigating areas and avoiding traps easier.

>>186875513
Winged Knight Twinaxes

Also props for being the only one keeping /dsg/ alive and remotely interesting

>>186875513
>>186874570
Forgot to take off point for being shit in ganks due to slow attacks. While it can cover a big range it's really slow on both R1 and R2.

8/10 instead

>A knight lv9 full set starts with 88 Physical Defense
>Mugenmonkey shows 93
????????

>>186875513
WA also slows stamina regen speed, combine that with some frostbite and the enemy will be running at half stamina regen speed

>>186875953

Use Souls Planner

Is the follower sabre the best curved sword?

>>186875953
At this point Mugenmonkey is only useful for determining equip load and stat distribution.
>Gives catalyst AR instead of SpellBuff
>George_Bush_why.mp3

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>>186875865
>>186456557

See if this post link works, otherwise I'll just copy past

>>186875513
Boss chink and his ganks

>>186876310
Alright, uh...
How about the Ithryll Rapier?

>>186876241
it's good for the range and WA R2 having HA. It's easy to use I guess. All of it's attacks are parriable though. Damage wise it's good but not the best.

>>186876454
is it better than the scimitar?

I've just become single for the first time in years. What's a good DaS1 build for this feel?

>>186877316
Zweihandler as a reminder that you used to be two.

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>>186876416
Irithy Rapier

-Just a little shorter than estoc if I'm correct
-!FROST!
-Thurst damage = counter
-Highest potential AR out of all rapiers with refined build
-WA has good range and pierce shield

Unlike the Irithyl SS, the Irithyl Rapier has the highest AR of all Rapiers on a refined build; at 40/40 the IR has 406 AR 2h, whereas the estoc 396 and crow quills 373 (sharp).

Being a bit shorter than the estoc, the IR is considered as a long rapier. Paired with the WA it has a very good spacing potential, and can give chase fairly well.

Frostbite goes hand in hand with the WA, making it an excellent choice to pressure turtles with some ingenuity.

Unfortunately as a rapier it handles team fight poorly, and it's attacks are all one-dimensional with no real mix up abilities. It also has a very low critical modifier so it is not an ideal riposte/backstab tool.

One of the distinctive combo (that trigged my dark souls 2 PTSD) was this weapon with a vordts hammer. !FROSTBITTEN! is quite the intimidating thing in an invasion esp in a gank situation.

8/10 bring your moss

How is the PC port of Das3? I cannot buy a ps4 unfortunately
>>186877316
Go for good old memes
C-C-C-C-CHAOSHANDER GIANTDAD

>>186877316
Become the ultimate Wizard.
Sorcerer all the way bby.

>>186877447
Cleric's Candlestick?

>>186876836
Not comparable since they dont have a lot of in common anyway. FS is a falchion class while scimitar is in the scimitar class: their R1 speed is different, and R2 have different animations.

>>>186457491

>>186877447
carthus curved sword

>>186877362
Nah, not that torn up about it. I'm just sort of directionless. After spending five years trying to make someone else happy, I'm lost as to how make myself happy.
>>186877448
Oh shit, maybe. I actually never have.
>>186877538
But I'm not a virgin so it'd feel like lying.

>>186873659
Most get the light moveset iirc and block. The scar does that too, offhand it's heavy cs and pyro, while retaining the light 2h cs moveset. Because, you know. DLC weapon balance

>>186877447
weapon which nothing can defend from

>>186873771
Could you post your status screen too. I don't see here something that might be amiss, so you're probably missing something

if I lived in Lordran I'd just set up a Poison Arrows store in Anor Londo. I bet you could sell them for like double.

Anyone got Lucifer's pyro build picture with slutty fashion?

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>no namebro stream today
I guess the sis is giving him an extra long "special massage" tonight.

Oh well, I can focus on playing some DS1 and 2 myself I guess.

>>186877448
DS3 is unoptimized as hell so don't take smooth 60 fps in Scholar that you can run it well. If you have a middling PC, playing DS3 is pure torture. Make sure your CPU is at minimum what's in the recommended specs.

>>186877775

>>186560454
On a side note for a build with 60int it will doe close to 380~ damage, making it decent as a whack stick + long sword R1. Off handing it means you can smack and cast too so it's got its place in the mages arsenal.

>>186878426
why would you want that?

>>186878518
Asking for a friend.

>>186878647
Tell your friend he has horrible taste

>>186877859
Not much to talk about. Despite being nerfed it's still easily one of the easiest weapon to use along with the FS. Good range, decent damage and fast attacks. WA is unparriable but doesnt have combo options like lighter scimitars. Middle of pack for falchion class

what's a good 60 faith weapon which doesn't require me to buff it? bident?

>>186878332
depends on your drops

>>186878824
Bident is for heavy. Fth scaling on it is negligible really. What str/dex?

>>186878952
is bident better raw if you have low dex and str?

What wolnir a sandnigger?

>>186878952
13/12 + 15 lvl to use

Why can we romance Anri, but not Lothric?

>>186879238
Wolnir is the dark souls impersonation of WE WUZ KANGZ

>>186879351
he conquered every kingdom known to man okay

>>186879330
That would be gay.

>>186879093
Raw is shit for pretty much everything at this point, and you'd want to buff a weapon if you have a faith that high. If you don't mind infusing bident is really good for that since it's already got a fth scaling.

Yorshka's is a good choice too, but you need 18/14. I will make a post about that spear tomorrow.

I suggest checking out MUGEN monkey to see which weapons are best for you.

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Playing SOTFS for the first time. Why are the dragon dudes in Dragon Shrine bowing to me and not attacking?

>>186879093
i meant to say in >>186879715 LIGHTNING infusion.

>>186879810
They are servants of the ancient dragon or some shit.

>>186879595
Anri can be male
>>186879330
>implying your dagger can compete with Lorian's Ultra Greatsword

>>186879810
They want you to honorabry dueru the drakekeepers

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This is Orbeck, a sorcerer of Vinheim. Say something to him.

>>186879810
hit the ancient dragon after you get his ashen heart and see their reactions

>>186878476
Would it be so horrible to limit enbposting to the days when he actually streams? I watch the dude and all but you are laser focused on jerking off about him and his sister and it makes me think not everything is alright with you.

>>186879330
Gays btfo

>>186877447
Zweihander

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>>186880195
I stole his fashion
>tfw no stealth mage assassin game with Orbeck as the main character

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>>186878290
Here you go.
Just noticed that it seems >>186868635 has somehow 5 extra points (the one I didn't put in end)

>>186880195
"whatup faget yeah I didn't bring you a scroll because you're a bitch watchu gonna do about it pussy? gonna run away to the library and CRY? Hahahaha sorcery is gay you fuckin NERD"

>>186879979
I'd kill Lorian and them romance Lothric. I don't have a dagger, I have a Greathammer!

>>186880425
>Anri can be male

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>>186880531
D-don't bully him anon!

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How many NGs do I have to run if I want to upgrade all my weapons to max?

>>186880448
>tfw every mage in the game goes batshit insane because of greed
At least Rickert's all right.

>Sorceries aren't allowed to do jack-shit damage
>Forced to sacrifice Estus flasks for some shitty mana system which clearly sucked ass in DeS
>Generic melee builds can do a whooping full health-bar (roughly 1k) in a Riposte

So.. What the fuck were From's argument to sorceries got BTFO'd?

>>186880524
That's you equipment, not the status screen. And you can clearly see different stats. Also, the amount of stats differs, the mugen one's is 130 worth of stats

>>186880794
You can get 15 Slabs from each full playthrough and DLC

why does the silver knight stare the painting of gwynevere?

>>186881149
Wouldn't you?

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>>186880728
>>186880195
>>186879979
Why are there so many faggots in these threads?

What is it about Souls games that attracts queers and crossdressers like OnlyCuckfro?

Go be gay somewhere else.

>>186881149
fukken hueg anime tiddies tf u think?

>>186880728
Only if you're female.

>>186881273
many people have gender dysphoria and play as female (male) so mind your words

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>>186880794
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>>186881007
Rickert is a magical blacksmith voluntarily locked in a cell in ghosttown. He's neither a mage nor all right
>>186881238
OH MY GOD, ANON, IT'S THE CURRENT YEAR, YOU CAN'T BE CALLING PEOPLE FA**OTS
>current year
>no acceptance
What's wrong with you?

>>186881008
crystal magic weapon does more damage than dex/str melee babies

>>186881238
uuum sweety, it's 2017

>>186881273
Only faggots play as female.

>>186881008
>anything that was OP in any previous game is nerfed to the ground in the sequels
>unique spells of a school of magic is trivialized or lose purpose by adding an equivalent consumable
a chaos dagger can 1k riposte too

>no mention of fixing poise casting and just removing boss invasions, the one fun part of it
>changing Pestilent Mercury's description for some reason when it doesn't matter at all
>no weapon/spell balance changes despite the few remaining people who play this all agreeing things like Splitleaf/Lothric Knight Sword should be nerfed

THREE MONTHS FOR THIS PATCH

>>186881505
I just don't get the point, be good at sorceries doesn't matter in PvP due to its low as fuck damage and insane sacrifices.
Meanwhile some faggot who just fish for 1 parry can deal 1k damage in one riposte?

Nah, this is just dogshit balance.

>>186881557
>Bandai Namco
>From Software
We were warned though, not even sure what we expected.

>>186880794
>15 slabs per playthrough
>193 weapons excluding catalysts and shields
>13x15=195

13 playthroughs for slabs and then you farm the other materials on the first game cycle (ng), since it would be faster.

>>186881557
The game is over a year old. Just be grateful that they even take the time to patch it at all.

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>>186881238
This is easily one of the least gay generals on /vg/, anon. I have seen straight up gay sex roleplay and mutual masturbation in other generals.

>>186881557
do you RIKE IT?

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Sir Lance Alot reporting.
Reached Drangleic Castle after killing all four Old Ones. Thrust damage is good all around and Grand Lance's critical damage is impressive.
How's this build looking? Not sure if I should level Vigor or Faith for better miracles. Currently have Heal and Magic Barrier.

>>186881693
Yes, I'm so grateful for a patch that reportedly does nothing aside from fixing one of the few fun things to do in invasions and changing the description of a single spell with no gameplay effect at all.

>>186881681
>you farm the other materials on the first game cycle
Or just buy them with ashes. NG+ scales the poppable soul loot as well as soul drops

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>>186881030
sorry my bad.
Here is the status. I thought he was 125 since it's written 125 on the screen hm.
Even so, I don't think that 5 more End can give 16 def

>>186881405
>>186881497
I get that people are gay and like cocks. I'm fine with that, but do you really have to spam this shit in every thread?

Shit like that is the reason people throw fags off rooftops.

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>>186881926
Also, what's wrong with people like this (host)?
Why even play the game? It's not even a difficult boss.

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>>186881497
>Only faggots play as female.
k

>>186881557
>poise casting
>>186882240
The enb stalker is worse desu. I don't remember any gay shit in recent threads
>>186882486
Dark Souls is hard, okay?

>>186882495
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlize-veritas/transgender-people-video-games_b_9205330.html