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Biggest problem with Dark Souls 3?
faith being shit
There's no poise
Blue Sentinels/Darkmoon/Watchdogs summoning.
you
Aldritch's arrow rain.
>>335942816
Either this or magic being useless still. I want my spellsword damnit
Equip Load is just a fun tax. There's nothing exciting about investing in Vitality and it basically rules out wearing the coolest armor sets and having a good roll unless you want to give up some ring slots or something.
>>335942816
Fuck is poise.
>>335942558
Estus healing is too fast. Lloyd's Talismans last a few seconds.
Poise being turned off. Without it, STR isn't nearly as viable as other playstyles (though at least it's not unplayable).
Runner up: A few of the covenants need a fundamental overhaul (WoB, Sentinels, Darkmoons, Swampdogs)
Bronze medal: NPC questlines are too easy to break. They always have been, but it's at a ludicrous level now. Half the fucking game is locked behind Yuria and the bitch never even shows up if you're not shit at the game / purposely killing yourself over and over. Going to Abyss Watchers is way more natural and logical than taking a detour to Cathedral of the Deep even though you're supposed to, and doing it breaks a bunch of NPC quests as well. I like somewhat vague and missable quests just fine, but DS3 is just beyond the pale when it comes to this shit.
>>335942936
just fucking run from it lol. I don't understand how people found aldritch that difficult.
>>335942983
Armor making it so you don't get stunned by Estoc pokes basically. As it is now armor does barely anything and heavy armor is useless if it makes you above 70%
>>335942816
Yeah there is
I'm a noob, how does magic damage work?
I'm using the Crystal Sage Rapier and it scales well with intelligence. So because it scales with intelligence, I'd that raising the magic damage or still the physical damage?
Magic weapons confuse me.
>>335942816
>>335942947
???
Poise is pretty useful in this game, even more so if you use huge weapons.
monster and bonfire placement. I found myself just running from fog door to fog door halfway through the game, skipping monsters in between.
>>335942558
Vitality and armor is useless so doing quality/refined builds are easy.
>>335942947
They'll buff it.
>>335942978
learn to fashion
seriously though, VIT gives quite a bit of defense. You can trade like a motherfucker in heavy armour and high vit, especially since so many use clutch or roll rings.
>>335942558
It doesn't have one really big problem, but it has a shitload of small problems that really suck dick
Enemies hitting through the walls is a complaint I never see mentioned.
>>335943156
>just fucking run from it lol. I don't understand how people found aldritch that difficult.
It totally screws over anyone trying to play as a fatty. You roll and to avoid his blasts and the arrows catch up and murder you. It's not as bad as ancient dragon but it's still fucked.
>>335943227
I know what you're talking about and you can do it naked. Try it.
>>335942558
Invasions are often not fun and pvp in general is pretty limited. I don't have the urge to make a million character builds.
>>335943290
>learn to fashion
>That horrid character
>>335943216
The magic damage scales with int.
>>335943332
like?
>>335943047
This is my main issue with the game. It drags out PvP and make PvP a joke. They should have tied it to stat like DaS2.
>>335943379
I've complain about it numerous times. I've been killed a few times because enemies with large weapons completely phase through walls and still hit me. I've even been killed by Old Demon King because I was standing behind one of the huge boulders in the fight, and he throws a fireball straight through the boulder and kills me..
Even the Deacons of the Deep curse orb will go straight through the huge obelisk in the room to hit you. I don't know how anyone thinks this is acceptable game design in 2016.
>>335943586
You can do it to sometimes.
>>335942558
Awful community.
>>335943691
:*- (
anon hey
>>335943586
Why are you trying to cheese the game by hiding behind shit like a little bitch?
How about instead of whining that being an estus chugging cowardly fuckboi isn't viable, you learn the attacks and start dodging shit?
>>335942947
magic is overpowered as fuck, though
i am literally doing a playthrough right now at sl 80 and i am smacking shit for 1000 damage soul spears. its objectively easier than my 40/40 str/dex build because i dont even need to be in range to get hit
flashsword and soul greatsword are also crazy good in pvp as well
seriously the only reason people cry about magic is because they cant flip around in full havels and a big 2 hand weapon while 1 shotting people between crystal soul spears
>>335942947
>magic
>useless
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KnR1kJ7MAs
>>335943852
>defending shitty game design this blatantly
The "teleport everywhere and level at waifu" design philosophy.
>>335943891
>flashsword and soul greatsword are also crazy good in pvp as well
Lol no. I don't know about flashsword, but I tried out SoulGS for quite a while, and the only time I ever managed to hit ANYONE with it was when they had their back turned. It's so fucking slow and easily dodgeable that it's basically useless in pvp.
>>335943379
Those huge fucker in Bloodborne would hit me all the time when I was a level above them.
The questlines. They're needlessly complicated.
>>335943934
The game is not designed around you hiding behind walls and around corners to not have to deal with dangerous attacks. Therefore, there's literally nothing wrong with the game design and you should stop being such a bitch.
>>335943924
reminder, you can literally do that much damage at sl 80 with 60 int
>>335942558
It ends.
>>335942558
Is this thing not biting its own tongue whilst chomping you?
>>335944192
Ah yes, the game is perfectly fine when enemies sometimes hit the walls, but sometimes swing through them.
>inb4 git gud
>>335944192
>devs can do no wrong, you're just playing incorrectly!
Eat a bag of dicks.
>>335944093
because youre retarded and dont know how to use it
flashsword combos for THREE hits and hits for 300 damage each
greatsword has a massive hitbox that hits behind you and can also be used to hit people through walls
it in combination with homing soul mass is an incredibly easy way to bait people into rolling so you can smack them with it
get good nigger
>>335944093
I actually parries the flashsword in the first fight I saw someone use it. No clue why I thought it'd work, but you can apparently do it with a normal shield.
Saw someone using it in a fight club later, he didn't even break 100 damage.
covenants, they might be worse than in 1 and those were rushed because of deadlines.
>>335944192
Yet your own attacks will bounce off walls. Stop defending shitty game design, if the game wasn't designed that way then they should've made every level a flat area with nothing between you and the enemies.
>>335943496
Can't be assed to write another wall of text
Most of my complaints are here
>>335942813
>>335942861
>>335942978
>>335943047
>>335943076
>>335943241
>>335943428
Also they clearly ran out of ideas somewhere in development and started recycling from the older games, so half the areas feel like you have already been there before
>>335943443
Yeah I mean come on anon, I'm sure you can put something more pleasing together. If you can't don't quick your day job.
Why do people care about poise so much
It was fucking bullshit in 1 and made the pvp awful. 3's pvp is also awful but at least it isn't 1's.
>>335943934
I don't know about physical weapon attacks that go through walls, I've never had a problem with that, but the Deacon hex that goes through walls is perfectly legitimate. Their fire attacks don't, the hex does. You just need to roll it. It's an intentional decision.
>>335944192
>The game is not designed around you hiding behind walls and around corners
>some boss arenas designed this way
Crystal Sage most obvious, has walls and pillars scattered all over that block his spells, it's not unreasonable to assume he could have done the same in another boss.
>>335944501
Because lack of poise screws over heavy STR users
Enemies with Bloodborne movesets in a game with DS mechanics and healing. No poise. Constant player invasions in Arsedragon Peak. Too many gimmick bosses. Too many mimics, many with no meaningful rewards. Too many ambushes (see Cathedral of the Deep). Game turning to shit as early as Road of Sacrifices. Too many areas that are smarter to just run through or circumvent. Weapon arts are nearly useless. Slow weapons and heavy armor are completely useless and have no reason being in the game. NPC questlines break too easily. PVP takes way too long if Estus is used. Enemy hit chains are way too long and most enemies have infinite stamina. Community is shit.
>>335943924
>avoid all of the final boss's mechanics
>kill him in one minute
This is why Magicucks should keep their mouth shut.
Host with Phantoms being prioritized for Invasions.
>>335944576
It doesn't "screw them over" it makes them more equal to straight dex fighters.
>>335944653
I don't mind that mechanic in areas where there is a lot of activity, like the Aldrich's faithful area
>>335944586
Protip: keep something like Gotthard or a Black knight Glaive pocketed which can combo into the weapon art. It's the only way to punish chuggers.
>>335942558
>I can't look at a chain: the post
>>335944576
If only you had a bunch of moves with hyper armor to use.
>>335944501
because people are babies and started exclusively with dark souls 1 (which str build was entirely possible to do with no poise) and dont understand how 2 of the like 5 possible pvp meta builds were based purely around strength and slow as fuck weapons with 0 poise
playing a str weapon in pvp isnt "i swing my r1 so i will do damage because poise" its about fucking playing as calculating as possible and poking niggas with your massive ranged attacks and baiting people into shit
>>335944576
>wahh why cant i just press r1 and get 100% assured damage because with my poise i am clearly superior
backstab fishing shitters like you for days
>>335944501
Poise matters here because it's much faster than the other Souls games. Poise was for shitters in Dark Souls because everything pretty much moved through molasses anyways, but it's necessary for some builds, especially when there are endgames enemies like Lothric Knights that can two-three shot you with basic long swords and not even get hit in return since you're put into an instant stun animation.
Dark Souls 2 did poise right by making it hyper armor, but the numbers needed a lot of adjusting.
>>335944586
Pfft..that's it?
>missing the point so hard
Mimics had a right to exist exclusively because of element of surprise. Tell me, how many mimics have you killed in DaS3 and out of those, how many have been a surprise?
>>335944759
I don't think being grabbed is what OP was going for.
Is anyone else annoyed how every boss has to have a second phase, especially when it's just "IDK they're on fire now"
The online is fucked beyond all relief. Might go back to DaS2 tomorrow.
>>335944915
I got surprised by the one in the wall, because I didn't know they could chomp you while on all 4.
>>335944692
As long as Dex builds have equal or higher DPS than UGS's, then poise won't matter at all because they can take advantage of the same mechanics.
>>335944937
No.
The absolute worst problem is how easy it is to break lock on. More than half of my deaths on any boss were due to it rushing, jumping in the air, teleporting, or just leaning to side and breaking my lock on. Then they're offscreen, I can't see the wind ups to know when to dodge, and my shield isn't blocking in the correct direction.
A lesser problem is grab attacks. They're a little cheap because the first time an enemy does one, you usually can't tell it's going to be a grab by the wind up. After that it's fine, and it adds depth to the combat by punishing over reliance on shields.
>>335944912
>what is hyperarmor
>what is not just baiting enemies into your attack range by starting your attack animation as they run into it
As someone who used the Greatsword and then the Fume greatsword for the entire game, get fucking good.
>>335944937
Why is this annoying? I get it could be criticized as overly predictable after a while, as it's almost always around the halfway point in the health bar, but why is it annoying for bosses to have 2 phases? Why is variety bad
way too easy
>>335942558
Only the bosses are difficult. DS 1 was great because the regular areas were just as difficult. Imagine the distance and time it took to find that bonfire at the bottom of blighttown.
This game I never felt unsafe.
Too many fucking bonfire. Did there really have to be a bonfire right next to the Dragonslayer's bonfire? Fucking really?
What about Irithyl Valley bonfire next to Wolnir's bonfire?
>>335944915
Anyone with half a brain has been striking every chest since Sen's Fortress. Even in Bloodborne.
>>335944778
Yes, enjoy getting interrupted by a DEX weapon before you can even get hyper armor.
>>335944883
DEX users already press R1 and get assured damage because lolnopoise. Everything staggers you in this game, and if you get staggered by lighter weapons there really isn't a point in using the heavier weapons.
>>335943290
Are you trolling, or just incapable of creating a good match of armor?
>>335945148
It is totally predictable and in many cases like Yhorm it doesn't really add anything to the fight other than I moment for you to hit them or run away and heal while they go super saiyan
>>335943924
>I haven't played sorcerer
A video of a guy fighting an NG boss while overleveled doesn't prove anything, magic sucks
>b-but look at the video he beat the boss real fast
Now show me somebody beating Lorian & Lothric with magic in one minute, or PvPing with magic
I don't like cast speed being tied to DEX; it really kills the idea of getting a good STR weapon since you need to invest 20 into DEX to be optimized for casting, while still needing high investment in Attunement and your caster stat of choice.
I also miss some of the more fun spells that were in DaS2, like Lingering Flame and the good Poison/Toxic Mist. In fact, non-pyro dark casters and faith casters kinda got dicked this time around with shitty variety.
It seems that a lot of current spells are also pretty shit or aren't worth the spell slot. I don't think current big hitters need a buff, but some do need a second look at their value ingame.
That being said, in the land of No Poise, the Iron Fleshed man is king.
>>335943443
Fucking losers... Not cosplaying as Victor van Doom.
I'm digusted by all of you
>>335945164
There are difficult normal enemies. I had trouble with the transforming harpy fuckers if the caster got the roar out and they swarmed you, and the big goat guys in Farron Keep were also a pain to deal with.
>>335945137
>alter the pacing of the gameplay so that it's more like Bloodborne
>still make it so that the game harshly punishes you for being aggressive
Yeah nah, fuck that. Dark Souls 3 becomes incredibly obnoxious whenever you don't play by its rules.
my main complaint is how fucking convoluted and impossible to follow the npc quest chains are. shit is literally impossible to do without guides. want to get the morion blade or the spotted whip? haha have fun fucking missing it because you have the smallest and most seemingly inconsequential window to get them and you WILL miss them on your first playthrough. not only that but a lot of items/sets/npc events require BACKTRACKING to shit you would have absolutely 0 reason to backtrack to while you are progressing through the game
that and some covenants are just useless and broken blades/blue mostly
>>335943290
>learn to fashion
>>335945164
Realize that is you who got good. At this point you already know to keep yourself aware at all times.
It was new for you 1, it's obviously natural to have more toruble there and feel like it was harder. Well, i started with Demons Souls, and Blightown was nothing in comparison to Valley of Defilement, so in my perspective, in contrast to yours, it was easy as shit.
Just like there's a bunch of newcomers having their asses handled to them by 3.
>>335945406
I missed the soup kitchen for Siegward and ended up lighting the Irithyll dungeon bonfire. So much shit is easy to miss in this game.
>>335945291
>>335945291
I love iron flesh exactly for this reason. R1 spammers get fucked so hard when they go in, do no damage, and get a sacred flame for their trouble before they can dodge away.
>>335945291
>DEX users already press R1 and get assured damage because lolnopoise.
Only if you're shit. This was a thing in Demon's Souls, too. You know what the solution was? Not getting fucking hit by a shitter who exclusively spams r1 over and over. Shit, in Demon's Souls you could literally pushlock someone to death with r1 and shove/kick.
>>335944915
0
they still have the S-Chain that gives them away, like in ds 1
real chests have a C-Chain
>>335945164
>Only the bosses are difficult.
I don't think I could possibly disagree more. The majority of DS3's enemies are an absolute pain in the dick, and fuck those guys that screech and cause a fucking swarm while you're trying to pull enemies.
>Imagine the distance and time it took to find that bonfire at the bottom of blighttown.
That's more to do with the environment working against the player rather than the enemies themselves. The niggers in Blighttown were made of paper.
>>335943379
It's been like that since DAS. Anytime someone mentions this problem you get the typical git gud shit.
>>335942558
P.O.I.S.E.
O.
I.
S.
E.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h21kjagkSNw
HOW DO I BEAT ABYSS ON SECOND STAGE FUCK HIS FLAMESWORD
>>335945406
But to get the Morion Blade all you need to do is do what Yuria tells you to do.which you shouldn't, because then you'll miss out on half of the game's sorceriesThat's not convoluted.
>>335945575
You don't even have to look at the chain, just poke every chest you see. No reaction = safe.
Really I think mimics should be more than chests, or have some kind of retributive system for the mimic checking. Kinda like Spy checking in Tf2, there's no repercussion for guessing wrong.
>>335945307
>big hat shows off elegant neck and face
>short sleeves to show off the muscles
>cloth physics to draw attention to the crotch
Lets see you try to do better. That's perfection you're looking at.
>>335943290
I'm honestly confused.
Is this a joke or does that anon actually think that combination looks good?
>>335945680
learn to dodge him.
>>335945328
>mfw i literally just soloed 3 red phantoms as the host of a fightclub using my pure magic build with no melee weapon to speak of
i wish i could have saved the recording but alas it was too long ago
most pvp as mage is tricking people into rolling with homing soul mass, dead angling soul greatsword and potshotting people with soul spears when the opportunity arises
go watch literally any dark souls 2 pure magic build and the tactics are the same and just as effective
next time i do some dank shit ill be sure to press that Share™ button
>>335945680
Summon someone.
>>335942558
level design is worse than 2 nothing to do in ng+
>>335945550
What's the point of even having it as a stat then? If it's worthless why even add it at all? I'm complaining about it being a useless stat, that's all.
>>335944915
0.
Appearance gives them away. Outside of the obvious chain, you can also tell by the breathing as they made their breathing animation more frequent/more noticeable compared to 1 and 2.
>>335945686
It is, though.
>Yuria only spawns after you kill the Abyss Watchers
>the cut off point for Yuria asking about Orbeck is entering the Catacombs
Yes, so if you kill the Abyss Watchers and move down into the Catacombs which is the incredibly fucking enticing area literally RIGHT NEXT TO the bonfire, you miss out on the Morion Blade.
>>335945192
>he can't tell them apart by looks alone
>>335942558
I hate that the game only saves inputs when its inconvenient for you .
>Mashing R1, get my ass knocked down, and then start mashing O to roll
>Character starts swinging when he gets up, and gets hit again
And then this happens with I try to play with the saved inputs in mind.
>Slowly press R1 four times
>Character only swings 3 times, and then stands there, then I get hit
>>335945902
I mean, it probably effects something in some minuscule way.
>>335945849
Sorry, the people you were PvPing with were literally retarded
Magic is dogshit, ask anybody who has been PvPing for a long time and has an obsession with meta. It's just a fact. If you were actually killing people with magic, then you would have been twice as effective with a non-magic build
>>335946120
this meme is the worst when pvping against parry shitters
>try to only attack twice because the shitter parrying that l2 button for days
>only attack once, attack again after a slight delay during the input buffer and get parried
alternatively what you said happens
>>335944937
I thought it god old after a while.
>>335946324
the pvp meta at its highest level is fucking baiting people into attacks because it is literally impossible to hit someone legitimately good at pvp with ANYTHING otherwise
this suddenly doesnt magically not apply with magic
This covers it for me.
>>335945148
>variety
>they do the same shit with some more effects
its ok with dancer and pontiff but abysswatcher, yorhm and others are just plain stupid.
>>335946120
The only time I've ever been able to get that to work for me is with switching grips. Works like a charm every time.
For everything else, it's horrible.
>>335946650
>see black blob
>toss firebomb
>hit it until it stops writhing
>back up, rinse and repeat
whoa super hard, also firebombs are literally 50 souls from greirat
I'm enjoying the game but it has a lot of problems:
>poise is turned off, and From will not turn it back on
>most boss weapons are utter trash
>sword sword domination obviating the need for anything but the dark sword
>elemental resistances and the way twin blades share physical damage means dancer swords will never be good unless From gives them hugely inflated stats and From still nerfing it
>all spellcasting being bad, and From still nerfing it
>enemies attacking through walls
>broken, broken PvP not only in terms of weapon balance but getting bumper car'd to death by an invader fucking sucks
>vague, imprecise patch notes
>boring, mostly broken covenants
Personally I also dislike the sheer number of stats there are to spread your levels around. I wish it was more like Bloodborne, with fewer stats.
>>335942558
Positioning and distance means absolutely nothing to most enemies. Where ever, literally, where ever you are they can zoom up to you with every attack. On your part, dodging is completely reduced to the invincibility frames.
But for enemies it's different. They can jump away and keep their distance from you and move wherever they fucking please. I mean, I do love the Dark Souls 3, but it was pretty pathetic for From Software to do this shit. It feels passionless and cheap.
I don't own it.
>>335947061
When did he say it was hard?
>>335946120
My mistimed roll is always buffered and I always end up taking a second hit rather than just being punished for the one I fucked up.
It's the usual reashed mediocre clunky as fuck souls game.
>Sunbros
Obviously
>Invasion covenant
Allows you to respec for niche builds. it's ok but too limited
>2 protector covenants
Why?
>2 area defense covenants
WHY?
>Grapes
I mean why not?
Where's the fun covenant? Like the gravelords or the rats. I know it's never well implemented, but i feel like they just said screw it and kept what sort of worked.
>>335946650
I honestly enjoy people trying to gank me now. I get such a fucking rush when I win a 4v1.
>>335947653
Maybe if they let me carry more than five Lloyds talismans.
>>335942978
I really wish that VIT would have a greater impact on equip load per level than it currently does. Considering how little difference armor stats actually make, I shouldn't have to put four fucking levels into it just to be able to wear a pair of pants that are 2 pounds heavier than my previous pair.
>>335947798
People asked for balance. You got it.
>>335946650
Beat Star Wars in like 5 deaths. I used a greatsword and no shield. I assure you its manageable.
Everything else is spot on though.
You guys weren't kidding about the dark sword. made it heavy, got it to +10 and I'm raping the fuck out of PvE. What the fuck was FROM thinking? Straight Swords have no business scaling A with anything. Literally no point on using anything else
>>335944912
>everything pretty much moved through molasses
Why are you so dumb? When was the last time you played ds1?
>>335947934
He's piss easy with a weapon that can stun, beat him easily with my bastard sword, but the falchion is cold shit against him. Which is why he holds a special place in my heart for being fucking shit.
No Mask of the Father anywhere.
>>335947061
>hit it until it stops writhing
Actually when you ignite them with a bomb they go berserk and start flailing wildly. They're harder to fight after burning them unless you kite them until they calm the fuck down and ignite them again, lather, rinse, repeat.
>>335943227
hyperarmor is tied to the weapon moveset. You cannot be staggered when performing attacks with ultra weapons. Poise is disabled.
right now invading, it is cool if you progress alone or with phantoms but for invador it is nightmare
>>335947525
>Grapes
>Not the fun covenant
>>335948576
Honest question, do people actually summon barneyfags? There is absolutely no reason to ever take that risk. And if you're only invading, why not just be red?
>>335948186
not him but if you replay DaS 1 after playing bloodborne it WILL feel a lot slower than it did when you first played it. and then in DaS 3 they made things even faster when it comes to enemy attacks
So my friend right now invaded another player. Almost right away she was for some reason sent to Firelink Shrine with max hollowing, without armor, and for some reason she has a tail.
What the fuck just happened?
>>335948282
The CHAMPS set is close enough
>>335942558
Hosts staying in the back the whole fight and then dying immediately when they try to get a hit in too. These useless fucks should let their phantoms carry them so they don't waste everyone's time by dying in a dumbass way.
>>335943227
"Poise" is tied to weapon equip load actually. Armor poise is meaningless.
I don't like the level curve.
I'm not even at level 60, and it already takes over 20k souls to reach the next level. It was well over level 100 in DS2 before it took 20k for the next level. I ended up at level ~210 in DS2. I always had good enough equipment and decent enough stats that my character seemed strong, but not overpowered. I still died plenty of times, and the game was still challenging.
In DS3, I just feel like I'm constantly scraping by, barely able to take on the challenges I come across. I frequently have to cheese enemies or kite them away one at a time with a bow. I've put 30 points into endurance and I still can't wear half-decent armor without fatrolling. My character is shit, and with the way the level curve is going, I'll probably end up around level 90 and it'll still be shit.
I've just kind of coasted for a while, but now I'm up against the old demon king, and I feel like it's a major barrier.
>>335948989
>I've put 30 points into endurance
>In DS3, I just feel like I'm constantly scraping by, barely able to take on the challenges I come across
Gee
>>335942558
Poise doesn't fucking work.
PvP is still laggy as fuck.
The covenants that I like don't fucking work.
Backing off from a fight and healing is almost unpunishable.
Endurance is too hungry.
>>335942558
Sentinels and Darkmoon requiring Way of the Blue.
F U C K that
>>335948989
>I've put 30 points into endurance and I still can't wear half-decent armor without fatrolling.
Wut u mean vitality? About to beat the game third time and am at level 134, this is withuot grinding for souls.
Yeah Old demon king is a poorly designed boss. Just hit and run. Also kill knight hunter in old demon ruins to get black iron greatshield and infuse it with a fire gem. Gives it like 99.6% fire absorption. Allows you to kill pretty much most fire bosses in the game.
>>335949291
More like Sentinels and Darkmoon being literally the same.
>>335946650
>Pontiff Sulyvahn
Here's a tip:it's okay to use a fucking shield
>>335948989
1. Enemies drop souls like candy later on, you'll finish the game over levelled
2. Equip load is tied to vitality, not endurance
>>335942558
It's pretty much an exact remake of DaS1. As where DaS2. And Bloodborne.
On the plus side, I am making all kinds of karma from Redidt, just posting run-off-the-mill DaS3 footage. DaS3 = meme game 2016, woohoo!
>>335948690
>do people actually summon barneyfags?
Yup, some times it's for help, other times it's to fight.
>There is absolutely no reason to ever take that risk.
If you don't see any other signs and you want help getting through the level, it's your only choice. Some people also just don't know what they're about. I often place my sign mid way though levels. If people want some help, or want to fight, they summon me.
>And if you're only invading, why not just be red?
I don't get rewards for killing invaders as a red. As a Mound-Maker, I'm swiming in spines.
>>335943290
>learn to fashion
but i have
>>335949430
Not if I want to stay below 30% and wear good looking armor.
>>335949503
I'll never understand why people like Fallen Knight.
>>335943047
>knock down host
>toss charm on his face
>he runs like a bitch, me poking his ass with my halberd
>he dies running
>repeat for every invasion
Uhhh? If you cant kill the host in the window it gves you, that means youre bad at rhe game.
magic sux
except for the tasty times when i hit people with a chaos fire orb
but otherwise magic sux
>>335949693
>Uhhh?
>>335949480
Mound maker covenant is poorly designed imo. They should've let them help kill the area boss when they're summoned but the host knows they're going to kill you 100% of the time so there's literally no point in summoning one other than to fight them.
>>335942558
The Covenants being the worst of the three games.
>>335949693
>Uhhh?
reddit user using red hilted halberd, what else is new
DARKMOON
I AM STILL WAITING TO BE SUMMONED
>>335949645
Is the difference in rolling really that significant between <30% and 30%+? The only thing that seems to make an actually game-changing difference is when you exceed 70%
>>335949784
They can't pass fog wall?
>>335949651
the stats on fallen knight are legitimately great and it doesn't weigh much. plus it looks alright. the only next best thing than it for physical damage res is silver knight's armor and that weighs a fucking ton
>>335943380
Every time I run he just double Soul Spears me.
>>335949651
Nick neck faggot
>Dank Twinspears are all the way to Anal Rodeo
fuckkk
>>335949884
I definitely notice it.
>>335948690
Yes. A lot of people like to PvP with grapes and NG first timers often don't know how it works.
Plus, popping down a sign in the swamp guarantees a summon because no sane man wants to get summoned there.
>>335949884
your running animations look less fatigued and you roll farther
no increase to iframes
>>335949784
You say this yet purples get summoned instantly when they put down their sign.
The motivation or the host is that they get a shackle if they kill a purple, and they're more likely to win because they have a health bonus and twice as many estus if they're the host.
Also, if you're being attacked by a red and you can't handle it, the purple might help you out and kill the red
>>335942558
The biggest problem with the game is obviously not having a Rat Covenant. I want to be King Rat again.
>>335949784
>but the host knows they're going to kill you 100% of the time
I have never, not once, put down my sign with the intention of killing a host. I've always helped them through the level, shown them secrets and items, and when we come to the fog wall I either let them kill me or watch as they walk in thinking they have a helper.
The only time I've done damage to a host on purpose is when they attack me first.
Besides, it's easier to kill their phantoms.
>>335947767
Wearing the hornet and king slayer ring helps a lot
No friendly snaikfu.
Also when will great hammers not be shit?
>>335950009
there's literally no difference in i-frames until you hit 70% equip load, it's in your mind
>>335942558
Trophies.
I know not everyone is into trophies, as they can be seen as "arbitrary".
I just don't like the idea of completing a game multiple times for a platinum trophy used to identify that you completed the game.
Collect all rings? What if I sold that one at a lower level? I have to replay the game again?
Like I said, trophies are arbitrary, so this complaint isn't universal.
A "real" complaint is how quick all the bosses are. A majority have some kind of rage feature, which gets old. Nameless king's first phase was great (if you know how to work the camera). His second phase though is the same as all the other bosses, fast combos with second breaks.
He does have a cool move though, where he dashes off screen and charges. More of that stuff and twin prince mechanics would be great.
Overall, less slashy slashy, more intelligent and calculated combat. Sage was okay, good for a beginning game boss.
>inb4 git gud
>>335950196
I literally have no idea how to counter shit like Smough's hammer.
This right here is a nice way to show EVERYTHING that went wrong in this game in terms of enemy design. These guys move fast as fuck, hit hard as fuck, for long as fuck periods of time and are accurate as fuck. they also pull lightning buffs out of their ass at a time when you don't have a good armor that has both physical and lightning resistance.
It is LITERALLY unfair to anything that isn't a dex or STR build unless you cheese them or summon help. Dex and STR builds can get by fine though, but anything else had to waste so many points on INT or FAITH or Attunement that it won't have the HP bar big enough to deal with them FAIRLY
Are we posting ash?
>>335942978
This. Im at 26 vit and i still cant wield a decent sword with decent armor.
Vit was a mistake.or at least make it scale by 2-3 points each level up instead of one.
>>335949905
>giving a shit about armor stats in Souls games
You retarded, kid?
>>335942558
too shorttttttt
I bought that ficking expensive tower key to get patches to firelink shrine but he won't lock me in. I've talked to siegward in the well. FUcking piece of shit micropenis ching chong men code better games
>>335950284
Literally run past them to the left.
>>335950284
Why u no run past them like everyone else?
Why you kill enemy that grow back anyway?
Why?
>>335950284
>I have to deal with my choice in going magic against enemies that were made to fuck over fucking dragons
There's what nine of them in the fucking game? Get over it.
>>335950284
>cast soul spear
>cast great soul arrow
wow that was hard
The biggest problem with the game is there's not enough mimics.
>Door mimics
>Loot mimics
>Floor mimics
>Bonfire mimics
>Anor Londo mimics
>Cathedral mimics
>Tree mimics
>Corpse mimics
>Mimics inside of mimics
>Invisible mimics
>Animal mimics
>Symbiote mimics
>Mimics mimicking one another
>Mimic boss
>>335950284
this one location is a dps check
you roll through the spear one dmg and kill him before the sword one aggroes
if you fail, you run to rotating bridge and they de-leash there and you kill them
the outrider knights ( every single one solo) and sometimes the mutated aberrations gave me much more problems
>>335950120
>Hollowslayer Greatsword
ma nigga
>>335950284
an Int or Faith build can 1 shot kill them with Great Chaos Fire Orb.
Great Heavy Soul Arrow also 2 shot kills them.
Faith sucks in general but it's supposed to be a supplement to melee in this game
>>335943227
You're referring to weapon poise which is tied to the weapon. Normal poise is disabled in Dark Souls 3.
>>335950272
I'm sad that the demon great hammer has nearly 100 less damage overall than the Dragonslayer Great Axe.
>>335950401
>>335950449
You miss out on souls. I already had to hide body + spook my way through most enemies in the boreal valley, which results on >>335948989
you can't just get by on boss souls
Does magic ever get really good? I've been dumping points into intelligence and my attacks are always so-so even after getting the great soul arrows. I'm a handful of strength points away from wielding the crystal sage rapier too to hopefully balance my damage for when enemies get close
>>335950568
I want reddit to leave
poise is different in this game and some faggot found a hex leftover from the old engine and now all you fucking faggots are whining that
>WAH FROM PUT POISE BACK IN I'M AN ENTITLED LITTLE SHIT
git gud faggot
>>335946027
Yuria actually spawns the second you get 5 sigils and reload firelink but I still agree with you.
>>335950524
It is, literally, the best Greatsword, period.
Everything else is too slow, too weak, takes too much stamina.
Hollowslayer is perfect.
So apparently it's possible to use Cheat Engine to softban people now. Amazing job, From.
>>335943290
Learn to fashion.
>>335950120
Hang on, you get shackles for killing phantoms?
>>335948989
>I've put 30 points into endurance and I still can't wear half-decent armor without fatrolling.
I swear to god you better be fucking trolling
>>335950492
>firekeeper mimics
>dragon mimics
>throne mimics
>elevator mimics
>fog wall mimics
>>335950294
dat gap
>>335950623
Anon, I'm on near end of my third playthrouh at level 134.
What am I doing wrong that I'm getting by fine?
>>335950649
See this ring?
there are 3 of them in the game and if you equip them they do absolutely nothing at all.
poise is broken, deal with it fuckboi
>>335950649
Not him, but Poise from armor is literally useless for 0 reason. DS1 Poise was not good, but it's better than nothing.
>Can't be a fat roller and use Scythes cause you'll just get stucklocked by a rapier
>Can use a fuckhueg sword and no armor and take multiple hits and then just obliterate retards
>>335950623
>you miss out on souls
pull some coop or go wanting
>>335946650
I beat pontiff my first try using vordts mace and no shield so... i think youre just unskilled
>>335950492
>Symbiote mimics
Now we're talking.
I actually would like more things being a mimic. Bonfire mimics, maybe glowing item pick up mimics, crystal lizard mimics. They went crazy with Mimics in three when they could have at least made the mimics more diverse.
I want to punish myself and go faith. What's a good faith single handed weapon? Any good faith hammers?
>>335950720
I keep looking for more greatswords, but as far as I've seen HSGS has a unique moveset? Other greatswords hit the ground too much
>>335950623
Experience scales exponentially, which means that missed souls matter little. As long as you level eventually
>>335950919
>Faith with a 1H weapon
Scythes if you don't mind being shit in PvP.
>>335950747
>Kill host of embers or 1/2/3 Phantoms
do you not read the popup when you invade as a purple? You can kill the host OR the current number of phantoms he has summoned. Usually it's much, much easier to kill a few phantoms than it is to kill the host because they have less flasks and are more willing to run out and attack.
Also, if you kill another purple as a purple, you get two shackles (one for killing a purple, and as second one for completing your objective)
>>335950623
>I already had to hide body + spook my way through most enemies in the boreal valley
Why the fuck would you do this?
>>335950747
Yes.
When you're summoned, or invade, you're given the mission:
Kill the host or X phantoms
You have to actually kill the phantom for it to count, and I'm not 100% sure Aldrich Faithful or Watchdogs count towards it, but Blueberries and Rassberry Reds certainly do.
I often invade a place and hide until the host gets invaded by someone else, and then kill the invader.
>>335950938
The Drakeblood Greatsword shares the 2h r1 chain, but it is a one handed greatsword. It's shorter, deal less damage, and is at least two points lighter, also it's normal 1h swings cost the same stamina as the HSGS 2hr1, so you can swing it around for days if you wanted.
>>335951018
Everything except straight swords and the rapiers are shit in pvp tbqhwuf
>>335949878
Gundy's actually
>>335951065
ran out of patience. didn't feel like dealing with the ground columns of fire ass rapery. this is my second character (after a STR character) so I wanna rush and get to the good sorcery scrolls already which are all way later.
>>335944192
The game is also no designed around you healing either.
If you use estus at any point you may as well off yourself because you're a retarded casual.
>>335950919
>What's a good faith single handed weapon?
Astora Straight Sword
give it raw and it can carry you to the end of the game easily
morne great hammer is the "grant" clone this time, you can get it as early as Undead Settlement
>>335951065
becuse he is a shitter who cannot git gud
>>335950919
With my Faith/Int build I rolled Raw ASS+6 up untill after killing Lothric. So if you don't mind something boring, anything Raw should be fine if you buff. Do Dragonpeak early as well for Lightning Blade I'd say.
I don't know about any actual decent weapon that straight up scales with Faith. Hell I really don't think there is any.
>>335950835
Increases maximum equip load by 15%
+1 Version: +17%
+2 version: +18%
Weight: 1.5
They aren't willing to let the player have anything they earn.
>>335951219
Greatswords are pretty good at trading with heavier weapons and out trading the lighter ones.
>>335950835
poise is now something that is activated by weapon skills.
>>335951296
I meant like some bludgeoning weapon but I guess it's just not viable for a Faith build huh? Granted I care more about cooping with a friend than pvp.
I really wish there was a covenant that let you hunt hollows, now that it's a willing choice.
>>335943891
The regular Soul Arrow does more damage:FP than Crystal SS. It's even fucking stronger than HCSM. Magic is fundamentally broken in this game.
>>335951381
I went up against a guy who had a greatsword, I had the estoc. Literally just wait for his attack animation, roll then stab. Shit he rolled away, started to heal and that was it for him, I just spammed r1 and he couldn't get out of it. He can't parry, he can't roll out of his attack, I just have a really hard time seeing the UGS as anything but pve.
>Get summoned as a Dorkmoon
>Beat the invader
>Proof of a Concord Kept prompt pops up
>Return to my world
>Check inventory
>It isn't fucking there
Goddamn it I have to wait like 700 fucking years before I ever get summoned for this stupid covenant and I just want to get Darkmoon Blade already
>>335942558
The lizardmen of Archdragon Peak. By far the most bullshit enemies in a souls game. There's one area near where you find Havel with three big ones and five or six small ones which is almost impossible.
Are pole arms still viable in this game? I want to do a halberd/axe run but because of the whole straight/long sword meme I'm concerned with how the former stacks in terms of overall balance.
>>335951474
if you just want a generic bludgeoning weapon then just make a Raw Mace and use Sunlight Blade on it, or a Heavy Mace if you plan to level up strength
it's perfectly viable, it's just not as good as Raw Astora Straight Sword. Nothing is as good as Raw ASS for PVE, though
>>335951502
>The regular Soul Arrow does more damage:FP than Crystal SS
>damage:FP
Lmao how is this a bad thing? That's the price you pay for big damage.
It's also the same for all your level ups.
>hurr from 10 to 20 STR I got 50 AR and it only cost me 10k souls, but from 20 to 30 STR I only gained 40 AR and it cost me 20, broken as fuck!!
>>335951689
it's important to note WHICH greatsword
many of them have really terrible movesets
>>335951712
Why you no kite them one by one?
>>335948989
>>335949381
>>335949464
Yeah, I meant vitality. I was thinking of another game.
>>335951714
Some pole arms are strong, but you only get the really good ones lategame. The lategame polearms are GREAT though
>>335950732
Hey I think I was fucking you up at the High Wall bonfire last night/early this morning.
>need to go to grand archives to get crystal spells
>having way too much fun summoning phantoms and using finger in area after pontiff
how it locks you out of the archives for no reason is fucking bullshit desu
>>335951818
Ok, UGS's aside from farron gs and the fume ugs.
>>335951964
>beat dancer and dragonslayer armor extremely early so I can get some archive stuff
>it's hard but I manage
>door locked
FUCK
>>335951689
That's cause the guy sucked, you don't make the first attack with ultra weapons. Had he waited and actually made a trade you'd be at a disadvantage
>>335951981
Is the FUGS any good? Have a 10+ with 50 strength. Despite its damage output, I find it's DPS to be absolute shit in PvE
>>335951714
Red Hilt and Glaive are useful early game.
>>335952105
The stab is really good
>Stuck in the Catacombs or whatever it's called after Abyss Watchers
>Cannot for the fucking life of me get past the 2 fucks who throw the dark bombs, their 2 guards, one big assassin skeleton, and Rats to the next Bonfire as a Pyromancer
What is wrong with me.
>>335951903
>>335952112
This guy's any decent. Well I'd use it even if it wasn't, I'm just curious.
>>335951361
I have literally never seen this ring ingame. It's so weird
>>335950196
I want to get fucked by those snakes anally. Snake husbandos are great.
>>335952353
it's probably the best polearm. It's extremely popular in PvP The only other polearm I see as often is the nameless king's lighting spear thing
>>335952465
it's made from soul transposition of the Stray Demon on top of the tower in the swamp
>>335942558
>>335942813
My biggest problem with Faith is that you can't stack buffs outside of Oath of Sunlight (attk + dmg absorption boost) and Tears of Denial (saves you from death once every cast.) Trying to stack anything else results in Tears being replaced by the new buff, or everything being replaced if you use something like Deep Protection (boosts ATK, DMG Absorption, Resist, and Stamina Recovery.) I'm fine with miracles doing shit damage, but at least let me stack shit.
It is too easy and few if none of the locations and bosses are memorable.
>>335952465
The base version is a trade for a boss soul (stray demon?)
Havent found +1/+2 yet
>>335951746
That's fine, but what about HCSM being weak as fuck? Defend that. I've done pure INT since Demon's Souls, but this fucking sucks
>>335947101
I like how the ninja skeletons dance around your attacks like a butterfly, making you feel like like a slumbering fatass who can't hit shit.
Who's brilliant idea was it to give the enemies Bloodborne movesets, while the players gets the slow Souls one?
Biggest problem = roll spam in pvp. The actual pve content is great as you would expect of the souls series.
>>335952674
HCSM main purpose is stunlocking people long enough for you to do a run attack
>>335952753
>hit enemy once
>they roll backwards 50 times, going faster than you can sprint
>drink a flask to full health
>this happens 12 times before they run out of estus and disconnect their internet
bravo, fromsoft
>>335952537
Cool, thanks for the input. Onward in my quest to murder Gundyr!
>>335952350
Run to the next bonfire faggot
>>335952353
It's the best polearm in the game, if you count the Spear-Sword as a spear.
>>335952763
Is there a non Crystal version then? Or is the meta still 120? Because I honestly don't mind throwing 30 points into ATT if I can Weapon Art and sling spells to by heart's content
The linearity. I could forgive the awful combat if the game was actually enjoyable to explore instead of being a straight line with some branches that lead to dead ends.
>>335942558
People not recognizing that the last third of it suffers from exactly the same problems as DaSII. What problems exactly? Well, I dunno. What did you find bad about DaSII? Because it's all of that.
>>335952982
You have to stay close to this faggot with your shield up, stay behind him and you can walk out of most of his attacks.
>>335952982
That hurts to watch.
>>335953093
yes, there's normal homing soul mass, and also Pursuers (dark version), although the tracking on Pursuers is a lot less than previous games
>>335952350
Use the arrow trap against them.
So are you guys getting summoned for farron, alrdrich, blue covenant?
Ive had each of these covenants on for many hours each, im now level 130 on my character and i havent been summoned once.
Im starting to worry if I was softbanned or something for playing with a friend who got banned for hacking. Or is it just broken?
>>335942558
Too many references to previous games without standing on its own enough. I don't mind a few throwbacks but it seems like they were behind every corner with weapons, armors, even bosses.
>>335951746
For moves that you get upgraded versions of, that's not how it should work. Otherwise people will stick to the more efficient moves as there is little point to using the upgraded moves.
>>335952350
You know when you see those two shield big skeletons patrolling that hallway, past the bomb throwers?
Turn around, and jump off the cliff behind you. It leads to the water area with the rats. Then just go up the stairs to the bonefire.
>poise
Invasions being so totally fucking against the invader. I don't care how you fix it, being summoned to a world where the host just summons 2 phantoms and they all alternate healing is just no fun at all. I'm fine with it being more on the side of the host, but right now it's just a matter of rolling the dice until you finally get the chance at a decent fight.
>>335950284
Not sure what your saying here.
>melee
shield and circle backstab
>ranged
backup and shoot when they start to sprint towards you
>>335953282
I was getting constant blue covenant summons by Pontiff Whatsit. got my 60 ears and unequipped it cause i was actually not progressing (summons rewind you a few seconds).
Of course, i can't turn them in because i pissed off that npc who gives you the gesture by joining the reds too early, but that's besides the point.
>>335953340
It's exactly how it should work. Being able to deal much higher burst damage is insanely valuable, especially against dangerous enemies. You don't want to be using 100 Soul Arrows against Nameless Knight, you want to fuck him up with as few casts as possible, and that's something you should pay extra for.
>>335953480
If you want a fair fight use the red sign soapstone. If you want to try to ruin somebodies day against difficult odds then use the orb.
There isn't even any good reward for invading this time. It's literally just to be a dick.
>>335944343
>flashsword comboes for three hits
>bait with soul mass
Soul mass is easily dodgeable and both flash sword and greatsword and some of easiest fucking things in the game to parry, and before you fucking cry that you can't parry spells without a special shield, you can parry flash sword and greatsword with anything.
why are people still arguing about poise?
It has already been proven that it does nothing in this game. Poise is this game's Pendant. Stop falling for Miyazaki's trolls.
>>335953282
I was getting nothing at 60, and I'm still getting nothing at 70.
I'very not gotten a blueberry summon in DS1 or 2, and it looks like 3 is no different.
>>335953691
>use 100 Soul arrows
>drink 3/5 flasks
Kill him
>use 40 Crystal Soul Spears
>drink 5 flasks
He's still alive.
It's a broken system. I literally had to use Great Heavy Soul Arrows to kill Lothric without running out before they died.
>inb4 JUST ALLOCATE MORE FLASKS ITS NOT MY FAULT YOU'RE SHIT
>>335953886
It is activated by weapon arts like perseverance.
>>335953705
I think it's just the weird concept of honor. Not the tryhard faggy version where you bow before you fight and you don't use estus kinda' shit, but stuff where you don't just run away to summon another phantom if I kill your original one or being a fag and hiding in the middle of the enemies if it's just the two of you. It's more the concept of just not being an asshole and trying to have a "fair fight" without having to step down to fight clubs or whatever so I have to use whatever meta is rolling through reddit.
>>335942978
Havels Ring
>>335942558
Roll roll attack
>>335953691
Yet the shittier spells are more efficient due to having the shortest casting time in order to actually cast something without getting shitted on, plus they deal more damage in the long run anyways.
There is literally no reason to use the more powerful versions.
>>335954026
Except 0 poise from armor and 30 poise from armor have identical effects during weapon arts. Only Weapon Poise works during arts, Armor Poise does NOTHING.
>>335943453
Does that include pyromancy?
>>335954026
It isn't
>>335942558
Invaders, this is my first ever DS game, and I don't like it.
biggest problem by far is the lack of a breast slider
I just want my qt waifu to have "deal's a deal" tier tits
>>335942558
People you invade are
>up to 30 levels higher than you
>up to +2 weapon upgrades than you
>their summons can be any level, with any level of upgrade
>They can and will resummon their friends, which can be done immediately after their friend's death
>instahealing
>4v1
>seeded enemies
>once a host touches a fogwall, they are immune to all attacks and will slowly walk through it
>You will be preferentially invade hosts with as high a number of summons as possible, who I will be referring to as "shitters" from now on
>Shitters will be the biggest cunts possible
>this includes hiding behind a wall of summons, using the small amount of weapons that are overtly broken with fucked scaling and immense phantom range
And these same faggots will vehemently defend this style of play, saying that invaders are "getting what's coming to them". The point of online play is that you get to summon and you get invaded. When you stack the odds like this on EVERY FUCKING INVASION it's ME who becomes a shitter. I have to be the penultimate faggot to kill the host, using cheap broken tactics like chucking maximized chaos fireballs at gank squads when they don't expect it, running back and using enemies (leading to standoffs), etc. Essentially the only way to be a consistently successful invader is to play like a faggot yourself.
Besides stacking the odds against invaders, FROM has willfully made it difficult to enjoy invading, which is a bigger crime. Were FROM devs raped as children by home invaders, and this is their revenge?
They just need to work on netcode more, a lot of the games problems would be mitigated or completely fixed if netcode was better.
>>335954074
>get summoned as a red after Pontiff
> host is a two man gangs quad and I get killed from dark sword and spear r1 spam
>the absolute mad men actually summon me again
>kill the guys Phantom (full fallen knight, dark sword and grass crest) with a single riposte
>host immediately runs for the boss gate in Arno Londo
>catch up to him on the spinning tower and knock him back onto the stairs and plunge attack his ass.
What an ass.
>>335951456
No, that's hyperarmor. Poise doesn't affect anything. Poise is an armor stat that affects absolutely nothing.
You get the very same hyperarmor absolutely naked. Vit is now a useless stat for anyone trying to get heavier armor.
>>335953962
Nice try but CSS easily deals more than twice the amount of damage as Great Soul Arrow. If you could kill it with 100 SA, you could kill it with 40 CSS.
>>inb4 JUST ALLOCATE MORE FLASKS ITS NOT MY FAULT YOU'RE SHIT
If you're going full INT and you don't allocate enough flasks or atleast use its Estus ring, or otherwise have such shit INT and don't use any sorcery boosting items which causes you to deal no damage, then yes, you are fucking shit.
>>335953210
>>335953216
After finding out his past self was in the game I've made it my personal mission to fight him. I'm still very early, but I'm still very eager for the ensuing fight to come!
Covenants are the weakest out of the 3 games with the exception of grapes being one of the best ones added since 1
Faith is Dogshit
Poise
You are required to die as well as level up in order to get the dark ending and/or all equipment/spells
Nice rusted iron ring assholesI still like it a lot though, I hope they fix some of this shit.
>>335954514
>woah, hey guys. Welcome to Firelink Shrine
>>335954514
>"Deal's a deal" tier tits
God, that would be magnificent.
>>335942978
There's no point in having heavy armor, because there's no poise.
>>335954872
It looks fab
>>335954520
>Essentially the only way to be a consistently successful invader is to play like a faggot yourself.This is a good thing, honorfag
>>335954756
I legitimately can't tell if you're just being a shitter on purpose. You sound like a guy that used Crystal catalyst and Dark bead and hopped on Magic's dick, you literally play the most one dimensional version of INT builds, and I'm honestly ashamed to share a class with you
>>335943047
it's not a few seconds
>>335950778
>Estus Mimic
>Illusion wall Mimics
>Character Creation Screen mimic
Typical.
Everyone replies to terrible arguments, and the good points get ignored.
This is why there is a stigma against all 4chan users.
>>335955086
>Playable Mimics
>Mimic Souls
>It's literally a Dark Souls game, but with 6 billion % more Mimics and infinite Mimic variety
>Anor Londo Mimic at the top of this chain
Oh god, now that sounds... horrifying.
>>335955043
It's something like 40 seconds, and they're incredibly easy to dodge. The only way to ensure hitting them is to use it after a riposte
>>335942964
I'm pretty sure he's not complaining about mimics,just putting in an image related to ds3.
>>335955193
I do firmly believe the enemies do just a bit too much damage.
>335945164
But the areas are way harder than the bosses.
>>335945162
this.
the game was way too easy. the length of it is fine, but they fucked up bad on Wolnir and Yhorm.
Yhorm should have been harder than what it was.
>see humanoid boss
>poke him, he eventually staggers to his knees for a bunch of free hits
>undead boss
>some gimmick that once you figure out does like 5k damage to the boss and stuns it
>see dragon
>jump down on its head for a 1 hit kill
>>335955193
Yes, I'm sure your post was just so wonderful that it deserves its due attention. Surely yours is an art form ignored by the masses, gnashing their teeth in their ignomity.
Or you can spot a faggot from 200 yards and no one wants to play with you on the playground.
>>335955247
>Buy Game
>Open it up
>Its a mimic
>>335955030
>waa waa I should be able to nuke things just as efficiently as dealing low dps
I don't know why you would be making random assumptions. I play INT but mostly melee with MLGS, and use big magic if I need to take down this quickly from a distance. Oddly enough I never run into FP issues even though I never run around with more than 3 flasks. I wonder if it's because I'm not a complete fucking retard who doesn't understand his own builds.
>>335955480
>Buy Special Edition
>It comes in a big ass Mimic Chest, complete with floppy Tongue and Body, packed into the bottom of the Chest
>It itself is only a Mimic design
>Comes with a live Micro Mimic Chest pet and a copy of the game, sitting inside said Micro Mimic
A man can dream.
>>335955428
>once you figure it out
If you fought wolnir and saw the bangles and didn't rush them immediately, I'm inclined to believe you have brain problems
>>335955317
I think it has more to do with lack of poise than damage. Getting staggered and killed by the easiest enemies in the game as a level 134 is just embarassing. DS 1 you'd just wreck through them and no nothing nobody could do about it
Weapon balance.
Why use a str or dex weapon when a quality straight sword will out damage anything.
There is literly no reason to use anything else for pvp or pve as the move set is amazing, the damage is greater than a UGS and the speed is the same as a light dex weapon.
Why even bother with a slow weapon that can get 1 hit in when a SS can get 4-5 hits that do 10 hits of damage less.
>>335951689
>Milkchan
L-locomotion
>>335954872
Havels is good for cheese builds where you disguise cleansing flame by casting fire orb before it so you can tank everything before dying.
>>335955272
you can hit them if they go for a chug.
Coming from bloodborne, getting lloyds on someone feels exponentially more forgiving even without ripostes.
>>335943227
It's been confirmed that poise is turned off and does literally nothing currently. It's a completely useless stat.
>Summon people for boss fight
>Some go home as soon as they are summoned
>Others can't pass the fog gate
I'm just so confused as why do people leave as soon as they come in and why do they do that, if they see my character and think I'm a noob or something or they can't tell they aren't going to be able to pass the fog gate?
I've only tried to summon people 3 times or so and I haven't been able to co-op even once
The real biggest problem with dark souls 3 is faggots in fight clubs. It ruins invasions and it's the most autistic, cancerous thing I've ever seen in any community. It continuously propels the idea what you can't use estus in pvp, further making the community a bunch of fucking faggots, when in reality they just sit around and circle jerk about their HONORUBUU DURELLS using the most OP equipment in the game.
>>335954872
Doesn't it have higher damage absorption and resistance?
>>335944975
Honestly, the PVP in any Souls game is bound to be shit at various points
>>335950103
please lie down and die
>>335954771
You can beat him early as like the fourth boss in the game. Don't recommend it do. Kill the bitch that gave you that banner, it has no consequence, but allows you to unlock the path to him.
>>335942558
it's the last one ;-;
>>335955782
I'm not saying the whole noble duelist philosophy isn't dumb, but I think PVP would be so dragged out if both sides healed all the time.
The fat pieces of shit that play it
>>335950638
Anybody?
>>335955769
It's because you are ice skating around with 800 ping on mcdonalds wifi. Most of the time you can't aid them in a boss fight, and if you can the boss will just slide around.
You need to get better internet or restrict yourself to only your area. It's under settings; please don't force your brazillianness onto everyone else
>>335955782
>Honorable duels
>Implying this shit wouldn't happen all the time (8:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfY2o6dkoM
>>335955572
Seeing as I've been playing INT since Demon's Souls, I understand the build.
I'm saying it's fundamentally incorrect in that it's more cost effective to use weaker spells as opposed to nukes. As the other Anon said, it's not supposed to work like that.
It's trying to surpass Bloodborne
>>335942558
My shitty computer can't run it
>>335943290
looks like some shit Chris Tran would wear
no gravelord covenant
Can someone tell me why you can get parried while 2-handing a greatsword? what's the point of even using them? At least longswords have some decent speed. I just want to Murakumo faggots in their mouths.
>>335955782
>invade world
>see 2 red and a dark orange and host
>host is dueling
>attack one of the other idiots sitting down watching the duel
>they all stop what they're doing and 4 v 1 me
it is faggotry.
the only perk of being an invader, is once the host dies for any reason whatsoever, you get all the loot.
>>335956250
How shit is it then? Am playing it on my laptop
>>335954783
>CALL OF FIRE LINKAGE, LOTHRIC 360!
>Roger that!
>>335956170
>Invading High Wall with end-game level Flasks
He deserved to waste that time.
>>335947101
Is this your first souls game? There hasn't been a single boss that wouldn't fly at you when you tried to create distance and heal.
I will say though, I fucking hate those little dudes who hide up on the ceiling and fly at you with a 3 hit combo from any distance and constantly back away to fast for you to hit them.
>>335956184
>I'm saying
Yes, I know what you're saying. And it means "I should be able to use the nukes, the high DPS spells over low DPS spells with no repercussions".
Meanwhile if you actually plan your build it should never be an issue anyway.
>>335956336
because greatswords arent part of the ultra category, even then if your 1 handing any ultra weapon, all attacks are parriable, only 2 handing an ultra does ONLY your r1 and r2 become unparriable
murakumo gets hyper armor priority over you as well, greatsword is mid hyper armor priority, murakumo is an ultra class
>>335949931
Not defending the shit move, but what i do is since he's on one of the corners most of the time, i run diagonally to the other corner and then go in a straight lie parallel to him. By the time you're running straight, he's casting the double spear or the little balls, and if you're dashing the miss you
>>335956490
People who use estoc, rapier, or darksword pure because of their broken phantom range and the ability to R1 stunlock will never get sympathy from me
>>335956136
I'll try to close the ports I opened for DS/DS2 but I can't understand why would it be laggy on DS3 while being fine in the other two
>>335945636
>has this skill called purse-ev-rinse
>>335954329
Don't be embered then you faggot
>>335942558
>random fps issues in big picture
probably this
>>335956672
I agree there, but faggot should not be bothering with shit in High Wall with a fucking +10 flask.
>>335956682
Just allow yourself to only interact from your region. Its under settings.
And if you do in fact live in fucking brazil or something, you did not play the last two iterations "fine". You were undoubtedly teleporting all over the place and ruining the game for others.
>>335955782
At least fight clubbers usually stuck to areas where they weren't interacting with the rest of the world in a given area in previous games.
But no, those faggots had to set up shop in an area that not only is within the level range for their fight clubs, but is also a covenant invasion area.
>Be Aldrich Faithful
>Get summoned into a world
>It's a fight club
>Get summoned into a world
>It's another fight club
>Get summoned into a world
>It's another fucking fight club
>>335942558
I can rarely pvp because for some reason people have 4 partners on screen waiting to gank you
>>335956886
You seem mad about huehues and seem to have personal vendetta against them but no, I'm not a huehue and the region I changed was to Luxembourg-EU cause it was the most populated
>>335956651
>murakumo gets hyper armor priority over you as well, greatsword is mid hyper armor priority, murakumo is an ultra class
Can you explain why my Armor of Thorns wearing ass with a Murakumo out-poised someone wearing Havels with an ultra greatsword? We both 2hR1 at the same time, and he couldn't stagger me.
>>335943891
>magic is overpowered as fuck, though
Not it only does it become useless by the time midgame kicks in, the newest update NERFED spells.
FUCK
Sorceries in DS3 are kind of disappointing, DS2 had more unique new sorceries then 3.
>>335957087
>invade into a fight club
>soul stream the host and Phantoms inevitably standing together
>black Crystal out
Fuck that noise, I usually take a couple with me
>>335957118
You are ostensibly doing the same thing if you do not live in that region. You are slip sliding around with shit ping and fucking up the game for others. Don't do that.
If you've been doing this since launch I would just write off any pvp victory you've gotten on account of the massive fucking ping
>>335942558
Are you implying that mimics are a bad feature?
I wish there were more mimics actually, I love fighting them cause they always drop good shit.
>>335955767
>does literally nothing currently
there's currently some weird interaction with equip ratio and possibly poise
>>335957338
I am from EU and it has always been fine you retarded piece of shit
>summoned for a duel
>fight going good against other phantom
>drink blue estus for more mana
>immediately everyone goes for me like i broke the fight club rules
seriously?
>>335957193
"poise" in the sense of dark souls 1 passive poise being always all the time doesnt exist anymore
in the neutral game, where nobody is swinging, you can be hitstunned by any weapon and anything
you ONLY get hyper armor frames on ultra weapons DURING your active frames of your weapon swing, not startup, not ending frames
if you get while in your active frames, you will tank it and not get staggered, and you will both trade hits
ultras vs ultras have the same priority so you both can just go ham and keep r1ing without either of you being hitstunned, unless someone loses out on the timing
>people who use the havels shield buff and can do whatever the fuck they want for its duration
>people who use summon signs to call invaders into blatant gank worlds
>people who you fight for 15-30 minutes between them healing, running, hiding behind phantoms, etc and then mock your eventual death
>brazilians
>tfw Anri of Astora is Anri Okita beneath the armor
>>335942558
>the fan base
>>335957493
Apparently not. People are actively crystaling out because your ping is so awful. If anyone here is retarded, it's the guy who fucked up on the most basic level and can't play with others online properly.
>>335950284
I beat on those fools with the Pyro starting weapon the Hand Axe instead of using fireballs.
Improve your skills.
>>335942558
The pathetically braindead pvp community.
I haven't lost a single pvp duel yet. Not a single invader has stopped my blade.
Dark Souls 2 wasn't good enough for me to want to buy 3.
>>335954329
Nobody cares.
>>335945068
>The absolute worst problem is how easy it is to break lock on. More than half of my deaths on any boss were due to it rushing, jumping in the air, teleporting, or just leaning to side and breaking my lock on. Then they're offscreen, I can't see the wind ups to know when to dodge, and my shield isn't blocking in the correct direction.
I hate the camera and lock on in DS3 as well. I either have the cam do a quick 180 but break lockon anyway, spaz out in every direction or get stuck in a wall.
The only enemy that really felt bullshit in the whole game were the chain dragon guys since the have no qualms about hitting you THROUGH WHOLE BUILDINGS.
>Summoned to a fight club
>everyone sitting around that first high wall of lothric bonfire, host is sitting up on the little overhang
>dude drops down to fight me while other reds/blues/purps whatever they were sit down to watch
>fight this dude one on one
>roll backwards at some point in the fight
>host fucking dive attacks me to death from the balcony he was on
>everyone runs up and claps
what
>>335957517
Are all curved greatswords part of the ultra category then? Seems kinda odd.
I think it's bullshit that sneak builds aren't viable like they were in DeS. I also miss animations flowing into each other like DeS.
>r1 r2 2h longsword
>character down swings then actually spins to complete
Now you just swing down, stop, and swing horizontal
>>335957794
yeah i think so, i havent tested every single curved greatsword but they get the same hyper armor priroity as ULGS and great hammers
imo it should be the same class as normal greatswords but i guess it needs it because its just so goddamn slow to swing one
>>335956553
Key word 'boss'. Even then there were specific charge attacks for bosses, for example Ornstein's spear charge, or Taurus/Capra Demon jump. Even Manus doesn't just slide around with every attack.
>>335957803
There are quite a few combos you can do by combining different attacks.
>>335957576
Believe that for as long as you can, friend.
>>335954329
Oh and the bosses have been to easy thus far. Invincibility frames need to be removed from rolling.
>>335957946
Yeah I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
>>335952353
In PVE it does extra stagger at least on par with greathammers. I use it in co op against any boss you can riposte and I can get it off at least twice guaranteed. Hornet ring gives me 1100ish damage at 50str
>no poise in the game
>however you can not stop mega weapon retard swings even when they're just starting up
>>335943987
Just for the sake of clarity, you DO realize that the first Dark Souls is the odd one out here, right?
Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 2 and Bloodborne also have the same system.
>>335942558
Tracers are locked behind a "cut-content" lock and Ciaran's set isn't in the game.
>>335958562
Oh shit, pre ordering seasoning pass
Is bleed shit? I want to make my dex guy luck based and use manikin claws and the warden dualswords. I know poison is useless and I don't really care about the two luck based strswords
>>335958753
even if you somehow managed to stack up bleed on a guy, he can literally just roll out the moment you do the final hit and itll negate the damage, just like das 1
>>335958635
Assuming they are even coming in, they can't come fast enough.
>>335950649
You're wrong
There's no poise
There's a lack of stagger if you're midway through swinging great weapons
Nothing to do with armor
>>335958840
It's pretty easy to bleed people out now with carthus rouge/bleed multihit attacks, it helps a lot for some extra pressure and damage.
>>335958840
People who know how to dodge the bleed damage are my bane in my luck build.
I just say fuck it and run at that point.
Is there any good GS in the game, i've been using UGS Zwei but i need a break from it
>>335959406
Greatsword.
>>335959406
Both of the Farron swords, executioner, Mirrah, are all good depending on your build
You can invade the dungeon run all the way to the profaned capital fogwall and just wait for the host to come.
Hackers
What are the actual levels people are playing at? I want a full solaire with the 40+ miracles and the sun sword but thats at least a lv120 build. And to get everything I want its 135 according to the calculators. Will I ever be summoned or should I quit making this guy
>>335959406
Executioner's Greatsword is pretty good.
At first I used it mostly because muh Terminus Est, but it turned out to be pretty decent in terms of damage and moveset.
>>335943076
I accidentally hit Crystal Sage and then Cathedral before Farron. How's doing Farron first more logical? It's whether you take a right turn or a left turn coming down in the swamp, 50/50 chance.
All these babbies complaining about poise.
Learn the movesets. A good 80% of everyone right now uses a straightsword.
Here's how to fuck over every straight sword r1 spammer: Hit one staggers you, hit two hits you, hit three is when you parry and fuck them right back.
Let's stop pretending that r1 spam is a problem, punish it, you fucking nancies.
>>335960284
how 2 parry with 2h greataxe?
>>335960284
I just put on the leo ring and smack them once for half of their health.
>>335960413
If you're using a 2h greataxe then keep something you can parry with on your left hand. If you're trying to parry a 2h greataxe, stop trying to parry a 2h greataxe.
>>335950381
Look in the corner of the second floor. Patches skipped all those events for me and was just chilling in his Firelink spot.
>>335960413
r1 and r2s on 2handed greataxe are unparriable, everything else that isnt a jumping attack is parriable
>>335960809
No I mean, how do I parry with my greataxe.
>>335958531
Not that anon, but I'd love to see them doing it again like in DaS 1 in the future.
>>335961052
you cant, this isnt dark souls 2
you have to 1 hand it and use a parry weapon
>>335961226
So how do I fight R1 spammers without a shield?
>>335961328
hyper armor? are you brand new to the game?
just bait their attacks and hyper armor through their attacks
>>335961328
equip caestus in left hand.
>Helping ppl out at NK
>Get summoned
>The host is trying to summon another person for 3 mins
>Dark phantom invaded
>Dark phantom invaded
>Oh well at least I have something to do
>Phantoms come in
>Engage
>Host runs off into boss fog
Fuckin little tit, I hope he got rekt by NK.
>>335961052
>>335961328
You can parry without a shield but not with a fucking greataxe. Either overpower them or put a parrying weapon in your left hand you disgusting fuck.
>>335954514
It's definitely time to upgrade my PC, Mt game looks like shit compared to this
>>335942978
>vit increases equip load by 1
What the fuck is this horseshit
Can someone explain what r1 spam is? Sounds like some DSP tier complaint.
"OMG HE JUST KEEPS HITTING ME, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? C'MON MAN!"
>>335959406
ASTORAAAAAAAAAA
CHAAAAAAAAAAARGE
>>335962448
They're mad that there's an attack button
>>335945358
>not cosplaying as Kylo Ren
It's like you don't want to be an emo loser
Starting a spear/halberd run
What should i do
>>335963131
step 1 - win
>>335961453
>are you brand new to the game?
yes, I often get interrupted in the middle of 2h swings, how does hyper armor work?
>>335943379
>bottom floor of irithyll dungeon
>jailer orgy
>playing peekaboo is the safest strat because line of sight is unreliable and japanese people like you to take action games slowly
>poke one jailer
>preparing for it to waddle round the corner
>6-7 branding irons instagib me through the wall
epic
>>335952067
>Doesn't attack first with heavy wrappings weapons
How's that warrior build going anon sempi
>>335950294
Which armors?
>>335963918
I feel so bad for you.
The levels are all really short, really boring to explore and always have one or two spots with too many enemies in them. It's the first time I've played a souls game and actually gotten bored playing it on my first run.
>>335942558
They didn't just make it Dark Souls 1 in HD.
>>335950638
Raw astora straight sword + magic weapon buff = insane damage
>>335963918
silver knights ain't nothing but tricks and hoes
>>335943379
>>335945602
DaS? Try DeS.
Being able to hit shit through walls with a big fucking hitbox has ALWAYS been there and it's a two way street.
>tfw beating flamelurker and maneaters by hitting them through objects with polearms
>>335948403
>being a cunt is finally hard waaaaaaaah
>>335963669
I feel you, anon
>>335942558
Not the biggest problem but is it just me or are the snakemen in Archdragon peek kind of bullshit?
>>335954520
>talking about people playing the game as shitters
>saying they are the biggest cunts
>an invader saying this
>saying he has to now play like a faggot
>implying he wasn't a faggot all along
>>335957576
>retired
It will never not be okay.Then again I managed to get over Yoko Matsugane pretty much dropping off the mapAnd before her, Marina Matsushima
>MFW the only infusion/buff type you can't find in the game is frostbite
>TFW it's so obviously coming as DLC
>5+ Frostbite Irithyll Rapier with Knight Slayer ring and leo ring
From embraced the "LE DARK SOULS IS LE SO HARD XD" and the enemies in the game show it
>infinite combos and stamina
>insane damage even with heavy armor
>incredibly strong auto tracking garbage
I'm actually glad it's ending here, I'd honestly hate to see how they butcher the series more in future games for the sake of memers.
>>335964920
>Rapier
You filthy mongrel.
>>335942558
On that topic, is like they put all the mimics they left out of Bloodborne, plus the Das3 ones.
>>335965162
get gud rofl
>>335965162
Bloodborne had these things for the most part but the game actually gave you the proper tools to deal with them. Dark Souls 3 tho... unless you want to bowfag everything up.
>>335965162
git gud faggot.
>>335965162
>From embraced the "LE DARK SOULS IS LE SO HARD XD"
theyt embraced it with 2
toned it down with 3
>>335965162
but the bosses are mostly lame and easy.
>>335965162
This complaint is a meme in and of itself and it shows.
Fuck off, the game has just about as much trial and error as the first one.
>>335942558
DaS3 was my first real Souls game (played bloodborne tho) and I actually really enjoyed it. Decided to buy DaS2 (on PS4) for more fun... but wait wtf why do I move like I'm walking and swinging around in a sea of diarrhea. Jesus Christ what's with the pacing of this game, it also feels like there's a slight delay between triggering a move and on screen action. I'll see if I can bite through this tho.
>>335965458
>>335965552
Seriously, niggs? this game has more gank squads in it than ANY OTHER SOULS GAME and thats okay somehow? This game has problems and trying to disregard it with le ebin maymays is retarded. It's like they tried to compensate how piss easy most of the bosses are by throwing bullshit enemies at you on the way there.
>>335955429
I didnt post. Just observing.
Sure my opinion may be wrong, but im sure most would agree your personality is worse.
I just want to attack enemies in the world of hosts I invade :(
>>335965953
I guess since DaS3 was a boredomborn clone. On my 3rd run and I'm already feeling burnt out considering how locked away half the magic is and how linear it is. Probably going to do a few DaS runs after dropping it for a few years.
>>335942861
Finally, someone else
The new patch doesn't seem to have changed anything, honestly.
>>335950492
>Unkindled One mimic
Playing the game like usual and suddenly your character randomly eats itself.
>>335951296
>>335951353
So far, the best (and only) thing I've seen so far is the Saint Bident: a pike with the move set of a spear.
Unfortunately, it doesn't have fantastic scaling, but the strength and dex requirements to use it are 12 and 12, simple enough for most faith build characters to reach.
Anyhow, my biggest issue with the game is how whimpy my lightning spear seems to be, and Morne's Ring doesn't have a visible effect on the strength. Frankly, talismans and mag adjust in general just don't seem to scale quite like they used to.
Why should I bother having it as my only spell when that same number is the norm for my refined +4 broadsword?
I'm also bothered by how much attunement is required for each additional spell slot. It's just absurd!
Still... the game does have it's pluses: torches having hidden-power uses (like removing the build-up bleeding effects from maggot monsters), bows working fabulously, the grapes covenant, and (coming from Ds1) how more effective various consumables have become like throwing knives and firebombs.
I have more issues with the game, but eh, the message is long enough.
>>335942964
Wait what does this do to mimics?
theres too many fucking bonfires. literally 15 could be cut with no detriment
>>335965796
No it doesn't. No one wants to admit it, but the game is artificially difficult.
>>335942558
Not enough Priscilla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhMIBOnYbE
Am I fucked if I give the fire keeper the eyes from the untended graves?
>>335967251
It just gives youa different ending
>>335943290
Heavy armor gives about 10% extra damage reduction compared to light armor. It's shit and you're objectively better off putting all points into vig instead of vit.
>>335950196
Sauce on this? Reverse imagesearch/tineye/saucenao/boorus come up empty.
Graphical improvements are lacking.
![[Asenshi] Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita - 01v3 [B55A0342].mkv_snapshot_21.24_[2016.01.13_17.52.07].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/f9QRb1c.jpg "[Asenshi] Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita - 01v3 [B55A0342].mkv snapshot 21.24 [2016.01.13 17.52.07]")
>there is someone on this board who is too retarded to hit chests before opening them
>he gets so buttdevastated that he decides to make a thread about it every single day
>Invade
>1v2 as always
>Kill his phantom
>resummons the same phantom
>>335967141
Honestly I disagree, especially in Lothric castle. The enemies can become a pretty big problem and constantly having to mow through them is fucking gay. Which adds to one of my problems: The late game enemies hit too fucking hard for the level you're most likely going to be at that point
>>335946168
Prove it. So far nobody can show it does anything at all.
>>335942558
Lothric Castle
>>335967979
>darkmoon blade arrives to provide backup
>>335967958
tbf, Dark Souls 2 fucked you over by giving you rubbish or sometimes putting enemies around chests when you could break them by hitting them too much and get rubbish as a result.
>>335968245
Good thing this isn't DS2 then.
I have no problem with lots of mimics but it is incredibly fucking lame that they are identical to DaS 1. They should have added a new mimic type or turned normal mimics into something that worked totally different.
>have known mimic chain/color tells since das 1
>obviously spot every mimic in 3
>keep expecting it to be lulling me into false security
>nope just the same mimics as always
for what fucking purpose? the mimic in DaS 1 was godlike because it scared everyone shitless but looking back it was obvious
>blood all over the walls around the chest
>in an entire castle of traps
>you can fucking see and hear it breathing
the mimics in 3 have no such buildup or clever design, they are just there, a sad rehash. Even DaS II threw a curveball with iron chest mimics.
Worlds with phantoms having priority on invasion. I mean it's fine in theory but it's too heavy handed at the moment, I've invaded a small handful of solo hosts but dozens upon dozens of 3-man gank squads. And I go hours and hours solo in my own worlds and never get invaded, but instant invasion (often consecutively) if I decide to do co-op.
Wolf covenant being tied to an area of the game that's very small (I don't think it triggers in poison swamp area, at least I've never been there even when I was farming at lvl30) and quickly out-leveled. Aldrich also has this problem, to an extent. Both covenants seem to be there just for the sake of "well we had something similar in DaS1 and even 2".
Darkmoon Blades being reduced to meme-tier covenant. Need sin and Blue orb back.
In general I don't like the covenants I guess I'd say. They feel like a slight "augmentation" to basic game functions (i.e. soapstones and red orb). One of the things I liked in DaS2 was, even if sometimes the implementation was half-baked or had a serious flaw, they tried fun stuff with the covenants e.g. the arena, a player-owned dungeon, a hard-mode covenant, an optional boss as a reward for "completing" a covenant, etc. Even in DaS1 you had the Gravelords. In DaS3 it boils down to "you get an item for using a soapstone or red orb" or "these covenants barely function except at specific level ranges".
Lots of gripes with the combat balance. I know this isn't a fighting game where I'd except great balance but DaS2 was better in this regard. I know DaS2's balance in retrospect took a fair number of patches but as it stands now a lot of weapons in DaS3 are absolute shit-tier. Magic and Faith are a joke whereas in DaS2 they were viable, even without a melee sidearm, because there was so much spell variety and you could combo and mix up your spells. And then there's stuff that just feels like a blatant "we didn't test this" case e.g. greatshields and Fire Surge.
Frost has literally no purpose in this game. Aside from one boss and three enemies (all of which are the same one, just in different places), it never comes up.
Coming into Irithyll, I assumed there would be a constant uptick of frost on my character, that I could counteract by taking out my torch or going into buildings.
And yet, nothing. What I did get were some pots that were filled with, I don't know, ice water I guess? To counter that you just have to not roll into pots. Easy.
The Archives at least had the curse books that you could either become immune to so long as you had wax-head, or you would need to step carefully and be sure not to walk over any open books.
Frost as a mechanic is also disappointing in how it works. From what I've been told, it just makes you take more damage for as long as your frostbitten. I assumed it would have really just make your stam regen slower. I thought that would have been a neat change up on status ailments, all of which already do damage to your health. So why just add yet another one that damages your health in a different way?
>>335945330
How far does iron flesh go? Like will it stop an UGS 2H R1? Greatsword 2H R2?
>>335945680
abuse his complete lack of poise and chain hit him to death
>>335945328
Beating Lorian and Lothric with Soul Stream is very easy, if you at least have a partner there with you to grab their attention.
I helped out someone by doing just that. I tanked the boss, while she set out her DBZ attack that one-shot Lorian and left me to hack away at Lothric, who, as well, was damaged by the beam.
Magic users have always struck me as best when they're not solo. It of course is doable to be a solo mage, but it's always struck me that they were designed to be part of a team, or at least a duo.
>>335945680
Heavy hitting weapon to stagger him since he has no poise. Don't bother trying to backstab if you were relying on that in phase 1. I tried to, and he constantly rolls out of the animation.
>fucked NG+ that barely scales damage
>poise is turned off
>too many areas resemble chalice dungeons
>too many levels are linear bonfire-filled borefests
>too many DS1 callbacks
>bullshit infinite stamina enemies
>magic is gimped
>swords too OP
Personally, I like dark souls 3. It takes the changes that were good, but mis-executed from DS2 and made them perfect, while tossing out the changes that were shit. For example:
1. Adaptability - removed that shit, iframes are related to roll class again
2. Have to complete an animation to complete backstabs - shorter animation
3. DS2 had tons of free healing outside of combat - removed that casual garbage
4. Sluggish animations - removed that shit
5. More rings, but each ring has less effect
6. Powerstance - taken, but changed into "twin" weapons
Just off the top of my head.
The only change that I don't agree with is poise. DS2 poise was perfect, the complete removal of poise in DS3 was a mistake.
>>335968468
Covenants would just be terrible if they had these badly designed mechanics for each, but they still worked. As it is, I have NEVER been summoned for any covenant unless I put a sign down for a boss.
>>335969109
>More rings, but each ring has less effect
?? rings are really strong still.
>>335969220
>Covenants would just be terrible if they had these badly designed mechanics for each
Well not each and every one, and I admit that they were generally badly designed in DaS2 but there's potential.
>>335969238
it's more along the lines of "the change from DS1 to DS2 that you're able to wear 4 rings instead of 2, but each ring has a weaker effect than in DS1".
>>335942558
Speaking of this guy. I just killed one. He died and fell and the item spawned mid air. I cant get to it. Should I just move on?
>>335957249
Are you retarded? Magic becomes broken as FUCK in mid game. You get like 8 flasks and you can literally one/two shot everything from safe distances.
I also have no idea what they did to magic. I tested the damage before and after the patch and it was exactly the same.
>>335968640
so are you complaining that it SHOULD just slow stam regen or that it should slow stam regen, make you take more damage AND do something else on top? I agree that atleast from a player point of view frost is only good for PVP since in PVE enemies don't seem to have finite stamina anyway. made me wonder why everyone used that ice sword
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