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WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?
You're not perfect...
Baby with a knife
He didn't attack me so I didn't have the heart to kill him. Fuck all the other little shits later on though.
>>334747195
Torches are worthless. It doesn't even attack you.
>>334747532
It's chained to the wall.
>>334747757
point? It doesn't attack you. I've beaten the game and didn't find one place that would be aided by the use of a torch. Maybe those dark basements in the valley but even that's easy to go through without any lighting as the enemies eyes glow and souls glow.
>>334748146
some enemies get stuned with fire, like those huge magot zombies
>>334748146
If you get those maggots on you and pull out your torch it gets rid of them.
>>334749004
They also lower frostbite
>costs 300 souls
>gets maggots off you
>illuminates some dark areas
It's a fucking torch i don't know what you wanted out of it
What maggots? I haven't seen any maggots yet
>>334749215
best item in the game for the cost desu
>>334748146
untended graves.
Dark Souls 3 sucks.
Literally Rolling: The Game
I also like calling it "Skyrim 2.0"
>>334746653
Remember the end of Mass Effect 2?
What's the best origin for Dex/Faith? Seems like the best build for spellswording since you get Dark, Magic, Lightning and physical weapon buffs.
>>334746653
I fucking nearly shat myself when I cleared the room and walked to this corner
Fuck you From holy SHIT
>>334749494
The emphasis on rolling actually got really boring. The last 3 or 4 bosses turned into, dodge 1-4 times, attack once, repeat. They started to feel so... tedious. Having to restart the final boss felt like chore. Just so much waiting.
>>334749134
what does frostbite even do
One day i hope they try what they were GOING to do in DaS2 befor ripping the lighting engine out
>>334749647
why not just do luck/faith, you get an all powerful straight sword with 400 AR that you can buff
if you're going dex, just get a chaos blade and don't worry about buffs because it's always one of the most retardedly good weapons in every souls game
>>334749494
Thats every Dark Souls. There was never a reason to use a shield other than training wheels
>>334750073
I wouldn't cling to Straight Swords. I just want a thematic build.
In the pit with the two big gaping dragon looking motherfuckers, is there anything important down there?
I really don't feel like trying to deal with two of these fags.
Where's a good place to farm souls once Irithyll of Boreal Shithole is cleared? I'm like level 20 and getting wrecked in the next area, think it's time to catch up a little bit.
>>334750435
Nevermind, I killed them.
>>334749865
reduce stamina regen
>>334750549
>Irithyll
>Level 20
What the fuck are you doing?
>>334746653
That entire dungeon area felt so much like a horror game to me, I was fucking terrified of all hell the entire time I was in there.
>>334748146
good for you. I use my torch constantly because
(1) who needs a shield?
(2) improves my immersion to be a knight guy exploring catacombs with a torch
(3) always makes the lighting look better
in conclusion, fuck you
How do we go from this...
>>334754327
to this.
>>334754431
So this... is the power... of grey... whoa....
>>334750435
Man those enemies have such a cool design, but the first time I saw that one on the bridge, I immediately was reminded of the Wolf thing that represents Guts' inner darkness or whatever in Berserk, and I couldn't unsee it and wondered how the hell miyazaki gets away with it.
>>334754298
>Lighting/reflection crash still present
>Can't see cool shit even if I wanted to
>Torch still worthless
>>334754672
That's what they reminded me of, too.
Funny enough, I even killed them with the Greatsword to add onto the Berserkness.
>>334754854
>>Lighting/reflection crash still present
The newest patch seemed to fix it though
>>334749819
Use faster weapon, more holes to attack.
Also you are free to do magic build or use ranged if you like doing no damage.
Somehow just because tanking with shield is no longer viable people talk about DS3 like it has no options.
>>334755665
>Somehow just because tanking with shield is no longer viable
It is but you have to couple it with a few rolls. Shield was imperative for me in Pontiff fight. Made the first phase trivial
>>334754672
>how the hell miyazaki gets away with it.
He already made references to Berserk in Demon's Souls and later in Dark Souls too. It's not a big secret that the Souls series is artistically inspired by Berserk. Also the breaking wheels and the little midget torturers in Undead Settlement were obviously references.
>>334755201
Yeah, but moreso how it appears later in the series once it has become more stronk
>>334755981
He get's away with it, because Miyazaki and the creator of Berserk are close buds.
You ignorant fuck
>>334755878
I also used a shield a lot, but still it's only something that supplements the avoiding of attacks, there isn't really face on tanking in Dark Souls 3.
>>334755981
True enough, though I would say the demon child thing was more blatantly referenced in Bloodborne than in other souls games. We also had these bastards.
>>334750549
Are you fucking speedrunning or what? How the fuck are you so low lvl?
>>334756328
Really? Is there some kind of article about that? Did he say that in an interview? Or is it just another rumor.
>>334757007
It's mainly a rumor, but why wouldn't Kentaro sue if he didn't at least like Miyazaki or Dark Souls in some way?
>>334757282
>why wouldn't Kentaro sue
Because it's not clapistan where everyone sues everybody for whatever reason? References are not plagiarism.
>>334757616
True, but I tend to agree that some "references" are cut copies put into a 3d form.
>>334748146
>i didnt find one place
>but heres one place
lol
>>334753238
Also reduces health and defense.
So what's the difference between an Unkindled and a regular Undead
>>334749215
>>334749427
I saw the price, bought three of them thinking there was a timer like there was in DaS2, got really confused when that turned out to not be true.
>>334754226
It was a shite retread of Latria without the atmosphere.
Whats the meta level?
Also do the way of the dragon gesture in front of the fire keeper its cute af
>>334755981
This pic never fail to triggers me
>berserker invented fire salamanders, iron maidens, The legion and mutated babies.
Here is a protip to you bersertards, there is never any originality, only concealed theft.
>>334746741
nice
>>334758398
Don't think anyone said Berserk invented those things anon
>>334746653
Is there a spot with more than one Darkwraith? After trying out the Dark Sword on an alt I wanted to get a spare one for my STR main
>>334758642
Dark souls and Berserk took inspiration on the medieval culture+Japanese culture, dark souls has nothing to do with berserker specifically which anon implied as miyakazi was a huge fan that based his game off.
>>334758754
There bonfire outside the Abyss Watcher area has two
>>334754854
>playing on pc
kek there's your problemjust bants m8 :)
>>334747757
Would you insert your penis? y/n
>>334754431
>>334754327
oh wow are they really the same species?
>>334759345
those screenshots of DeS are fucking shot-for-shot copies of the Berserk panels shown, don't be fucking dense you're just making yourself look bad.
>>334746653
>Going through this area now.
>First time, easy as fuck. Return to firelink with 50k souls.
>Come back to the area with the 6 jailers.
>bait one into the side room with the giant rats I already killed.
>Attack it twice.
>It fucking doesn't flinch and catches me with the instant death poker attack.
>This happens twice more.
Why are they not flinching anymore? I'm two handing my weapon, last time they died in three hits, now they just don't give a fuck.
>going through the catacombs
>get rekt by deathball of skeletons
>go back
>dodge it
>think nothing of it
>it starts rolling back up
>YOU DIED
that was fun
>>334746653
It is me IRL.
>Irithyll Dungeon
Medium or Medium-Well?
Am I under or over-leveled for smoldering lake/demon ruins? SL44, if I put down a summon sign, i tend to get summoned quickly. but goddamn, I haven't seen a single summon sign at all, be it white, gold, red, or grape
>>334760371
>get knocked off the edge the first time
>run down to the bottom and dodge
>see an item halfway up
>oh cool another emb-
>get knocked off again
I think the Catacombs was my favourite part of the game actually, except those ninja fucks and the poor boss fight.
>>334760720
Are you online? Did you set a password?
>>334760371
got me the exact same way, i kekd hard
those catacombs were everything i wanted. skeletons out the ass,WHEEL SKELETONS,SKELETON ARMY CHASING YOU ACROSS A RICKETY BRIDGE THAT YOU HAVE TO BREAK JUST IN TIME,andthe biggest skeleton of all in the spookiest arena of all
Anri's Straight Sword is good enough reason to kill her right
>>334754854
I'm playing unpatched pirated release version with lighting on max and have never crashed.
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
LETS DISCUSS THE LORE BEHIND THE FUCKING DARK FIRELINK SHRINE.
LAZY COPY PASTING(EVEN THE CHESTS YOU OPEN IN THE ORIGINAL REMAIN OPENED THERE), OR IS THAT SHIT ACTUALLY RELEVANT.
When you kill the fire keeper is she meant to come back?
>>334760904
but...you can marry her!
>>334761019
HOW ABOUT YOU FUCKING SPOILER SPOILERS
>>334761074
who cares
her sword is better luck scaling than any hollow weapon, isn't it?
>>334746653
A reddit file name.
>>334760904
Well, depending on how your quest goes, it'll either be
>next to Horace
>on his body in the Darkmoon Tomb
>she gives it to Ludleth, who gives it to you
>hollow where Horace would be
>drops when killed
Fuck the goddamn dancer and her bullshit moves.
OH NOW I WILL FUCKING MAGNETICALLY GRAB YOU EVEN IF YOU DODGE AWAY, LEFT, BEHIND, OR FORWARD. EVEN IF MY HAND IS ALREADY COMPLETELY PAST YOU, WILL BE FUCKING GRABBED I AM SOF UCKING MAD AT THIS GODDAMN CUNT
>>334754327
>TFW those enemies always gave you a semi, especially the quad titted ones, and yet there's no good porn of them
Not really sure why they did since I'm not a furry and it's not like I get a hardon looking at argonians or anything, but god damn.
>>334760824
Online, no password. Same with Irithyll, I can see summon signs on the bridge and by central irithyll bonfire, but absolute nothing at the chapel bonfire.
Speaking of Irithyll, something fucked up in my game: Got to Irithyll late last night, decided, I'll just sunbro for a go to get the general layout, summoned at bridge, got a little past onion bro before host died, so went back to firelink to upgrade weapons and quit game. Loaded it up today to get the "last time game was turned off without quitting" message, and it had me at the third Irithyll bonfire. Anyone else ever have this kinda shit happen to them?
>>334761292
Dancer was easy for me, I felt bad for killing her though, she had a nice ass
Dancer's armor set makes for a pretty good ladyknight look.
So does the Hollowing stat actually do anything to you? I'm sitting at 99 and I'm not sure if it's gimping me or not.
>>334761750
its just a nice way to count your deaths I think, but who knows, there could be some hidden benefit or hinderance
>>334760759
i just realized it would've been one of my favs had it not been for the red eye ninjas.
i helped some dude on /v/ through that area and shit was just like putting jackie chan in a indiana jones movie.
dying from triggering traps on another, cutting the bridge before the other had crossed it, standing on one side of the bridge each doing gestures. area is sadly the closest to sen's fortress i guess.
>>334761750
I don't think it does anything statistically to you, but it does affect what summons you can see and if you'll be summoned to other worlds.
>>334761929
Can you cut bridge down as a red phantom?
>>334761019
i don't think it matters, i think the point with the chest was either that no one would see it or to make a point that it's deserted, looted, left behind.
>>334761750
It boosts your item discovery rate.
>>334759685
Thanks, just picked it up from there.
What's better at higher stats? Heavy Dark Sword or Refined Dark Sword?
Also I heard there's a way to get S scaling in Faith on it. Which infusion does that?
>>334761750
I figured the whole hollowing thing was really just there for the secret ending.
>>334761514
She damages way faster that I seem to be able to and I'm getting sick of that fucking grab nabbing me when I'm out of it's fucking way.
I've been killed ten fucking times because of that grab, even rolling backwards.
>>334762014
idk, i was a white phantom. we just sucked at teamplay.
>>334761750
are you seriously not noticing your max health going down
granted I think it stops at 5 but you should've noticed at that point at eleast
>>334762137
Grab hitboxes in souls games have always been kind of fucked.
I had luck just circling around to her left and keeping close, most of her attacks just went right over my head.
>>334761514
Dancer kicked my ass with her spazzy tornado fury wasabi woosh woosh slashy slash attack, that shit took away my entire lifebar instantly the second I got hit by it.
>>334749494
It physically pains me to think that you might have considered this post in any way clever.
>>334762113
I've read here that refined overtakes heavy eventually, which is what I'm doing. As for scaling, lightning probably? Just go check.
I fell into a pit trying to chase a crystal lizard and got instantly toxic'd. Poison cure doesn't work and I haven't found a single item that cures toxic, and the bar refuses to drop.
How the fuck do I cure this?
>>334762541
The purple flowers with white on them
i cant get summoned for aldritch faithfuls, but the icon is blinking
is there somewhere i should be standing to get summoned
>tfw Yhorm could've been a cool fight if he wasn't a gimmick boss and had a couple more moves
>>334762657
Anor Londo or the path to it after Pontiff.
Also you invade indefinitely upwards, so the lower your SL the higher the chance.
>>334762705
Yhorm's fight needed something else added to it, I personally love how his fight was a big Demon's souls reference (area before was also pretty Demon's Soulsy but thats besides the point), but reaching into your inventory to get storm ruler kinda breaks the start of the fight up in a big way, they should have at least given it a more recognizable icon so it could be found faster when you are looking for it in the inventory.
>>334762535
Oh yeah, my bad.
Last question: you know of a good place to farm for Titanite Chunks?
>>334762621
Thanks. Checked with the shrine maiden and realized I hadn't given her umbral ash in a while and bought some.
>>334761532
>female char who's not Amazonian
>Sunfaggot
Kill you'reself.
>>334762913
I don't know a decent place for chunks themselves. I farmed them on top of Lothric Castle, killing the three winged knights over and over but I was going for souls/chunks.
>>334762226
>are you seriously not noticing your max health going down
The Hollowing stat doesn't affect your health
>>334746653
>see this thing
>doesn't attack me or anything
>looks ugly as fuck and creepy
>put down a message
>'you'
NO ONE CAN HIDE FROM MY BANTS
>>334762913
>>334763237
Titanite Chunk are sold indefinitely by the Shrine Maiden after finding Dragon Chaser Ashes in Archdragon Peak.
>>334763237
At least it's a place to start. Thanks
>>334749494
>Skyrim 2.0
Epic my friend, liked and subscribed.
What's the best message you've found?
>>334754327
>>334754431
Easy, senpai
Just take a decent screenshot
then take a really shitty one
>>334763358
Yeah I would've done that but my brother watches me play and he also gets a kick out of seeing the Shrine Maiden get killed so I do her in everytime I warp back. Subsequently, everything she sells is expensive as fuck now, that's my bad though.
thrusting swords are OP as fuck. With poise meaning fucking nothing, they stunlock you, hit fast as hell, do fucking insane damage for their speed and have better crit damage. Add in the phantom range on any thrusting attack in any souls game. Nevermind being able to use them behind shields.
>>334761398
m8 It's ok to get turned on by quad titties. It's regular titties but 2 more.
>>334763913
Yeah I like my Sharp Estoc
Simple but effective
>>334761019
>the chests you open
What the hell are you talking about?
Firelink has only one chest, and you can't even access it let alone see it in the dark version.
>inb4 pretending there's some super secret bullshit I haven't found
Is it just my game or my character is the only thing that doesn't cast a shadow?
>>334763840
You could try asking Velka for forgiveness. I don't know if that'll reduce the prices but it might.
r8 my conquistador
>>334760759
>>334761929
>>334762014
>>334762161
Dunno about red, but you can as white.
I summoned a dude at Wolnir's fog. I'd taken the alt route, so the bridge was in tact, and I didn't know about the collapse because fuck taking that suspicious bridge. Immediately after, I got invaded. The dude ran on to the bridge to trigger the skellies, then ran back. The invader ran onto the bridge with the whole horde of skeletons, and the white phantom proceeded to hack away at the ropes. Realizing what he was up to, I helped, and as the invader was halfway there, he and the skeletons fell to their demise.
I don't think I've ever had such a cool summoning experience. Thanks dude.
>>334764519
DEEPEST LORE
Is there any reason to keep patches alive? I do t want any of the stuff he has at cathedral of the deep
WHAT THE FUGGGG ;_;
>>334764546
I forgot all about that.
Fuck.
>>334754226
>Opens a chest
>5 Basilisks drops from the ceiling
Fuck off
>>334764847
Isn't the chest actually a mimic also? Because if they're going to fuck you over, they're going to really fuck you over.
>>334764970
There's both a mimic and a regular one
>>334764970
There are two, a normal and a mimic.
The normal one brings the basilisks
How the fuck do I get on the other side of the gate near Center Irithyll?
>>334764330
You can jump on the roof and see the chest in the dark version. It's empty and open. No point in doing so, but you can do it.
>Get summoned by people
>Do amazing in fights, barely get touched
>Do fight in my own world
>Die immediately
God damnit I only look like a scrub when I'm the host.
>>334765085
This bothered me for hours. Just continue upwords and on the left side (there was a crystal lizard there) you'll see a railing. Hit the end to the right and you'll get an invisible stairwell down.
Are firebombs bugged? No matter how many I throw, when I check I have 20.
>>334765058
In fact, just going there seems to trigger the basilisks. I went back later after opening the chest and killing the mimic, just to see if I missed anything, and wham, down they came.
>>334764769
You're a terrible person for giving her eyes that have seen the ugliness of humanity in the first place.
>>334761019
it'sthe very first firelink shrine
it's why the very first firekeeper is there, and why she has eyes
and also why Champion Gundyr is at full strength and has no black pus coming out of him
and also maybe why there are black knights there as they're protecting firelink after Gwyn first linked the flames
>>334765150
Me too. Probably because there's more pressure, considering that when you die, the fight's over.
>>334763439
>Corpse bent over some railing
>Could this be a woman? Try thrusting
>Applaud this message
>>334765249
also what is that black dragon goop shit
>>334764232
it's a crutch
>>334765316
Abyss corruption most like. It lines up with the fact Gundyr gets it and all the enemies who spawn them have red eyes.
Only real issue is that the goopster they turn into has vague dragon features (even the pitch black ones have the little chalk white horns) and outside of Gundyr it's just the Lothric worshipers (both around dragons and in the garden) who turn into them.
>>334764721
After Greirat goes to the Castle, he'll sell some new stuff.
>>334765168
Is that the railing by the patrolling Pontif knights? After the two big wizard guys
>>334765316
>>334765507
I saw it referred to somewhere as "pus of man"
>>334765175
Pretty sure the required flags are being in the vicinity and having the chest open. Since the chest stays open once opened, you just have to approach from then on.
>>334765316
i'm guessing something to do with trying to emulate dragons considering you find a bunch of black hollow pus monsters in the Consumed King's Garden
also how do you even deal with that drake at Undead Settlement? i'm not real sure how to get at it besides sniping it with a bow/xbow
>>334765174
you automatically restock consumables from your storage if you rest at a bonfire, you can turn it on or off for separate items by clicking down left stick
>>334765507
i'd agree with you normally but abyss doesn't really correlate with dragons at all, and the abyss has a much smaller presence in this game compared to DaS
i truly think it's a manifestation of people going dargon-crazy
>>334765174
They probably get restocked automatically if you have them in the box
>>334765486
Next you'll tell me I'm not allowed to estus when I'm invaded
>>334765507
>>334765595
shame, they probably could have expanded on it more and made a boss or something from it, gave more enemies the goop and made different types of it
>>334761026
There'sanother firekeeper, if you buy all the miracles from the blind girl (not the dark ones
>>334756052
Not only that but also the wolf in the chalice dungeons in BB
>invade
>host summons 2 phantoms
>>334765210
>give fire keeper eyes because she's blind
>turns out she hates them and wishes to die
>summon her for the end game
>kill her like she asked
And people consider this the "worst" ending...
>>334765696
I thought it was weird how there was like 3-4 enemies that had that in the first 2 hours or so, and I havn't seen any more in the following 15 hours.
>>334765696
Possibly for the DLC? Try and echo DaS1 with an Abyss-centric area.
>>334765770
Shit, I need to try that. Guess I know which ending I'll be going for next.
>>334765809
The reason you haven't seen any more is because they only exist inLothric Castle.
>>334761750
It's free levels. Go talk to the turtle lady
>>334765635
>i'd agree with you normally but abyss doesn't really correlate with dragons at all, and the abyss has a much smaller presence in this game compared to DaS
>i truly think it's a manifestation of people going dargon-crazy
I mean I'm leaning towards it being abyss corruption more than anything but at the same time I do see your points.
It's just really fucking coincidental on both ends. The black goop that looks most like dragon shit is on Gundyr who was fuck all to do with dragons as far as we know and his entire thing points to him getting that way after being stuck down in a dark shithole for years.
But then the goop has dragon like features but they're so fucking minor that I didn't honestly see the bone horns until NG+ on them. Then again everything in DaS sort of ends up looking like a fucking tree in the end so I don't know.
Maybe the best bet really is some sort of middle ground? Dragon and abyss related in some way? If not abyss then some dark fucking magic that's functionally similar.
>>334765678
>estusing in 2v1
what a noob
>>334761532
>Katana
>With shield
gross
>>334763439
>"No chest ahead" before Gwynevere's chamber
>>334766070
yeah i'm not quite sure how it's on gundyr
i mean he's been around for literally forever so anything could happen i guess
but his complete lack of anything to do with dragons brings that into question
it's entirely possible that it's both abyss and dragon shit, but considering we see a total of 0 (zero) abyss beasts in gamenot counting people who have fallen to the abyss, like High Lord Wolniori'm not sure what abyssal corruption looks like in this iteration of the souls game
on the point of things looking like trees - demons are made of archtree wood, as well as their weapons
it's the same shit the bed of chaos was made of
well, maybe it isn't archtree, but it is most definitely wood, considering the demons literally grew from the bed of chaos and all
i want to see a DLC that expands on the pus of man for sure
i think of manus as the main example of what abyssal corruption looks like so that's why i don't really think the pus is related; they share no real aesthetic similarities aside from dark colors, while the pus looks extremely draconic
>>334766458
>katana
gross
>>334765770
>not killing her right when she asks
>not having her respawn when you reload the game or whatever and everything is back to normal.
Found this out when killing everyone heading into NG+, she even drops the eyes, you can literally just kill her there, take the eyes away, and she comes back all better.
>>334760683
What a lovely place
>invading with red soapstone, barging in unannounced would be far too rude
>give my welcoming wave emote, before intending to give my consent to battle with my bow emote
>the host walks right up to me, and attacks me as I wave to him
>start breathing heavily, face becomes flush
>he's rolling around doing "WELCOME" emotes
>hands begin trembling
>swing wildly into the ground, he's coming at me, and I'm going to die
>"Heh... I've been waiting for this..."
>parry his R1
>just enough time to tip my fedora, and tip my pickaxe
>use my secret mining technique to burrow into his skull and kill him
>"You shouldn't have taken me for granite."
>leave a prism stone I mined with my own two hands to mark the place he fell
>>334760683
I never understood the mechanics for those enemies, seemingly they could still sap your health from across the room, not sure what the actual conditions for it were.
Where do I go after killing Aldrich?
>>334766514
>but his complete lack of anything to do with dragons brings that into question
Well, Oceiros is not too far away and he's either the wall between that lot and Firelink or he's stuck and can't climb that cliff face to leave.
>>334766881
line of sight once they emit gas and turn red
>>334766945
Go backwards a bit (the distant manor bonfire if you have found it already, its at the end of the swampy part of Irithyll), you can enter a location called Irithyll Dungeon from there which leads to the next Lord of Cinder.
>>334766981
Does the gas itself do anything? I thought it'd be curse or some shit but I tried standing right in it and nothing happened.
>>334767086
Thanks m8.
>>334765696
Don't forget there are dlcs coming
Any lore explanation for the black monsters that burst out of Gundyr / various hollows / the two Wyverns in Lothric Castle?
>>334766976
there's that, but i imagine the dragon corruption is really only linked to those who want to try and become draconic but fail
again, all speculation, but i don't imagine gundyr would try to become a dragon considering he's rooted to one place for eternity; he couldn't possibly have the materials for study that Oceiros orthe deserterdo
>>334767107
nope, just an indication of them noticing you and sapping health
What kind of RPG released in 2016 doesn't have quicksave? Are these dumb nips even trying?
>>334764604
>meme mask
0/10
>>334767329
>baiting
>>334746653
Is there anything else to do in Untended Graves besides buy from the maiden and get the eyes?
Is 51 at Profaned Capital overleveled?
>>334767436
Chaos Blade where the weeb was, and Leo Ring near the dog on the right side (as you face Firelink), the same place the Crestfallen Knight mopes about when he's not inside Firelink.
>>334763439
>in front of Andre
>Quite something! If only I had a chest...
>>334765613
Pretty shitty for people who didn't kill the mimic first.
>>334748146
I used it throughout boreal valley and the dungeon, but I agree it's a bummer that they didn't flesh out the use of a torch. It'd be cool if they made it like how ds2 was supposed to be
>>334746653
OH MY FUCK ITS HIDEOUS
ITS. ITS LIKE A DARK SOULS 2.5 SHITTY REHASH OH GOD I'M GONNA BE SICK
>>334766514
>on the point of things looking like trees - demons are made of archtree wood, as well as their weapons
It's not just demons though. Mostly everything in the Dark Souls universe ends up treelike in some capacity.
Archtrees themselves were one of the three big pillars of the world
Demons, as you said, are spawn of the bed of chaos
The bed of chaos is a result of trying to CREATE FIRE and the result is A TREE
The giants in DaS 2 end up all turning into trees
Hollows themselves have been argued to very much look like the dark sign's branching out a series of roots
4 kings? Like wood. Manus? Sort of had bark on him.
Especially in DaS 3 do you see a lot of dead things turn into plants. Hollows turn into trees on the highwall (which in turn are butterflies later on), hollows turn into trees (seemingly normal trees) in the settlement, Greatwood exists (though a little too on the nose imo), and the demon ruins oldest demon corpses actually spawn mushrooms.
As much as people like to get fancy as fuck and spout "it's about ego death" and "it's a metaphor" and shit like that DaS truly does have a lot of tree stuff going on in the background.
Back to the abyss though. I do think the biggest issue is we never really get any solid clarification on the abyss, the dark, and now the deep (bad translation seems to be meme fodder at this point). Every game goes in a new direction with it.
Im lvl 46 in Irithyll and it is absolutely fucking me in the ass, I managed to get to Pontiff but I had to run away from the silver Knight because he one shotted me. Pontiff kills me in two hits, am I under leveled?
When does Yuria of Londor appear? Yoel's been dead for a long time and she hasn't shown up.
>>334767448
Not really, Is this your second or Third Lord of Cinder you are going after? (Since Aldrich and Yhorm can be fought in any order).
I was around Soul Level 100 for the final boss if that helps you at all. (after the 3 lords of cinder there is just one (split into two) large area left to go in terms of mandatory content)
>>334746653
Failed attempts made by Oceiros to turn people into dragons.
>>334767174
With how black the Untended Graves is, is it possible that it's been taken into the abyss? It's also right behind Oceiros' room, so it could be both abyss and dragon fuckery
THIS LAND IS PEACEFUL IT'S INHABITANTS KIND
Is the new patch out yet?
>>334767726
You didn't get 5 dark signs before killing the Abyss Watchers, or you healed the Dark Sign.
Did you tell Yorshka you have the ability to fly /v/?
>killed greirat because I thought he was suspicious
>people telling me he was actually a good guy
>>334754226
It was the best area in the game I've been to so far, spooky as hell. I don't even care that it's literally the first level of the tower of latria rehashed, it was really fun and is one of the few areas in the game that really nails atmosphere.
That mimic chest that also triggers like 6 frogs was the most fucked up trap I've encountered in a From game. And I about shit myself when that hollow screamed after picking up his item
>>334767967
Fuck. I wanted the dark blade. Oh well.
>>334765316
My guess is it has something to do with the Deep, which is an even deeper darkness than the abyss and humanity supposedly.
I'd wager the DLC will focus more on Aldrich and his shenanigans, more specifically the Deep, and maybe we'll get some vague explanations as to how it fits into the Souls universe.
Aldrich and Pontiff Sully were too prominent in the lore with too few explanations to not get extra focus in the DLC.
>>334767726
You fucked up.
>>334767798i think the untended graves is a vision of the first firelink in a world without flame, given what the firekeeper's eyes tell you and the firekeeper tells you when you give her the eyes
whether a world without flame = abyssal influence or not is up to you
>>334768120
>killing anyone with no solid reason
Your own fault desu.
>>334768290
So what's the explanation for it being behind Oceiros' room then?
>An area with a substantially higher invade chance
It feels the game actively tries to discourage being embered unless you're summoning for a boss.
did you kill him?
poor guy can't even fight back
>>334768438
I don't know, the health boost certainly was reason enough for me to stay embered the entire game.
>>334768509
Yes. He probably wanted to die anyways.
>>334768369
He was probably down there to hide from assassins.
>>334768369
i genuinely do not know
it's beneath lothric castle, i think that is a better descriptor of its location than behind oceiros since it probably has a bigger influence on why it's there
couldn't even begin to figure out why it's actually there thoughespecially as i haven't even finished the game yet
>>334767778
It's my second. I'm just not getting a lot of multiplayer.
>>334768535
>Not using ember as a last resort healing item when your estus is gone
>"Shortcut" after sulyvann that goes no where and only saves 30 seconds
For what purpose
>tfw you find LadderSmith Gilligan
>tfw he's a rotting corpse
>>334768369
People keep tellinng me Ludleth has some relevant dialogue after giving the Firekeeper eyes but nobody will give me the exact text.I hadn't done Untended before ludleth went sudoku
>>334768981
where
>>334768919
The only time I felt that need was Nameless, he''d kill me everytime I tried to and then I killed him with 10 Estus left
>>334768802
You can see Lothric from the nice Firelink, though. So which one is actually really there?
>>334769076
The bonfire in the Profaned Capital, looting his corpse gives you the gesture where you lay down
>>334768945
the elevator? Its a pretty quick way to get to the Darkmoon tomb, go up elevator, run past Aldrich's priest guys into the little room on the left, climb up that room, go past the silver knight, and huzzah, rather than run through the path full of giants.
>kill the abyss watcher
>he gets back up with a flaming sword
that's where the game really started for me
>Get to Yhorm boss fight.
>Enter with Siegward.
>Grab the storm ruler, equip asap.
>He killed Siegward by the time I have it equipped.
>Yhorm kills me in two hits.
FUCK.
>>334746653
What the fuck IS that?
How good is that ring that improves your rolls but reduces defenses?
>>334769151
bizarro firelink is behind an illusory wall
maybe it's not even real
Is there any good porn if the Dancer? Or Atleast some lewd pictures?
>>334769284
That's not as bad as Siegward dying the first time you meet him.Is there a way for him not to charge into that demon?
>>334769360
You can get to bizzaro firelink without warping
The same can't be said of non-bizzaro firelink
>>334769373
There are lewds, dont think any straight up porn yet though.
I've killed abyss watchers and still no hornet ring? Sometimes crestfallen warrior is there talking shit about the watchers but no ring?
>>334769360
But it's geographically part of the world. "Real" Firelink isn't apparently connected to anything, you have to warp in/out using the bonfire.
So how the fuck am I supposed to beat two undead crocobeasts at once? This shit is harder than Sulyvann.
>>334768120
Greirat and a few others are a really nice bunch. Only Orbeck is a bit distant with you, but he's grateful when you find scrolls for him and often calls you a "smart person" instead of belittling you like some other tutors.
Where am I supposed to go in Profaned Capital? I killed the four handbabies and the giant and freed Siegward, but I can't find a way forward.
>>334769578
Use a bow to pull the left one
>>334769426
>>334769559
ido not know
>>334769618
There's a bridge with a gargoyle near the bonfire.
You don't need to go up or down any ladders.
>>334769618
You're done, time to go back to play with frosty and friends.
>>334761532
your crotch is burning, you slut
>>334769595
>not killing Orbeck to be the Dark Lord
What are you gay?
>>334769618
If you killed Yhorm your done with the area, head back to Irithyll and look for another way forward, that location leads to two lords of cinder and you just finished one of them.
>>334769419
You can get other dialogue from him by using an Alluring Skull or that one Pyromancy that temporarily turns things into allies, but ultimately you have to charge in and kill it. How you don't manage to kill it before Siegward dies is a little baffling.
>>334769595
I really like Karla and the other pyromancy tutors. they're nice
fuck patches though. i hoped he would be useful but he's NOT
>>334769442
>>334769373
Best I could find was this
Anyone else run into the bug that doesnt let you use your normal attack (R1). I just lost a bunch of souls because of it.
>>334767329
but it does quicksave :^)
>>334769809
I haven't even finished the game, bruh.
Is anyone else roleplaying as an aged character from their Souls II run?
I don't hate 3 but I feel like 2's PvP was more thought out.
Ignoring the obvious cheesy shit (havelyns, dark magic, etc) , the 1v1s were god-tier. In 3, even if you manage to get a fight to be 1v1 using identical weapons it's just not the same. You smack each other, you recoil, you roll 6-7 times, and chug
Maybe the game needs time to settle, but as a serious fan of the PvP I'm very disappointed.
>>334769737
Thanks senpai.
>>334768197
no you don't. it's bad and slow.
>>334769809
That's just for the morian blade. You become a dark lord either way.
>>334746653
Where do you get Lightning Blade? The wiki isn't working right now
>offering sunlight medals at altar
>invaded by dark spirit
>he spawns right behind me somehow
>instantly backstabs me before i can get out of the dialogue box
>turn around and fuck him up
>go back to sunlight altar without having moved
>>334746653
Does he drop anything? I left him alone when I realized he wouldn't hurt me.
>>334770091
>serious
>pvp
pick 1
>>334770137
>Dark blade
>Bad and slow
It's the straight sword moveset, which is by no means bad, and it has some of the best scaling for melee builds (str in particular). I get you want to be different but denying documented facts is not the way to go about it.
>>334770137
>bad end
Go away Gwyn
>>334770245
Profaned capitl or ithryll dungeon.
>>334769918
>How you don't manage to kill it before Siegward dies
Because I generally let something new swing at me for a bit to learn it's moveset before I kill it, and I underestimated how squishy the dude in onion armour was. Seriously a few hits and he was just dead.
>>334770091
I think everyone who actually liked Dark Souls 2 were the people big into the PvP, as the PvE / level design and what not in that game were just awful, but its PvP was good.
I figure once the newfags leave after beating the final boss things in regards to PVP will return to standard fare.
>>334770091
I would give it some time until people start to figure out how weapons work. The OP straight swords are not gonna stick around for long.
>>334770352
by following the conversation im assuming he meant dark hand my man
>>334770042
If you don't know what I'm talking about then you probably don't have Yuria, and have already lost the best ending.
>>334770237
Oh right, had no idea.Morion blade is still great, holy shit why does it take so long to finally get a decent dex weapon that's not the faggot katana?
>>334769341
I used it on my first run, but I didn't understand anything about defense, and did the whole thing naked despite that being far worse than wearing super light armor.
Now I play without it, and don't really want it. Absorption is a % increase/decrease of damage taken, and can be pretty rough.
It's Dark Souls 2
>>334770091
>>334770381
I agree.
DS2 pvp was much more refined even if the level design was shitty.
You had a some covenants to get you into PVP without even having to use orbs, dual wielding was a legitimate thing you could do, lots of variety with builds
>>334770352
>>334770367
i killed the slut after she got mad at me for
saving anri.
i have the sword, it's slow as dicks.
>>334770495
In that case, yeah, dark hand is shit. The shield part looks cool but that's about it.
>>334746653
we heard you guys don't have a ps4 to enjoy bloodborne so have something from it!
>>334770381
It becomes difficult to enjoy the pvp when you have to go through the shitty pve to make a build.
I always still had fun in DaS just prepping builds. DaS2 lost that and it suffered a lot for it.
>>334770087
One of my characters is indeed an old dude.
>>334770087
>buying DaS2
>playing DaS2
>>334770606
It's actually Blood Souls I.
>>334770817
where'd you get the flamberge at?
>>334770623
Alright baddie
>>334770705
It's not like Demon's Souls and Dark Souls were without their share of creepy shit.
>>334770271
>being a Sunfaggot
>lying on the internet
>>334770623
You're not talking about the dark sword then, you get that off the dark knights. It uses the straight sword moveset which is pretty fast.
Quick question is there any mobs in the game to get the brigand armor? i sold the helm like a fucking scrub
How do you change your appearance?
Somebody told me you could with some covenant
>>334771017
find rosaria
>>334770919
From the Thralls that wield them. They are rare, and I kind of spend a good 2 hours grinding for that shit.
It is so fucking worth it, though. Best damage out of the regular greatswords, can be infused with Heavy, is longer than the claymore and has innate bleed.
>>334770352
Dark Blade != Dark Sword
>>334770923
>>334770993
read the comment thread again you shitters
OGguy is talking about the darkdrift. which you get from yuria.
>Crocbeast charges me
>Well out of range, ready to dodge the jump
>It teleports forward about 20 feet at the end of the charge and grabs me
>1 shot
Cool. All the fun of lagstabbing pvp in pve format.
>>334766465
that was mine :)
>>334771017
Rosaria, the covenant leader found in the Cathedral of the deep (approximately above the deacons of the deep boss arena), can change your appearance and respec your stats.
>>334771204
Soulsborne games have never once managed to not make grab hitboxes not bullshit, I dont understand what their problem is.
I keep getting branded by the cunts in the ithryl dungeons and my HP is fucking low. How long does it last?
>>334771764
Rosaria is in cathedral of the deep? Fuck, I knew I missed an area there. I couldn't find out how to get to the other "opens from the other side" door at the church bonfire.
>>334768120
>slaughter Patches mercilessly
>feel zero remorse
Are softbans back again? I was crashing a lot yesterday and all day today i don't see summon signs anymore.
>>334771990
This.
>>334771973
Like 20-30 seconds maybe.
>>334771764
How the hell do you get there?
>>334771973
Just run past them and don't keep them in your fov.
I've been farming the three wolf guys outside the ruins bonfire in farron keep looking for sword grass and in thirty minutes haven't gotten a single one, just bad luck?
>>334771990
Patches is a fucking cunt this time, even compared to the Bloodborne incarnation.
>>334771980
Try falling
8.5 very quick knowing what I'm doing hours in and I finally get a damage miracle actually fucking worth something, after defeating a huge environmental hazard (trivial if you just let the ballista do it though) in a well-hidden but fairly significant, though totally optional, area.
Why is magic so fucking SHIT IN THIS GAME
And basically anything that isn't straight swords
>>334771973
its permanent
you need to find an npc to heal the burns
Is there any way to buy those branches that turn you into props?
I found three of them and thats it
So am I backwards, or do some bosses only sound hard because the only people who really talk about them die a lot? Every boss has been pretty easy so far except for Aldrich (6 tries) and Crystal Sage (over 20 I fucking swear) for me, but early on saw a lot of people talking about how hard Pontiff and Abyss Watchers was.
Just got to the dungeons, so I haven't hit the end bosses yet. Just curious about this.
Fuck
>>334760683
>That fucking Toyota symbol
Did the cakeboi brothers refuse to return to their thrones after linking the flame and being resurrected by the bell, or did they never even link the flame to begin with?
>>334772738
How'd Sage kill you that many times?
>>334772738
Depends on the person. I thought crystal sage was a joke and can't see how anyone finds it that hard. Definitely one of the easiest bosses. Pontiff was pretty hard, took me about 5-6 tries before I got him down solo.
is there a happy ending to the anri questline where she doesn't go hollow?
also siegward wasn't in the well near cathedral of the deep and i haven't found patches yet, is that questline fucked now?
>>334772738
Different builds, different weapons, different tactics, diferent problems.
>>334772738
Boss difficulty seems to very HEAVILY, I found Dancer to be really hard, but beat almost all the bosses before it in 1-2 tries, hell I beat Champion Gundyr on my first attempt and a lot of people are completely stuck on him. meanwhile the boss I died to the most (Final boss, took around 20 attempts), many people beat first try and say was too easy.
I think the only boss people universally agree is difficult is a secret boss called Nameless King.
>>334772867
Lothic was just like "Nah cunt, linking the fire is gay"
Big boy prince was just a warrior i think, Lothric was bought up to link the fire.
>>334772601
One of the two ashes you find in Boreal Valley...the uhh Bloodborne Town, whatever it was called. Anyway there are two ashes you find in the sewers near the Distant Manor bonfire, one of them once given to the Shrine Maiden lets you purchase them for 1000ea.
Alternatively Chameleon, a Sorcery with the same effect, exists in this game just like previous entries. I won't delve into how to get it due to spoilers, just hit up the wiki.
>>334772741SPOOK YOU!
>>334760683
Tbh, I found their bullshit little jab thing they do with the poker more infuriating than the health loss mechanic.
>consume the stray demon soul because early 20k souls
>forget it's the one demon that's a req for the havel ring
FUCK FUCK FUCK I'M ON MY MORNE STR/FAI BUILD TOO
FUCKING KILL ME NOW
>>334772976
Depends on build, what weapon you're using.
The dark sword probably carries a lot of the weight, some people are probably using other slower weapons.
Can anyone give any tips on how to survive enemies better?
>avoid swarms, pull lone enemies with throwing knives
>let go of block between hits to recover some stamina (block seems useless because lots of enemies seem to have infinite stamina for strikes)
>parry more (the timing is extremely wtf for me, can't figure it out)
>be patient
What am I doing wrong?
>>334773104
>Consuming boss souls.
>Ever
are you retarded?
>>334773104
Forget about it
Havel's is fifteen fucking percent now, it's shit
>>334763439
in front of a statue of a clergyman
"If only I had a youth"
>>334773212
Don't block. Dodge.
>>334773115
Assuming you quoted the right guy (your post doesnt QUITE fit my post, but whatever), my build was (I've beaten the game and am about halfway through NG+ atm) full on artorias mode, Artorias Greatshield, Artorias Sword, Artorias Armor, no magic or miracles or pyromancy, just sword.
>>334772601
You do get more pretty soonthere's multiple of those white trees that the Giant likes to loose arrows upon.
>patches puts on onion armor and saves greirat
kek, I thought I had fucked up when I told him where greirat went
>>334773243
they're literally worthless just sitting in your inventory dunkass
most boss weapons/spells are garbo anyways, not including shit like the swordspear
>>334773212
Bows are your best friend for pulling enemies. Learn to roll more rather than block and parry.
>>334772738
it varies person to person. I've found Crystal Sage, Old Demon King and Aldrich piss easy and there's plenty of people complaining about them. But Sully and the Dancer pushed my shit for ages
>>334773352
>Greirat died and I didn't even talk to patches about him
Feels awful man.
What the fuck are these rape knights in Farron Keep? Do I have to get through them to keep going?
>>334773482
You need to save onion bro down the well first
>>334773212
I don't know but I've been just absolutely destroying the PvE game with a Longbow and the Sellsword Twinblades.
Between the Twinblades R2 and the Longbow's ridiculously unexpected damage, literally nothing has been an issue, and I've accidentally missed two fucking areas and had to backtrack, I.E. I've technically been underleveled for two of the Cinder Lord areas.
>>334773352
>Greirat offers to go for his second pillage run
>tell him to wait
>go get Patches upstairs, as in at the tower, he wasn't in firelink yet
>comes down, talk to him and all that shit
>send Greirat off
>go back to Patches
>no prompt to tell him where the little guy went
>figure it must be after a little while or something
>never a prompt
>ever
The character quests are ridiculously convoluted and precision-requiring - not to mention requiring TONS of returns to places you had no reason think you should go again, wandering around Firelink between every single boss, spotting the tiniest little details in the world and thinking they actually mean something, the well in Cathedral of the Deep, for example, which I had never even consciously registered as being there because they have never been anything the dozens of times they've been in the series before, just dotted around as decoration - this time around.
>>334773580
They're Darkwraiths obviously, have you not played Dark Souls 1?
You can run past them if they are too hard for you to take down, they get distracted fighting the monsters on the path for whatever reason (I figured as they are allies of the abyss they would be fighting against the abyss watchers but whatever)
>>334773319
I do that but lots of enemies have this bullshit where they pull back to strike, but delay it. Guess I just need to get used to that.
>>334773394
Yeah? I guess I'll just abandon the hope of critting enemies.
I've started with a Warrior & usually roll instead of block against larger enemies anyway, guess I oughta learn to do that for everyone.
Any build tips? I haven't gone far yet but I've been focusing end since I haven't found a weapon I'd like to main yet.
>>334773580
Be patient with these guys. They'll get distracted if you just wait it out.
>>334773580
They're Darkwraiths. What, is this your first Souls game? They were in 1.
>he doesn't immediately recognize dickwraiths
Sucks to be such a pleb.
>>334773580
Abyss Watchers is right through that Door family. Wait for them to engage the stupid Ram/beast things, and just dash past them.
>>334773580
They're Dickwraiths from DaS1. They'll clear out the enemies ahead, but fighting them 2v1 can be tough. Just pull one with arrows or clever Line of Sighting, and then get the other after he's been weakened by the Ghru. Or ignore them, there's a few pathways that will take you around the clusterfuck and straight to the fogwall
>>334746741
The only reason this doesn't have more replies is because the majority of /v/ now is too underage to get the reference.
>>334773580
go around you weenie
there's a bonfire if you go right instead of towards the door
>>334767798
The Untended Graves are the real Firelink Shrine. The hub in the game is an illusion.
Think about it. Once the Sun starts bleeding in the world, it still appears fine in Firelink. Firelink requires you to warp to the game world, whereas the Untended Graves are an actual tangible area of the game world, connected to it. Firelink contains inexplicable people, like Andre and Handmaiden.
It's an illusion, m8.
>>334748146
How about those fucking leaches with bleed damage in that church area ? They fall off immidietly after equipping a torch
>>334773717
large weapons like greatswords or spears can be useful against a lot of enemies, as you'll frequently out range their attack. Bait them into an attack while blocking, pull back out of its range, then counter with an attack of your own.
Don't use them against bosses though, straight swords/katanas are the way to go there
>>334773460
I forgot about Old Demon King. I don't understand how people found that hard either. Oh well, I guess we're all different. Maybe it's because I'm a melee build and I have a hard time getting in on magic users.
>>334774029
>How about those fucking leaches with bleed damage in that church area ? They fall off immidietly after equipping a torch
Are you pulling my dick?
I beat the Abyss Watchers on my first try, when earlier I read an article that ranked them as fifth hardest boss of the game.
Did anyone else have an easy time with them?
>>334746653
>W-Well...this is me...
>>334773212
Try running while locked on against large enemies
Upgrade your shield
Safely gauge if an enemy time bounces on blocking
>>334774163
There's a developer message near the first ones you meet telling you.
>>334773328
I mean build makes bosses harder or easier.
Soul of Cinder was a cake walk on my mage because there's lots of times you can shoot a soul crystal. Albeit the practice I got from fighting him with a STR build.
>>334774163
They also fall off if you get hit by fire, I'm not sure how do they react to using pyromancy.
>>334774224
Well it's dumb that I missed it, but it's even dumber that that exists.
>Here's how you beat the game, thanks 4 praying hope u rike it
So I just defeated the giant tree boss on my first try at like lvl 20. Was this faggot intended to be easy as all fuck cause that fight was fucking boring.
>>334773580
they drop pale tongues for a certain covenant
>>334774224
Are you sure thats a dev message? I read pretty much every note I come across and I didn't see anything. I knew leeches dont like fire so I figured it out.
>>334774334
There are dev handholding messages EVERYWHERE in this game. Any time you'd need to use your brain.
>Message before the bridge you can collapse to kill the skeletons
>Message right in front of the Storm Reaver in Yhorm's room.
>>334774348
>tfw you didn't saw the weakspots the first time and the fight ended up being painful fighting against that fucking asshole hand.
>>334774402
They're there for the retards who bought into dark souls popularity and will slander the game if there's not enough hints.
>>334774175
Second try. Almost killed him the first, but went into phase 2 with no Estus. Just let them kill each other on the second try.
>>334774334
>people complain when a game doesn't give them enough information
>people complain when the game gives you too much and holds your hand
>let's give the player information about vital things in a discreet way that is easily missed and not obtrusive, just in case they need to know
>people complain
Fuck you.
>>334774517
>Muh based Fromsoft best dev ever folded 10000 times
Kill yourself, drone.
>>334746653
DUDE! WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE MAKE AN ENEMY THAT LOWERS THE PLAYER'S MA HP, AND WE PUT THEM ALL OVER A DUNGEON...WITH ONE BONFIRE!
DUDU...DUUUUUUUUDE! YOU'RE SUCH A GENIUS!! WHAT IT...WHAT IF WE PUT TEN OF THEM IN ONE ROOM!?
OH MY GOD YOU MADMAN! TOTALLY!!!
>>334774348
Level 20 is about right for that area. It's literally the third boss you can fight in the game so of course it's going to be easy, even moreso since it's a gimmick boss.
>>334774348
Curse Rotted Greatwood wasn't a difficult fight, it was just tricky and required you to perform well.
>>334774561
>WHAT IF WE PUT TEN OF THEM IN ONE ROOM!?
Fuck that room.
Found out there's a spot against the wall that you can stand where they don't see you but you're close enough to toss Dung Pies.
Fuck those fags.
>>334774348
Its a shit fight. Don't worry, the first Lord you'll most likely fight (Abyss Watchers) is fucking wonderful.
Theres only one more absolute shit fight in the game, and its in an optional area.
rate my character
>>334774175
Beat second time. As I was dying I realized two of them were fighting each other so on my second go I stopped dodging like someone was attacking from behind and just focused on the main one.
Second phase was by far the easier of the two. Expected Lady Maria, got an Artorias with downs.And Artorias was already a flailing retard
>>334774549
Never said that. Never implied that. Certainly don't think that; I just said this delivery method of a gameplay hint is better than what other games provide, and yet you're still complaining.
>>334774449
But he doesn't take damage unless you're attacking a weakspot.
Does anyone know where the monsters that resemble giant hands are?
>>334774175
No anon, no one did, you're just THAT amazing. Wow we're so impressed.
FUCK YOU FROM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>334774751
In the pools of toxic down in the Profaned Capital.
>>334774662
i give it 280/497
>>334773742
>MFW the new Dark Wraith set looks like shit
>>334754117
>over leveling
Anon pls
>>334774175
Yeah, I beat it first attempt, unembered/solo. 1st phase was a joke, 2nd got me pretty close a few times but his stuff wasn't too hard to dodge and a shield with good fire resist made it even easier.
>>334774561
I definitely think there should be a way to fight these faggots without getting your max health drained. Unless you somehow one-shot them you're going to take damage, which is bullshit.
>>334774651
Wolnir is not optional.
>>334774802
Ah, I thought I missed something in that place. I just went straight to the boss.
>>334774615
desu it wasn't tricky, it was just a bit cunning
and you don't really need to perform well, you just need to behave in an adequate manner
really it's not so much a fight as a battle also, since you actually do battle with multiple opponents
>this is how dumb you sound
>tfw you drew out your true strength knowing some shit was gonna go down but the lore is so uninteresting at this point that who even gives a fuck what ending you get
This is entire game is just a Greatest Hits album. Souls was supposed to be an album band, what the fuck happened?
>>334774846
Wolnir was annoying, but was so easy it isn't that much of a shit fight.
>>334746741
Hahaha this gave me nightmares
>>334774950
What are you even talking about? I was just remarking on the boss fight. Can't even have a regular discussion about the game without insulting someone, eh? So /v/, bro. That's so /v/!
>>334754327
>tfw they turned the cute snake sorceresses in fat old lady jobbers
>>334774820
Everything looks like shit in this game, except the setpieces.
>>334774846
>Wolnir
I meant the Ancient Wyvern. That fight was awful.
>>334774971
Hopefully this marks the end of the "Dark souls" sub-series of the souls games. Another self contained game that doesn't have to worry about past games settings/mechanics like bloodborne would be nice.
>>334774054
Alright. How does DaS3 handle equip load? What does it affect?
>>334774216
Thanks but
>Safely gauge if an enemy time bounces on blocking
does not compute.
>Found blind miracle lady
>Beat deacons of the deep
>Find Patches
>Blind lady is gone
Patches I swear to fucking god.
>>334754431
>>334754327
These are different. Lizardmen served Seathe the Dragons are dragons.
And the dragons are all pissy at Seathe, cause you know.
>>334775148
Over 70% you fat roll.
Thats about it.
>>334748146
How fucking bright is your game? I have my game set to zero and I need the torch everywhere, the immersion is fucking awesome
>>334774651
Abyss Watchers were kind of neat in concept, but it was really an easy fight. I've had far more trouble with the mobs than the bosses themselves.
>>334775153
It's not patches.
You've done something else.
>>334774846
>I definitely think there should be a way to fight these faggots without getting your max health drained
It definitely isn't instant. From the moment their lantern turns red, you have about 5? Probably more seconds to kill or stagger them. Just bumrush em.
You niggers know your health bar comes back, right? Just don't get hit. If you're getting hit at all that's called being bad. You don't get to take hits and complain that the enemy hit you, fucking dodge or get the fuck out.
>He puts points into Vit/Vigor
>>334775153
Did you buy a dark miracle? If so, Eygon took her away because you were going to corrupt her.
>>334775276
>>He puts points into Vit/Vigor
>I purposefully underlevel and gimp my character so that I can play Dark Souls the real, """"hardcore"""" way for """"hardcore"""" gamers such as myself.
>>334774973
I'm curious what boss you think is a worse fight than Wolnir.
>stupidly slow and telegraphed attacks
>can kill its own summons so they pose no threat to you
>doesn't even use its sword more than once or twice half the time it generates it
>extremely obvious gimmick that doesn't attempt to make itself hard to accomplish
>>334775098
Wyvern was definitely my next least favourite fight next to Wolnir. Super cool entrance and I like the idea of the area being part of the fight, but it was executed really blandly. A phase 2 after plunging onto its head would have been a great way to make the fight feel less underwhelming.
>>334772741
>listen carefully...
>>334775148
I think what he means by bouncing block is only block when they're swinging, don't just keep the shield up all the time. Stamina regens much slower with the shield up so you'll get staggered if you never lower it.
>>334761532
The shimmery veils make me feel so pretty
>>334761019
I'm pretty convinced it'sfirelink in the past after an ashen one chose betrayal ending and started the "Age of Man", it explains how gundyr is at his fullest strength, and his description makes reference that he was felled by an "unknown warrior", before eventually putting the coiled sword into himself, most likely to prevent any further leakage of the all-consuming abyss into his body, which is why we see him in the state we see him in the very first area. Also, the firekeeper has eyes, which is the only way to get the dark ending, so I assume that they were given to the firekeeper by an ashen one so that she was able to start the age of man.Andre simply left as the enroaching darkness most likely threatened his life, or he could have simply died, however the handmaiden is possibly the hardest to explain. My current theory is that she is kind of like an immortal, the only one who is able to live to see the cycles continuously loop, as the firekeeper expires after their purpose is fulfilled, which also explains all the corpses dumped in the tower of past firekeepers. She makes mention of how "the bell hasn't yet rung", implying that she is not expecting an ashen one just yet, and also showing she has metaphysical knowledge of the cycle and the bell of awakening.
Another theory I have is that in the intro:
"When the link of fire is threatened, the bell of awakening is tolled, and the lords of cinder arise from their graves."
Firstly, you start the game rising from your grave, and secondly, you CAN hear a bell being sounded in the distance. So, with the information provided to us by the intro, is the ashen one actually a lord of cinder? Granted, it may seem like grasping at straws, but even then it opens a new avenue of discussion
>>334775153
She moved out of the main area and is now down a separate hallway opposite the pyromancy guy.
>>334775408
Oh yeah, I already do that. Run out of stamina anyway though.
>>334775212
No light roll or anything?
>>334761750
it makes you uglier, but nothing else
I cured it completely for 27k by getting the key and 7k for curing my dark hole
>>334775383
>A phase 2 after plunging onto its head would have been a great way to make the fight feel less underwhelming.
Do it without, much less underwhelming when he stomps all over you with bad camera angles and pushes you around with his feet and tail.
Seriously, fuck that cunt. And fuck that faggot Nameless too.
>>334775489
>Dancer head+Lorian's set
Holy fuck I'm fabulous. I wish I'd taken a screenshot.
>>334775354
>Just now realising that /v/'s Dark Souls "community" is the global leader in tryhard faggots
>>334775523
Everything sub-70% rolls at the same speed, with the same iframes near as I can tell.
>>334775354
>How do I into one of the main mechanics in the game
iframes are your friend, and THEY'RE FREE. Slap those 5 levels of vit/vig into a damage stat and guess what happens? You kill the enemy faster.
Dodging and iframes don't cost souls. It doesn't take but one, maybe two encounters to get an enemy's moveset down.
You're saying I'm gimping my character, well you're acting like you're playing a gimped version of the game for no reason other than? What?
>Puts points into vit/vigor
>Dies anyway
>Complains on chinese imageboards
>Never learns to dodge
>Dies again
You're a fucking idiot.
>>334775301
I bought deep protection because it seemed like a good idea.
Is this bitch gone for good?
I wasn't really planning on using miracles outside of PVP
Do you have to finish the games 3 times to get all the achievements?
>>334773717
Dodge into enemies. I know it seems counter-intuitive, but you'll roll past their attack reach like 90% of the time, and the 10% of the time where it's an AoE or wide-arc attack that will still hit you, you can just dodge once more to get out of that too. Dodging in is vital to still being able to get hits in whilst avoiding damage.
>>334775694
>How do I into one of the main mechanics in the game
You mean the stats mechanic you're willfully ignoring because you're a tryhard?
>>334775276
Unless you ambush them from behind, which isn't possible for all the jailers, your health -will- drop a little. It's not necessarily that they're hard, I just don't think you should HAVE to take damage from certain enemies because they're designed to deal damage based on line of sight.
>>334775570
Speaking of Nameless (and you better be just bitching about the camera for phase 1 because phase 2 is fucking awesome), having a proper boss jump in to take you on after killing Wyvern would have been a great way to end that fight.
>>334775716
Go back towards Iudex's bonfire. Kill Eygon. Put on Morne's Gloves and talk to her, if you touch her without the gloves she leaves.
Oi, I'm bout to fight crystal sage, tips?
>>334775716
Go to Iudex Gundyr's arena.
>>334761019
The messages and chest are lazy dev cheats butI'm on Darklink being the real Firelink because cemetery/firelink are too isolated
I really need somebody to give me the Ludleth text though. Can't find it anywhere.
>>334773816
Fuck off, you're literally a 90s kid. The reason no one replies is because it's been brought up a million times already
>>334775827
Run up, smash him in the face. He's piss easy and has no HP.
>>334775769
>>Puts points into vit/vigor
>>Dies anyway
>>Complains on chinese imageboards
>>Never learns to dodge
>>Dies again
>>334775739
Technically, no. You can just copy paste your save out of the folder. Get 1 ending, then restore the save and get the other, then do it again for the last.
>>334774846
pyromancy one shots them
>That magic reflect spell
>>334775827
Hit it until it dies.
Oh yeah, and don't get hit.
>>334775827
Wear magic resist gear, like the cleric set. It'll negate most of the damage from his attacks as they're all magic based. I went in and got raped, then equipped anti-magic gear and raped him.
>pick warrior class
>Northerner Armor set
>excited for the armor I will find in the game
>look at all other armor sets online
>Nothing looks as good as the Starting Equipment for warrior.
God damn it. All of the other armor sets looks WAY too over designed
>>334775827
Use a bow.
>>334775827
Did you fight the warlock?
If not, you're going to have a bad time.
>>334754327
>>334754431
That happens when you have a masturbation addiction (for real)
>>334775990
>Knight
>over designed
>>334776027
Not him but I have no clue what you're talking about. I never fought a Warlock and Crystal Sage was piss easy.
>>334746653
>fallen knight set, executioner's sword, spared the passive prisoner, posted about it on /v/
Literally me two days ago. I hope you're enjoying the game OP.
>>334775851
>>334761019
What's there to say? The manlet literally spells it out for you:
Dark Firelink is the original that got swallowed by the Abyss.
Current Firelink is a copy he built to keep the cycle going.
This means that at least Iudex Gundyr is an illusion or a recreation by him as well.
>>334775894
You're just repeating a fictitious scenario to make your point. I DO dodge, it's my main defense since I haven't picked up a shield once in this game. I went deprived, started at level 1 with no gear, and slowly built myself a good character with the stat system. And I'm having fun. I'm sorry that you think gimping your character and relying on "never getting hit cuz I'm a pro xD" makes for a more fun playthrough. Good luck, friend.
Goddamn magic is trash. I'm at 32 int and homing crystal soul mass is doing like 75-100 damage wtf
>>334775990
Dark Souls probably isnt the best game for muhrealism fags. Try mountain blade.
>>334776086
>He didn't fight the warlock in the cave
>>334775770
Yeah, fuck that camera and locking on the dragonhead instead.
At least my UGS could bring that down fast enough.
Nameless was just a faggot for having so few safe punishes that it took forever.
>>334775882
>>334775967
>>334775948
>>334775996
K thanks, gonna use great machete+2
>>334764650
That's real freaking neato.
>>334776056
You're right. That is another good one actually.
Drakesblood is pretty cool too.
Northerner's helmet is just so fucking good.
>retard sends me back home because he doesn't realize he has to activate the boss before i can go through the fog
just walk 4 steps forward you fucking pussy
>>334762705
Yhorm's good as a cutscene for Onionbro
>>334776109
I'm looking for the exact text and that's not it.
Without the exact text, I'm not going to take your word for it.I did untended late so I missed what he says
Does anyone know exactly how scaling works? Fume UGS has an S in STR scaling but only 260 damage. Is that going to outclass the greatsword which has 294 damage with B scaling?
>>334774163
>>334774224
To be fair, if you had any real-world experience or general knowledge you'd figure that out like I did.
>hey this bleed isn't stopping...
>retreat
>oh shit fuck what are those leech-worm things?
>roll roll roll
>well that's doing nothing, hey I wonder...
>equip torch since fire is super effective against actual leeches
>they all fall off
>>334776485
>didn't have a torch
>just funneled the salt into getting through that area
Fuck Cathedral.
>>334763439
Message just before a gap between a pillar and a wall thats impassable
'fatty'
300+ applauds
>>334773580
they are easiest farm method for N00b, you can get cracked red gem.Gru/black weapon and titanite easily
>wait till Dickwraith attack enemy
>EXP EXP everywhere
>carefully follow them so you are still in soul absorp area
>go back to bonfire
>repeat
I got 20 red gem when in luck
>>334776572
Why not? It costs a measly 300 souls.
>can light up areas like the Shrine itself and the Settlement
>can set shit alight
You didn't pay attention tot he brightness settings did you? Some areas are legitimately dark with brightness set properly.
>>334763439
"visions of stealth..." at the bottom of a very tall ladder.
>>334763439
A the small area between the Underpass bonfire in Undead Sertttlement and the tower you meet Siegward.
There's a gap between houses and the message said something like "Give up, fatty"
>>334774561
try ranged battle
Is there a decent amount of NPC summons? I'm on a pirated copy and want the option to have in case I run into difficulty with a boss or area.
>>334776867
There are quite a few. I think every boss has at least one.
>>334776983
What?
I only recall seeing like 3 NPC summons in the game.
>>334776867
>piratefag too shit to beat the boss solo
oh i am laffin
>>334776135
>32 int
it scales up to 60 and scaling is worse lower
>>334777056
>Good goy drone posts "oh i am laffin" past 2005 and thinks he;s funny for it
>Every single person seems to be wearing the Abyss Watchers set
Im completely alright with this. Every person iv summoned, and every person who has invaded me is wearing it, along with the invisible roll ringIm wearing the same thing with the same ringand they always have a shield, and a 2 hander of some sort.
Can't fault them for good taste. Had a pretty good duel with a guy in Ithyril, he invaded me, waited for me to kill the knight I was fighting and heal, did the legion salute which I returned, and we both had the legion greatsword, so we were shooting all over the place rolling and jumping. Took awhile but I was able to kill him.
>Option 1: You die
>Option 2: You live but fuck over everyone else
>Option 3: You become big bad evil man
Why cant we have at least one good ending this time around for possibly the last Dark Souls game?
Why were the Dickwraiths trying to kill the Abyss Watchers?
>>334776135
Yup, even with an upgraded talisman giving me S faith scaling, lightning spear does 150-160 to enemies weak to it at most
swapped it out for a weapon blessing miracle and its much better, spells are fucked in this game
>>334777308
But becoming the lord of hollows is the good ending anon.
>Faraam set doesn't look like shit anymore
Yay
>>334777036
Are you following everyone's questlines? There's also a few summons that have to do with killing NPC Red Phantoms like the Sword Master from early Firelink and Yellowfinger Heysel.
>>334777308
Option 1 is the good ending. You link the fire, the world Ludleth created survives and the cycle starts again until another Champion of Ash comes along to save it when it's about to end again.
>>334777308
>possibly the last Dark Souls game?
>thinks video game companies won't beat dead horses into dust
>>334777113
Shit nigga I thought diminishing returns started at 40
>>334777319
Darkwraiths come from the abyss.
Kaathe probably started sending them to go rek the Abyss Watchers so he wouldn't have to deal with thier shit anymore
>>334777319
Because they are dicks
I'm progressing through the game on a shitty co-op gimmick build with jumbled stats (including starting Cleric Vit and End) and this just happened:
>laboriously make my way through the cathedral grounds from the chapel bonfire; proceeding VERY carefully because everything can kill me in two hits, using a ton of arrows in the process to pull ranged enemies
>right near the end I go up to kill one of the sitting self-immolating dudes, before sniping and clearing the guys near the door, and in the time it takes me to swing my katana he stands up and stunlocks me to death in 3 hits of his retard flailing combo
Fuck this shit
>run past all the leech zombies
>run past the leech amalgums
>dodgeroll past the red chick with the two curved swords
>leg it past the crossbowman and his friends
>fucking running for my life past the hooded assassin cunts with the crazy lunging attacks
>past the cleric with the halberd and even more assassins
>and past the next two red twinsword bitches; they're all following me now but I'm nearing the side door
>aggro the self immolating guys too as I sprint to the door aaaaaand Open
>during the door-opening animation invincibility I can see this great swathe of instant death pounding on my feeble body
>two or maybe more immolating guys decide now is the time to spontaneously combust; right before the animation lock ends they explode pushing all the other enemies back slightly
It's on
>sprinting through the room with the clerics, I still have at least two sword bitches on me fuckfuckfuck
>down the corridor I find the lift, but FUCK they're right on top of me
>I am rolling like a mad cunt trying desperately not to get hit as two whirling dervishes are trying to brutally murdered me in a tiny elevator shaft
>I make it to the bottom somehow and roll off then sprint to the iron door; one of them is still on me
>make it through and subsequently open the chapel shortcut
>but she finally gets me
Thank CHRIST for animation invincibility.
>>334777319
>One wants to bring about darkness to all
>The other wants to stop the abyss at any cost
Hmm, i wonder why
>>334777308
>good ending
>dark souls
why cant we have happy ponies and fairies in H.P Lovecraft books? Oh wait, because it defeats the purpose.
>dancer set on female character with burly lower body
Does anyone have any actual patch notes? I wanna know what the fuck was changed.
>>334777447
>>334777452
>>334777525
But the Abyss Watchers are literally infected by the Abyss so they locked themselves in a room to endlessly kill each other
There's no threat, and they'd just spin2win all over the wraiths if they barged in anyways
>>334746741
I thought the exact same thing when I saw those monsters.
I feel like Ive missed so much shit that Im going to get the Are You a Fucking Idiot ending. I haven't found a miracle tome since the fucking Cathedral of the Deep, Ive come across a ton of items that I just cant seem to get to, and I keep hearing about all these fancy secret areas that I dont know anything about.
>>334777747
LEWD
What's the best talisman/chime for STR/FAI? Is Sunless better than Saint's? Just murdered Sirris because I wanted to try the Leonhard questline.
>>334777403
Not that anon but
>Option 1 is the good ending
I don't think so anon. It seems to me that the first flame is, effectively hollowing for a lack of a better term. It comes back weaker and weaker, until now it barely gives off anything, the fire isnt faded, its embers and ash has consumed all. I think either the ending where you hear the fire keeper in the dark, or the lord of hollows ending are the good endings. I prefer the firekeeper one because I don't trust the Kaathe and the Dark fags.
Setting dudes on fire in the Kiln seems to be a stop gap measure that only prolongs the age of fire for a little less each time. I mean now, it not only takes an undead of extreme power, but also the combined souls of the previous cinder lords, including the originals. I think the fire, needs to burn out. So it can arise again. The whole cycle idea, the games try to portray the world as a cycle. Events happen, there will always be 4 lords, I mean hell the King from Illium Loyce was Gwyn basically even if he didnt have a shard of his soul. But the issue with this cycle is, its not a full one, a true cycle is the flame going out and being reborn. This single cycle is being perpetuated everytime the flame is brought back by burning a dude.
I think DS3 is the end of the world as we know it (in game) but that doesnt necessarily mean its the end of the world in totality. Just the current state.
>>334777648
All greatsword class weapons got base damage buffs.
Dancer's Enchanted Swords got a base damage buff.
Winged Knight Twinaxes also got a base damage buff. (I think their attack speed is a bit faster, but that might be placebo on my part.)
Which covenant should I join? What are the benefits?
>>334777403
>You link the fire
>good ending
No.
>>334777989
All covenants.
>>334777470
This was entertaining to read, thanks anon. Cheers.
>>334777989
Covenants work differently in DS3. You can change at will with no negative repercussions using the new Covenant equip slot. Just join them all (with the exception of Rosaria's Fingers if you don't want to piss Sirris off).
>>334763439
Tears Ahead right before getting that coal in Anor Londo.
I'm also MAD AS FUCK that 'Holding in Both Hands' was replaced with 'Dual Wielding'.
>>334772741
>fear ahead
>>334763439
>no woman ahead therefore try right arm
in qwynevere's room
>>334763439
Welcome to die
>>334778562
How do you make two part messages?
I can only see an option for one template + word.
>>334775990
Started as a Knight and wore the basic Knight Set the entire game. Nothing came close to how stylin' I felt the entire game.
>>334778691
One of the templates is _____ ahead therefore try _____ isn't it?
>>334778691
You press triangle. I didn't realize it at first either.
>>334777834
please assist
>>334778691
Hit triangle on the message screen. You can also include gestures
>>334770374
Dude, onionbro tanked the shit out of that demon for me when I was still underleveled and gitting gud again, and still managed to not die. He must have at least as much health as the Pontiff, don't know how he can die there.
>>334746653
>pick up item from corpse
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAARGH
Fuck me I almost dropped the controller, that entire dungeon was terrifying.
why don't you faggots auto hide your hud?
>>334779085
Well, he just did. Maybe he was pushed off the ledge actually, because he was still on that second kinda level above the main area and the demon was just smacking at him.
>>334779112
That cat is so fucking sneaky holy shit
>>334779112
>trust nobody, not even yourself
>>334778813
>>334778972
>>334779018
>Triangle
Aha!
Thanks guys.
>>334779254
>pushed off the ledge
Oh, That makes sense, I could see that happening. Damn, that's just bad luck on your part, fampai
>>334775827
Equip magic resist rings and gear, two hand your weapon, don't bother locking on.
When he teleports, run back to the center and keep looking for his new spawn point.
When he spawn adds, go after the adds first, they die in 1 hit and won't respawn until he teleports again. Use the pillars and rubble around them room to block their spells as you kill them. Run back to the center each time the main guy teleports, and start looking for the spawns again. That's about it. Personally, I find the fight is mainly a big test of your ability to manage a free cam, since if you can do that, it's piss easy to dodge the attacks}
>>334775770
you really don't have to. I just cleared the area again (still searching for how the hell i get access to Siegward's room) and i barely took any damage, even in the room that has like 6 of them.
If they're in an easy spot just bum rush them. They take a few seconds to start draining your health and they stop as soon as they are staggered (and any hit staggers them). Or bait them out, then LoS with a corner and wail on them as soon as they turn it. Or cheese them with a bow because their ability has a maximum range. Yeah they can be nasty and I though they were bullshit at first, but there's plenty of ways to handle them. Honestly, their brand attack is far worse than the HP drain
>>334779420
i kek'd a lot.
>tfw Nameless King cutscene
Shiiiiiiit. Pretty much every other time in the other games the PC's response is "whatever" or indifference. Here it looks like the PC is about to shit themselves.
>>334778741
This, Alva, Elite Knight's, Fallen Knight's and maybe the Eastern knight's sets are the best.
>>334770374
He died in two hits in the Yhorm fight. I have no idea how people say he solo'd Yhorm, I ran to go pick up the sword, turned around and he was nowhere to be found.
>>334779502
You access that room later on once you reach the next area.
When you come across a sorcerer NPC on top of a building holding a novelty oversized Olympic torch look for an adjacent wall with a window you can jump into from said roof.
>>334778741
>>334779648
man, DS3 is soo damn good for knight roll plays
Knight, Nameless Knight, Elites, Alva's, Cathedral Knight, Lothric Knight. Brass Knight, Fallen Knight for Edgy Knight, Firelink, Hearlds, Black and Silver Knight sets.
>>334779862
>next area.
and I just spent 2 hours searching this damn place
>"Try finger"
what's the best talisman or chime for pure miracles
>"praise themoon"
