>DARK SOULS 3
>PSX 2015 Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjK5f7ozzOM [Embed]
>Gameplay Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XwhYVzN_a0 [Embed]
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_dark_souls_iii_gc_gameplay_reveal-35231_en.html
>Announcement Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RAlGv-IW4g [Embed]
>Screenshots & Artwork
Official: https://imgur.com/a/GUjb3
Leaked: https://imgur.com/a/c08Bb
New screenshots & artwork: http://imgur.com/a/5fhcQ
>Leak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyRJ5u-L8qw [Embed]
>Interviews
http://pastebin.com/PUSbw02s
>Gameplay
http://pastebin.com/yWzzuVV1
>/dsg/ Player List
http://pastebin.com/9hG50KHX
>/dsg/ Steam Group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/DarkSoulsGeneral
>Draw
http://doodleordie.com/r/darksouls
http://imgur.com/a/wwtuf
http://flockmod.com/dsg
>DEMON'S SOULS
http://pastebin.com/RjpF5s7a
>DARK SOULS
http://pastebin.com/h1etMh8E
>Essential Mods
DSFix: http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/19/?
PVP Watchdog: http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/849/?
>DARK SOULS 2
http://pastebin.com/CAx8Yc8v
Old:>>124870039
first playthrough
got cursed in the hollows
fo I try to get out through blighttown to firelink shrine and the merchant that sells the expensive thing that heals me?
or can I beat the boss cursed?
>>124980628
the boss is very easy, but even if you beat him you will still be with half health.
>>124980628
The boss is typically a wall to new players. The clams at the bottom of the hollow can drop the curse cure item randomly. Run through and kill them a couple times for one.
ok, im home now. What exactly did you need from the interior and exterior of londo?
>>124979471
Unless your opponent is using a weapon that does the Hilt animation backstab, you are going to get hit. It doesn't matter your iframes, I agree, but having less than 10 is sub-optimal.
In the end I didn't want to deal with the bandits ass tier starting adaptability and agility.
Started Knight for safety sake, though i stared long and hard at warrior for giving me access to 2-handing the Bluemoon Greatsword, which is a pretty boss weapon with Raw infuse.
Will update if I get anywhere, I've already had some drinks, but I'll be surprised if I kick the bucket before I have a lord soul or two.
>>124980850
but does the boss open some shortcut to previous areas or I still have to go up through blighttown?
>>124981012
>this fashion
>this weapons
>>124981181
you are talking about what boss? if you are in blightown, the boss is not easy, and the boss don't open any shortcut, it goes to a new area.
>>124981316
>not liking my weaboo wannabe samurai
>>124981103
Naw, guy. Sub-50% load rolls are safe to use as long as you don't do blatantly stupid shit like that nigga. That webm is a bad roll getting punished, which is exactly what sticky-stabs do.
>sub-optimal
My ass. We were talking about pve in the first place but you seriously don't need more than 8 or 9 frames in pvp, either.
>>124981518
honestly I hate it
it's impractical and ugly
>>124981518
let me guess, you played ds2 fist, right?
>>124981678
Nope, it was DaS1. Sorry my lack of fashion sense clashes with your DaS1 superiority complex.
>>124981656it was supposed to be
>>124978515
probably should have linked this the first time, but here is a shot above the front gate. what else do you need from the outside?
>>124981316
I googled and it is Quelaag.
I thought a shortcut may have opened after beating her to avoid having to go through the same area to get out to the surface.
>fume knight
>get him 5 hits from death every time
fuck i hate this cunt
>>124981921
this can't be, so it's not your first time, or you read shit in google. you are obviously not a new player, but a edgy flipping faglord
>>124982140
there is a shortcut already. look for it.
>>124981181
The path through Blight town to Firelink is through the wheel. Keep going up and there's a key to get back. Quelaag's domain is to areas deeper under ground.
>>124981678
what is it about his picture that makes you think this
>>124982307
literally everything
>>124982229
I really don't understand why this bothers you. I wanted to make the most obnoxious looking katana using ninja flipper and this is what I came up with.
>>124982470
i dont like nigas that kill npcs for their gear psh
and also katanafags
SEND HELP
This is my first time on /DSG/ in like 6 months
what did i miss
>>124982720
He was crazy, bro. I had to put him down.
And I would agree with the katanafag sentiment if the washing pole wasn't an ass weapon.
My favorite weapon is the BKGS. Does that make you feel better
>>124981567
There's no way you can dodge a halberd WD1HR1 with 88 AGI. In pve, it's only a problem against fume and alonne.
>>124982927
i bet you killed him in the first time you met him thinking ''he will be crazy later''
>>124982953
What? Are you serious?
the 1HWD on the halberd/reaper moveset is pretty much the only decent attack in its moveset but you certainly don't need to bloat your adp to avoid it consistently. It doesn't even have a long active time or a lingering hitbox, I don't understand why you'd choose to bring up that one
>>124982953
aava, Zallen and Lud are a pain without it too.
>>124983049
I love big hat bro. I paid every soul.
>If you skip undead burg the dragon doesn't show up
>>124983145
At least 92 or 96 to dodge it consistently. It has longer active frames than most running attacks.
>>124982143
FUCKING GOT HIM
once the attack patterns are drilled into your head he's not so bad
>>124983601
If you need the crutch, man. I'll save those points for more end or something.
>>124983534
You only have to skip the first bridge of the burg. You can still go to the shop and not trigger him if you come from darkroot or the parish side.
>>124981012
The stairs, archers, rooms, and the mounts of Drakes would be appreciated.
Anyone here prefer Demon's Souls to Dark Souls?
Dark Souls was my first game and I'm having trouble getting into Demon's.
>>124983974
ok, hold on, I killed the archers, but i can get the stairs really quick
I just told Laurentius about Quelana, did I fuck up?
>>124984063
A comparison of the hallway and several other rooms.
>>124984063
ok, here is the stairs on the outside. will homeward bone and get the archers and rooms in a sec.
>>124984504
They're all beautiful! The enemies would also be a nice touch along and the balcony where you go through to meet Siegmeyer.
Shit on DaS2 all you want, but some of the music was great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjlcO3fL3w
This really gives a feeling of "You fucked up" perfectly.
>>124984045
>Anyone here prefer Demon's Souls to Dark Souls?
Me.
The lore, setting, and world are much more thought out and interesting. They also tell you what is happening in the intro instead of giving you vague "ring some bells and something will happen".
You have dignified underwear and character models more.
But I most like the speed. Everything just feels better.
>>124984781
Ok, well here are the archers. I cant get a good setup with the binos on account of the incoming fire. I might be able to get a better look at one of them if I am quick with print screen
>>124984781
do you need me to get closer?
>>124985580
Yeah sure, I want you to get right in his personal space.
>>124985580
here is an action shot from up closer. I will get right on his belt buckle.
I have a fume sword+ 5 and have literally the bare minimum str/dex stats to wield it on my hex build.
Should I infuse it?
>>124986019
If you have dark weapon, why not? However someone with Chaos Set will laugh at your damage. Going full elemental can be costly sometimes.
>>124985757
I tried, and they both committed suicide :( I will try again when i get the front stairs with the giants.
Here is the hallway after the archers.
Just got DS1 for PC, do I still need DSfix?
>>124985757
first room
>>124986243
obviously. Game is borderline unplayable without it. It also looks like shit.
>>124985757
bonfire room
>>124985757
>>124984175
he's gone
buy everything you can if you're still there
>>124986676
I really appreciate all of this hard work Anon. Pictures of the spiral staircase on all of the floors would be nice. Also if you're having problems getting up close with enemies just use the Fog Ring and the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring.
>>124986923
i completely forgot about those rings. I feel dumb. Anyway, here is the silver knight room. Will do balcony and staircase next.
>>124986923
Archer aggroed on me, will get a shot of him in a second.
>>124986923
>>124986870
I bought everything that was left but my pyroflame is still only +12, will Quelana still be in Blighttown to upgrade it further?
>>124987701
Mind zooming in on a Silver Knight and the Drake heads? By the way it's pretty Nito that you're using the Furysword.
>>124987846
Yes, in fact you get a special pyromancy from her for killing the Bed of Chaos. Also its good to ascend your flame after you've defeated a boss since it cost so many souls.
>>124986923
here is floor 1
>>124988093
What's up with the brightness?
>>124988260
its at 5, was at 7 earlier, I have been changing it if the shadows look weird. Forgot to turn it back up to 8.
Its not a zoom in, but its post parry close if thats good enough.
I want to make a chaos claymore, do I first upgrade to +5 standard, then make it into a fire claymore, then upgrade it to +5 fire claymore and then make it into chaos? Not sure I understood this right since this is my first playthrough.
>>124988479
Here is another shot.
>>124988260
This is probably floor 2 truly, but w/e, 1.5
>>124988260
and the drake head. Anything else I am forgetting?
>how long it takes to get to Lud and Zallen
That is fucking retarded, luckily it's a recycled boss so no surprises except for the second one. But still that is a long and boring walk back to the boss if you fuck up
>>124989667
No kidding. What made it easier for me was summoning to two npc phantoms as horsebait and then sending them home at the fogwall.
What sucks too is all it takes is one bad roll and you can get wombo combo-ed by the tale of two kitties.
you what I hope Dark Souls 3 has but it probably won't?
Hogwarts Style castle, a magic school. Illusions and false walls everywhere, magic out the ass. In all the games we hear about the schools of magic but never go to any. Would be neat to see one.
>>124989667
Maybe other people hated the boss fight, but I thought it was hype as fuck.
>finally manage to kill one of the cats
>working on whittling down other
>it starts regenerating
>! Crypt Blacksword +6 at risk !
>mfw
>>124989667
I like that area, but not the boss. I was expecting a huge pony or something.
But yeah, a bonfire close to the fog gate would solve that issue.
How much AGL do you need to not feel like a retarded roller?
>>124989025
I think I'm good with these images. Thank you so much for your help and if you want me to draw you something just say so :-)
>>124990064
Honestly, I got by fine with 88 until the dlcs and lost sinner. 92 was the bare minimum for what I needed to clear any attack I attempted to roll through.
>go to the tree in the blighttown swamp
>"shield ahead" message on the ramp
>>124990064
105 is ds1 roll
>>124990210
Can't think of anything right now, sorry. I would just draw something cool and post it here, but no rush or anything. Was fun. I reminded me of running around in Windwaker with the camera.
>>124990227
Yeah, I'm at Brume tower and my rolling timing is consistently late, despite the enemies there using attacks that look easy to roll through.
how much worse off am I with a 50 percent roll than a 30 percent?
I'm using shadow top atm, but looking to switch it out to drakeblood chest for dark paladin build.
>>124990747
20 percent
>>124990064
88 should be fine. iframes start the instant you hit the button, DaS2 rolls have 0 frames of startup so if you're having trouble getting hit out of your rolls, just delay your timing a bit. Aim to dodge with the start of your roll.
>>124990747
You lose a bit of roll distance and stamina regen speed. If it's a really big noticeable difference to you, switch to the lighter gear. Poise is useless unless you stack the best possible gear for it in DaS2 so don't worry about that.
>Iron King DLC
>finally get past iron passage hell
>through fog gate
>oh look, this guy again
>fight going well, got surprised by the explosion during the buff, but whatever
>suddenly this fucker decides to do some sort of delayed attack
>he starts the attack, but just hold it
>I roll
>?
>roll again
>right after I get up he rekts me
>Alonne does the exact same bullshit but twice as much
Is this a From meme or something?
>>124983671
This is why you use BDS, you can have near max i-frames because you're already at the bonus health caps for vgr and end.
I don't want to set the world on firejust the son of a bitch who made Blighttown such a pain in the dick to navigate
>>124991015
According to some other anons, Sir Alonne's attacks had very slightly different telegraphs for their different delays.
Being able to tell which was which requires you being a fucking superhuman as far as I'm concerned, because the fast version of his quickdraw barely gives me time to react and roll in the first place.
>>124990392
Yeah it was pretty fun. Despite /dsg/ being in a cesspool we can still have our moments...
>>124991015
Yup, bosses will adapt to you and delay
Really one of their best moves, makes fights much more interesting than memorizing patterns, gotta have your timing on point too
>>124991015
They deliberately adjusted Cool Ranch Smelter's attack timings so your muscle memory from the Nacho Cheese version would fuck you up and make you roll too early.
As for Alonne it honestly feels like you need some luck to dodge him consistently, he's way too fast for me.
>>124991307
rolling backwards is pretty safe on everything but his stabs, even at low agility.
>>124991548
Eh. Whenever I rolled one of his delayed quickdraws early, he'd hit me in roll recovery no matter which direction I went. It was safer to just 2h and block
>greatsword build
>laggy connection
these people genuinely deserve to die
Why don't large weapons touch my shoulder like in DS1? Is it cloth mechanics?
That gap in the bastard sword just kills the fashion for me.
>>124992563
Just shitty/lazy animating.
>>124992563
for the same reason dark souls 1 had awful clipping with greatsword two-handing
Y'all blighttown haters are just pussies who can's appreciate a challenging level design.
>fighting mage in arena
>he's so laggy i cant dodge any of his shit, die immediately
>fight same mage again
>he cant aim for shit, never lands a hit, doesnt even seem to be able to lock on
WHO WAS LAG???
>>124991295
>just the son of a bitch who made Blighttown such a pain in the dick to navigate
You can skip 90% of it.
>summon NPC
>Summon PC
>enter Quelaag's domain
>watch the resulting 2 vs 1 fight
>"chosen undead"
>>124992936
giant mosquito detected
>>124993243
You know they're infinite? I didn't know. I sniped one with a bow and bam another came up right after it.
>>124993646
They actually stop spawning after you kill enough.
Anybody use this? What does it look like?
>>124993646
Only about two come up after you kill one, then they stop. If you really want to kill all of them, throwing knives do the job quite well.
>>124993834
Why don't you just open the DSfix file and edit those?
>>124994035
Why don't you just wipe without toilet paper?
>>124980304
Will they ever let us wear that sweet armor with the plume?
Pleb here, that can't beat the second boss on DS1. Any tips? Also zwei or scim
>>124994276
anon he asked you a real question
>>124994276
I was just trying to help. If you really need to download something because you're unable to write 0 and 1 on notepad, that's your problem.
>>124994389
Which boss, specifically, are you stuck on? What's your Soul Level? What's your download region?
>>124994389
Which boss? Taurus Demon? Gargoyles?
>>124993060
not when you're going back to Firelink
>>124994389
As much as people recommend the zwiehander for first time players, I really think the claymore and longsword are much more beginner friendly weapons. I would try one of those.
>>124994549
11, stuck on Taurus demon
>>124994756
I agree. Noobstick 2.0 is fast, hard hitting and has a nice moveset, zwei starters usually only know how to smash.
>>124994656
Taurus
>>124994862
Well, assuming you're human, and live somewhere in the States, then my sign is down if you really want some help.
So, I have made an honest attempt to make a knight of each element, but I have not done a dark knight yet. I was planning to kind of go with the dark greatsword spell and the hp and damage reduction buffs since most of the other spells don't seem to good. any weapon suggestions or tips? I was planning to use either the roaring halberd, crypt blacksword or fume sword. Armor, weapon, spell and fashion tips also appreciated.
>>124995075
I mean I tried Taurus like twice total, was trying to get 12>16 Strength for zwei. Just wanted some tips cause I'm trash at the game
I'm getting completely rekt by the stray demon, is this supposed to happen?
>>124995134
I don't know much about hexes, but I can help a bit. Fume sword is only good if you know how to use it, and there sure are better options. Dark hail and orb are quite good spells as far as I know.
As for weapon, silverblack spear seems really good to me.
>>124995382
For the taurus demon, I would recommend using the environment to get an advantage. Have you tried plunging attacking him yet?
>>124995416
To be fair, he is kind of a weird fight. I either rekt killed as I land in front of him, or just cheese him to death.
>>124995416
No, he's one of the bosses I kill at the start of each playthrough for free souls.
Get behind him and stay there. Back off a little bit when he jams his weapon in the ground and then go back in to continue attacking. He's a joke boss with a half-finished AI.
>>124995510
I'm very interesting in it, it reminds me of the moveset of the longsword from dark souls 1. The only thing its missing is the sneaky r2 combo. That won me so many last hits in pvp.
so I'm going through das1 for the first time and I'm leveling up some covenants I skipped earlier in the game; currently doing forest hunter. Is SL75 too high to invade anyone? I've been running around for half an hour now with no luck.
>>124995572
Well the problem is that I can't even get behind him, he oneshots me every time and I can't even avoid it by rolling.
>>124994484
>>124994543
That has nothing to do with hud modifications
>>124995134
I'm playing a dark knight with fume sword ATM. Dark weapon,dark great sword, dark fog for spells. SBS is great PvE but too slow for pvp I feel. Same with roaring halberd.
>>124995753
its the one where he throws his staff sideways and does the huge nova? Yeah, thats the one that would always kill me as I landed. How I avoid that now is stick the roll as you land when you fall from above and immediately roll towards him. Do not lock onto him and run-jump behind his tail as fast as possible. Then proceed to cheese him as he spams butt slams and the slow ass nova that doesnt reach too far behind him. Use his tail as a reference for the safe zone to stand behind him when he novas.
>>124995637
I loved longsword in DS1, I really miss the combos in DS2. If you like fume's moveset, there are other straightswords that share it, like ashen warrior and sun sword.
The bonus on fume sword is the reach and poise break, the damage is underwhelming and I believe that infusing it with dark actually makes it worse.
>no mod that randomizes item placement throughout the game
why even live anymore
>>124995382
Ah. Well then, personally I enjoy the Claymore. Zweihander was a little too slow for me, and lacked the versatility of the Claymores one handed thrust, broad one handed sweeps, and two handed overhead chops.
Overall, I'd recommend trying out different weapons and see what you enjoy. Just about every weapon is viable in PvE. Maybe you'll enjoy what's suggested, or maybe you'll find something a little more obscure. The Halberd and Lucerne are pretty fun weapons. Longsword is pretty standard, but is dependable.
>>124995949
It's the fucking explosion that gets me.
>>124995416
Get a bleeding weapon.
Stand behind him and attack his ass.
Move away when he does the area effect attack.
>>124995913
By SBS you mean silverblack spear? Because it's great in experienced hands. With the right build and buffs you can easily go over 600 AR, plus that nasty R2 combo. The only turnoff is reach really.
>>124996208
Well that's what I've been trying to do but he spams the explosion right from the start and I can't really do shit when he pins me against a wall and blows up.
>>124995913
Well, I pvp a lot with the dragonrider halberd, so i think i could make the roaring halberd work there, but yes in pve the consistant 700 damage per hit is insane. I will probably stick with the fume sword. any experience with numbness, the hp buff (forget its name) and repel?
Anyone around 500k SM on PC want to help me kill Aava? big fat cat is a big fat damage sponge
Booted up DS 2 today and it seems my Steam controller settings for it were changed. No I can no long move in one direction then stop and hold to keep rotating/moving the camera. I can only move the camera very slowly with the right track pad.
Is there some way to revert the controller settings?
>>124996159
well, he has two. What does he do when he casts the explosion.
>>124996308
Which one? the fast or slow explosion?
Either way, don't lock on and run straight behind him, that should get you out of the way.
>>124996308
Don't lock on, turn the other direction and run the fuck away. Do not try to back-pedal/roll.
You can also try using a high Magic-defense shield. It will still hurt and drain your stamina but it helps slightly in case you misjudge the distance from his magic AOEs.
>>124996596
>>124996625
>>124996730
I'm getting the hang of it now somehow, it's just very punishing to get hit even once.
>skips stray demon, returns to Firelink
>then go down to Blighttown
>finally find the second bonfire at the bottom of the place
>found out lotsa shit I missed
>decides to go for Kelloggs'
>finds two poor infested souls
>mercy kill them
>get rekt by the worms, almost die
>engage Kelloggs with 75% of my health gone
>decides to use gold pine resin because obviously she isn't weak to fire
>first attack, she spits some burning snot
>spendidly rolls toward her, takes no damage
>"aaaaw yeah, Fume Knight gotta be a piece of kek"
>starts poking her butt with my thunder dick
>she does some AoE shit
>insta killed
Okay. So two things :
- she isn't weak to lightning,
- like the Smelter Demon, she'll kill me if I try to stick it in her. I mean, if I try to stick to her.
I don't think I can get my hands on blue pine resin yet.
>>124997174
>with 75% of my health gone
Meant "with 75% of my health remaining" because I was too cheap to return to Firelink and use that Firekeeper Soul I found in Blighttown.
Is a Bonfire Ascetic the only way to get enemies in a zone to start spawning again? I've been trying to farm Suspicious Shadows.
Does Gwyndolin have a boipussy
>>124997386
COVENANT OF CHAMPIONS
>>124997174
there's only fire, poison, and lightning resins
>>124997496
There's no magic resin? Weird.
Oh well, I don't think Kelloggs is weak to one of these. In the worst case I'll pick out my bow.
Should I bother with watchdog?
I can't find out how to use it with the newest version of sweetfx
>>124997574
Resins aren't as common or diverse like DS2.
>>124997431
The best boipussy.
>>124997738
Yeah but I can buy them freely so I use them a lot more often than I did in DS2.
>>124997431
I thought we escaped this in 2013
>>124997734
Do you plan to PvP a lot? The watchdog is good. Fuck sweetfx.
So, I played through DS2 couple times when it first came out and never touched it since.
I just remember it being really underwhelming game, compared to DS1 and DS.
Just got annoying flu and got PS4 version of the game from my friend and decided to just run through it again.
I don't care that much of a challenge this time, so what will be somewhat easymode to run through this? I remember that I used pretty much spells on my first character, but I heard they nerfed those pretty useless. Thinking about melee build.
>>124998143
Nice blogging. How do I subscribe?
>>124992563
>Why don't large weapons touch my shoulder like in DS1? Is it cloth mechanics?
What makes you think it's something that didn't happen in Dark Souls 1?
I swear, people have such rose-tinted nostalgia goggles on sometimes.
By the way, it also happens in Bloodborne when you shoulder weapons like the Holy Moonlight Sword or the Beast Cutter, but I never see anyone complaining about it (at least not on the same scale as people complaining about it happening on Dark Souls 2).
People only seem to complain when it happen in Dark Souls 2 but give it a pass and ignore it if it happens in other Souls games.
>>124998215
That's because when DaS2 does it, it's fucking B-team cash grabbing shitty release thingy, but when everyone does it, its awwwwright.
>>124998143
just summon people
it'll be easier and more fun
there's a lot more npc summons this time as well
Is it possible to repair a Ring of Sacrifice in Dark Souls, or is it lost forever?
>>124998553
one use only
>>124998672
Fuck.
>>124998773
You can buy more
>>124998184
You should see the subscribe button in top left corner of my post.
Remember to sign my patreon also.
Fucking finally.
Scholar is 16$ right now. Worth or nah?
so, to add to a list of bad ideas I have had on this game, trying to kill the flexile sentry at sl 1 with an unupgraded dagger is a terrible idea. it breaks about 3/4 through killing him.
>>124998889
i enjoyed it more than i thought I would. Some of the changes are nice.
>>124998289
What I find amusing is that a lot of people object to me calling stupid shit like this a case of nostalgia goggles. What else would you call it? Being forgetful? It's clearly not just being forgetful in the sense of "Oh, I forgot my password" or "Oh, I forgot where I put my car keys last night". It's more than just being forgetful. It's nostalgia goggles. Plain and simple.
yfw you finally realize ds2 has superior game mechanics and ds1 will never compare
>>124998889
Did you play non-scholar DaS2? Did you play the DLC?
If you're going in totally raw, it's definitely worth it. If you played the base game but not the DLC, it's still definitely worth it. If you already did the DLC and everything, then there's not nearly enough new shit to be worth the money.
>>124999431
this is a bait post btw
>>124999431
tfw i unironically and truthfully agree with this
ds1 is a better single player experience, but if you have any interest in pvp ds2 is a better game.
>>124998289
>>124998215
Here, how it looks for me, and the reason why I asked.
But sure, it's my magic nostalgia googles. You angry teens are so fucking retarded that you read any opinion as some sort of offense to your autism.
By the way, I love DS2, so fuck off.
This took way to long
should I drop from 105 to 100 agility for extra vgr?
>>124999638
Yeah, yeah, we get it, everyone else is stupid except you.
>>124999968
Yes. I personally don't need more than 95 agi but the iframe difference past 100 really isn't worth it.
>>124999638
You probably never used the skinniest body type in DaS1, so you never noticed. I always used the skinniest girl, and that hover shouldering happens all the time in DaS1. Haven't played DeS in two years, so I don't remember if that shit happens in DeS or not.
>>124997972
>fuck sweetfx
What's wrong with being grossly incandescent, Anon?
So I just bought the PS4 version of 2 and I haven't played it since the Fire DLC on 360 a year ago. Besides technical improvements and changed enemy placements what are some more major balance changes that have happened since then?
>>125000430
Lotsa balances, a community that isn't dead, and all DLCs are already in.
>>125000157
I only play as the skinny male as possible, that pic is exacly that. There was a small issue, but nothing like DS2, the gap is gigantic.
I don't understand Dark builds at all. Should I be using catalysts or chimes? Should I be mixing in Sorceries/Hexes/Pyromancies at all or not? Is 30 Int/Faith enough or should I aim higher?
>>125000430
They removed the unlisted base elemental resistance, so infused weapons are really powerful in pvp at low levels. Flynn's ring and spammy dex weapons are still king, but there's a big google doc floating around somewhere with an exhaustive breakdown of how poise works, so you can actually properly minmax around poise breakpoints now if you want to. Arena now has SL matchmaking that's +-5 levels from you, and the arena 'meta' is 150.
Pretty much anything is viable for random invasions and meta only really begins to matter with competitive arenafags around the endgame SL and SM-tiers.
>>125000731
Builds in DS are not that simple, there's a lot of variety. I'd recommend getting the sunset staff and dark orb/hail, then change it to black witch's staff and mixing hexes/miracles however you like.
>>124999638
That broken wrist in DS2
LMAO
>>125001130
Guess I'll play around with it. I'm used to just standard Str/Dex builds and I thought I'd try something different but it's proving to be too different.
>>125001246
If you think that is funny, look at the players ankles on uneven ground on at least one, maybe two in some areas. Shit looks so painful.
Fucking Sen's.
>>125000731
It's pretty messy.
30/30 is the softcap for dark scaling, so if you're a melee focused dark build, like a buff build or something, then you wouldn't want to go any higher than that.
Many various hexes requires much, much higher int or faith than that, though. Most notably, Affinity needs like 50 int or something to get all of the tracking orbs, and spells like PWoP and Profound Still, Dark Greatsword and whatnot all have huge int and faith requirements. If you want to be an exhaustively equipped caster you'll end up being like SL300 or something by the end of it because of all the int/fth and attunement you need.
Caster-focused builds are generally shit in pvp, despite most of the high req spells being pvp-focused. In pve you mostly just spam dark orb because it's cheap and stupidly fucking good (also boring).
If you're going for a melee build, then you'd only really want to level int/fth if you wanted to use a buff like dark weapon or wanted to milk a bit of extra damage out of a big weapon like the crypt sword or bell hammer. Elemental infusions are typically for 0-investment twink builds, they don't need any scaling int/fth to be effective. Scaling in general is pretty shitty in this game and it's not really worth investing a whole lot of points into a scaling offensive stat beyond the minimum requirements unless it has an A in strength or an S in dex/int/fth/dark.
>>125001581
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ2X9SANsME
>>125001549
i meant DaS1 and DaS2, not one and two. Im tired, sorry.
>>125001314
I have the same problem, I'm a melee guy through and through, never got it right with magic. The secret to magic builds is pretty much ring and spells combination. I think dark clutch and ritual bands are good rings to look at.
>idiots will end up insisting on SL200 or some awful shit as DasIII 'meta'
I kind of like the way DS1 is working now since SL 50 results in much more specialized setups and that's the most active spot in my experience
>>125001731
the most active spot is around SL 125 these days
sl 50 is probably ideal for invading random areas but it's far from the "standard" pvp level
>>125001731
Cool opinion, newfag.
>>125001731
to be fair, the 150-200 level range for DaS2 is pretty good stopping point IMO.
>>125001978
To clarify, after the sale in particular I was getting a ton of action at 50
Is 125 really that populated? I was keeping my level down so I didn't lose out
>>125001246
>>125001549
I'm not an expert, but isn't there something wrong with the way shields are held in Dark Souls?
This bothers me since DS1.
>>125002184
>I'm not an expert
You answered yourself.
>>125001731
DaS2's meta only got so level-bloated because of the brilliant idea to tie iframes to a stat and separate carry weight, hp and stamina into 3 separate ones. That, and the fact that the disparity in requirements, stamina cost and weight between weapons got so extreme that you literally can't even bring half of the game's roster into pvp at ~100.
After they removed base elemental defenses, even 150 is a little too low as it's now dominated by minimum str/dex/int/fth elemental infusion builds and the powergap between a flynn meta weapon with ~12 point reqs and a 25/30/40/50 req str or quality weapon is exacerbated even more.
Hopefully DaS3 takes a page from BB's book and makes the list of stats condensed and concise so that we can keep the meta sub-100.
>>125002184
man, that hurts just to look at. Holy shit.
What are the biggest giveaways of an invaded player being a gigantic faggot in Parish?
>elite knight
>halberd
>???
>>125002306
The biggest of all is "Summoning Phantom"
after that, drakesword.
I'm on my first playthrough of Dark Souls, why did everyone think Blighttown was so hard?
It was easy, all you had to do was run and jump down a bunch of platforms to the second bonfire and I got through in like 4 minutes.
>>125002184
That's actually a proper way to hold a shield. Shields weren't just something you hide behind in actual medieval warfare, they were a weapon and an important combat tool for medieval fighting.
The point in holding the shield like that is that when you move to parry an incoming blow, it turns the shield away from your body, and the other person's weapon with it. This also turns the edge towards their body, which opens them up for a shield-pin, where you jam the edge of your shield against their shoulder, thus preventing them from swinging their weapon around your shield and attacking you, while opening their entire body to your own weapon.
wrist-strapped shield formations were outdated by the time shields like that were used. Smaller shields are made to be used as secondary weapons in melee combat.
>tfw listening to Abba while clearing Undead Crypt
Name a better feeling
>>125002445
>ends up speedrunning zones he isn't familiar with on first playthru
>somehow doesn't fall to his death every 10 seconds
easy game senpai whats the hype bout.
>>125002445
The idea is it isn't hard, its a slog of bad frame-rate, and it has a few slip-and-slide areas that can lead to your death for seemingly no reason, particularly the log that goes to the crimson set.
>>125002524
Dark Souls definately isn't an easy game. I was stuck on Quelaag for awhile.
But I don't get why everyone thought it was so difficult.
DS1 has some of the shittiest areas
I really hope DS3 doesn't pull any of that super-cramped/balancing on a pole while trying to fight bullshit
>>124999431
DaS2 falters too much in terms of the pace of combat thanks to the much less generous stamina management. It's understandable as a design choice, since a lot of DaS2's faults are overreactions to issues in DaS, and GCS+Blossoms meant stamina was everywhere in DaS, but any time anyone says that DaS2 feels slow, even though most of the animations are the same speed, that's what they're talking about.
Agility was a completely shortsighted and foolish decision from the development team to try and "fix" Resistance. You can argue for the merits of trying to promote build diversity, but the simple fact is that the Souls series method of handling iframes and lingering hitboxes means the game simply can't support AGL on a technical level. It will never be a satisfying or enjoyable experience for a player to be hit by an attack they saw miss them.
Powerstancing was a good concept, but the implementation is lacking. It is rarely more efficient to powerstance than it is to just twohand your weapon, and requires twice as many upgrade materials (and in a system where Soul Memory punishes you for upgrading more than one weapon). The best Powerstancing options were patched out each time they became common usage.
Guard Breaking is arguable, since kicking was not without it's own merits, but I can respect calling it an improvement. Backstab "confirmation" is a fair upgrade, though Jester's/Gower's/Ironclad were a bit much.
Altogether, no. You can hold it as your opinion that DaS2 has better mechanics, but it is an arguable subject and DaS fully can compare.
>>125002632
i mean its pretty impressive to me, if im being srs.
>>125002483
I see. The image of a shield glued to the arm is stuck in my head, so it just seems odd. It's good to know there's actual logic to it, and also looks like the arm position changes during blocking, so the blow doesn't go all to the wrist.
Just reached the bottom of Brume Tower. Turns out, I'm missing one last smelter wedge to kill the noisy girl outside the fog gate.
wutdo.
>first time playing though ds2
>all the way up to Velstadt and only have like 5 points in ADP
>redo my stats and try out 30 ADP
Holy shit, what was I thinking
>>125003098
There are 4 more somewhere else in the tower you can now reach. Explore a little.
>>125003098
How many did you use? Really all of them or just the ones you got at the beginning?
If you used all of them, just watch out so fume doesn'r go near it.
Is there a reliable way to dodge Smough's charge?
>>125003210
>>125003237
I've used all ten. So i'm out of wedges now?
>>125003294
Rolling. Baiting him to hit a pillar. Walking.
>>125003294
Roll through or run away.
>>125002445
you didn't use a guide, did you?
![shield[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FP3cLZP.jpg "shield[1].jpg")
>>125002184
>Google "How to hold a shield"
>Third image result
>>125003374
>>125003375
I try to roll through and always seem to get hit anyway... guess I'll go again
>>125003359
Yeah, to get the last one you need todefeat Alonne, and the only way to get to him is by defeating Raime.
Just watch out so Fume doesn't go near the idol.
>>125003473
Are you under 25% load?
If not, pillar or run away.
>>125003458
>teddy bear shield
I was kinda pissed when I didn't get into that DS3 stress test, so I didn't watch any gameplay about it, I havent actually looked into the game much at all.
What do we know about it right now?
Is it going to be just another game in the series like DS2 was to DS1 or is there going to be somewhat clearer continuation here?
Just throw all info on me you know.
>>125003458
This makes me want to do a Santa build to get into the Christmas spirit.
>>125003597
>tfw my voice will never be as sexy as this mans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LiO2G_SanM
>or the man who plays djura/chester/vendrick
>or the man who plays patches and lautrec
>or the man who plays creighton
>i will always be a monotone faggot
>>125004351
There's literally nothing wrong with vore.
Good morning, /dsg/.
>>125003098
Same here, except it's the one hidden behind a door guarded by a lava-vomitting giant.
>try to fight the two titanite demons at the bottom of Sen's
>get rekt every time
I'm getting too tired for this right now. Oh well, at least I got out of Blighttown and beat the Stray demon.
>>125004575
I usually just run and roll through the door, the wedge iframes do the rest.
>>125004678
I seriously cannot stand fighting the titanite demons in the tar pool at Sen's. Even if I get the Rusted Iron Ring to move around there easier, for whatever reason the demons down there kick my ass more than the titanite demons elsewhere. There's only a small bit of treasure behind one demon down there, so I just skip the other 3 to get back up because fighting them is infuriating and pointless.
I just launched 1 again after finishing 2, why does it seem so much less clunkier?
>>125004678
strafe right into gap between tail and behind the ground arm. also use greatshield and be very careful about when you attack, making no more than 1 attack at a time.
Is raimes armor a straight downgrade from drakeblood?
>>125005621
disregard stats
acquire dark knight aesthetics
>>125006028
I know ;-;. If it was a drop or something I'd just use it but it's 12k souls and I'm semi-twinking.
>>125004678
EAGLE
SHIELD
PLUS
TEN
>>125006028
I was going to do a dark knight with the same helm. How is my flame knight?
>>125006629
>fume sorc mask
my nigga
>>125006775
>>125006629
>not using the Mad Warrior Mask
You only had one job.
>>125007082
Not a fan of that mask, sorry.
