bros, am i doing something wrong or straight swords are the best weapons for now? i loved using claymore in the previous dark souls but this time it felt so fucking slow and the damage wasn't even that great.
straightswords are pretty fuckin great. I just love my greatsword because there are very few enemies whose poise I cannot wreck. It completely trivialized abyss watchers. I get fucked by straightswords in pvp, that shit goes so fast I have to do some serious mind games to actually hit the guy using it.
I used a longsword till I got this. Thing's a beast.
>use sword and board up to level 45
>get this Black Knight Greatsword
I don't think I can go back to sword and board.
I've been hopping between weapons as I find them for a while but the Drang Twinspears are super cool so I'll try and stick with those.
>>334358064
Greatswords all the way, nigga. Farron gs and Profaned gs are too fun.
Also katanas are rather powerful with the new hold skill
>>334358326
Lucky motherfucker
>Trying to fight "ninja" who throws bleeding knifes on the Catacombs
>Straight sword fag that i summoned doing triple my DPS
And here i was thinking that i would do a Artorias cosplay run, top fucking kek.
>>334358516
*with greatswords for both greentexts.
>>334358197
Been noticing this since I've been using the Morian Blade since damn near the beginning of the playthrough. You can just start swinging while players run at you, and they'll have no time to dodge/hit you, you get a few free hits off, they burn through estus like mad, and you almost never use yours because you almost always lay into them before they reach you.
It's a bit refreshing, honestly. A Straight Sword meta sounds fun....kinda. I feel like Warden Twinblades might start taking over them though... that, and Hidden Body/Hidden Weapon spellcasters. Hidden Body seems like it could wreck just about anything if used properly.
>>334358516
The problem lies with the upgrade materials. There isn't a lot of titanite scales, so for the majority of the game you'll be stuck with a +2/+3 boss weapon. Meanwhile longswordfags can upgrade to +6 and infuse very quickly
I've been bashing my way through the whole game
Heavy Reinforced Club +6
Heavy Giant Club +7
2 handed charge attack on the giant club sends fuckers flying, its an absolute death machine
>>334358287
Do you get summoned often as a purple nigger? I was contemplating joining but it seems like just a pvp covenant
>>334358459
>Lucky
Rare drop?
>>334358804
yes, often for arenas, only doing it to get 30 bones though
>>334358808
It can be. I've had it drop for me my first time on like... three runs maybe. My friend had to kill the same knight 5 or so times before it dropped for him though.
Which weapon do you use to pvp
>>334358064
I'm using curved greatswords right now.
Very good even in PvP where I just hyper armour through faggots who try to trade
I bought it, played a couple of hours.
Was saving it for friday, but now friday night is here I cant even be bothered playing.
Might just play Elemental Gearbolt on emulator instead.
Who /gutsfag/ here? This thing's a beast, totally better than I thought it'd be. It's mowing through mobs and bosses like butter.
Kind of a bitch on Pontiff though. Motherfucker is quick.
>Get invaded while summoning help for Lothric
>Invader kills both of my allies
>Get up the elevator quick
>He doesn't make it
>Hide in the rafters in the Archives and lay down to remain hidden
>He leaves
>>334358986
never had the chance to use one, are they faster than standard greatswords? with enemies who have 5 hit combos, hyperpoise, huge amount of stamina speed is the key IMO
Anyone else using the Dual Spears, was having trouble with dex weapons other than Astore's Spear until I found them
>>334359095
I went Dante mode with the Black Knight instead. I was going to go Guts mode, but I didn't have the stats at the time.
Man, near the end of the game, you can just see the Beserk inspiration with a certain event.
>>334359142
They're a bit faster. A lot of the times if the katana fag attacks me while I'm halfway through attacking him, my attack doesn't get cancelled and I get to wail on him for 2 big hits while I take a dinky katana hit.
what is best freeware for compressing video?
>>334359267
thanks anon, maybe i will give them a try
Who Hallowslayer greatsword here? The 2-handed moveset is pure sex. I'm glad From put Lucatiel's gear so early in the game.
>>334359095
UGS feel kind of lackluster compared to straight swords, like most weapons, but I feel this things saving grace is its amazing moveset.
>tfw find out that you have to do a highly specific string of events to get the best ending in this
Just a head's up to anyone who may have not known.
>>334359095
I beat the game with a heavy greatsword. As much as a pain in the ass it was fighting bosses with that slow thing, it was really satisfying to use. I'm gonna miss that thing.
I also had Farron's armor.
>Pyromancer up untildancer[/spoiler[.
>Impossible to continue.
I know I need to git gud, but, but this is just too much.
>>334359402
My nigga, Mirrah for life. The only good thing that came out of DaS 2.
>>334359402
>>334359532
honestly that set looks gay as fuck
>>334359402
I made that fucking spear instead of the greatsword even though I saw that it scaled with dex, I just thought it was a trick because I never associate dex with greatswords. but the astora spear or whatever is pretty lame.
>>334358064
wanted to go claymore for my first playthrough aswell but its just not cutting it this time around.
Also I found the fume ultrafunsword 2 hours ago and there is just no going back now, shits just too much fun to use.
>>334359587
too bad most of the best sets are from DaS2
>Level 59
>Still at Cathedral
I'm so fucking over leveled.
>already got my hacks workin
See you boys online
When can I buy titanite shards? I'm at the forest area with the giant crabs right now, I didn't accidentally miss a merchant that would sell them, right?
>>334359824
How did you become this large?
>>334359883
You need to get ashes to upgrade the shop in the Shrine.
>>334359886
dank hacks
I like the broadsword and butcher's knife.
>>334359824
pc master race wins again
>>334359715
i also found it but that 50 str requirement, ouch
>mfw fighting with rapiers
Is bloodring even worth in pvp? Doesn't seem to do much.
>>334358064
>bros, am i doing something wrong or straight swords are the best weapons for now? i loved using claymore in the previous dark souls but this time it felt so fucking slow and the damage wasn't even that great.
EXACTLY WHEN I WENT HERE TO POST
CLAYMORE FUCKING SUCKS NOW
GOD DAMN IT I LEVELED IT TO +7, ALL THAT TITANITE WASTED
any recs?
>really liked the fist weapons in DS2 pvp
>see that there is a flaming demon fist weapon
>get it
>find out that punches are slow as fuck and don't stunlock for shit and do 0 damage
Fuck am I doing something wrong? I really want to box niggas to death.
>>334359453
I've somehow missed every single character quest already, I know your plight
This looks fun.
Fuck the Cathedral of the Deep. I was having a lot of fun until this bullshit, cheap as fuck area. Fuck the triple stack bleeds, fuck the3 fucking cunt giants, and FUCK the Deacons of the Deep.
Worst area in any souls game ever. Prove me wrong.
How do I pass the swamp? I am on a Dex build and see literally no way to light the fires. The huge goat shaman things simply onehit me and even if I pull them back halfways across the lefel their bullshit red skulls simply kill me.
This part literally killed my motivation to play the game. Fuck this, Blight Town was relaxed compared to this shit.
>>334360317
it's got terrible level design but I like the aesthetics and enemies and it isn't blighttown
>>334360278
not even worth fighting those monsters
>>334360338
>Light the fires
Famalam, you're told to extinguish them
>>334360338
I didn't kill a single goat in that place and got through just fine. Fuck those things.
>>334360197
>>334358064
PLEASE RESPOND WHAT WEAPON DO I USE REEE
>>334360338
It's cheesy, but lure them into the bonfires on each small island.
>>334358287
Great machete? How is the weapon? I have it but never really tried it. Rocking the claymore +4 as of now.
>>334360440
LONGSWORD
IT IS THE BEST WEAPON IN THE GAME
PREPARE TO WIN
>>334360338
Firebombs or Pyro does a lot of damage on the goats.
>>334360421
I am unable to sneak past, one of these fuckers always spots me when I am wading through deep swamp.
>>334360449
Suppose I could try that, thanks.
>>334360476
I WAS USING LONGSWORD WHEN I STARTED, WHY
do I refine it? I have almost 30/30 STR/DEX
>>334360317
>Having trouble with Deacons
I got there with 2 estus and didn't want to have to trek all the way back from a bonfire in order to fight them. Just sweep attacked the deacons with my Glaive and fucked their shit up.
>>334360338
just run through it there is no reason to fight the big mobs they don't drop shit and don't give much souls.
The Flamberge got some love this time around. Got it at +7 and been using it for awhile now.
I'm just ignoring the bleeding and focusing on pure damage.Takes not very much stamina to spam compared to other great swords, seems to be doing great damage and looks great too.
>be summoned to Irithyll Dungeon to help the host
>waiting at bonfire with 2 others waiting for invader to show his pansy assed self
>fighting through mobs and jailer reduces our health down to 20%
>plebian invader with obscura ring pops out of nowhere and one shots us after refusing to come out of hiding
P-Pussy assed invaders t-to scared to 3v1
>>334360451
623 AR, wrecks shit in PvP and instantly kills most enemies/staggers bigger ones.
It's Yhorm's Great Machete btw, the normal one isn't that great.
>>334359402
how do you get the helmet?
>>334360529
I don't know if it's actually the best weapon but I've been using it since the very beginning and I fucking love it. I put fire on it right off the bat and I've been fucking shit up since.
>>334360608
trade an item with the crow
>>334360636
>I put fire on it right off the bat
like buffs or like you actually destroyed the scaling?
>>334360338
just roll by them
maybe the occasional red skull will hit you, put a tree between them if you need to heal
>>334360608
ME ME PICKLE PEE. YOU YOU PUMPARUM.
>>334359715
>just not cutting it
so, I respec'd with Rosaria and now Darkmoon bitch hates me. Can I still turn in blue sentinel rewards? I want that darkmoon ring
>>334360338
You only need to fight 2 of the dog head niggers to light the fires.
Its a pretty straight path for the first 2 (they're the candles in the alcoves, didn't even realize they were interact-able first 2 trips through), then after the bonfire in front of the big gates you just follow the raised ground. There's one obvious one, and another nigger hiding behind a tree.
>>334360608
I think you have to give the birds something. A vertebra I think.
>>334360338
there's literally a set of stairs leading to every fire you need to extinguish
you are terrible
>>334360550
Oh dont get me wrong I did kill them. Just took me two tries. I was just frustrated as fuck after the Cathedral itseIf so i was kind of just running at them and swinging wildly. Now im not sure where to go.
>>334359095
Right here senpai
>tfw the spin attack follow up from stomp works without FP
>>334359824
I used the same cheat man. I think it's called walking on air.I totally discovered this by accident while I was trying to figure out how to get to that bonfire. I dropped a stone because I wanted to see if I'd die if I tried to jump and shit just caught on the floor. At first I was like so much for the A team, but then I dropped another out of curiosity and the the rest is easy to figure out.
>>334360665
Yes, put a fire gem in there. Scaling is for nerds.
>>334360338
Here is what you do: Take a bandits knife or the duals, two hand them and slide through the swamp. Even if you have 0 FP you can slide. Just Bline for the towers and hope nothing follows you.
>>334360710
if you have the gesture, yes
I've been using the Claymore and I'm all the way up to Aldrich. Why are people saying it's weak?
>>334358064
>playing through the first level
>Lothric Knight Spear drops
welp
I ain't gonna use anything else for the rest of the game
Maybe try out other spears if I find any decent ones
>>334360789
it's too late for me unless there's easy respeccing like in DaS2, so I'll repeat the question
GOOD QUALITY BUILD WEAPONS
GIVE ME SOME
>>334360645
What do the crows want this time around anyway? I gave him seigward's booze since it was saying it wanted rum or something
>>334359919
Where to get them?
>>334360570
It's the only way we can really win. Gotta be sneaky cause there's no fucking way I'm going to jump into a 3 or 4v1
>>334360854
there is respeccing.
So when can we expect a patch to even out balance with straight swords?
>>334358893
I had to kill that fucker 8 times to get mine
>>334360817
Probably not put enough in strength, Upgraded it and used magic to enchant it.
>>334360817
I'm there too, because I git gud, but it's shit, anon. I pretty much lose every PVP battle, it deals no damage
>>334359453
already cucked myself out of it by unknowingly curing the dark sigil after only 1 free level and ofc bitch nigga gets shived right after the abyss watchers.
shits way too obscure without any wiki/community help.
playing dex and using a Sharp Great Club
its bretty good
>>334358064
Roll roll attack
The fact that you autistic cancerous fucks realize you made 'another dorksouls thread' is proof that you dimwits make to many threads based on a slow shitty Mario tier game
>>334360773
All WA work without FP but with greatly reduced damage and no combo capabilities.
>>334360854
Well shit son it's probably good without a fire gem too. It scales pretty equally off str and dex so you sound like you're good.
>>334360817
I loved my claymore until i got the guts UGS.
GS and UGS are not bad. But straight sword does the same job at less stamina cost and just as much poise.
Fashion souls before min/maxing souls imho famalam.
>>334360889
where? also, maybe you know, where's the darkmoon covenant leader?
>>334360869
http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Pickle+Pee,+Pump-a-Rum+Crow
>>334360832
lol I had that same thought for about 20 mins then I started finding all this other shit like dual drang maces.
My estus is still at +3 after killing pontiff and yhorm
Have I missed many undead bone shards or are they just that rare? Using the estus ring kinda solves the problem though as I don't have anything better for the slot
>>334360317
Absolutely agree. One of the worst areas in Souls games.
is the whip any good? I tried it and I was disappointed that it didn't feel like the whip in BB. would be super fun to play with it tho...
>>334360953
rosaria in the cathedral can respec you up to 5 times per NG, darkmoon covenant is in anor londo
>>334360395
they drop chunks (sometimes) and get stunned by fire damage, can kill them pretty safely.
btw it seems everything drops chunks in that zone. maybe vendor will sell them later, but I'm not at that stage of game yet
>>334360317
is there a way to get rid of the worms or bleed effect?
There's gotta be a drawback to drawing out your true strength with the sorcery nomad guy, right?
>>334359095
I tried the zweihander for a while but I feel the game wasn't made for them. Sure, you can get good using it, but because everything is so aggressive, i almost feel like the game was designed for faster weapons, so you can roll roll hit roll etc
>>334360809
you mean the "darkmoon loyalty" one?
>>334361016
I'm in anor londo already, by darkmoon I mean the way of blue fags
>>334360983
i had 11 estus at +7 when i fought him
>>334360087
go for 34str and 2hand it like a man, man.
what good is a shield if non boss mobs die in 2hits max and a single r2 is a definitive stagger?
>>334360317
>Trouble with Deacons
Dude.
>>334361039
Nah, not really.
>>334361030
If you're talking about leeches that cause bleed, just take out your torch and they'll go away.
>>334361056
http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Blades+of+the+Darkmoon
nm, I did mean dark moon, that's a really retarded location
>>334361053
yes
>>334361056
blue sentinels and darkmoon share ranks, so you have to talk to the bitch in anor londo
What's the deal with the notched whip? I was sick of shitters invading me so I started carrying one and now I'm slaughtering them en masse
The stats look like shit but I keep winning
>>334360904
>>334360950
Fuck, no wonder I kept getting my shit pushed in when I was PVPing. Any good alternatives to it? Mine's a Refined +6 Claymore andI managed to beat both Abyss Watchers and Pontiff Sulyvahn purely rolling and parrying. Rolling a Quality Build with 30STR/20DEX.
>tfw +10 Dark Blade
>>334360953
In the cathedral where the rosaria's fingers covenant is. Its hidden.
>darkmoon covenant leader
Anor londo down the circular stair but I recommend to you read wiki because you need more shit to access like npc stuff and I failed it.
>>334360975
I fucking love spears in Souls
Kinda shame Silver Knight Spear isn't in but Lothric Knight Spear is pretty cool as well
>>334361149
anon I'm literally using the exact same weapon, a refined +6 claymore, and it really is shit
you're fucked, someone else said longsword so I might try that or one of the boss greatswords
>>334361145
I've never used it, but if I had to guess, it probably causes bleed or something and I bet it stunlocks pretty good.
>>334361079
I don't know famalam. Sounds too good to be true.
>crystal lizard
>TWINKLING TITANITE
>TWINKLING TITANITE
>TWINKLING TITANITE
>TWINKLING TITANITE
stop
>>334361152
Damn.
>>334361030
Or the bleed moss. The red thingy that removes bleeding effect.
So what's all this shit I'm hearing about balancing str/dex or whatever? Am I gimping myself by just getting 18 dex for UGS weilding and then just pumping nothing but strength after? Should I put more into dex? I really haven't read up on the stats in this game.
>>334361313
Depends which UGS it is, pham.
>>334361245
Nah, you can get it all reversed and it will be almost as if it never even happened. Except you'll still have the levels, of course.
>>334361223
But I can't be a dazzling Knight without my Claymore ;_;
Will ng+ start automatically after beating the game or is it like in 2 where you can choose when to start it?
>Aldrich Faithful covenant
It's like being on a assembly line for scrubs.
>>334358064
stop using swords you absolute pleb
>dexbabbies cry about the game all the time
>strlords have fun times and honourable boss fights in a game overpopulated with quick hit bosses
:)
>>334361362
Using BKGS at the moment but I'll be switching to that Ash UGS with the A strength scaling when I get to it.
Can someone give me a rundown on how the stat infusions work? Do they remove reinforcements like the other games or can you reinforce and also infuse with heavy for ultra strength scaling?
>>334361418
you can choose
>>334361423
Just found that covenant yesterday, what does it do?
>>334361257
I know right? WHERE ARE THE FUCKING CHUNKS?
>>334361313
You should take a look at how the weapon scales with each stat and base it on that.
>>334361415
fuck meta, fashions souls all the way.
Which Lord of Cinder should I be fighting first?
>>334361480
chunks dropped for me in lothric castle after the boreale dancer fight.
I'm shit at these games and never do PvP but I've won every invasion using a Raw Broadsword and using r1 as my attack 90% of the time, with the odd running r1 or r2 every now and again.
So I'd say yeah, straightswords are at the very least, exceptionally good in comparison to all the meme weapons people are using.
>>334358637
>lmb spam meta is refreshing
Yeah whatever
>>334361470
Equip the token in the Cathedral and get ready for endless noob ganking
>>334360317
The Rooftops are the worst part of Cathedral arguably.
But everything else can be managed. I had Lightning Spear, so I tore through the Knights easily. Giants aren't shit, just stick at their ankles.
>tfw locked out of Mound Maker covenant because I didn't do something specific before a boss and because I joined another covenant.
This is literally bad game design.
>Having internet troubles
>Person decides to invade at just that time
>Katana using fuck
>Slipping and sliding around with no animations
>Gets close to me and does damage
>Oh fuck
>Two-hand hollowslayer Greatsword
>Ded in moments
Not even lag can save you from scrubness.
>>334361415
Then get one of the cool looking straight swords. They're all pretty similar with broadsword having the most damage and longsword having the best moveset.
>people here say magic is shit
>help somebody as sunbro and there was a magic guy
>his crystal spells did up to 2k on the boss
ok so its like DaS1. If you want easy ng+ go full magic mode?
>>334360953You can respec at the Rosaria covenant in the Cathedral of the Deep.Darkmoon Covenant leader is in Anor Londo, raise the spinning staircase to the top, descend the stairs on it and walk across an invisible path straight ahead. When you're parallel with the bonfire turn toward it and drop off on top of it.
>>334360338
This is super cheesy, but use a white pine branch for chameleon effect, you can walk past all of the enemies and snuff the flames. Doesn't work on skeletons though.
>>334361624
It's just Japs trying to make people buy their guides, it's a big deal over there.
>>334361624
>why can't I join the kkk and the black panthers
>have around 500 hours in the souls series so far
>ignore everything about ds3 because ds2 jaded me
>it gets released
>already fucking ordered the deluxe edition and bought a new controller for my pc
god damn it
>>334361624
Yeah the sidequest shit is really specific and annoying, I beat the fire demon with Seig and I never saw him again, even though I was due some more encounters with him
>>334360317
But the cathedral is my favourite zone. Great level design and lots of enemy variety.
Farron Keep can go suck a dick though.
>poison swamp that restricts movement
>goat fuckers that pounce on you and grab spam
>godzilla wizards with homing spells
>basilisks
>dick wraiths
>repetitive environments and the whole place is one big circle so it's easy to get lost trying to find the fires
>items everywhere so you're compelled to explore.
Seriously, fuck that place.
I prefer UGS still
Anyone else get an invalid game data error at start up?
>>334361624
>game that expects you to replay it after you beat it
nigga you dont understand
>>334361709
>I beat the fire demon with Seig and I never saw him again
Same here. At this point, I'm positive he's gone for good.
>>334359178
i know, and its beautiful, the two bosses after that area are great tooalthough seaths masturbator was pretty easy though
Daily reminder to two-hand the sword, charge it, then light attack.
Stop poking his feet you dumbo.
also reminder fellow invaders
the "gear check" for invasions is a total fucking lie
go invade low levels with your +10 of fuck you
Is there anything better then smashing invaders as a coop summon?
Nothing gets my dick harder to be helping someone through an area and have them be invaded only to smash the invaders ass to pieces. I love it.
For those that don't know yet
>>334361624
A vertebra shackle can drop if you kill a mound maker invader.
I fucked up too and killed the boss before finding a shackle. But if you help a host and kill mad phantoms you can get one.
>>334361673
Magic is still great for co-op but it certainls requires more investment, it's pretty balls on your own because all the enemies can so quickly get in your face with quick stagger recovery.
There's also a lack of good spells, with some being reasonable damage and others being absolutely worthless.
>>334361785
Don't get me wrong, I love to invade other people.
But I like it even more when I am hepling out some scrub and we both double team an invader that gestures expecting us to stop and wait for him.
>>334361758
>implying I want to go NG+ bosses all over again just so I can wild card people.
>>334361810
Wait, you mean you only need a vertebra shackle? Oops I traded one to the crow ages ago. Well fuck my life senpai.
>>334361717
How open would you be if he rolled to a side against your charge?
>>334361865
Worked for me.
>>334361865
>Wait, you mean you only need a vertebra shackle?
No, you need to talk to the leader. The guy you're replying to is dumb.
Uchigatana or butcher knife?
Which is stronger and which is more fun?
>>334361865
DaS2 introduced the idea of different enemies in NG+
In DaS1, there were covenants exclusive to NG+
Not doing NG+ because its hard is kind of counter intuitive to playing dark souls at all.
>>334359886
Become the Lord of Cinder
>>334361804
Still wont get the sippy ring.
>>334361881
It would be extremely painful.
I keep hearing that straight swords are incredibly good in this one. What ones would you guys recommend? I only just started so i have the knight sword. I've heard about some dark sword is a good straight sword, but i've also seen others in screenshots that i have no idea about.
Straight swords scale better with strength, right? Or do they all scale with both strength and dex? Maybe it's better to dump more points into dex so you can use both straight swords and other dex weapons like the katanas?
>>334361925
Well I'm locked out anyway.
Literally fucking stupid if you ask me.
>>334361881
you have to create a habit for them to not roll to the side with your normal attacks
the charge is for anticipating back rolls
but yeah pretty open
>>334361717
What did you infuse the claymore to?
>>334360317
Cathedral's one of the best areas in the game.
Acquire skill.
Coolest covenant leader is in there as well, I managed to fix all my bad decisions with stats which was fun.
Deacons are easy because you can just get a Great Scythe or Partizan +3 and mow through them. The first time you fight them it's fucking creepy as shit, honestly one of my favourite bosses.
Choose my weapon for these stats, I'm one of the "claymore sucks" club
>Great Mechete
holy fuck, I love this thing
>>334361953
Or the firekeeper robes, the chest armour goes well with almost everything.
>>334361983
not a claymore dude
and I use refine to get double B on str and dex
Game seems short compared to the others like real short.
>>334361938
They're both pleb as shit and half of people I play against use them
>>334361960
swords should have scaling letters if ds3 is anything like the others
Scaling goes from S (the best scaling) then A
to E, descending.
Different kinds of weapons scale with different stats, some equally scale with both dex and strength, others benefit only from either or.
>>334358804
Everytime i see it i summon one, because they play a bit different than darkwraiths.
Not as dickass
>>334362048
Your mad tells me they're good, however I'm playing offline so I don't care who you play against.
>>334361974
I totally agree. I think I fucked myself out of a different quest for doing a boss too early as well
>>334360317
I loved the Cathedral of the Deep, great area.
Smouldering Lake was a piece of shit.
>>334361954
you've got a big sword
I just beat the Pontiff after nearly an hour of trying. Base vigor doesn't make this fight easy but holy shit what a blast. The first hard boss in this game.
>>334359103
why the fuck did i laugh so hard? fuck you're a useless faggot.
>>334362025
And no firekeeper soul also.
>>334361983
Looks like refined.
>>334362045
Well I must be almost done because I feel like I've been playing for a while.
>>334362034
This thing is so sexy.
>>334362045
I thought it seemed about right but I'm just so much fucking better at these games than when I started (with Demon's Souls).
>tfw just started and im at the high wall and i havent beat the 2nd boss yet
its my first souls game...how much harder does it get?
>>334361059
fuck me, i forgot that 2handing reduces str requirement, well heading to rosaria's chamer again
>>334362186
Just checked and was surprised to see I am at 20 hours and am almost done with it. Don't get me wrong it's a great game but I guess I just got gud.
>>334362224
It fluctuates.
>>334362224
A lot harder, especially since its your first
>>334362154
>>334362034
Ahhhhh the Astora greatsword, I have it but never actually used it.
Not sure if I should go for refinded or raw... The physical boost looks nice for Raw infusion.
>>334362224
It quite back ended with difficulty. I'm pretty sure they intentionally avoided any walls before the mid-game because of how many people hit that wall and then just stop playing.
>>334362224
Just learn how to roll and be patient and you'll be fine.
>>334362224
A lot harder
>>334362224
>problems with Vordt
Keep at it, you will git gud eventually, also go for the ass.
And for you, it will get much harder, specially mid game afterwards
Anyone else given twinblades a try? I used to always go through soulsgames using a shield in my left hand. Then i found these and never looked back.
>>334362045
I'm at 15 hours and just got to catacombs or whatever after the watchers something fight in ferron.
2 hours spent on farming greatwood for sun medals though. Maybe i'm just slow but i'm having fun. At least i got my 30 sun medals, 29 embers and 100k souls.
>>334362127
I find Pontiff is like super dependent on how people play. Friend of mine spent nearly an hour and a half trying his best to beat him. This was with a summon as well. Got him in the end with half health and 3 estus left.
Whereas I manage to down him on my first try with a summon, albeit I only had 5% health with 0 sunny d left by the end. Only thing I did differently from him was I ignored pontiff's shadow and just kept whacking away.
>mfw I was at 5% health and pontiff was the same
I really jealous of all you neets who get to play the game right now.
>>334360854
Just kill that knight next to that old woman who's just hanging around before the second boss and use a refined gem on it.
You can buy longswords from the merchant in firelink.
>>334361960
Dark Sword, best to infuse with Heavy and go STR build because it'll have an A scaling
What strength weapon has the coolest moveset right now?
I'm bashing shit with my great club and I want to try something flashy.
how do you get to this item? its in irithyll dungeon above where the giant was sleeping
Well I just popped back to Firelink and Yoel is dead before I could complete the quest that kills him anyway. Not sure what triggered it, but I guess I got greedy waiting until later for free levels. Besides the obvious question of what killed him, what dictates when people randomly show or not? Hawkwood only seems to be there a third of the time, and I haven't seen Darkmoon lady more than once.
>>334362404
>summons
took me a solid hour 15 without summon, I found it much easier to back off at enrage where he kneels, then go ham on him as he summons the shade. Can easily get the shade down to ~20% health, with a few shots as it is spawning
from there it's an easy down on the shade
he'll resummon it eventually, more easy shots
>>334362404
>Fighting Vordt
>Hit him
>Health empty
>Start to turn around and figure out what he dropped
>SURPRISE HE STILL HAS 1 HP
>Start to swing to finish it
>He insta-turns and smashes my face in at the same time
>Cross counter kill
>I'm livid
>Go back to Bonfire
>Ember restored
Well ok.
>>334359824
and this is why i got the ps4 version. pc always has cheaters
>>334362424
I already did dude, used my refined gem from that on my claymore
where do I get a new one?
holy shit these dual wielding spear weapons are fucking amazing
Rate my character?How do I stop the game from crashing my drivers? I cannot even get to the first boss...
>>334361045
>Not making your enemies pancakes with a charged R2
If you can break their poise they're ez as fug
>>334362045
Except for the fact its the longest fucking souls game with the exception of DS2 with its dlc.
Who knows if the silver Knights drop their weapons? I killed those niggers for like half an hour and I got nothing but armor.
>>334360878
It's the people that sit at the bonfire that are seriously annoying. You have three fucking people. Just roll through shit with caution and you'll be fine
I love how From handled covenants in this one.
Darkwraiths are likely to get 3v1d so it forces them to drop their honourable duel bullshit, and just assassinate the host whenever they get the chance, and be scummy fucks who use whatever they can to their advantage. It doesn't matter if you lose since you get the Red Eye Orb and can just do it infinitely. This makes Darkwraiths as a whole a bit more threatening and it makes their purpose much more clear - kill the host, nothing else. If you're alone and a Darkwraith is after you, you are in very real and present danger because he is not going to fuck around, he just wants your tongue and if you're alone he will capitalise on it.
For people who like to invade for fun, the mound makers are all about it. The fact that Warmth is a covenant reward basically means it's designed for fight clubs. Grapebros are easily the best covenant in the game because you can be a dick or a chaotic good white phantom if you feel like it.
Blue Sentinels and Darkmoon Blades share covenant rewards so you can do both to get what you want, instead of having covenant rewards be locked behind a dead covenant. The blues being dead is yet again another dumb choice on From, but it's not like they didn't account for it.
Being a Sunbro is as easy as just slipping on a ring. Being able to switch covenants quickly lessens the importance of covenants as allegiances, but honestly this is just a better approach as that was what it boils down to in the end anyway.
All covenant items are rare drops from PvE enemies so you can farm them if you want. In the case of the Wolf covenant you can literally just go to the second swamp bonfire and farm bladegrass from the goats standing outside, so I got my Curved Greatsword in about half an hour in between the genuine invasions.
Overall really great improvements all round. Only complaint is I locked myself out of mound-makers, but this just means i've been populating other covenants instead so whatever.
>>334359939
Where to get the butchers knife?
I'm currently at the high wall without any idea where to go.
>>334362525
butterface/10
>>334362593
reduce your settings, game has a memory leak
What's the point of Blue Sentinels? No one is in the Way of the Blue. When can I get a blue orb and invade sinners
>>334359095
sup my nigga
>>334360317
Farron Keep exists
>>334360595
How good is the buffed r2 for pvp? I tried it a bit and the movement is just so crazy.
>>334362721
Darkmoon Blades exist and they have the same rewards as the sentinels.
>>334362593
if you're talking about bonfire crash. Turn lightning to low on graphics options and use a head armor that covers hair.
If it still keeps crashing, turn everything low. I've had no crashes since i turned all settings on low/off and the game doesn't look that bad actually.
>>334361079
What are the drawbacks to gaining hollowed other than looking more leathery?
>>334362772
I never use it, I'm on a 25 win streak and I just mash r1 and bait people with the rolling attack
