If you didn't fight and beat the crystal lizard the first time you spawned you are casual scum
Piss poor easy.
cute
>>334847217
I ran in got the item on the ground and dipped. Not having any of that shit that early on
>>334849148
Which is why everyone who avoided it is a casual
>screenshot taken, time to delete this thief character save file and continue my 25 vigor 40 str 30 dex warrior
>>334847217
I actually did, it felt pretty nice and it was a good start
What's the point of it being there? Does it drop anything good?
>>334851031
Just practice, and no
I tricked him in to rolling off of the nearby cliff. I play the game on my own terms.
>>334847217
I did and he was piss easy.
>>334847217
I died to him a few times, sellsword twinblades are shit. Killed him before moving on though.
>>334849515
Same.
>doing it as a depravedwasn't that hard, just a good warm up
>>334847217
Anyone who plays this series is casual scum.
>>334850330
Kek
>>334850330
I don't get it
>>334853759
This. Nothing like fucking with the mob's AI.
>>334851031
dropped a titanite scale for me. don't know if that is good or not, but why not take it?
>>334847217
The smart thing to do is not fight it since you have no use for the drops at that level.
>>334857549
the smart thing to do is not be a lil bitch a fight it
>>334857549
This. the scale has no use til you kill tree-balls and even then its meh unless your dead set on using a boss weapon.
Self confessed casual here. I beat that thing and the first two bosses first time. I beat that tree boss last night without losing any health.
This game gets harder right?
>>334847217
I beat it in first try while trying the game out on my shitty gpu at 10-15 fps. He's easy as shit. Sadly I can't play the rest of the game like this :(
where should I go after beating the crystal sage? I went back and looked around the Farron keep swamp area, I picked up the items there but I have no idea what the flame extinguishing stuff is about
I also found the Wolf
>>334857905
First thing that really gave me trouble was Abyss Watcher(s)
Killed it first try as a warrior.
Warrior wins again, baby
>>334849148
yeah lol I saw the video shit got PWND jesus christ fucking casuals.
>>334858078
You extinguish 3 altars to open the big door to get to Abyss Watchers. Look for ramps/ stairs leading out of the mud. One of them you'll find if you go right from the bonfire past all the basilisks at the beginning.
>>334847217
I sure didn't fuck with it but I know know I'm casul.
>mfw I went back after having a +3 fucking Claymore and STILL lost to it the first try
Never claimed to be good at these games. I just try.
>sign tells you to go back
>still go forward
Are you all idiots that cannot even follow basic instructions? Like everyone with half a brain, I ignored it.
>>334857905
Build?
>>334858450
Personally I like leaving paths I know I'll have to come back to. After work today I'll go take my +3 Rapier and go rape that lizard.
>>334858450
I've run into a "go back" sign before every boss
Moron
>>334847217
I didn't even find it. Hell I still haven't found it.
>>334858632
wow your region must be filled with pussies. Literally never seen that. All the messages I find are just a bunch of positive motherfuckers giving each other pats on the backs and saying "i did it" and shit.
>>334854393
>mfw trying deprived for the first time
It's not even that bad. That club is beast as fuck. Two-handing it is great early game.
The only people who avoided this fight were the kinds of people who overly relied on shields in the past games.
Rolling makes almost everything ridiculously easy. You have so many i-frames.
>>334858743
nigger what? It's before even iudex gundyr or however you spell it
>>334858743
For fuck's sake, man. It's right before the very first bonfire. Did you not explore Firelink at all?
>>334858632
The only other place I've seen one was with the two guys with big weapons in the crab forest.
>>334858450
Try jumping, friend
>>334858884
Crystal lizard is a new enemy though, so you never know when he'll launch at you with a crazy fast instakill supersweep move. But then he doesn't. He doesn't have any. He's slow and his moves are all really easy to see coming. disappointed.
>>334859041
Same here in terms of just generic signs put down by the devs.
>>334847217
I did this, but I did it by getting him locked behind terrain. I assume everyone else did the same.
Actually, I used the terrain every time I fought them, because they were always placed near doorways where you could just back into it, and do hit and run.
first run i beat him on the first try, only cuz' I started as a warrior and you can block all his attacks and counter very easily.
After that I tried with a sellsword, didn't work as well.
>>334858964
>>334858973
Probably the only place I didn't explore, that early area. Hell it's probably lucky I didn't retard my way past the ashen flask.
The real casual scum are the people who took more than 3 attempts to kill Pontiff. I've been crying me eyes out with laughter over the past few days reading peoples' complaints about that pissant.
>>334847217
If you wasted any time fighting this crap in this particular section of the game you are a bloody retard.
bloody
>>334851031
Drops something you won't need for a good while. It's meant to be a boss you go back to after a while but it's more than easy to beat.
I found it easier than that ACTUAL first boss which fucked me up way more. It just has a bigger health pool so it takes a while longer.
>>334859397
explain why please.
>>334855076
He didn't actually beat the crystal lizard with that thief character, he just walked up and took the screenshot.
So how viable are luck builds in the game? The game doesn't really show luck scaling so I don't know how well changing weapons to Hollow works.
>>334850134
>Avoid a high level shiny new entity in a beginning of the game is casual
Wow you must be a scrub to not challenge this deplorable monster.
>>334859287
Oh yeah me too lol
And the abyss watchers. Fucking keked did this guys in my first time with a bro I summoned.
>>334847217
If you deviate from the main path you're just a weeb normie
>>334859441
I skipped the early game one based on one glimpse of his back spikes from around a corner. then i ran into the one in the shortcut between Farron Keep and the Giant crab swamp and I killed it in one try. I was very disappointed.
>>334859559
I'd like to ask this question as well. I went deprived, pumped points into strength, dex, vigor, some in vitality, and then 5 into luck.
So far I'm getting better drops but I'd like to know the cutoff to when it's going to be fully and utterly useless. So far I'm at 15.
>>334859594
I haven't summoned once. I killed Abyss Watchers 2nd attempt, Pontiff 3rd attempt. Are people really this bad? I should try PvP.
So I noticed I'm dodging through shit like I was playing Bloodborne still, to the point where I'm not actually using a shield for my left hand.
Did I get good or does rolling at 45% equip load have six fuckloads of i-frames?
>>334859129
I know. When I figured out he was the new Titanite Demon I expected later ones to get incredibly hard.
But no.... they don't.
>Go all in as a pyromancer
>Put cross bow in off hand.
>Back pedal and and poke
>Hosts can do literally nothing to me
I feel like cheating.
>They finally get enough of my shit and come charingg in
>Switch to dagger and small shield
>Parry punish
>>334859287
>Using a Large Club
>Pontiff goes to summon his clone
>ROAR
>Two hand that shit, smash his face in, wreck his clone before it even moves
>He freaks out, then tries to summon another one
From needs to patch that shit. Either have his clone move ASAP or have Pontiff take reduced damage when cloning. It was a great fight too but that part broke it.
>>334859746
Abyss Watchers were a real fucking bitch for me for some reason. It wasn't so much the difficulty of the fight itself after awhile, I got the hang of it, I guess I just ended up really under leveled, because the amount of damage I was taking left me so little room for error, I just kept dying.
>>334859806
fast rolls are 30%, mid rolls are 70%
>>334859806
Yeah, I've virtually stopped using shields at this point. It's just needless equip-load.
It's such a fucking breath of fresh air after Dark Souls 2 and having to pump points into a skill dedicated to it just to not get shockwaved by some shitty move.
>>334859559
>>334859724
Poison, bleed are scaled based on luck
Hollow weapons are scaled based on luck
Same as everything else it's basically all or nothing, invest a lot or nothing, don't go halfway
I don't think you can be more casual than me. I literally summon at least 2 sunbros at every single bonfire. I don't think iv'e beaten any boss outside of the tutorial boss without help. Same with exploring, i make them kill shit while i go around and loot items. Shits pretty baller i don't really have to do anything and i'm still gonna beat the game. I love abusing game mechanics.
>>334859724
Well I hate to say it anon, but someone is just going to have to make the plunge. I might just have to join the Fingers if it turns out to be fucking worthless.
What's the earliest you can get a Hollow Gem? The wiki says the crow hollows in Crucifiction Woods drop them but I've only ever seen the Shriving Stones.
>>334859806
I run a tank build and even fatrolling has enough i-frames that it's decently viable.
Honestly BB fucked me up on some parts because dodging INTO attacks isn't nearly as useful in this game since you can't follow up with an attack and then dodge again so easily.
>>334859954
The clone isn't meant to move far, that's the point. You're right about the other stuff though.
>>334847217
Fought it today with a new pyro character. I really had it easy when I started as warrior for my first run
OKAY BLUE SENTINELS, WE NEED TO TALK.
YOUR ONLY JOB IS TO KILL THE RED PHANTOM, IF YOU SUCK AT PVP JUST STOP BEING A BLUE SENTINEL. YOU ARE WORTHLESS TO ME
>>334860220
>dodging INTO attacks isn't nearly as useful in this game
Yeah I fucking noticed. Here I am being an MLG super cock dodging through literal gigantic fists and I can only get minimal punishments on it.
>>334859397
it takes like a minute tops
>>334859075
Under rated post
>>334860121
Oh well. It does take some of the fun away from the game at least to me but if that's how you enjoy it then do it. Bro-oping was fun as hell in Dark Souls 2 but I used it more for the shitty mobs the game would throw at you.
That and the game pretty much shut out bosses to you if you didn't join certain clans. I'm looking at you Gargoyles and that Rat fucker.
i beat this with my bare hands and then at firelink shrine i kicked that weeaboo peasant off a cliff and stole his shit
>>334860338
>currently blue sentinel
>haven't been summoned once
Holy shit it's like I'm playing Dark Souls 2 all over again!
>>334859397
Easy as fuck and you don't have to come back later to do it. Suck it, britbong, git gud at video games. I know it's hard with that muslim cock down your throat.
>>334860057
Good to know then. Guess I'll keep pumping points. I've already put 5 into it might as well keep going. At least I'll get some decent drops and effects for my weapons.
Although in reality I'll probably just have a really poor build by end game but whatever. I've never been into min/maxing.
>>334859746
>not playing the game as it was intended
Kek
>>334860418
No it doesn't. One minute just to reach it. 5 to kill it.
>>334860519
I still fucking lost to him.
I couldnt get his parry timing down.
So what's the new system in place to keep twinks from tearing apart virgin assholes?
>muh dark souls is hard meme
I want this meme to die
>>334859041
>mfw i led them into the crabs then finished them when they had low enough hp
>mfw the skeletons met the fire demon in the catacombs
>>334861057
>not playing the game the objectively more fun and challenging way.
The bosses are designed to be fought with their attention on one player. You can call it playing the game "as intended." I call it playing the game "with crutches."
>>334860562
>>334860338
>Only been summoned once
>In fucking irythill dungeon
>Right in front of two fucking jailers
>Can see the invader running at me
Sorry guy, you're on your own.
>>334860519
Yeah no you didn't. You're clearly one of those retards who can't handle katana users. kek
>>334847217
if you didn't play the game blindfolded and a midget gnawing on your dick, fucking kill yourself you piece of shit-bitch. how do you even breath? I CAN'T BELIEVE CASUAL SCUM LIKE YOU EVEN EXISTS GOD FUCKING DAMNIT I WANT SCREENSHOTS OF YOU PLAYING NAKED WITH A GODAMN GUN IN YOUR MOUTH LEVEL 1 BEATING THE FINAL BOSS YOU SHITTER
>>334861454
Not all of it, but you're not going to tell me with any amount of credibility that Manus or Artorias, or the Fume Knight are easy fights, for one.
>>334847217
>not doing this on every build
it's got an easy moveset and can't one-shot you
>>334861527
I call it completing all the achievements because my backlog is fuckhuge and I don't want to waste my time on this game the rest of my life.
Getting really tired of the Souls franchise.
>>334861454
I agree with Dark Souls 1 and 3. They're punishing if you don't just focus on patterns and fucking with the AI to your advantage. Otherwise it's very fair.
Dark Souls 2 had lots of bullshit sections and coupled with it's "gotta level a skill that used to come as normal" bullshit I'd say most going into it not familiar with any of the Souls games probably just summoned like motherfuckers.I know I did.
>>334861728
It's also a sponge damage this early on and the reward isn't worth it.
>>334861703
What the fuck? they are easy anon
Answer me this, can you use a single handed hammer, like in DS2?
And there is a shotel in this one as well, right?
I kind of have a thing going
>>334861905
you're right next to a bonfire, it's the only part of that shitty tutorial zone that's engaging
>Expect the first area to be hell
>its easy as piss
I killed the lizard and the tutorial boss on the same go. So far all the bosses are piss easy.
>>334861557
>>334861557
Fucking tower of latria, at least they arent as bad as mindflayers
>>334861557
>>334860562
i played as blue sentinel/darkmoon blade until halfway through NG+, and i got summoned probably 40-50 times.
>>334849148
This
>>334847217
So beat the deacons and big spooky skelly guy and can't seem to get patches to show up in the cathedral or at firelink. Any idea on what to do?
>>334861527
No one gives a shit what you call the game
>>334859582
>All his attacks are predictable and ez to dodge
>Titanite and souls
Anyone who doesn't is a casul
>>334861981
blacksmith hammer and like 3 different shotels
>>334862002
More like no part of that tutorial is engaging. Just move on.
There are areas where this guy will cross your path. I would suggest you fighting them there.
>>334847217
>pretending to not use a shield against said creature and playthrough
>casual calling others casual
Git gud
>>334862224
lol don't be angry
>>334862121
Buy the 20000 key from the store lady and use it out back. He should try to fuck you on the way
>>334862352
I fight them when I see them
there is no reason to avoid the lizard in the tutorial zone as it nets you a decent amount of souls at such an early point in the game
you can always go back later and kill it for the upgrade material but the souls will be less valuable
>>334861620
>no I didn't
get good you fucking shitter. if you bait him to the edge, wait for him to swing, then kick him, he drops right off.
I didn't even know it was there until my 2nd playthrough.
>>334862059
Quick question then, do you need to be embered to do it?
I don't stay in ember form long since I'm a shitter. Maybe that's where I'm going wrong.
>>334861779
Oh, shit, I thought you were bad, but you're just too busy to play it right. Holy shit man, it's like I'm back in third grade with the kid who says he can actually do backflips for real but he's too tired right now
How do you parry in this game? I keep taking chip damage instead of parrying, even against R1 spam. What's the point of parry if it never works.
>>334858851
i thought two handing it felt dumb, the damage increase was minimal
>turn back
>d'oooohkay
>>334861981
As far as I know every weapon in the game can be singled handed.
>>334847217
I killed it first try and got the game first day I STILL HAVE YET TO FINISH THE GAME
>>334858351
Better than pretending you're some kinda pro
>>334862515
not him but i shielded the first encounter with him, got rekt, ran back to bonfire to recoup, then steamrolled him when twohanded my weapon. Not half as hard tit demons from ds1 since you are out of his range after a single roll without even abusing iframes
>mfw i died with 1 hit left
rip me
>>334862741
I liked it's moveset version more.
Just preference I guess.
>>334862709
>never works
there's your problem. You're timing it wrong, fag. Timing's somewhere between DS1 parries and DS2. It's more intuitive than in 2, but a bit more challenging than in 1.
>>334859287
I died more than 3 times against him but i was running ultra greatsword and no shield but once i learnd his attacks he was easy.
>>334862525
Already had it. I've talked with onion bro down in the well so idk what I'm doing wrong. Beat the spooky skelly before the deacons that wouldn't mess with him appearing would it?
>used dark sword
>used broad sword
>uses grass crest in pvp
>used fallen knight set
>unironically died to Iudex Gundyr at least once
>unironically died to Vordt
>unironically died to Old Demon King at least once
>had trouble with the katana master
>had trouble with pontiff knights
>flat out can't parry
>hasn't soloed every boss at least once yet
>needing to summon at all
What are the other signs of an absolute shitter?
>>334859129
He actually has one sweep left-to-forwardright that can catch you by suprise exactly once.
>>334847217
I tried fighting him, but chickened out halfway in and started running.
He kept following me all the way out of his cave, so I baited him out to the cliffside and he rolled right off. It's SUPER fucking easy to do. You still get the drop off him.
>>334862709
If you're taking chip damage you're not doing it right.
You're off by a bit. It's a very small window.
It's why I generally just backstab and move on but by god does it feel good when you pull it off and git gud at it.
>>334847217
I did and I killed first try
>>334863043
On my playthrough, he just appeared on the top floor right side and started grovelling at me and im just confused as shit. Never met him once
>>334862709
I've found 3's parrying to be the easiest.
Maybe try carrying a light parry shield for when you need it, they seem to have a bigger window.
I use Target Shield.
>>334863127
Haha I know right? I HATE [common/popular thing]
>>334863335
Hmm guess I'll continue onwards and wairlt for him to show up then
>tfw didn't even die til I got to undead settlement
>now I get spanked by the archers trying to climb up the area past all the dead giants and fireball dudes
>seriously can't get past these fucking niggers since they fucking pin me to the wall in one shot
Fuck. Maybe I'm under leveled.
>>334863127
mfw i just happened to pick up dark sword and used it by chance
if only i had known at the time
>>334863448
genuine 10/10 shitter detected
>>334853759
>>334855730
Arrowing so many of the skeletons in the catacombs, they just fuck right off the ledges and some even fall right through walls, its great.
>>334863127
>needing to summon at all
It's my cardinal rule for this game that I'm going to not do this so far.I know I'm going to violate that on Abyss Watchers since they'll be violating my ass in oh so many ways
I still allow myself to be summoned for easy souls, helping people, and learning bosses.
>>334857807
>>334853963
>>334850134
>>334849148
bad dark souls community
>>334849515
>>334850415
>>334852932
>>334854156
>>334854393
good dark souls community
>>334862658
no you don't but being embered will get you invaded which will throw you out of the queue to be summoned.
if the sign is pulsing white it's working, but thew other thing is you have to be in an area where you can be invaded/summon people for it to work as well
>just beat dancer first try solo
What? I thought dancer was supposed to be hard?
Dem Carthus rings tho nearly got one shot being stupid. Thanks blood ring.
>>334863759
Hey homie I would probably invade and gesture at you (not necessarily a bow) but I would not expose myself to attack and I would not expect you to respond in kind, see you on the battlefield fellow unkindled.
>>334847217There was a crystal lizard at the start?
>>334863690
They are easy dude just let them kill eachother til he practically near death than fuck his fire sword up.
>>334857841
It's really helpful for upgrading the tree spear which is one of the best weapons to have early as a summoned phantom because free healing.
>>334863127
Caring how other people play games to have fun with them. Literally the worst opinion you can have. its fucking pathetic.
>>334863568
you're supposed to just run up and roll under the arrows
>>334863764
>if the sign is pulsing white it's working
Oh good, thanks. I kept wondering what the hell that blinking meant. I thought it meant I wasn't doing something right since I still hadn't been summoned.
>>334847217
I did. Started as Deprived and didnt level up for the sake of having a real challenge. Also no shields, only dodging and parrying.
Been having fun and so far only AbyssWatchers and Old Demon King made me actually take it serious.
Though sometimes dying to one or two hits by normal enemies is annoying.
>>334864002
yeah, you're not being summoned because all the shitters dropped way of blue for sunbros or whichever invasion covenant they wanted.
i'm SL120 and still get summoned/summon blues every once in a while though. if you ant to help out, then throw on way of blue when you're gonna summon phantoms to help you out or something.
>>334861454
Ever since Demon's Souls the difficulty has steadily been lowered.
That's not just nostalgia either, i went back and tried it and those skeletons still destroy my ass harder than life itself.
>>334864430
Your failure to learn how to parry doesnt make the game harder. Demons Souls was the best in the series because it didn't try its heart out to be hard.
>>334864430
I'm the opposite. I found demons souls easier than all the dark souls games.
>>334864178
>if you want to help out, then throw on way of blue when you're gonna summon phantoms to help you out or something.
Like I posted before though I haven't summoned once yet and I don't want to.
I just throw down my white soapstone for weary travelers. It's a shame though because you're most likely very right. I don't know where the sunbros are yet but I'd have probably already joined them if I knew where to do it.
Sentinels all the way for now though. Here's hoping I get summoned eventually.
>>334847217
Guys how important is stamina? Been upgrading only my vigor and vitality while using a raw weapon since I don't want to decide on what to build now. Is it DaS or BB's level of usefulness?
Also when can I find some scythes or curved swords that don't come in pairs? I just beat Vordt and want something like the scimitar instead of twinblades.
>>334864830
great scythe is found in the next area
>>334864830
1-handing the twinblades is literally just the scimitar
>>334864830
Stamina is the most important anything that you have.
The more dodging potential you have the more the game get easier.
If you've got enough of that sweet, sweet green bar then you're good.
Red bar need not apply at that point.
>>334864780
Sunbros are in the settlement. Just look throughly, you only need to fall in a certain place then open a door.
>>334865174
True, but in BB you had enough to spam rolls and attacks without ever needing to upgrade through the whole game. Most enemies now are still in the phase where I stunlock them so I'm wondering what to do when I can no longer do that.
>>334865152
I like to two-hand the scimitar or use a dagger on the side, besides I think it looks cooler though. Falchion is ugly.
>>334865150
Sweet, thanks.
>>334847217
>got him trapped behind a wall
>hit the wall until he died
such a hard enemy
desu the lizard is good preparation for the boss battles later on, they all one-shot you anyways.
>>334864830
Honestly I'd say Endurance isn't worth it. By the time you get it up to 40 it barely adds any fucking meter whatsoever. You have to pump so many souls into it just to get any fucking noticeable effect whatsoever.
they should have had it give 4 points up to level 20, then 3 to 30, then 2 to 40 softcap.
>>334864830
Measure your stamina by your combos and rolls. Can you pull off your combo and still roll out of it? Then you are good on stamina. If you feel like upping your stamina by 1-2 levels can sneak in an extra hit or roll then theres no reason not too
>>334847217
>friend brings computer over on day 1, we start game at same time
>kill this thing first try
>he spends over an hour on this, and even longer on the second boss
i just dont understand
>>334863127
Hey fuck you Old Demon King has like 15 forms of fucking cheese explosions
>>334847217
why does /v/ consider this series as some sort of rite of passage or secret club. It is one of the most popular games out right now
>>334863885
>I will never be able to draw cute girls as cute as this
>>334866114
Old Demon King has only two that are dangerous and one has a huge startup.
You can just attack and stagger him almost effortlessly
harder or easier than the ogres in dark souls 2?
The ogre was easy but he had one pretty fast and backcrush move
>>334866207
Dark Souls 3 is actually really hard unlike the first game.
>>334866114
he's literally just stray demon with a few extra telegraphed moves
>>334866349
the bosses are actually really easy compared to the old ones. Getting there although is way tougher since the ai is actually aggressive and gank squads
>>334847217
>thought it was just a shitty crystal golem
>walked closer
>turns into sanic
>got scared and ran away
Sorry for the stupid question but is there a good way to compare stats when you're buying equipment?
I know you can press the right stick in your inventory but it doesn't work when you're buying. There's got to be a better option than buying shit to compare everything then selling it back for 1/10th the souls.
>message saying TURN BACK
>started as Herald
>just strafed and poked with spear until ded
I immediately began worrying about this game being too easy.
whats your ring setup? Im using clotheary ring, havel, knight slayer, pontiff right eye.
I love how people who play this game tell others how to play it. Elitism like this is why the fanbase is cancerous, who gives a shit how you play the game as long as you get enjoyment from it.Though I agree with the people who say summoning people to help on a boss is a pussy thing to do, but coop exists in this game for a reason.
>>334866308
Imagine the ogre things from Dark Souls 2 but fast, agile and not just placed randomly like they did with that random one in Scholar going to the first bonfire.
With tangible movesets that make you think about what you're doing.
While I really like Dark Souls 2 beyond it's weaknesses the ogres were a joke and were pumped up way too much.
>>334863127
I only use the fallen knight helm because it goes perfect with Great wolf sword and Abyss watcher Armor. Who watchdog of the great wolf here?
>grabbed
>stand up
>he's starting the grab attack before I've even fully recovered
PLEASE
I BEG YOU
I've fought and beat every little miniboss thing I've come across, like the Crystal Lizard, that beast on the Boreal bridge, the stray demon.
But I wouldn't say anyone who didn't is a casual. That's just retard speak.
>>334866349
>Dark Souls 3 is actually really hard unlike the first game
It's the same thing. Unless you mean Demon Souls, that was nasty.
>>334866438
>the bosses are actually really easy compared to the old ones
bullshit, in Dark Souls armor actually meant something, you could take a good 6-10 hits from most bosses in any decent heavy armor. Hell even if you were wearing shitty rags you wouldn't get one-shotted by every attack.
You could actually use shields to tank through a boss's combo and then punish rather than be forced to autistically abuse invincibility frames.
Most bosses had little health and gave you ample opportunities to punish them. There was no boss like Dragonslayer Armor where he literally only has 2 safely punishable moves.
Most bosses were slow as all fucking shit meaning you could just stay at a distance and bombard them with magic all day until they died. Sif, Ornstein and Smough, and Gwyn are the only examples I can think of where they're fast enough to stay on your ass.
Plus you could literally just make a Lightning Zweihander and never lose any boss ever. Dark Souls has so many ways to cheese out the content, the level of difficulty is nonexistent compared to 3.
>>334866743
Most of the time i summon for a boss is because im still embered throughout the level. I did solo aldrith because of the seething hate of seeing everything destroyed before me
>>334866743
>makes criticism on the community
>immediately does that very same thing
>>334866607
Well, it's exactly as difficult as every other Soulsborne game, which is to say not very because they give you an invincibility button. The only challenge comes from stopping yourself from going ham and getting caught in an animation when the enemy attacks.
>>334866878
Cathedral helm + drang armor here.
>summon people outside the door to Vordt
>run around in circles and point up the stars towards the knights like I need help killing them
>go through the fog door to Dancer
>watch SL10-20 people get fucking bodied by Dancer in seconds
Literally more fun than invading.
You people that are so gud that you can beat every single boss on first try without summoning anyone... what build are you playing exactly ? I'm playing a pure STR, no magic, no bullshit, huge shields, huge weapons, huge armor character and I swear some of these bosses are just downright impossible. I end up needing to summon people more than half the time.
Why is poise so shit ? I block one, maybe two hits if im lucky with that huge black iron shield before i'm out of stamina then I get hit once for half my fucking health. What's the fucking point of boosting stamina/poise/using huge shields ?!
>>334866743
I don't think it's 100% serious but most of the stuff people say is bad like summoning/using cheese weapons such as the drake sword or magic to beat a boss is actually a bad thing to do
You're going to feel way more accomplished beating the game normally without resorting to summoning ect and I think anyone new to the series put off by summoning is going to enjoy the game more than the player who is unaware it's bad and romps through the game with 3 summons every fight
>>334867105
Mah nigga I rock that for my winged knight halberd.
>>334867163
>I'm playing a... no bullshit
Gonna stop you there. "b-b-but i gotta be like gattzu" is some considerable self-imposed bullshit.
>>334867310
Wtf is a gattzu. I'm just playing the same character I played in Dark Souls 1
>>334866952
Dragonslayer armour seems like a bad example. Don't get me wrong I'm finding every boss past Pontiff to be tedious 'roll roll swing' creatively bankrupt copy pastes of each other but unless you're using ultra weapons Dragonslayer can be punished after every one of his attacks. Like EVERY snoozefest boss in the game he's roll left and swing a couple times the boss.
I didn't think I'd be saying this but I really miss shit like gaping dragon, sif, or even gimmick bosses.
>>334866586
bump for any answer
>>334867307
The cape works too well for the spinning weapons. I use it with drang hammers
>>334866438
>Ludex Gundyr
>easier than Phat-Ass Demon
That alone negates your comment.
That was FROM's best intro ever into a Souls game ever. It was difficult and gave multiple opportunities to actually parry a boss and had multiple parts which give leeway to showing how elemental damage helps.
That was one DAMN well constructed intro area and boss.
If you could get out of that area and NOT know how every basic principle of a soul's game is constructed then you're retarded. Not perfect but near perfect.
>>334867163
Quality build here and turns out the sword you can make besides the sword with the dagger. The one with Artorias weapon art and full abyss armor with fallen knight helm no Shield. It's not that bad the only one I had to summmon for is Aldrich so far
I played Deprived and beat it on my first try. He's piss easy as everyone has said. All his attacks are retardedly telegraphed
>>334867408
Dragonslayer can be punished on almost any of his attacks, but he can only be SAFELY punished (that is, without any fear of him starting up a new combo in the middle of your punish) on two attacks, the long range shield smash and the lightning strike.
anything else and he's liable to punch you in the face with a non-telegraphed close range shield attack that one-shots you.
>>334866878
I got no summons so dropped them for purple and darkmoon invasions.
Either way, using Karla's hat with Faraam's set.
>>334867721
What level are you anon I get it non stop in the mid 30s 40s
>>334867537
>which give leeway to showing how elemental damage helps
I don't disagree but care to elaborate on this part? I don't think you can do elemental damage unless you pick a spell based class by the at point.
>cash in all my shit for like 10 levels and upgraded sword
>one shotting enemies in current area now
>get to next area, get fucking raped by curse mark Sasukes, giant crabs and black knight
I'm too casual for this shit
>>334859559
it's a completely useless waste of stats
>>334867854
Was late 20s by the time I was done. EIther way I'm 54 now so I should try aldritch's instead.
>>334867932
>Cursed mark sasuke
Wut
>>334859559
Luck is literally Dark Souls 1 Resistance tier
in fact it's recommended that you ALWAYS start as either a Knight or Pyromancer simply because they have the lowest luck.
>people actually died in this game
how does it feel being a scrub? you are not even able to finish the game without dying, just kys
>>334867878
I mean in the way of new people who may be trying class after class and being shit at it.
Pyromancer crops up and then you realize the dark form gets damaged way more by it.
Some may not even try but I can see a lot of people just spam-trying new classes after dying and then learning it.
It's a great area for people not accustomed to souls in general getting a fine intro into it.
>>334847217
Not doing a SL1, Deprived and using this ring? Fucking casuals man.
>>334868026
>Invade constantly
>If they start summoning and shit I'll fight in pure bitch mode, running between tough enemies and taunting constantly.
>If they're alone, I'll do the toast emote. If they toast with my, I black crystal out.
>If they try to fight me 1v1 I'll fight them
>Only Estus if they do
Now if only I were a better fighter.
>>334867537
>L
I'm sick of this meme
>>334868238
wait what dont fucking tell me this ring means I am getting double the damage
>>334866114
tfw I got trapped inside old demon king's weapon at twice.
retarded as hell
>>334868330
I know what he looks like but no enemies look like him.
>>334868157
beat DaS1 without dying thanks to Lightning Zweihander +5, Havel's Ring and Flip Ring, Giant armor, Grass Crest shield and Child mask, and Soul Arrow and Greater Soul Arrow
>>334867652
Fair enough. I was running a warden twinblade bleed build so I'd sidestep and then go ham so I never let him get far enough away to really do much.
I'm REALLY disappointed with these bosses though. They're by and large far more tedious than actually difficult which is a shame because the rest of the game is pretty god damn splendid.During the Dancer transition to phase 2 if I was doing the fight solo I could get him to <10% health before he finished the animation for drawing his second sword because lolbleed damage
im trying the carthus beacon. Is it meant to be complete shit? Compared to the flame arc, it takes more prerequisites, buffs less initial and maximum damage, takes two slots, shorter duration. Whats the fucking point other than non weapon enchant? Isnt deep protection better as well?
>>334868416
*doesn't tell you*
>>334867441
press X to switch to the stats screen
>>334868634
Sasuke doesn't have four wings or feathers. Their crow people get it right
>>334867163
I just finished an all STR Greatsword +10 build and the I never died more than 2 times to any boss but Sulyvahn and one other, and Sulyvahn only because I know suck impossibly hard at parrying in these games.
Even Nameless King wasn't that bad (5 tries) cause your sheer damage is outrageous with the quick resin's being a thing now. Honestly BB got me never wanting to use a shield because it's far more boring than rolling.
>>334868238
>He hasn't equipped 3 Clutch rings as well
>He isn't wielding a weapon he doesn't meet the stat requirements for
>He hasn't intentionally equipped enough gear to get overburdened
Fucking casual piece of shit, you're the cancer ruining gaming.
>>334868509
I think its the birdmen after the sacrifice road or something.
>>334868467
That happened to me with Wolnir. I rolled on his one slam attack and was stuck inside the hitbox of his one hand until I got dragged back into the deathfog.
>>334868416
I you wear nothing, yeah.
>>334868648
piece of shit and i wonder why the game is so fucking hard
>>334868380
>invade constantly
Now, I've never invaded once.
No kidding. Not one Souls game but I got like 5 of them from some fucker in Firelink.
If I wanted to be an ass, how do you get more? Through covenants or something?
>>334868984
Use them, win an invasion, fucker will come back and try to tempt you more.
Alternatively you can find an item in the settlementwhere you fought the big demonand he'll also show up. Infinite invasions after that. You can also join an area covenant.
>>334868984
there's a masked HEH NOTHING PERSONAL KID guy who leans against the top throne in Firelink
he'll give you 5 cracked Red Eyes
when you get enough Pale Tongues (gained both by invading and winning and picked up in the game world) he'll give you a key to a stupid location where you kill a guy and get an inifnite Red Eye.
>>334866885
>That neck snap when it actually kills you with the grab
>>334869340
I don't know about the tongues but I know that getting the Cliff Underside (or whatever its called) in Undead Settlement is the trigger for him to give you the lift key.
>>334869184
>win an invasion
*this kills the spirit*
Guess I better gather my little nuts and try it for once. I hate being an ass but I want to experiment.
I'll probably just get gangraped by sunbros and company.
>all this people playing legit
>while i used a trainer and maxed out all stats with inf stamina and health
Wew fags
>>334864576
It's easier in general but with bigger roadblocks. Man eaters might still be the hardest boss in a souls game
rate my build? i can't fit in GMB while staying at SL 120, unless i want to drop my health down to nothing
>>334868984
talk to the guy that gave you the cracked orbs, he'll show up again when you get a pale tongue, then go to that lift in the tower on high wall and the darkwraith will drop one.
>>334869813
You don't need to win, finding the actual item is way easier and the better alternative.
>>334863127
I summoned Sirris and Anri every time I could because I thought it was part of their sidequests.
>>334869862
forgot picture
:)
Isn't starting as deprived the best for long term leveling provided I can get over the initial difficulty?
>>334847217
First time, I ran from it and somehow it died alone.
Second time that I recreated a character I did beat it on my own though.
>>334869971
it puts all the stats at 10, sometimes the other classes can be better if the stat distribution agrees with your build since some of the stats start off below 10.
>>334847217
I'll fucking raise you, and tell you that I beat it first attempt without being hit even one time.
I jerked off as I typed that.
>>334869971
Deprived being hard is a meme. You start with a great weapon and ok stats. The only shitty thing is the shield.
>>334869934
>finding the actual item
Please explain.
>>334869971
All have the same amount of stat distributed.
Knight and Pyro are considered better because they have the lowest Luck since this stat is very uselees unless you're going for something specific.
>>334869971
Knight and Pyromancer are the best because they have 7 Luck as well as great equipment.
Deprived and Assassin are next best, Deprived for the leveling, Assassin for starting with the overpowered Estoc.
The other classes are a mix, honestly Cleric is the worst due to Miracles being worthless.
>>334863759
Holy fuck you're a fucking faggot
>>334870161
So Luck is actually useless?
I figured I could get good weapon drops at least.
>>334870161
>due to Miracles being worthless.
This, seriously what the fuck were they thinking. FAITH build is fucking horrible. All those bishop and priest clothes, for nothing. A HOLY sword that doesn't scale with faith? I know japs don't like churches but goddammit.
>>334870337
Your drop chance goes up by 1 per point. It is absolutely a completely worthless stat, worse than Resistance in DaS1.
If you're really desperate for item discovery just equip an item that gives it. lord knows you'll get the Mimic head at some point because there are more mimics in DaS3 than actual fucking chests.
>>334869957
>dragon tooth hasn't infinite durability anymore
Is this true or am I missing something?
>>334869971
No, deprived gets 10 in every stat, while say, knight, while being level 9 (so with theorically 8 more points than deprived) actually has 2 into VIG, 1 in END, 5 in VIT, 3 in STR and 2 in DEX, putting him 5 effective levels better than deprived if you intend to go full melee. If you want to use only sorceries or only miracles , this number goes to 4 and if you'd like both or pyromancies, it goes to 3.
>>334870161
Does upgrading my pyromancy flame increase the power of the fire weapon spell?
jesus christ lads
this guy is a fucking faggot
>>334859397
aint got time for your bullshit, people like to be efficient
>>334870698
that's me
>>334870351
Maybe they felt like it was too powerful in DaS1.
which to be fair it was, I would run under the dragon, sunbro within 30 minutes, and farm up medals for eternity at Gargoyles. Just two-shot them with the lightning over and over, shit was easy.
got maximum faction level in less than 4 hours.
>>334870495
>there are more mimics in DaS3 than actual fucking chests
Someone told me this and I thought they were exaggerating, but holy shit, they weren't. There are like twice as many mimics as chests.
>>334870141
The trigger for infinite invades is to talk to the NPC.
He only shows up if you have an item in your possession.
Such item is obtained by killing some enemies (too early for that), winning an invasion (3v1 will be hard for a new guy to PvP) or finding it in a zone (can be done as early as undead settlement).
The last opton is the easiest, of course. You simply go to that area I told you and look for it.
If you want directions it'sin one of the bodies hanging right past the fire demon, you can shot an arrow or cut it from inside the building I think.
The item is calledpale tongue.
I had difficulty with pontiff until I realized that his clone did the exact same moves he did but one second earlier. Basically keep fighting him as normal but dodge twice when you would have dodged once
>mfw I reached the end of the game without knowing that the Uchigatana can parry
I just summoned a dark spirit in fight club who was using one and I've never felt so rekt in my life.
>>334847217
Are you one of those fucking cucks who want to have an "easy" mode in this game, fuckoff u cunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbR7MYGPR6c
>>334868613
Pls respond
>mfw ganking invaders all day
>they expect a fair fight.
>>334870870
is it for a joke? seriously asking here, its a little outrageous, it seems like 1/5 chests are real, the rest being mimics, maybe even 1/7
>>334870698
Try staying mid range. His lunges are more easy to roll from/predict.
I tried hugging the bastard and I just could not read his attacks. Every time I thought I was safe he'd hit me, everytime I thought he'd hit me he stood there like a faggot.
Then mid-fight he starts charging his spear or whatever and you can just pound on him/poise break him over and over. It's amazing.
Took me like 40 tries, buddy. I'm right there with you.
>>334847217
He did a 4 hit combo chomp attack that I didn't expect that killed me. On the other hand, I killed Champion Gundyr first try while being underleveled. It's a matter of what to expect and what not to expect.
>>334863043
Go back up the elevator and back down
>>334870521
So knight or pyro, no deprived, got it.
Now where can I get more heavy/sharp gems? They really made scaling worth it in 3, I like it much more than the elemental infusions being better for everything like in 2
>>334870495
is the mimic head by chance, or an actual drop point in a specific chest, been trying to look for it for the covenant items
>>334870337
40dex/40str/40luck with hollow infusion is potentially highest damage on some weapons. It's just useless until you get to NG+ soul levels. Note that you only need 30 luck because each hollow infused weapon gives you +5 luck.
>>334871285
You get some early on from crystal lizards, early enough that it'll be before you find its coal, so just explore.
>>334847217
What if i didn't even find him?
>>334871113
>>334871113
It sort of works lorewise i guesssince ds1 the place has been raided multiple times by chosen undead and ashen ones that mimics started reproducing to fill up all the empty chests
>>334871009
There's already an easy mode though.
>>334871307
I just got one, I think it's random like in DaS1 but I'm not 100%.
>>334863127
I bet you didn't use Cestus, casual
>People think you need to summon to win.
You can just admit you're a casual faggot
>get summoned
>host is already with 3 sunbros
>use the black crysta
I'm not gonna help that guy.
>i actually did this
a-am i good!?
Best place/enemies to farm titanite chunks? I'm at the end of the game and want to upgrade a couple weapons without spending a 13k on each chunk from the old lady.
>mfw all these invader tears
>put summon sign that says try skill before each boss with spread out gesture
>non-stop recommendations
JEJ
>finish the game with a UGS strength build
>decide to roll an Assassin to try out dex
>rush to Moundmakers + Red Eye Orb
>been invading people all day in the undead settlement
>most of the time it's host+1 phantom + blueberry
>still win most of the time
I never PVP'd in souls outside of being invaded until now. Jesus fuck this is fun as shit.
>>334866952
You could actually use shields to tank through a boss's combo
I just learned how to not block because it cost way too much stamina and roll because rolling in das3 cost nothing
>>334867537
>Ludex Gundyr
nigga you can parry the shit out this guy and when he transforms you roll out and get a hit in then back the fuck up.
I'm not saying the game is easy but the bosses themselves. Souls series have been out for awhile now they pretty much just shit them out every year or every other year. The only thing that really threw me off was that the rolling felt floating as fuck like the made the animation faster or something and how the parry has a delay.
>>334847217
>needing to feel superior through a video game
>shitposting about your "skill" on a Taiwanese basket weaving board
>tfw I can't parry for shit
is it me or does it feel harder to pull off compared to the other games?which I haven't played in ages
>>334871768
>invading with a +2 Fire Broadsword
>R1 to victory against Gank Squads
I got 30 pale tongues in 17 invasions. You get two from Blue's.
Poor fuckers.
>>334860121
>I let other people play the game for me.
Whats the point of even playing then?
>>334871341
is that better than using using a refined gem that focuses on the scaling of str and dex
>>334871467
makes sense, not really complaining, an item and souls? better than just having an item lol
>>334871473
hopefully i dont have to get to ng+ just to find it
>>334871626
shouldnt enemies give alot of souls end game? id just wear the gold covetus, and silver, fight those enemies, giving u a chance for chunks and more souls, so u can buy them and find them
>mfw Warden Twinswords with Carthus Rouge
>le instant 700damage bleed combo
>>334872024
luckily there's like 3 mimics for every actual chest in DaS3 so you get plenty of chances
>>334863127
>got stuck inside ODK's hammer when he happened to move it near me
>literally unable to move as he spammed the downthrust flame shit into the instant firebreath
wew lad can't believe that turned me into an absolute shitter :^)
>>334871976
Probably the achievements
>HA! I BEAT THIS GUY ON MY FIRST TRY EVEN THOUGH IVE PLAYED THESE GAMES FOR YEARS!
>WHAT?! YOU LOST EVEN THOUGH IT WAS YOUR FIRST PLAYTHROUGH OF A SOULS GAME EVER? GTFO SHITTER!
Us gamers, huh?
I killed this, Gundyr, Boreal Knight, Tree balls and Crystal ball all on my first try. Am I finally gud or is this easy?
>>334871563
>get summoned
>start boss fight
>host just sits in the corner expecting you to do all the work
At that point I just pull the boss to them and die on purpose. Fuck you I'll help you out but I'm not doing all the goddam work asshole.
Just throwing some thought out there for dark souls 3, but would u guys want like a "secret area" just literally rooms of different bosses, bosses from the previous games, or is that just not appealing. Honestly i think it would be nice
>>334872445
Just a boss rematch option without needing to use summons please. Ascetics were good for that.
>>334847217
Used all my estus but I did it. I already could feel my heart racing.
>'white phantoming' with player
>someone invades
>we meet at one of the narrow passageways in Lothric
>he lets us clear out the enemies before fighting us
>I sit applaud and sit
>watch them duel for a little bit
>take off the ring and approach host on his blind side and then the red and I proceed to culturally enrich his delicious embered ass
>>334872342
Guess you aren't a Sun Bro.
Fucker.
Dumb fucker too. You get less of a reward if they get creamed like that. Whereas if you could easily handle it anyway yourself, you get more rewards.
But noooo, you are LOSING SOMETHING when they act like a shitheel.
Send them hate mail or make a derisive gesture when you are on your way home.
>>334871972
Sadly madwraiths can only get 1 vertebra per invasion.
Still fun
Trying to make a paladin build, fucking juggling vitality endurance strength attunement and faith is killing me and I feel like I'm missing out on one thing for another, just beat abyss walkers and find the lack of heavy armor kind of shitty, any ideas on where I can pick some up
>>334872724
>using noob crutch heals
You're a casual and you need to kill youself
>>334872804
Yeah but you can have absolute hilarious fun shit with the white ring since it can become such a clusterfuck blue's don't know what is going on anymore.
>>334872823
the firelink maiden, if u bring her ashes of some sort (one of the early ones i believe), you should be able to buy exile armor from her, pretty good stuff in terms of heavy armor, later u can get havels
>>334872823
Just get enough strength to use the weapon you want, enchant it with Darkmoon Blade/Lightning Weapon or Blessed weapon or whatever the strongest Faith scaling one is called now, that's where you damage comes from.
>>334871976
Man you guys just make up whatever kind of shit you want to make summoning sound like some kind of sin.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to play the game with other people.
Can you still use resin on sharp and heavy infused weapons?
Why do none of the covenant rewards offer anything good for melee characters
Literally nothing for str characters
>>334873040
Yea, I'm 100% sure you can on some. Not sure if there are some that may be infused, but not buffed.
>>334872342
>>334872342
>fighting pontiff
>summoned two phantoms
>i run into fight, they stay back
>they die without doing anything after pontiff lunged at them
Guys, come on
>>334872823
>lack of heavy armor
Deal with it.
Armor in 3 is quite literally, except for 1 or 2 sets of the heaviest armor in the game, wet paper.
You're better off learning to dodge and parry.
>>334873194
Alright, thanks
>>334873314
exile and havels seems to be alright, but yeah dodging is a must still. Heavy armor is not bad if u want to last a bit longer is the thing
>>334847217
>You should do what I did or else you're casual!
Alright then, go kill the Dancer, Consumed King, and Champion Gundyr at SL25 with a +2 weapon, and if you can't, you're "casual scum".
Just because I did something as a challenge for myself doesn't mean others need to play the same way I did or conform to my self-imposed rules. Faggot.
>>334870698
Equip high def armor & lighting res.
Equip the ring with increased iframes.
Use the dark damage resin.
Watch him die like a faggot.
>>334872880
Where do you get the white phantom ring in DS3?
I assume the cap for each stat is still 99? I'm gonna try to get to max level. And highest NG+ if there is one.
>>334866885
That's actually fucked up.
You're wakeup animation isn't invicible but you can't cancel the shit with a roll or block.
Fix this shit From.
>invading as mad purple after Pontiff
>there's another purple trying to kill host
>suddenly a red appears
>then an invading sunbro appears
>decide to kill the other purple because too many wildcards
>then an aldrich faithful appears
>everyone goes against host and die to crossfire
>I'm the only one alive and wave while fading
>>334850134
>Avoided it
I didn't even know it was there. I thought the soapstone warning was to tell you that there was a sudden dropoff in the water that would kill you, just to acclimate new players to the bullshit the games pull off sometimes.
>>334873517
From my testing, Armor can allow you to get hit about one extra time, on most of the hard hitting enemies.
Not that it really matters since those enemies usually have 8 hit combos or a huge swing arc and barely any downtime, sometimes both. If you get hit, you're losing ~1/3 of your health anyways.
Small enemies will still stunlock and fuck you up the ass, even with decent poise.
And to actually equip full havels/smaug's/exile you're gonna have to invest pretty much into vitality, which is in my opinion, just not worth it.
I just equip enough to fast roll, forget about vitality and get the i-frame ring.
>>334873921
Multi-way pvp is fucking amazing. I forget, was it possible in past Souls games? I know you could get 2v1 or 3v1 but that's less fun.
>sunbroing anor londo
>get summoned
>get invaded at top of stairs
>swing my fuckhuge axe
>invader tries a slick parry with a pussy shield
>he misses
>chunk out half his health with my +6 greataxe
>followup hit kills him
>point down as he fades
>mfw
HACKED
TO PIECES
>>334874479
Madwraith is love
Madwraith is life.
>>334860338
You get rewards for escorting the host to the boss as well.
I fucked up /v/ and killed Leonhard and Hawkwood too early to get their full loot.
>>334874479
I don't think you could, but now you have purples, red and invading sunbros. I wish dorkmoons, wolfags and aldritch had their unique summoning sign.
>>334847217
But the sign told me not to
>>334874479
Forest in Dark Souls 1 was gankland, usually 3v1 but sometimes, 3v1v1v1.
The blue bro covenant from 2 didn't work for shit.
And I haven't gotten any of the two identical blue bro covenants to work in 3 yet.
>>334874779
I thought invading sunbros were just regular redwraiths who looked different.
Aren't they?
>>334874883
They get and ember and medal if kill the host.
>>334873834
Level up at Yoel and keep dying until you reach 15 hollowing so you can level up a total of 5 times.
After Yoel dies there will be a new NPC next to him called Yuria who sells the ring.
>>334874827
What level are you? Because it seems like it picks based on level and location.
>>334863127
>Used x items
God fucking forbid some people like variety
>Unironically dying even once to these bosses
M8.. Everybody makes mistakes, and in DS3 bosses punish hard for even a single mistake. Not going to call anybody a shitter for letting the hares escape while they're still figuring the boss moveset out.
>had trouble with the katana master
Fucker hits hard at low SL, and not everybody has the presence of mind to slap him off the ledge.
Pontif knights (I asume you mean those dancing ice faggots in Irythill) are very, very punishing to safe players. They are a bravery check, if you don't get the first hit (or effectively use hyper armor) in you'll get anally raped. There's nothing wrong with people having trouble with an enemy who changes up the formula.
>flat out can't parry
This one's actually kind of a decent point to make. Learning to parry requires lots of trial and error to get the timing down just right, and just flat out refusing to do so is taking the easy road.
>hasn't soloed every boss/needing to summon
The only good point I'll be actually conceding to you. Summoning does make bosses into a complete joke, it's essentially a "get-out-of-boss-free" card.
imma about to take on Aldrich, for far in the game am i?
>>334874827
I literally sat in one of the babysitting covenants for 80% of the game and never got summoned.
>>334875183
Depends on how many Lords you have killed.
Crystal lizard separates the men from the boys right off the bat. I didn't proceed till I killed that fuck
>>334875316
farron and the giant are down.
>>334874508
hehehehe my name is betty, my nipples look like milkduds
>>334872876
>he was actually wearing armor during the fight
he is indeed a casual and should kys
>>334875482
Not to spoil to much, but consider equipping a ring of sacrifice after killing Aldrich. Also there are at least a few bosses left to endgame.
>>334875113
Have been in blue blade whatever since about level ~50.
Am ~100 now and been switching between blue blade and dorkmoon since I got dorkmoon.
Besides the time I farmed 30 sunbro medals for GLS, which turned out to be trash.
The icon flashes, whatever the fuck that means, but I have never gotten summoned.
My guess is that the person you can get summoned to help, has to be in the way of the blue, which people only are when they haven't gotten any other covenants.
From learned nothing from 2, It was a bad system then, it's a bad system now.
Dorkmoon was better in 1, where you could invade invaders.
>using consumables
>wearing armor
>not staying at sl1
>using weapons
>dying
>using bonfires
Why are you all such filthy casuals
>>334863127
Can't parry, hasn't soloed all the bosses and needing to summon are the only valid points.
>>334875748
Blueberries should have just been one covenant. Maybe two, where one only gets defended.
It would probably trigger more if dorkmoons got summoned to help other dorkmoons.Also, dorkmoons should be able to get summoned to helpdickwraiths
>>334874721
you need to stay alive and not die 20 seconds after you're summoned for that to happen, every blue phantom that's come to assist has either died to the first mob they found or died to R1 spam as soon as they see the red phantom. literal shitters
>>334875748
When it flashes it searches and you underestimate how many that switches to way of blue the moment they get invaded. Try hanging out in endgame locations where you can kind of expect higher level players to be like archdragon peak.
>all the crystal lizards Chosen Undead missed in the Great Hollow grew into SpaceGodzilla
>>334875985
That makes no sense lorewise at all. Dorkmoons should get summoned to punish faggots.
>>334875738
Not him but when that happened i justhomewarded as soon as possible. Nice to have it on the first menu slot
>>334876105
You never been a blue Phantom have you? Some of the spawn points are straight up shit and isolates you with mobs.
>>334876378
>lore
kill yourself
>get called to the archives because host is beign invaded
>help host to clear the stage
>we never find the invader
>host is near of the boss gate
>host activates an elevator
>suddenly invader dies
That was anticlimatic.
>>334872724
> knight
wow heckity heck you really must have hsd a hard time!
>>334876409
I didn't do any of those, so I had to prioritize getting it back again.
>>334847217
OP here
Why the fuck did this thread blow up, I wuz joking
>>334875738
Why would you do that? You can leave the Dancer's room without triggering her fight or homeward bone.
>>334875985
The entire point of dorkmoon isto fuck dickwraiths up the ass.
They should just bring back being able to invade invaders when they're in their own world.
Or just allow dorkmoons to "help out" anyone when they're being invaded, because they don't actually care who they help, they justhate and want to fuck up dickwraiths..
Why there are two identical covenants is beyond me.
>>334876128
Do I need to be kindled?
If that's the case, I'm gonna get invaded before I get summoned.
>>334876585
>get summoned in swamp
>red phantoms left and right
>keep pushing to snuff the fires
>ended up trading with a red phantom as the host deals with mobs
It was pretty fun way to go
>>334876832
Because that ass was more fascinating.
>>334877136
No kindling required.
I want easy pvp summons as I ruin someone's day and get great rewards, what's the bell covenant of DaS3?
>>334878163
Aldrich Faithful.
Or Watchdogs, but they're more akin to the Forest Hunters
>>334878163
Wolfags and Aldrich.
Instead of GET OUT FROM MY TOWER you get GET OUT FROM MY FOREST and GET OUT FROM MY CASTLE.
>>334878163
Wolf or Aldrich covenant. No getting upgrade mats for kills, or at least I don't think so.
>>334878339
>LEAVE MY GODEATER QT3.14 ALONE
>WRRRRAAAAAAAAAA
>>334847217
killed him on first try. Wasn't hard.
>>334847217
The knights in highwall of lothric are a lot harder I beat him with ease the first time, but those knights really pushed my shit in.
>no Blue Eye Orb
>Sentinels and Dorkmoons are literally the exact same covenant, they share ranks, leader and rewards
I joined the police to kill people, not babbysit people that don't exist.
>>334878326
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>>334878386
Don't I have to kill the two dog demons in the castle behind a hidden wall to join aldrich?
>>334878905
You do, have fun with that.
They don't re-spawn though.
>>334878905
Yes, but you can pull one with a bow and arrow.
>>334878905
Literally wack them on the head like 2 or 3 times and you can riposte them.
>>334873618
gayest post in topic
im slightly stuck on yhorm the giant, to defeat him, its merely just rolling in our of his legs and stabbing him to death right?
>>334880603
Use the Storm Ruler retard
>>334872950
>>334872983
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>>334873314
thanks for the tips, jabronies
>>334847217
Holy shit I just solo'd dragonslayer armor and it FEELS SO GOOD.
It took me four tries so it wasn't even like it was some huge wall I had to overcome but still, it was just such a satisfying fight. The music, the setting, the dragon thingies shooting shit from the sideline, it was all great.
>>334847217
>get my ass beat as thief
>go knight
>don't even get hit once
>>334880685
nice, just like in demon souls
>>334857905
Yeah the first half of the game is easy. This is coming from someone who is bad at the game.
>>334881490
Unlike Demon's Souls you can actually use Storm Ruler outside of that fight, too, although the weapon art isn't free outside the fight with Yohrm.You get a second Storm Ruler after the fight too.
>>334866885
>the one of those faggots they put behind an invisible wall in close quarters in demon ruins
>>334857905
Mate I'm shit at souls games and I cleared up to Abyss Watchers without dying to bosses
>>334873907
>you can't cancel the shit with a roll
Yes you can
>>334881703
hot damn that was an awesome fight, that sword is 10 times more badass than the demon souls version
