Dark souls III confession thread? last one hit limitI'm doing a vigor/dex build
>>335434783
I didn't feel like pirating the game so I just watched someone else play it
>>335434935
at least you didn't pirate
I just finished my first playthrough blind, then read about the ends. I'm so fucking upset.I found all the steps to the lord of hollows quest, but I thought you finish it by giving FK the eyes then killing her at the first flame.
Then I MISSED the chance to kill her, because I turned to look around when it went dark, not knowing you have a limited time window, and got the stupid dark ending.
AND IT TURNS OUT YOU WERE JUST SUPPOSED TO LINK THE FIRE NORMALLY FOR THE QUEST.
I AM FUCKING UPSET.
>>335434783
I killed Anri the moment I met her for the armor.
Second go around, I helped her defeat Aldrich, but also killed her later when she hollowed.
Third go I did the Lord of Hollows ending and I fucked her over more than ever, I guess?
I think I will stick with the 2nd option from now on, felt the least bad about that one.
>tfw she left me her sword and told me not to come looking for her
>>335434783
i died once to wolnir
>>335434783
i gave myself a shitton of titanite because i didnt want to grind
>>335434783
beat nameless king easy but cant beat the final boss
if you don't level vigor to at least 20 then you are useless as a phantom and will get shit on in PvP from 2 hits (enjoy dying from latency)
people with 400 HP have no place online. It's not even fun to kill them when they invade me because the fight only lasts 3 hits
I'm already burned out.
I put 300 hours into 1, played it through like 3 times in a row.
I put 700 hours into 2, played it constantly making new builds to PvP with.
I've played through 3 once, made a couple new characters and got up Sulyvahn and just stopped. I've lost my urge to play until DLC comes out and it's just such a bummer to me.
I loved the game but it's driving me crazy that I have no urge to play it over and over again like I did with 1 and 2.
>>335438002
That reminds me. I have to replay that game.
The areas are dense as fuck. Especially Irithyll.
>>335434783i'm almost at the end of the game and I co-op literally all the boss fights i could.
>>335438251
taking a break isn't a bad thing
I've pirated the game and dropped it because it's boring as shit and crashes every now and then.
>>335438251
we've been bombarded by soulsborne games these last couple of years. It's a prime example of "too much of a good thing"
>>335435758
Can you imagine what would have happened if he had?!
I don't even wanna think about it
>>335434783
Alright, I'll admit it. I was a Dark Sword memelord.
What are some other good weapons?
I keep replaying the first 10 hours trying to figure out what type of character to play.
Gonna start a new game and co-op it all with a friend, mainly to get invaded via dried finger.
Probably gonna hang out at the crab swamp for awhile.As Shrek and Donkey
>>335434783
Summoned for Abyss Watchers because I was under leveled. Summoned for Twin Princes because fuck them. Used black bow of pharis on second phase of Nameless King.
I died more to Wolnir than any other boss in the game, followed by Yhorm the Giant.
>>335434783
I didn't know about Smouldering Lake/Demon Ruins till after I beat the final boss.
Currently using a Dark Sword on my second character
I just think it looks really cool
I've spent 14 hours trying to beat the dancer and I haven't even defeated Vordt yet.
>>335435758
faggot
>>335442568
>Want to kill the fat ice boss over and over
>Leave my sign in front of his door
>Get summoned
>Host summons two more guys
>Runs to the dancer
>Every single time
>>335440771
Butcher's Knife
Gargoyle's hammer, nor sure about spear
Carthus curved sword and curved greatsword
Black knight weapons
Dragonslayer great axe
Great axe
Fists if you think you are good enough
I hacked my stats to 99 while keeping my soul level at 1.
I twink all day.
I died to Aldrich more than any other boss in the game, I just finally got him tonight after summoning four times in a row and dying each time. I'm sure the people I summoned had a good laugh, one time I died immediately due to his hail of arrows. Like within the first ten seconds, it was even funny to me.
>>335440771
Astora Greatsword is a blast.
Ultra Greatsword moves with the lance's weapon skill. Pretty useful, even without FP.
>>335442568
I never even fucking realized you can fight her before Vordt. Which I guess means you can go right to Lothric castle. That's some meta speedrun shit.
40+ tries on abyss watchers now. I refuse to summon so I can get gud but fucking hell this shit is infuriating
>>335443352
be super patient on the second phase and only attack when he uses two hands and jumps. its his laggiest move. stay away and force him to do it. The key to that fight is patience and keeping distance. once you figure that out everything just clicks.
>>335434783
I used a walkthrough to make sure to get all the NPC quests and covenants right.
>>335443185
It's a shortcut IF you can beat her. Being so early in the game you'll likely get creamed in one hit so there is no room error and its a chore chipping off her heath as you can only upgrade your weapon to a max +4 if you try to do it before Vordt.
>>335443352
Fire resist.
>>335434783
I want to start a DEX build too, beat it the first time as STR and then as a pyromancer.
dex is fun
im 2hing a scythe right now.
I ran through almost every in lothric castle and past it till i got to the twins.
Every enemy pissed me off and i couldnt enjoy the amazing scenery in the end game levels because of me being a bitch and running.
>>335441346
>Abyss Watchers
>Co-oped because underleveled
Wtf bro, that fight's not all that hard if you pick the right moments.
>>335443352
First phase:
>only attack when there are an odd number of watchers present
Second phase:
>roll away, hit once, roll away
Vague but basically the easiest way of doing it if you're melee. If you're sorc/pyro it shouldn't be a problem at all.
>>335443458
Kys
>>335434783
What's the point of doing a dex build? Str builds are just as good but they also build up your fire resist as a bonus. Str just seems more efficient.
>>335443465
You can summon the Uchigatana guy for her if you killed him. His sign is outside Vordt's fog door if it's still there.
>>335443857
Different weapons? Its not all about min/maxing.
>>335442568
Dancer is a late game boss though. Is she easier when you choose to fight her early?
>>335443465
It's not a shortcut.
You can't get into the grand archives because the key that drops in front of the bonfire after Dragonslayer armor doesn't appear until the first 3 lords are dead.
>>335434783
I'm fighting Yorm at SL35, The average mob 2 shots me.Send help
>>335438251
Because 3's PvP is garbage. I did the same thing in 2 trying out new builds to pvp with. 712 hours of gameplay. I'm not having fun with Ds3 pvp at all. Weapons are boring, each class of weapons pretty much has the same exact moveset save for 1-2 weapons, only thing that changes is the battle arts and some many are copy pasted.
Dark Souls 3 was made to cater to PvE faggot casuals and it does that well. I'll admit it, the PvE in this game is better than the other games, but the PvP is awful.
>>335443870
yeah, that guy does like 50 dmg a pop on her and usually gets grabbed right away.
I tried summoning other players but they usually get creamed pretty early, even the ones showing off their fancy dancer armor. I usually end up having to solo her, but always get creamed when she pulls out her second sword.
>>335443953
>SL35
Do you spend all of your souls on repair powder or some shit?
>Just got the game tonight
>only souls experience is a single SotFS playthrough
>all i had time for was tutorial area
>die once to tutorial boss
>die several times to the weaboo around the side
kinda weird he inflicts bleed considering I don't know how anyone would survive long enough for it to apply
>>335443965
>Dark Souls 3 was made to cater to PvE faggot casuals and it does that well. I'll admit it, the PvE in this game is better than the other games, but the PvP is awful.
You may be right. I've never wanted to pvp before 3. Now I've spent hours as Aldritch Faithful.
I wish I would get Darkmoon summons though.
>>335443352
If you're on ps4 I could help you out tonight (CEST). It's not all that hard, you shouldn't be losing any HP in the first phase since you can easily fuck up the solo watcher and nuke the fuck out of 3 of them at once when they spawn. Second phase is fairly easy as well as long as you keep your distance.
- Wait for him to do one of his slow attacks (that long jump with the path of flames or the two-hand swing)
- Dodgeroll and when his attack is about to be finished roll back in
- R1 until you see him going for another swipe
- Double roll away
- Repeat
You might get 1 or 2 hits from his fire arc if your not fast enough. But just make sure to heal only when he started one of his longer attacks.
>>335444089
You can glitch the game so that he becomes invincible during her fight. It's weird but it was a known thing before the last patch and they haven't fixed it.
So maybe that's intended.
>>335444153
Didnt want to add stats in case I found a weapon I liked on a different stat and then never got around to leveling up. Managed to kill Yorm thanks to the gimmick weapon
>>335443712
I know. I didn't have enough patience before. Champion taught me loooots of patience in a boss fight.
I solo'd Pontiff Sulyvyn and ended the fight with 7 of 11 estus left, without parrying once. But at the same time, I died over 20 times to Curse Rotted Greatwood. I don't know what kept happening.
>>335443817
I'm sorry mr leet player. It's not like I have the time to make sense of all those fuckin cryptic questlines.
>>335444557
I'm still not sure whether dying on Treebeard is a meme or not. How can you even die on this.
I group with my friends, pop the dried finger, and wait around for invaders to skullfuck them.
>>335444679
I see a lot of hosts getting slam-jammed on his second phase by the middle hand
>>335444679
I kept fucking up. He's not hard, I just kept making fatal errors. I had trouble with his white arm, honestly.
>>335444253
>>335443781
>>335443445
Finally got the fucker. Thank you guys for the advice. Hopefully I can git gud some day
>>335443352
The way to beat him is to stick right on him. Don't let him get any distance. You can then proceed to stunlock him.
Rate my build friendos
Name: Outis
Class: Deprived
Covenant: Warriors of Sunlight
Level: 32ishtoo lazy to open the game
Vigor: 17
Attunement: 10
Endurance: 15
Vitality: 18ish I thinkenough to do a fast roll
strength: 22
Dexterity: 14
Intelligence: 10
Faith: 10
Luck: 10
R Hand: Fire Large Club, Fireball pyromancy
L Hand: Large Leather Shield
Armor: Northern Armor SetI could equip some better armor but then I'd have to only equip certain parts of it which looks like shit
Rings: Life Ring, Estus Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring
I just beat the Curse-Rotted Greatwood
I'm planning on making Vordt's Great Hammer eventually and also getting the Great Lightning Spear and picking up some miracles on the way, and after I get the Great Lightning Spear I'm probably gonna joing Rosaria's Fingers
Why do all the helpful messages have next to no appraisals and all the joke ones have heaps.Not that I'm complaining
Magic and miracles being complete garbage makes me sad, they were my favorites parts of previous games.
>>335434783I like using the fallen knight set as well as a Dark Sword
>>335443897
No she has the exact same stats
I've noticed whenever I read the wiki on a boss and read all the strategies, all the strategies for mages and archers are cheese strats
Are mages and archers literally the casuals way out of Dark Souls?
I started playing DaS 3 and was pretty hyped.
Then I quickly realized that it's just Bloodborne 2 with a DaS coat of point thrown over it.
At which point all emotion drained out of me and every bit of progress in the game was "meh, that was a thing that I did" because neo-FROM has forgotten how to make an interesting game.
>summon red sunfaggot
>equip ashen estus with 0 uses
>sunfaggot walks up to me, I use ashen estus to make him think I'm out of sippies
>he empties his flask
>fight him, start to get low on health
>backstep and heal with one of my 15 estus
>wreck his ass
>get fanmail saying to kill myself and uninstall
who /mischief/ here
>mfw 14 hrs in game and still can't find better weapon and armor to replace my knight's starting equip
>>335434783
>Dark souls III confession thread?
Beat Pontiff on my first try, have gotten rekt by Dancer probably a 100 times now in co-op helping other people, haven't even tried myself yet.
>>335445187
Is this your first Souls' game?
>>335434783
>vigor
Pointless to rise above 27
>>335444679
I got him one hit away on my third try and then I died because I got distracted and then I went full tilt mode and died like ten times before I stopped playing, came back a couple hours later and beat him on my first try.
>>335443936
can you atleast get gotthards swords? fuck i wanted to get faraam armor early
>>335444981
This is me right now on ng+ but with the dragonscale chest
>>335445287
No, I played Dark Souls but I went Dex.
I'm just going Str this game.
Don't worry, I don't read the wiki pages until after I beat the boss, I just read the strats just because.
>>335445246
Exile armour is much stronger and looks cool (and you get it early), but it's so fucking heavy.
>>335445246
>haven't beaten it in 14 hours
uninstall it
>>335438047
Might as well use all cheats now, don't go bragging about beating Dark souls 3 later
>>335445390
I'm 40 hours in. Killed two Lords of Cinder, going after the third tonight.
>>335445378
Mages are ez mode in every Souls' game. There is no fight not trivialized by being able to do solid damage from range.
>>335444951
They get better once you've got like 30+ in their respective stats. Problem being that Pyromancy will always shit all over both of them and you can basically do the entire game with just the various versions of Fireball and a backup Raw Handaxe.
Magic isn't as gimped as most people seem to think it is, but that's mostly because FROM apparently wanted to make this DaS game more like a Bloodborne game and now dodging is the forced answer to just about everything.
>>335445187
Souls is casual as fuck to begin with, so no. This series is only considered 'hard' because neo-gamers are fucking awful at video games in general.
>>335445246
Armor almost literally doesn't matter in DaS 3 except for having something equipped in every slot, and the Longsword is one of the best weapons in the game because FROM are a bunch of lazy fucks and resorted to a lot of cheap tricks for their """"difficulty"""", and the Longsword gets around most of those.
>>335434783
I' a professional cowboy and I use catheters. Been cowboyin' for 25 years. I've had 14 broken bones, 2 concussions and a puncture lung. I know pain and I don't want any more of it. Especially when I cath.
I legitimately don't get how people have trouble with Dancer. Just roll through her legs and all her shit whiffs.
>>335445460
I'm 40 hours in and I just finished NG++.
Although it was mostly running through the areas to the boss door
>>335445327
No.
They were the sole reason I fought dancer and armor at level 20 or so. You have to beat the first 3 lords.
>>335444951
Pyromancer does pretty great damage. It starts low, but once I got 25 points in each I started to pump damage. Black fireballs take like 1/6 of Dancer's health each. The fight wasn't even a challenge.
>>335434783
Does anyone else feel burnt out?
So I was very hype and excited to play when it came out.
started a first character.full dexgot up to crystal sage, beat him. And then I just wasn't having fun anymore.
Started a new char,pure int because I love being a mage and learning spellshad more fun then beat crystal sage again. No more fun
>>335445379
>Fat armor
>cool
>>335434783
I usedtwosummons to beat dragonslayer armour
>>335434783My first play through took my 36 hours.I played the knight and only used the starting weapons and armor throughout the whole game.I didn't know you could use the souls of bosses to get better weapons.The only boss I couldn't solo was Nameless King.I had only played Bloodborne before Dark Souls 3.Pic Unrelated
>>335445553
>playing Dark Souls and NOT doing jolly cooperation several times before the end
>>335445563
thats actually really fucking lame
>>335445582
Probably is good that they're gonna stop Dark Souls before everyone gets tired of it
Who know, maybe they'll make a new one in about four or five years once we completely miss the experience again?
>>335445605
Poor baby is mad he can only do 70 damage to me while I dish out massive damage with my Dark Sword and have just enough Vit to not fat roll.
I thought DaS2 pvp was good but soul memory really made it annoying. In 3 so far I've been having a blast pvping because the areas are so much fun to fight in. Is the general consensus that 3's pvp is shit?
>>335445936
Yeah because everyone on /v/ is a jaded hipster who shits on players for not gimping themselves and under leveling and playing the game a "hardcore" way. To be fair the pvp does have it's share of problems, but it's pretty fucking fun and I can't believe how many people keep dismissing it as dogshit.
>>335445864
>dps
>good
enjoy barely getting one strike then running off with half your HP left
>>335445864
only for people who expect invasions to be easy
other wise its a blast to SURPRISE bitches people
>>335445936
What makes the PvP so shit in DaS 3 is that you always get summoned to people with two phantoms on their side
>70 hours in
>only just finished Aldritch
I think I just enjoy online play too much, I've literally spend whole days just doing invasions in anor londo and the area right before it, or playing fight club in the arena after pontiff.
>>335446093
>summoned
you sure?
cause Im havin fun in the fight clubs bruh
ive been invading in the catabombs lately
>stand by the bridge that you can destroy
>cast hidden body, curl up into a ball
>basically completely fucking invisible
>wait for host to get on the bridge, break it
>>335446047
>enjoy barely getting one strike then running off
>clearly said I'm using Dark Sword
>fast and can do more than a Greatsword
keep chuggin
>>335434783
My confession is that Dark Souls 3 is incredibly weak and Bloodborne is the best Soulslike game around. I just wish it had a PC version because it runs badly on the PS4.
>>335444809
Gj, at least you soloed, just take boss fights easy and observe movesets so you can decide on your best tactic. Big skeletal next, he'll be a breeze for you.
I got invaded twice and both times the enemy was just a sliding ragdoll. I got sick of it and just stopped using embers.
>>335445605
exile armor is awesome. it reminds me of vendrick armor. sure its not as cool as vendrick armor but its still comfy looking
>>335438408
Me too. I just want to do l the achievements in order to play other fucking games. I still barely touched Sunset Overdrive.
And yes I'm playing it on the Xbox One.
>>335446207
>implying you could get more then one hit off me
enjoy never getting near
>>335434783
>pvp luck/dex bleed build with wardens twinblades
Why yall bleeding all over the place?
Why you running away? I only removed 90% of your bitch ass health in 1 combo.
>>335446363
Yeah too bad you're going to get ganked while I drink my estus from a safety distance.
What's your guys opinion on the farron greatsword? I've been using it for a bit and that spin shit is awesome but the rest of the attacks are ungodly slow.
One major problem with Dark Souls 3 is that the multiplayer is glitchy
The first time I invaded the host and his two phantoms literally had no animations, they would just skate forward without moving and I attack me without moving at all, and without being able to read their moves I was killed instantly
The third time I invaded I was put somewhere unreachable
One time I was summoned to fight a boss and I entered the fog and the boss was not there. The host and his other phantom were fighting the boss, taking damage, and were obviously hitting the boss, but the boss completely ignored me and I could not see it or its health bar
And another time I was summoned neither I nor the other phantom could enter the boss battle despite the act we could hear the host fighting the boss
I have only invaded or put my sign down about 10-12 times and four of them were super fucked up
From plz fix
I miss indictments.
It really was the pinacle of mad.
>>335443352
Really? 40+?
I beat them third try.
Attacks are predictable as hell.
And you can even get in backstabs when he misses with the bigger ones.
>>335446203
Kek, I bumped into someone who almost got me like that until I fuckin shieldwalled him of the bridge.
>>335446491
Dont forget that its L1 and R1s are interchangeable for the dance combo.
>Bait attack with R1
>Breakdance around it and stab them with L1
>If staggered L1 again for the slam
So good
>>335446317
>wait for you to swing twice
>I punish and dish out 600+ damage
k
>>335446531
It also made the Blade of the Darkmoon relevant
Literally what's the point of being a Darkmoon if Blue Sentinels exist
Also who the fuck is even in the way of the blue
>>335436679
That's what you get for playing blind. You have no one to blame but yourself
>>335446670
Way of the Blue is exclusively ganksquads sitting around waiting for invaders. The host puts on Way of the Blue before summoning three guys for maximum gank.
>trying to get this Watchdog shit done so I can do a build with it
>hardly any invasions
It might be nearly 3AM, but still what the fuck.
I'm level 26, +3 weapon, nothing out of the parameters. I WANT THE DAMN GREATSHIELD ALREADY
>>335446636
>implying
LOOOOOOOL look at that dark sword fags are for complete scrubs who think they can get away with doing any damage AT ALL
>>335446762
The Blade of Darkmoon is gank squad too unless you summon someone.
>>335434783
I'm already bored half way into NG+ and am probably gonna sell it some time this week.
Does anyone else feel like the armor in this game is just really... Dull? Everything is ripped cloth + metal with these washed out colors.
I want some colorful and fun outfits.
>>335446473
>What is a cleaveing combo?
>What is phantoms and host bunching up so they all get hit?
>What is using hunter charm before fucking their shit up?
>>335446824
>beating a literal scrub who did nothing but roll
wow sure showed me chum
>>335446824
>333000 souls
how the fuck do you accumulate that much and not spend it
>>335446891
The only crazy stuff they did was with the hats.
>>335446824
Why is Dark Souls 3 PvP so boring?
I almost miss the hexfags.
>>335446935
>implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJDH5NGTFA
dark sword fags STILL need to 1v2 me and they STILL lose
>>335446824
Man that guy in the webm is such a fucking baddie. Who the fuck rolls away from an UGS? You roll towards it so you can punish. smhtbqh
>>335447035
You are proving nothing
>people whinge about how pontiff is balls to the wall hard
>kill him on first try
Why is /v/ full of fucking casuals?
Putting a capital letter in your name bypasses the word filter
Not a confession just thought some people would like to know
>>335434783
I beat my first gank squad today.
>86 hours logged
>At least 30 of those are pure pvp
>>335447069
you arent showing me how badass the dark sword is with any video proof
I bet you take pride in beating all the dumb AI monsters in PVE
>>335447091
So THAT'S how I came across a guy called "Rape".
>>335447091
>name is Undead
>Comes up as Und***
Sure
I just spent the last 7 hours farming the 28 proofs of concord kept that I needed to get darkmoon bladeI'm not even going to use it, I just want to get all the achievements
>>335447128
The Estoc is miles better in PvP than the Dark Sword regardless, but the numbers don't lie; the Dark Sword has immensely overblown damage per second/stamina, and if you play hyper-aggressive in PvP it is braindead R1 spamming with frequent success.
>>335447035
>fucking TERRIBLE lag
>health bar size of a horse cock compared to a needle
>again, playing scrubs
??????
>>335447183
Ever wonder how people can get away with PUSSY SLAYER and KILL ALL KIKES?
>>335447183
Okay, I understand that you took it word for word, but if you're "Fuckboy" or "FatFaggot", it'll work.
>Exploring the fucking godawful swamps
>Cleared all enemies, one estus left
>Fagdog of Farron invades me
>Take his health down, chugs two estus in a row
>Fuck this, Alt+F4 his fucking ass
>Invites me to a group on Steam "MOM PULL THE PLUG"
I lul'd.
>>335447215
My main weapon is the Irithyll Rapier, i'm not sure what it is, but I swear it out dpses my estoc+10
>>335447215
are people really gonna stand still and let you DPS?
>>335447202
I'm gonna be in that same boat soon anon.
>>335447319
>Alt+F4 his fucking ass
I never played souls. I picked a sorc. Made it to Abyss Watchers. Impressions:
*PvE is really tedious and boring. Walk up to just outside agro range, soul arrow, dead. For bigger bads, repeat this a few times, backstep a couple times, do it again. All enemies are the same, either you backstep in time or dont and get hit.
*Bosses kill me in seconds. That'd be ok if you could save right outside their area so you can practice, but as it stands I have to run back through a bunch of mooks for 30 seconds each time and that's just such a bummer. I don't even have to kill them I just literally run past them.
*Bosses (and all enemies to a lesser extent) are too unpredictable for me. Maybe I'm bad but I'm usually really good at games. With enough practice I'm sure I'd figure it out but the optimal way Ive found to answer challenging enemies is to get "lucky" with my dodges and follow-up soul arrows. I say lucky because I don't feel like I'm really outplaying and predicting them in a skillful way, I just keep my distance, panic dodge a few times and soul arrow. Usually that doesn't work but with brute force eventually it lines up and I win.
I dunno. I feel like I'm playing the game wrong or something. But I also feel like there should be a save RIGHT OUTSIDE the boss rooms so you don't have to run through gobs of mooks you schooled already.
Am I weird? Will this game grow on me if I try it more?
>fighting at SL50 with my Great Club and pyromancy vs Estoc users
Kill me
I'm still stuck on Soul of Cinder.
I've soloed every boss, played every souls game before this, and yet I can't stop dropping my spaghetti on this boss which is basically just "don't be a dumbass and then fight Gwyn again".
It's a good thing it's a cool boss or I might be mad.
>>335447219
moving goal post
if two scrubs cant beat me, its not op
I died more to Iudex than any other boss.
I used akatanathe entire playthrough (uchi until black blade).
I used magic to kill quite a few of the bosses archdaemon's staff with 60 faith is ridiculous as is darkmoon blade.
Ienjoythe PvP; I've done a fair amount finishing all the covenants though this is the only game I have actively PvP'd/invaded in outside of dragon duels in 1/2.
I can't find a weapon I'm happy with on this one. None of them are clicking for me
Filthy dex user btw
>>335444907
Seems kind of silly to use a fire wep when you're using pyromancies.
Redundant dmg source.
>>335447449
you picked the worst class
I agree with the problem of running back to the boss every time you want to retry though
it's just fucking tedium
>make threads laughing at the idea that the game needs an easy mode
>every thread is complaining about cheap bosses
Anyway I've been having loads of fun invading. I actually like going up against gank squads, as much as one on one with hosts.
What's your favorite area?
>>335447426
I NEVER chug estus in Pvp, I only do so if they do it as well. And I only had one. I don't play with sunfaggots or white cancer phantoms either. If I lost there, all my exploration would be lost, so fuck it, if the fought fair it'd be another story.
>>335447035
>2 People
>"Squad"
>Mound-maker, where you can literally kill anyone to win.
Now do that again as a finger vs an actual gank squad of a host in way of blue and 2 sunbros 30 levels higher than you.
Not two scrubs roleplaying darkwraiths.
>>335447636
Try the Falchion, its two-handed form is absolutely killer
Enjoy farming that shit up, though, one of the rarest drops in the game
>>335446751
>not playing every game blind on your first run
What are you, a casual?
>>335447363
I swear, half of them came from invasions. People say darkmoons are fucked, but I was getting an invasion like every half hour. I had to make sure each and every one counted, which meant I used the faggiest weapons I could to ensure a victory. It's fucking bullshit how you can only get a max of one proof per summon, even if you kill multiple red spirits.
I'll also need to farm for the wolf's blood swordgrass, but at least those chumps can be killed and reset in literally 20 seconds, plus their droprate is much higher. I swear to god, these invasion covenants would be a lot better if they simply scaled you down to the level of potential matches. The password system uses it, there's a system implemented, but the covenants in this game seem so poorly thought out that it's insane.
>>335447532
>i can shoot two bears while they're asleep, so shooting everyone else is ez
Post more videos regardless
>>335447774
>>Now do that again as a finger vs an actual gank squad of a host in way of blue and 2 sunbros 30 levels higher than you.
yeah dark sword is so op they need that many amirite?
>>335447817
gotta make webms in awhile
In new game plus right now and feeling kind of burned out, maybe because I've already played for a month on JP version. On the other hand tho, Bloodborne feels new and fresh again
>>335447449
You can't JUST use sorcery spells in the game. You need a sword with Raw or Crystal infusion to cover all bases.
>is to get "lucky" with my dodges and follow-up soul arrows
I played Sorcerer on my first playthough too, learning movsets is a must. You're going to die the first few times, accept that fact and learn as much as you can. Find ways to punish and learn to time your rolls. Souls games are a lot of trial and error.You can cheese a ton of bosses wth Sorcerer as well. Really fun class.
>>335447319
is this you?
>>335447506
Had to summon for him, I just didn't have enough sippies to last through both stages, seriously fuck his Falchion mode.
Also, this bullshit.
>Finally manage to parry him
>"Holy shit I can parry!"
>Go for the risposte
>The animation starts
>I stab him in the chest
>Suddenly I'm impaled on his sword and insta-killed
So I've learned that while you can parry him, he gets the riposte.
>>335447532
lmao you're a shitter
>>335447449
>cheese the game
>complain about it being too easy
go deprived so you start out with a fucking worthless shield and dodge everything, now that's fucking un
I don't mind fighting gank squads but even if I lay down my sign, I seem to face a gank squad.
>>335447656
Fire weapon is powerful as hell until you get stats and a decently upgraded weapon.
>>335447656
It just gave the most damage at the time and I had a butcher's knife so I reasoned by the time I had enough points in strength so the scaling on the great club would overtake the fire damage that the butcher's knife would have so much damage that it would outclass anything
>>335438238
lol what a gaylord
I found Dancer harder than the Nameless King
I died to Crystal Sage more than any other boss.
>>335447882
It is OP in terms of damage, If you have the right stats an upgraded it right.
They obviously had not.
But it still cant substitute skill you retard.
Nothing can.
>>335447816
It is pretty strange invasions are that slow for darkmoons I joined sentinels and got an invaison every ~30 seconds only took me only a couple of hours to get darkmoon blade. This was at soul level ~30 though.
>>335434783I used a trainer to kill the Nameless King and clear out the entirety of the Smoldering LakeI just couldn't git gud and wanted to be done with it already.
>>335438251
>700 into 2
Holy fuck how? I could hardly put 70 in before I wanted to destroy it and erase it from my memory
>>335448205
>Dying to Pinwheel 2.0
No, you must be joking.
>>335448382
i died once because i didn't figure out the spell patterns quite yet
>>335448252
That's the thing. By the time a lot of people discover Yorshka, they've typically leveled out of the range of way of blue players. You'd have to remake your character with the sole purpose of staying low level, which frankly I'm not willing to do. I've grown too attached to Laquanda Smith.
>>335447987
Yeesh, good thing I haven't tried to parry him yet.
I'm pretty much set on the first phase, go defensive during falchion/when spheres are up, offensive during spear and sorcerer, take what I can get during straight sword. My big problem is that I still keep fucking up Gwyn mode; haven't had enough practice to not fall for the slower hits every now and then, and I still get freaked out by the combo and forget to just run away.
30 or so tries, I swear I'll solo this motherfucker, if only because multiplayer doesn't work on university ethernet.
>>335448382
>enb actually struggled with that boss
>>335448258
How does it feel to be untermensch?
>>335448493
Dodge spells which look and work almost identical to player spells.
And just bum rush the odd one out.
>>335448580
Just fucking roll behind him when he attacks. That's literally the entire fight.
>>335447926
I don't mind dying. I'm happy the game punishes you for playing badly. The problem, I think, is at least three-fold:
A. Save point far away from boss fight. Spend more time dying/spawning/running to boss than fighting it.
B. Bosses are really hard thanks to enormous movesets that take time to learn (I haven't learned any of them, even iudex gundyr killed me 20 times before I got lucky). This would be better if A. were resolved. Possibly. But I'm not sure.
C. Unclear hitboxes. This coupled with B. makes bosses so hard. They all have dozens of moves with combos and variations that are so hard to read in the 30 seconds before they kill me. Like I said best solution has been bruteforcing lucky-feeling dodges and soul arrow. So it's not even satisfactory when I win. This is what makes me think I'm playing the game wrong.
I started a new game as a warrior and just have been fucking around with Gundyr for 30 minutes. Just put him on lock and see if I can read and respond to his moves efficiently. I haven't yet, and he's supposed to be easy.
>You can't JUST use sorcery spells in the game. You need a sword with Raw or Crystal infusion to cover all bases.
I haven't found a weapon I can use. I think everything requires higher str or dex. I've been pumping everything into int. I am supposed to be a wizard after all. I didn't pick what I saw to be the magic class so that I'd have to use swords and shit.
But I haven't found any better staves, or rings, shit I haven't even found better spells. So boring.
>>335448706
i don't know any player spells
i'm not the sorcerer anon, i was just saying i died once
ofc i killed him the second time, but
>>335446093
If you're invading you gotta use tricks. Things previously considered 'dishonorable' are basically a necessity. Making use of every tool available to me (enemies, white birch branches, fog ring, prism stones, estus, etc) I have beaten full parties of 3 reasonably often. You gotta pick your timing and kinda whittle the phantoms down while making sure to not use up too much of your estus. You get a couple charges back when killing a phantom but it's best to play it safe. I love nothing better than managing to invade someone who's just starting a level, with two phantoms (what a shitter) and harassing them through the entire thing.
If you just want straight up fair 1v1 fights, go to a duel club. Invading now REQUIRES trickery.
>>335448753
GIT
Much like Souls 1 I was struggling through most of the game, then at some point it just clicked and everything was piss easy. Kinda want to play it again but I can't see myself using a different build. I hope they patch some of the gear discrepencies.
>>335449225
>host gets invaded
>sit down and let them 1v1 if I'm the only phantom and the invader doesn't try to use the enemies to his advantage
>if he does, I'll kill the enemies and let the duel continue
Anyone else do this?
>>335448753
>Spend more time dying/spawning/running to boss than fighting it.
I understand this complaint, but the whole idea behind this is that you make the most out of the times you do get to the boss.
Deaths wouldn't mean as much if you could save right outside, and deaths in Souls games are supposed to punish you.
>Bosses are really hard thanks to enormous movesets that take time to learn
That's the whole idea behind the fights. Trial and error, and adapting to the situation.
>even iudex gundyr killed me 20 times before I got lucky
That was the tutorial boss. You should have made the most of it and learned to use the mechanics. Iudex is a slow but heavy hitting boss, quick hits and roll away is optimal, but even projectiles from afar would do as well. Having a save point right next to the bosses is what the Souls games are trying to prevent you from doing (getting lucky after MANY attempts).
>They all have dozens of moves with combos and variations that are so hard to read in the 30 seconds before they kill me
It's something you just need to learn. Like I said, after a while you'll find what moves you can punish and what you can't. I use a fighting game mentality when playing, bait and punish and learn my opponent.
>I haven't found a weapon I can use
Falcion, Mail Breaker. You aren't supposed to ONLY use it, but even some knights carry enough Int to throw a fireball in a pinch. Having something that can deal quick damage up close is suggested but not required. I got though most bosses using spells only.
>But I haven't found any better staves, or rings, shit I haven't even found better spells
There's plenty, you might have just not found them.
>>335447762
They fought fairly.
>>335448753
>Save point far away from boss fight
Just untrue. I cant think of one which was more than a 30 second sprint away from a bonfire.
>enormous movesets
3-6 different moves is enormous?
>Unclear hitboxes.
They are the best in the series.
>I haven't found a weapon I can use.
You have to invest some points, to at least be able to use a Longsword.
>I haven't found any better staves, or rings, shit I haven't even found better spells.
Then youre not exploring enough. Most of the good stuff is off the beaten track. Including a spell selling NPC you missed.
Youre playing it hard mode If you intend on dodging everything, which requires some timing.
First time playing, i recomend a strenght or dex character with a greatsheild. Just block half of the attacks and dodge the other half.
Start with knight, has best starting sheild and armor, can also transition into pretty much anything you want.
>>335448753
Why do you have to learn movesets? Just dodge when people swing at you. EZPZ.
>>335445234
thanks for the idea
>>335434783
I switched from STR to DEX because I was too slow, or the faster weapons had tiny reach.
Now that I have the washing pole, I still sometimes miss enemies right in front of me, and toothpicks will get me from miles away. I don't know what to do. I'm probably going back to STR just because I like the playstyle more. I just wish I didn't lose so much
>get invaded
>my weapon barely tickles them
>they 3 shot me
Every fucking time
Oh right I suppose I should confess to something. On my first playthrough I died to every boss at least once. Even Greatwood. Even Wolnir. Even freaking Deacons.
In my defense on the Deacons, I was using a rapier which makes that fight kinda really annoying.
On the other hand I didn't die to any boss besides Nameless King more than 3 times. Nameless King took me like a dozen, dude's rough.
>>335443965
>Dark Souls 3 was made to cater to PvE faggot casuals and it does that well. I'll admit it, the PvE in this game is better than the other games, but the PvP is awful.
Jesus, you fuck. Regardless as to what you believe, the entire series' inception was predicated upon the PvE. The multiplayer aspect of it in general is just "in addendum" to that.
This kinda of post just screams, for lack of a better word, how much of a newfag you really are. I mean, I remember back when we only had Demon's Souls. We'd all sit around having awesome conversations about the game and doing silly shit in the silly pvp and loving it. Then Dark Souls comes around and suddenly you've got every kind of shitter in the planet thinking they've got better ideas than the designers original intent.
Like shit, maybe the game's just not for you? All in all, you've got some serious issues if you take Souls pvp seriously in the first place. You're barking up the wrong game mang.
Are Dark Souls fags the 09'ers of the Souls series?
wheres my mischief bros at?
>sneaking
>running
>seeding
>fingering
>way of the blueing
took these guys 20mins to find me
archives are great, you can use the 2 elevators to constintilly evade everyone and find a new hiding place.
>>335445494
idk man, try doing a hyper mode sorcery run with no shield.
>>335434783
I got sick of Nameless King and cheesed him with arrows.
>>335448715
That's what I started doing at first but my medrolls weren't always enough to recover from stuff like falchion phase and some of his straight sword followups. And rolling behind him when he combos in Gwyn phase usually results in him tracking you on the second swing and you get juggled anyway.
>>335448753
>>335449670
Also, youre unlucky, Ds3 is possibly the hardest game in the series.
And the difficulty heavily spikes midway through the game.
But keep at it, its hard but not impossible.
Despite what elitists tell you, dont be afraid to summon other people.
And read boss guides If you get really stuck.
>>335450154
Playing as a grape is basically complete mischeif mode if you're not a faggot who instantly attacks the host
>>335450154
>Obscure ring
>Hitting elevators and getting off them instead of going with it
>Shouting HEY! any time im near them and cant be seen
>Firing arrows at/near them when they are on ledges
>Running R1s with fists when near ledges
>Throwing firebombs at them when they are under attack
So good
>>335446824
you look really easy to backstab
>>335449670
>Then youre not exploring enough. Most of the good stuff is off the beaten track. Including a spell selling NPC you missed.
The pilgrim guy? I found him. He only sells like 4 spells. I bought one, the Greatsword. It stinks. Does less damage than a soul arrow, costs more mana, less range. It's supposed to be good for hitting multiple enemies at once but why would that happen when I can just soul arrow them one at a time?
I didn't buy the other spells. One looks like a downgrade to soul arrow and the other gives your weapon magic damage. I don't want to use my weapon if I'm a sorcerer. I can't equip anything anyway.
>I cant think of one which was more than a 30 second sprint away from a bonfire.
Well, that's 30 seconds I'd like to spend doing something actually challenging and interesting instead of holding space and pressing forward.
>3-6 different moves is enormous?
They have more than that. I counted Gundyr. He has two gap closing attacks, one has a possible follow-up combo. He has at least a half dozen halberd attacks, a shoulder check, and variations and combos of these. Then he mutates and gets another moveset.
>They are the best in the series.
I've never played the series. The hitboxes and attack phases are pretty hazy a lot of the time. Especially the big bosses.
>You have to invest some points, to at least be able to use a Longsword.
But I want to use spells and shit. I speced everything for int. Only to find that there is literally one spell to use and a stronger version of the same spell. Aims itself. Borrrrrrring. Can't even get better staves or rings.
>Just block half of the attacks and dodge the other half.
I tried blocking a couple times and you still take damage. That's a drag.
>>335450463
(Gr)apes is the best addition to the multiplayer.
Love getting summoned by the undead legion bonfire only to run and aggro the darkwraiths and the black knight and try to get them to fuck up the host.
People get so angry.
I'm hoping that there's a way around the softbanner for item spawning because I'm too lazy to farm embers. In my playthroughs I've just been stockpiling on them and never using them because I don't care to co-op any of the bosses, but I do want the chance of getting invaded.
>Invade world
>Two phantoms already attacking the host
>They kill him before I get there
>Duty fulfill
>mfw
>>335450605
too bad about them delay before getting locked in to the animation
takes forever
I ran dark sword, not because I knew it was broken, but because I liked it.
I didn't realize how good it was until later on. I never read anything about the game prior to the first trailer, so I didn't realize it was broken until after I beat the game.
I summon for every boss I die more than once to, and then post how all bosses were easy and brag about how I beat them all in 2 or 3 tries
I can't be the only one.
>>335446751
the fire keeper plays everything blind, you should do the same
>>335448753
>even iudex gundyr killed me 20 times before I got lucky
Holy shit it's the fucking tutorial bro. Have you played video games before?
>>335450332
>Ds3 is possibly the hardest game in the series
I found it to be the easiest, but to each their own.
>>335450703
regardless if i get close enough to backstab you i can just follow your roll and just r1 spam you into oblivion parrying any slash you make with that turtle sword
>>335450908
even if you follow Astora GS' rolling R1 will just poise through your R1 and hit you so hard like an R2 attack not even allowing you to combo
>>335449652
>deaths in Souls games are supposed to punish you.
Well they don't, you know. You just walk up to your body and pick it up, doesn't even require an animation to play. Even if you die again, what did you really lose? Nothing you can't make up for grinding mooks if you want.
>That was the tutorial boss. You should have made the most of it and learned to use the mechanics.
I learned that I could blast him 2 times if I timed it right before he jumped at me, 2 more times to queue his transform, 2-3 times while the animation played, then 2 more times and he died.
>Having a save point right next to the bosses is what the Souls games are trying to prevent you from doing (getting lucky after MANY attempts).
That doesn't prevent you from getting lucky, it makes it take longer. I want to actually learn to play the game and outskill the bosses but the game hands me cheese then makes me run through a bunch of scrubs to use it. There is no benefit to making you have to sink time to get back to a boss fight when you could instead be spending that time learning the bosses' moves.
>There's plenty, you might have just not found them.
Well, there you go, I guess I have to read a guide to handhold me to finding stuff to actually make the game fun. Or spend time myself traipsing through areas I've already been schooling mooks I've already killed 10 times over so I can maybe find something you insist I haven't.
>>335450618
You seem to have the wrong impression of what the game is, its very melee focused. Magic is a complement to the melee. Even as a sorcerer.
People run "magic only" builds when they beat the game multiple times, just for a challege.
>I tried blocking a couple times and you still take damage. That's a drag.
You need to get a better sheild, what youre looking for is "100(%) physical defense" and high stability. (reduces how much stamina you lose when blocking, which is very important, almost more important than defense If you intend on blocking the bigger bosses.)
Handmaiden sells one, knight starts with one.
>>335450973
yeah no reason in trying to talk sense into dexfags right now. they truly believe that ugs are shit
>>335451104
i thought heavy weapons were shit till i respeced and tried the dragon slayer axe.
shits too fun.
shame that all the miricals are shit tho.
>>335450973
>>335451104
it's not that they're shit it's just that any decent player will wreck you 9/10 times
the only way an UGS user could beat a competent dexfag is if they had no clue what your moveset was or don't understand the "roll against the swing" idea
no idea how you could possibly think you have reason on your side
>>335451102
>You seem to have the wrong impression of what the game is
That's what I hoped I'd rectify by talking about it here. Figure out if the game really is as shitty as it seems to me (I started out saying "I think I'm playing the game wrong"). But if you're right, I think the game does an awful job explaining itself.
>>335451337
>it's not that they're shit it's just that any decent player will wreck you 9/10 times
you will see, in time, just how wrong you are. learn the game, then speak.
>>335451102
>People run "magic only" builds when they beat the game multiple times, just for a challege.
Its the opposite of challenge. You nuke mooks from outside their aggro range. If they get to take a single swing at me I messed something up.
The only challenge I see is in how tediously trivializing it is.
>>335451337
Aren't Dexfags and "UGS" users the same thing?
>>335451424
but i have
there is literally no advantage, not even in damage
it seems you are drunk on beating noobs
>>335451630
pretty much unless you want to use the 2strong4u weapons that people only use for fun matches
I wish I could play coop with out invasions being a thing.
I don't mind fighting other players, but people hiding behind monsters, or worse the netcode being shit makes the entire thing more painful then fun.
>>335451794
>>335451424
You two do realize you can just set up a duel and figure out which of you is right in-game, yeah?
>>335451408
>I think the game does an awful job explaining itself.
You're not wrong.
The interface which tells you what stats does is, 4 games in, still crap.
The interface and scaling stat scaling system on weapons is not intuitive at all.
Just saying, If you expect to go through the game for the first time ever in the series, not relying on your sheild and only using magic, not using a weapon which scales with int or even a weapon which scales with nothig.
You will not have a good time.
It's not a bad game, but i think you have got the wrong impression of what it actually is. There is no pure "caster build", like other fantasy RPG:s, outside of a "challenge" build.
>>335451054
>Well they don't, you know.
Obviously you seem pretty upset about the 30 second run back to the boss, I'd say that's a pretty fair punishment.
>I learned that I could...
Good!
>That doesn't prevent you from getting lucky, it makes it take longer
It taking longer is the "prevention" so to speak. You have to make the most of the fight you're in, otherwise it's another journey to the boss. The run back to the boss is a good cooldown and part of the mental phase in the game. Dying to a boss a lot can be frustrating, and you can't be flustered while fighting a boss, or you're guaranteed to lose every time. Also, there's really no boss cheese in this game, nothing in DS3 felt bullshit like O&S felt for me the first time I fought them in DS1.
>Well, there you go, I guess I have to read a guide to handhold me to finding stuff to actually make the game fun
Your lack of exploration is none of my concern. There's no hidden items you need a guide for, and you shouldn't have to backtrack if you played the fucking RPG correctly. You literally don't need a guide for anything but NPC questlines in DS3, and that's irreverent for sorcery.
>>335452168
Well it's probably good to inform any prospective sorcery user that they MUST give Orbeck at least one scroll ASAP or he leaves.
>>335452280
You should already have the one from Ferron by the time you meet him anyway.
>>335451895
I only hide behind monsters if there is 3 of yall or you guys are being fags.
>>335451514
A "challenge" build is any build which focuses on a gimmick. Like fist buold, sl1 runs.
Anyway, when it comes to magic.
Have fun managing your focus.
Have fun vs bosses and enemies which are practicly magic immune.
Have fun hitting the pustules on greatwood.
Have fun hitting little fuckboi in the brother fight.
>>335451794
those weapons arent broken because they are fast. they are broken because getting hit once can lock you into a combo that does 90% of your hp.
once again, learn the game, then speak
The enemy variety is shit.
The bosses are too easy and boring.
Consumed king's garden is fucking dogshit. Lothric Castle feels like a Cathedral of the Deep reskin.
Yhorm and Ancient Wyvern. Enough said
>>335452168
Why are you arguing against having a save next to a boss? You really think the game is BETTER by making you WALK for 60 seconds when you die? Why not just make it 2 bonfires back instead of 1? Why not make it start the entire game over the first time you die to Abyss Watchers? Surely you think this is absurd. So why is making you walk for 60 seconds principally any different from making you walk 5 hours? It's not.
Don't be such a psycho.
i summoned phantoms 3 times during the game. never did in ds1 except for sunlight medals. i did in ds2 on fume knight because he's a cunt and for the trio in the sunken king dlc.
only challenging boss in this game is king of the storm desu.
>>335452490
deacons of the deep, wolnir, and curse rotted fall into that category as well. hit the glowing obvious weak spot 10 times to remove 1/3 of his hp!! fight 30 mobs that die in 2 hits then kill the boss in 6!!
>that invincible phantom glitch
this works on human phantoms as well or just NPCs?
if it does i'm fully expecting a bunch of ganksquads to abuse the fuck out of this
>>335452820
Not him.
But because that would make dying trivial?
By your logic, why not just add in a quicksave and quickload button?
>>335453421
Pretty sure it works on player phantoms.That's how I beat Nameless King, one invincible phantom did it for me.
>>335450154
Everytime I invade or get invaded by Sunlight invaders they kill each other or I get attacked. I don't understand it, we're both supposed to be killing the host right?
