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>>123511941
>DARK SOULS 3
>Gameplay Trailer
[YouTube] DARK SOULS Ⅲ トレーラー第1弾 【gamescom 2015】
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_dark_souls_iii_gc_gameplay_reveal-35231_en.html
>Announcement Trailer
[YouTube] Dark Souls III - Announcement Trailer
>Screenshots & Artwork
Official: https://imgur.com/a/GUjb3
Leaked: https://imgur.com/a/c08Bb
New screenshots & artwork: http://imgur.com/a/5fhcQ
>Interviews
http://pastebin.com/PUSbw02s
>Gameplay
http://pastebin.com/yWzzuVV1
>/dsg/ Player List
http://pastebin.com/9hG50KHX
>/dsg/ Steam Group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/DarkSoulsGeneral
>Draw
http://doodleordie.com/r/darksouls
http://imgur.com/a/wwtuf
http://flockmod.com/dsg
>DEMON'S SOULS
http://pastebin.com/RjpF5s7a
>DARK SOULS
http://pastebin.com/h1etMh8E
>DARK SOULS 2
http://pastebin.com/CAx8Yc8v
So I bought Dank Souls for a whooping 5 euros yesterday. Played for about an hour today, died like 5 or 6 times.
Am I good or what?
>first time fighting biggie and smalls
>killed the solaire fagget so have to do it on my own
>always get killed when i need 1 or 2 more hits in the first phase of the fight
>equip the dark wood grain ring
>kill them without even getting hit
Is the ring OP or what?
>>123646987
yes. I just beat them solo without the ring. git gud
>>123646987
>killed the solaire fagget
BLASPHEMY
>>123646243
unleash your inner champ senpai
>>123647550
I think the guy was hitting on me and kept following me around. When he showed up once again to stalk me in Anor Londo I had seen enough. I mean he is a bad guy right? I read that he would betray me afterwards anyways.
>>123647772
>is he a bad guy
>>123647772
he gets depressed looking for his own sun and then a fucking bug starts eating his brain, that's why he gets insane and tries to kill you, killing Solaire any sooner than that is just pure blasphemy
What's the recommended SL for Brume Tower? I'm at 113 and they're tenderizing my meat-hole. Wearing the full Drangleic set with the Penal Helm wielding a +10 Mace.
>>123648472
Lol looking for his own sun? Sounds like a severe case of psychosis. Guess the freak got what he deserved when he puts a fucking parasite on as a hat. Seems what I did was more merciful. Kinda wished I let him live now.
>>123648690
Also of note: I skipped Freja and did Drangleic Castle first, if that changes anything.
>>123648743
The difficulty in the DLC goes up a lot and is intented for the late game just before you beat the final boss. If you use magic pls prepare your butthole because most enemies have a retarted amount of magic resistance.
>>123648979
>Using a crutch
No thank you. Mace, Shield and Bow are enough for me.
And Pyromancy but come on that doesn't even count as magic.
>Emerald Herald tells me the journey through Drangleic Castle will be hard as my soul is still pallid and frail from skipping Freja
>Experience no trouble because the only enemies there are Syan "Please Backstab Me" Knights and ordinary swordsmen
Seriously, this is an end-game area? Their statue gimmick is retardedly telegraphed as to which are going to transform and unless you're a retard you can get them all 1-on-1 and beat everything at level 70 like I did with no trouble.
1m soul memory. looking to co op. ps4. best spots? ty lads <333
>>123649053
Same guy from here:
Frozen Eleum Loyce is fucking radical. Like an area they cut out of the original Dark Souls rather than a typical DaS2 level which lacks the feeling or the soul of the original. It's aesthetically perfect, and an example of great level design, as far through it as I am.
>2015
>people are STILL falling for "DARK SOULS IS SO HARD XDD" meme
Just fucking kill yourselves already.
>>123649381
Who are you quoting?
>>123649454
You're clearly not quoting that person.
Greatsword hollow soldiers in DaS2 are the most bullshit ennemy in the entire franchise
This is a non negotiable fact
>>123649585
>>123649621
[context appropriate meme]
reposting
>>123612485
you can scan for it easily. then you can either cut it off from the source that changes its value, essentially freezing it or just manually change it to the desired one. i dont think you will get bunned for this. you shouldn’t go lower than the minimum sm for your level because you WILL get bunned. conveniently, mugenmonkey tells you your minimum sm if you paste your build there
>never been BSCed out once in 1000+ hours of Souls series over PC and PS3
>have it happen to me 10 times today on SOTFS PS4 after clearing an area
are PS4 players just assholes or something
>>123650029
there's literally a ring in SOTFS for this purpose desu senpai
>>123650113
well, most ps4 players are ex-360 owners so no surprise there
>>123650189
he asked how to do it without the ring baka kohai
>>123650269
are 360 players that shit? lmao
what pisses me off is the one host who walks into a 1v4 gank when he's got 2 phantoms following him and he dies, wasting our effort and SM
I just want to get SLS jesus fuck PC or PS3 players were NEVER this awful
Reposting
Where to get summoned for boss fights in Sotfs? Currently at about 460k sm
Let me see if i understand
>Arrive in Drangleic searching for undead cure
>Emerald Herald tells me to go see the king
>I'm just going to assume he has a cure or something
>But first, she tells me i have to go around killing random things to get stronger
>Alright
>Fast forward to undead crypt
>Vendrick is hollow
>Get the ring
>She acts like this is what i was supposed to do
>What about the stupid cure? Oh, whatever
Ok, this is where things stop making sense whatsoever. It didn't make much sense before, but now the game is on crack
>Go talk to fake dragon
>Gives me item to go back in time
>Have to go back and fight in the giant war
>Have to defeat giant king
>Now i can finish the game for some reason
>Skeleton pops out
>She wants the throne for some reason never explained
>Kill her
>Sit on throne
>game ends
In DaS1 it was explained that your character was tricked into sacrificing himself so the gods can live a little longer, but im not sure what just happened here or why i did all those things. Does it make sense to anyone?
>>123645516
The Dark stirs…
I see…The Dark has sparked within you…
>>123650029
locked sm is the easiest way to get banned
it doesn't actually "lock" it per se, but constantly changes it back to whatever you set it to be locked at
just play for a while then set your held souls to 0 and your sm to roughly what it was before you started doing whatever online activity
>>123650725
there's a reason why the "like a dream" message exists
even shanalotte tells you youll sit on the throne without really knowing why
and aldia says you dont know what drives you
basically they got super lazy and pulled pseudo-poetic shit, then tried to play it off like thats what they intended since ds1 lore was omg so mysterious and deep
>>123650747
im pretty sure there is a way to actually lock it. it was in the ce tutorial, the 4th or 5th task
>>123650882
This.
DaS2 a dung pie.
>>123650995
It got fucked really hard during the development stage. I mean, fuck, it was supposed to be an open world game initially.
I just hope DaS3 doesn't suck.
>>123651094
>warping is confirmed to be available from the start
Dream on.
>>123651143
What exactly backtracking achieves as a mechanic aside from artificially increasing total time you spend on doing shit?
>>123651143
>hurr, it has warping
>durr, that implies that it will have other bad features and the game will turn out shit
Flawless logic.
>>123651143
>You will never experience DaS1 tier world design ever again
Are they unable to make a game where areas are all interconnected and you can easily navigate with shortcuts again? The first half of the game was perfect.
>>123651268
There never was any backtracking in daS1 because of the way the world worked. You could go from one area to the other pretty fast after you opened some doors and activated some elevators.
>>123651268
Pacing breaks, world interconnectivity, multi-directional exploration.
>>123650725
Nashandra wanted the Throne because she, like the other Dark pieces, represent an aspect of Manus. In her case, it was Greed. Greed for power, for status drove her to do everything. Her motives aren't logical because she herself is not a being of logic. She has only one feeling, the desire to obtain more than she has. She convinced Vendrick to eliminate the Giants for pretty much no reason I can discern, though.
Also the Emerald Herald is a god damned liar. That's the same for every single Guide in a Souls game. And the search for the cure is what all Monarchs do. It's their duty, as seen with every single fucking king in the franchise, and I guess that's what the Herald thought you needed to be in order to even begin to look for a cure.
Aldia sheds a bit of light into this with his explanations on the First Sin.
>>123651143
>go into totg and ash lake before lord vessel
dear god never again
>>123651612
You could just homeward bone back without resting at bonfires
>>123651375
>The first half of the game was perfect.
No, fuck off dastard.
>>123651427
I really don't think more running makes a game better and more immersive, but whatever works for you, I guess.
>>123651745
It fucking was. It was all downhill from Tom and Jerry though.
>>123651745
Then can you point out the flaws from the first half of Dark Souls? If not, just refrain from making low quality posts in the future.
>>123651836
Go play some Skyrim if you like linear locations so much.
>>123651836
Of course it does, the game didn't need warping because you could get from point A to B pretty fast anyway. From a design perspective it's better to make shortcuts that work in an interconnect world than allow the player to magically teleport around.
>>123651849
So you like hallways it seems.
The only good levels are painted world, catacombs and drained new londo. The rest is DaS2 tier.
Is SoTFS still alive on PC? I kinda felt like starting it up again and I love to co-op and PvP.
>bloodborne twitter hints at ps4 des remake
>bb's dlc ended up being the best dlc in series
Life is good.
>>123651375
>tomb of the giants could be connecting demons ruins and ash lake
>you could explore those pathways up above
>you will never go back in time to trying to stop the chaos incidentultimately putting together the final pieces allowing it to happen
>lost izalith will never be properly finished
>instead we get eyesore lava
>we get dragonbutts
>we get an obstacle course bossfight
>3 ctrl+c ctrl+v bossfights
>and a ctrl+c ctrl+v bossfight battling the "4 kings"
>AND THEY’RE NOT EVEN 4
>playing the first half of a next to perfect game and then taking a dive at steaming pile of hot shit
Im so mad at BUMCO fucking GOOK NIGGERS
>>123652214
yes
>>123651907
How ironic, considering that Skyrim is filled to the brim with shortcuts.
>>123651927
That might be fair, but saying that DaS3 is going to have shit world design just because DaS2 had shit world design and warping is simply not correct. Those two things don't actually correlate, basic cause and effect shit, really.
>>123652435
The world and warping will probably work like Bloodborne.
>>123652026
>what is Undeadburg
>what is Blighttown
>what is Funhouse
>>123652608
I liked bb's system more out of all souls games as even though you have warps, there's usually only 1-2 lamps per level and you need to actively use shortcuts if you fuck up at some point.
>>123651869
Hallways hallways hallways and some ridiculous backtracking if you dared to explore.
The upgrade system plays a big part in making it so painful. Most gear comes unupgraded and the rarity of upgrade material means either mindless grinding or sticking with one or two weapons/armors for the entire game. You also get twinked to death during the first half if you decide to make use of the unique online mode. Also fps town.
>>123652435
>filled with shortcuts
you mean the game where every dungeon was linear then doubled on itself opening a door behind some draugr by solving some? "puzzle"
>>123652795
how the fuck did that question mark go? there
>>123652757
>Hallways
I don't know what you mean by "hallways"
It's not a sandbox game but the world design isn't that linear.
>rarity of upgrade materials
The first blacksmith sells titanite shards, you could easily get more than one regular weapon to +5 by the time you reach him, unless you were using rare weapons, which are supposed to be harder to upgrade anyway. You also buy large shards when you got to the giant blacksmith, you can pretty much beat the game with a +10 weapon anyway.
>ridiculous backtracking if you dared to explore.
>You also get twinked to death during the first half if you decide to make use of the unique online mode
I'll give those to you
>>123652795
That fucking skyrim loop.
I hate how DaS1 played like a skyrim dungeon.
They got it so right with DeS and the first DaS prototype level Painted World.
What's the threshold for Fastroll-Midroll-Fatroll in Dark Souls 2? I know Fatroll starts at 75%.
>>123653393
70% for 'fast' if thats what you want to call it
>>123653393
fat roll starts at 70.1
behind that there is a roughly linear relationship. at 120.1 and above you just stumble
>Reach the top of Dragon Shrine
>Fat ass dragon gives me a key
Where to now?
>>123653592
Is there an image that acts as a starters help guide? I'm sure DS1 had one that gets posted quite a bit. I'm playing SOTFS for the first sin and would like to know the basics again, such as fat rolling percentage and all that helpful stuff
>>123653841
Sparkly Trees
>DaS3 is the last Souls for a while
>next From game is an eSports multiplayer competitive versus game modeled after Dark Souls PvP
Perfect world
>>123654382
>eSports multiplayer competitive versus game modeled after Dark Souls PvP
lmao keep dreaming arenashitter
i hope they will never include even a simple arena in any other souls game again
souls games are about random invasions and should always stay this way
>>123654453
I would like if battle of stoicism returned t.bh
>>123654382
>next from game will be first person shooter where every time you die the enemies respawn and you lose all your gained mountain dew cans
>>123654604
Stoicism was the only arena they did right because it had deathmatch.
>>123654382
I'm getting pretty tired at every game suddenly shouting "hurrr we totally should start a competitive community", I mean, what happened to playing vidya to entertain yourself and not turn the whole community into tryhard assholes because they want to be the best at moving pixels?
>>123654453
there is literally nothing wrong with arenas, they get rid of muh honoraboru candyassgots
>>123654993
It's fine when arena is optional but locking invasion items behind it is dumb as shit.
>>123655057
it was your fault for believing i was saying anything from ds2 was fineimho full reos should be a starter, like bsc
>>123648692
Delusional.
>>123648692
the only thing keeping people human was determination, goals. they are a rope to hold on, lest the curse devours what is left of your mind and humanity. by setting an impossible goal but actually believing in it, solaire thought he had defeated the hollowing. he fucked up going to izalith because the maggot made him think he had achieved his goal and became the sun. he lost his rope, his beacon and delved into the deepest darkness
am i skeltal enough yet?
>>123656104
Oh fuck ya you are. Is that server or client side?
>>123656104
dat nasty ass though
>>123656160
im not sure, but i've seen videos where the phantom was like that (only with a fuckhuge head). so i guess it's server. but you need to reset it after loading screen
>>123656104
no
>>123656246
>>123656160
https://youtu.be/a7gnfBkpZnI?t=4m17s
>>123656450
>no red and white round shield
>no falchion
get outta my skullhow do you do that? very Día de Muertos. you also had a chester's coat i think
>>123656450
>>123656641
hey, it just occured to me. you replaced your heador hair?texture with the dark mask, right? could you do that with the lantern? it would be radical
>>123656741
I think he just replaced one of his pieces of armor with dark mask (which would make that piece invisible) and then put on the big hat, effectively making it look like he has 2 head armor on.
Upgrade to Sotfs for £2, is there any reason not to?
>>123657235
sorry I don't use memecoins
>>123657501
>look at me I'm a supreme gentleman using burgertokens, the ultimate meme currency
>>123657235
Where is it 2 pounds? 13e on the steam sale for me.
>>123657667
The upgrade is on autumn sale for me, I just bought it for 1.99
Estus in DaS3 seems to heal you way too fast and it's hard to punish.
At least in Bloodborne you could shoot and riposte people who try to heal and weapons killed enemy players pretty quickly anyway, now fights are going to last forever.
So I killed Nashandra. Are the DLCs worth it, or can I go directly to NG+?
>>123658232
Also in bloodborne you can kill anyone with 3-4 swings, so heals are required if you want your fight to last at least a few minutes.
Hopefully player damage is high in ds3 as well.
>invading in sen's level 32
>some faggot with full arty set and shield with a katana
>hides behind the shield the whole time
>can't fucking break his guard while he can 2shot me
>run to the guillotines
>he just spams arrows and lightning spears
>whatever bitch, eagle shield
>tries to gravelord dance with me
>1 step forward 2 steps back
>i start gesturing, he does too
>run back to thunderchucker, wait a bit
>he starts walking the archway
>fall from above in front of him, he's between the 3rd and 4th axe
>hit him once, axe hits him sends him forward, second axe hit, he falls down
>try to jump&plunge attack his ass, completely miss
>okay, it's been fun, now i die
>titty demon lands square on him
literal funhouse, he could have killed me after i fell and i wouldn't be mad a bit
/blog
>>123657667
i think it's only 2 if you already have all the dlcs
>>123658295
yes
yes
>>123656160
>>123656246
Modified character appearance is set the moment you're on the same world as someone else to whatever it is you're seeing.
Changing it on the fly will only make it look different to you, you'll have to reconnect if you want them to see whatever new dimensions you give yourself.
>>123658413
Yeah that's what i meant
Judging from the network test it isn't the case though.
>>123647772
He's a character you want to keep alive if you care about plot at all.
>can only save him by becoming +2 chaos servant
>DEEPEST LORE
for srs tho if you wanna understand the story keep dat nigga alive desu senpai
>>123646987
>killed the solaire fagget
>>123658601
Why are you replying to 4 hour old posts?
>>123658661
Who died and made you inquisitor, faggot?
Do all of the scythes in ds2 have the same moveset?
>>123658661
I'M DRUNK AND THIS IS MY ONLY FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT
ALSO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOLAIRE AND DEEP LORE RECENTLY AND I WANTED THE CHANCE TO FLEX MY MUSCLES
>>123658795
Fuck off, tripfag.
>>123658795
Nashandra's and forlorn have different movesets
>>123658795
fuck off tripfag
>>123658795
Fuck off, tripfag.
Been running some dragon summons in the Depths with this http://mmdks.com/7slj
Is Dragon Flame viewed as a crutch similar to Pyromancy? The DPS isn't much unless the host is naked and primarily I use it to push people back into the bonfire roompeople love to sit in that hallway with a halberd and 100% dmg shield, shield break for punch openings, and long distance chip damage. Obviously it's an infinite, long distance fire attack but I don't see myself on the same level as the guy who got fed up with me and switched to black flame.
>>123659147
That build is the most heinous shit I've seen in a few days.
>>123659147
nah, the damage is too minimal. if you are flaming and the running away though, you ARE being a faggot. what you described is a-okay
>>123654823
>the one who dies the least wins
this killed the arena
the spite kite was real
>>123655057
You know you can just buy them. It's only a problem if you're a twink.
>>123648692
> Guess the freak got what he deserved
Holy shit that post cut me hard.
Which is better for a split Dex/Str sword and board build, the Red Rust Sword or the Red Rust Scimitar?
>>123658226
You owned all dlc before upgrading? I guess that might be the thing since I have no DLC.
>>123659532
Twinking and not wanting to get connected to SL700 haveljesters are different things nigger.
In DS1 i could just host in townshit and avoid them completely, in DS2 they can fucking invade me while i'm at SL100 just thanks to soul memory.
>>123656104
I would be spooked as fuck if you invaded me.
I have a dumb question.
Once I finish the game, I can restart a new game plus, correct? And the mobs' HP areinflated in new game plus, correct?
How can I raise my damage if all my weapons are already +10? Doesn't it turn all enemies into damage sponge that take 5 minutes and 600 hits to kill?
>Reach Gwyn
>Parry him to death
>Reach Nashandra
>Kill her with the bow
Will DaSIII's final boss have an exploit too?
>>123660363
>Kill her with the bow
So how does it feel to spam arrows for 30 minutes?
On a scale of 1 to edgy, how edgy are hexer robes?
I like them while using dark weapon on my estoc, makes me feel like a sith
>>123660158
>+10
Upgrade them to +15 or enchant them
If they scale with str or agi level up those too and the damage will still go up
>>123660392
>30 minutes
Fully upgraded bow with high agility does wonders
>>123660432
>edgy
It's just a buzzword
That word has no meaning
>>123660493
>Upgrade them to +15
It's possible?
>>123658480
Then explain the video and explain all the hackers with bigheads in the forest.
>>123660543
in DaS1, yes. In DaS2 you're shit out of luck
>>123660392
>tfw it took four souls games and DLC to actually get a good bow
>>123660701
Given I only play the good one, I'm indeed out of luck.
Guess I'll have to boost my strength for scaling.
>>123660432
hobo/10
>>123660523
Wrong. Kirk's armor is edgy.
>>123660724
That mace looks painful.
Also, is it the famous crescent moonligh sword?
>>123660724
What build even is that? Bloodtinge/skill/str hybrid?
>>123660746Invest in a weapon buff if you have the stats to spare
>>123660856
I don't.
I went for an easy build, everything in strength and agility to use most weapons.
>>123660828
Yes, this is BB's MLGS. Extremely powerful as you can see. I would say it's overall better than DS1's MLGS thanks to insane L2 aoe poke.
>>123660829
Pure bloodtinge. Bow mode only scales of BLT.
>>123660724
I wish trick weapons became a standard thing in those games
They're so much more fun and varied than regular plain weapons.
>>123660724
>madara
>>123660746
>the good one
>he can't even upgrade to +15
>>123661017
Oh, quit whining and take your nostalgia googles off already.
>>123660962
I really hope we will get at least a few trick weapons in DS3. At least as homage to BB.
Mace transforming into a living tentacle whip that keeps attacking even after you finish initial attack is absolutely insane.
>>123660923
SL meta is 150 if I'm not mistaken. I have a 50/50 str/dex build that had enough vitality to wear a steel set with my weapon loadout so if you only invested into strength you should have enough points to get fai or int up. But it's still whatever, a build that can use a bunch of weapons is still useful.
>>123661071
>googles
>>123661125
Isn't there a sword-whip in DaS2?
Which is better for a split Dex/Str sword and board build, the Red Rust Sword or the Red Rust Scimitar?
>>123661186
It's not strictly a "trick" weapon as it only has one mode, just with extending R2s, but yeah, DS2' dlc dev team probably decided to use one BB idea.
>>123660667
Dude made his head the size of Pluto, then invaded.
Like I said, it's set the moment you invade or get summoned to whatever it is you have it at. What you can't do is change it on the fly.
>>123661071
>nostalgia
>played both games with a difference of a few months
>got all whips in DaS2
>can't use them because all enemies are armoured and thus resistant to it
>unarmoured enemies are too fast and are already biting my face before I can whip it out
>>123661438
you just need toSHAPE IT UPbefore you canWHIP IT GOOD
>>123659679
>trying to catch low level invaders while avoiding proper pvpers
Pathetic.
>>123661604
>low level invaders
invaders of my own level actually
nobody sane invades with low level character in townshit
>>123661370
But that makes no sense. The thing disappears when you load, but if you invade or get summoned it stays the same even though you just loaded?
>>123660724
>good bow
Pre dlc DaS2 greatbows where godly in pvp. Bow of Want is still good.
>>123661370
That's not true.
A friend of mine changed their headsize several times while we were messing with CE and debug things and it was reflected ingame on my end each time.
>used to use RIT a lot
>realize it's a scrub weapon
>begin power stancing short swords instead
>randomly summon some guy using RIT at Iron Keep
>never wait to see who opponent is before summoning
>soundly beat his ass
felt good
>>123661843
>Pre dlc DaS2 greatbows where godly in pvp
Bows in general were good right after DS2 release. Then they were nerfed in tracking.
I still remember waking up once and noticing that my greatbow can't fucking aim for shit anymore. That was the point i really started hating DS2 and its balance decisions.
Then they removed golf swing.
In DS2, is the estoc any good as a weapon? I love the move set, simple poke or swipe
>>123662546
its literally the most metagame tryhard weapon
>>123662546
It's top tier, same as longsword.
Both of them shit on any other weapon in the game.
>>123662257
Bows were by far the best close range weapons due to the tracking and ability to hold instant attacks. The nerf was necessary, but I wish it was possible to hit limbs of turtles.
I do not understand all the ultra weapon nerfs however.
>>123662610
>>123662663
Only at low levels. The pvp is balanced for SL250+
>>123663045
>Only at low levels
SL666 turtle that was wrecking anyone and anything on arena at some point proves otherwise.
>>123663045
no, it isnt
the pvp isnt balanced for any level
weapons and spells either do nothing (ultra weapons, lightning spears) or are intensely cancerous (thrust swords, chime hexes)
>>123663124
>SL666 tryhard has advantage over SL150 honortards
yeah no shit champ
>>123661000
excellent trips
>>123663267
>(ultra weapons, lightning spears)
Heavenly thunder, wog, sunlight blade and sunlight spear are the most damaging spells in the game.
Ultra weapons shine with poise and stamina which you don't have at low levels.
https://strawpoll.me/6123417
Pls vote
I end up summoning the same people for duels a lot after beating them and don't want people to black crystal or get pissed.
https://strawpoll.me/6123417
>>123663768
>tfw you hit someone with WoG and it doesn't even 1 hit them
DROPPED
>>123663856
Wave
For how much should i use my fire longsword?
Is it drake-sword tier noob or can i find something decent for a quality build?
Currently starting the underground pirate cove or whatever
Are poison/toxic mist actually any good? They seem situationally useful in closed quarters, kind of like something to catch someone off guard in PvP. The only problem is that 3 or 6 damage(respectively) per tick seems pretty shit.
Most broken weapon/build in ds2 pve?
Really just want to faceroll through this palythrough and progress to ng+
>>123663856
Nonononono
I always Wave or Righty-Ho! as a greet but I guess I could do it as a goodbye as well
>>123664279
Definitely not this
>>123664229
In ds1 they totally and utterly useless.
Can't say much about 2
>>123663768
>not lightning spear, not lightning spear, and not lightning spear
>implying poise works in any quantifiable way and that ultra weapons arent out dps-ed by smaller weapons
also they arent even the most damaging spells
flame and cmw all give 1.3, slb only give 1.25
forbidden sun, climax, and css all do the same or more damage then sunspear
>>123664229
For invasions, it's good for making the host panic. For pvp, not really.
>>123664239
Lightning or Dark Great Club.
High Damage
Good Scaling
R2s pancake almost everything
Strike damage is pretty strong.
>>123648692
What an embarrassing post, if it weren't anonymous.
As is this one.
>>123664229
Toxic Mist is really good in DaS2 due to the larger number of big, beefy enemies with a ton of health. It's a good back-up Pyromancy just in case you can't topple something with your melee alone. It'll do 1400+ damage on a single cast, so if you can kite something into the cloud it's a good way to cheese things like the Salamanders or Ogres.
>>123664437
If that's true it's bullshit since Forbidden Sun is a lot faster to cast, a little harder to dodge and more easily acquired.
>progressing in the game
>now have choice between two bosses
>first is Sir Alonne
>second is Fume Knight
>both killed me in one combo
I'm not going to like this.
Newfag here. Does a wired xbox360 controller have an USB interface, or will I need an adaptor for it to work?
I've read that there's also a wireless variant of it (which I can get to work with a bit of messing around)
I'm about to go get one to play Dark Souls with, so I don't want to fuck it up
>>123664774
im assuming you hit your target directly
forbidden sun does contact damage and explosion damage
>>123664826
Fume is easier than Alonne let nobody tell you otherwise.
Just kite Fume and he's easy as fuck. Alonne won't let you kite him.
>>123664826
How far through the main game are you? The DLC is for after the final boss.
>>123664875
I had two phantoms with me. Fume singled me out, broke my shield, and killed me. All in one combo.
>>123664929
I'm the guy who cheesed Nashandra with 3 phantoms and skipped over Shulva because I infused many weapons with poison.
>>123664854
The wired one works wonderfully out of the box, couldn't tell you about the wireless one.
I'd recommend getting an xbox one controller, though, I personally like it a lot better and if the cable breaks you can just replace that instead of the entire controller.
>>123664981
Don't summon anybody for Fume. Alonne is easier with 1 summon.
>>123665030
will the game pick it up just as easily, though?
I'm on Windows 8.1 so I imagine my computer won't have any problems with it
So I've gotten the lordvessel and collected the souls of Nito and Seath. What level should I be to match people for jolly cooperation? I'm slogging through demon ruins/izalith right now and haven't been summoned since fighting these goons.
>>123664854
You need one of these
Thankfully I bought one
>>123664774
It isn't true. Forbidden Sun is weaker than Great Chaos Fireball which is already weaker than Sunlight Spear and also suffers from the wet status which SS gets a buff from. That guy is full of shit. Only climax is stronger.
>>123665084
Yup, works out of the box as well.
Do keep in mind it doesn't come with a USB-MicroUSB cable.
>>123665297
post-rodeo ds1 is dead until you get to oolacile
Does Scholar alter DaS2 in any way beyond enemy placements? I understand it's much more populated. Is it worth picking it up at the current sale price ($25) if I already own the vanilla game and DLCs?
>>123665397
>tfw your Sunlight Spear connects
Feels so good, doesn't happen often but I toss 1 or 2 at the start for funsies and surprise them with another 2 later on
Same shit with WoG. People rarely get hit by it but when they do it's fun.
>>123665416
thank you, I double checked and I have a spare USB/MicroUSB
Help a mate out. I'm using a +10rapier, +5 red rust scimitar and a +10 large club. I can't for the life of me beat the ivory king.
I use the club for the loyce knights phase and then switch to the rapier for the boss.
Here's the thing, i don't think i'm doing nearly enough damage to do this, the fight always drags on way too long.
Is this just a git gud problem?
Pic related, its my build, this is my first time playing so i went in blind and i imagine i fucked it up somehow
>>123665563
Sunlight Spear is a heal punish and WoG is a turn'n'burn that goes through obstacles.
Pretty good surprise nukes.
>join forest hunters for the first time
>equip cat ring
I've never had this much fun in dark souls before
>>123665915
Get a flynns ring weapon infuse + weapon buff on any of those weapons. Dark or lightning is what I always go for but fire is the easiest.
It will boost your damage even more.
But the other half is a git gud problem my man. Just keep going at it, it gets easier.
>>123665970
I have a lot more luck with Heavenly Thunder and Emit Force.
I've won quite a few duels by rolling the dice at the last second with Heavenly Thunder and being close to death myself, having one of the bolts luckily strike my opponent.
Not only that but if they get hit they stagger and I follow up with my swords.
I have a shitload of souls. Should I level up or buy consomables?
>>123666542
flame weapon buff is inferior
Flynn's and RoB do less damage if you use it with infused weapons
>>123664209
Its simply a good early game weapon because it has an infusion that you normally wouldnt have at this lvl. Fire scales with int. so casters early game use it longer than most.
Use it until you find another weapon you like more.
>>123666640
You should kill yourself twice and lose them
>>123665970
>Sunlight Spear
Parry and spear is the best feeling.
>WoG
Run to the scaffold and watch jesterfags follow you down the drop only to get WoG in midair.
>>123666651
Just said flynn, not rob. Flynn has a +50 if youre equipping the right weight. You get no debuff if you have it infused with flynn. Which is why I didnt say rob. And with a rscimitar and rapier, thats a good boost. I said fire is just easier for an infusion, but I still recommend a dark or lightning.
>>123666542
Alright then. I'm always kinda scared of infusing since they'll lower my weapon scalings and add int ones and my int is shit so i'm never sure if it's worth it or not.
I'll give it a try and keep at it then.
It's a bit silly that the whole base game is pretty much a cakewalk and then the dlc gets a huge ramp up in difficulty
>>123665915
>damage problem
RoB, Flynn (make sure your Wt is less than 60) and/or Leo's ring. Any boss is pie with rapier and those rings.
>>123666721
>Fire scales with int
heresy.
>Fume Ultra Grewatsword
I fucking love this UGS
>>123666992
infusions kill scaling, but increase base damage
unless it has innate elemental damage like chime hammer or watcher sword, youll be lucky to get +40 damage in either type, with 50 str/dex or int/fai
>>123664229
They're good for dicking around as an invader. The per tick damage isn't much, but the duration is what counts. Poison lasts for 3 minutes and toxic lasts for 10! For PVP though, there are better options for status effects.
>>123667145
It scales with both faith and int actually.
Their should be a spell that lets you drown your enemies in semen
>>123664229
I personally love it. Its only downside is that the enemy can actually go through.
In coop, it's bloody awesome.
>>123667321
>climax
>>123667321
>Their should
>>123665297
70-80 should be your sweet spot. dukes was where i got the most activity
>>123666485
>Join Forest Hunters and hide until they kill themselves near the path to the Cats
I'm a cheesy motherfucker but I love the salty messages.
>>123667545
>I love the salty messages
>not posting them
Would anyone mind answering a few questions? I'm returning to this game from the non-scholar version years later and I'm wondering if some stuff has changed.
On PC does the invader names still show up as your character's name?
Does it still have the stupid name censor?
Is soul-memory still a thing and a nuisance?
Why do the maces get so much hate in Ds2 pvp?
That blacksmith hammer is so beautiful.
>tfw the Royal Rat Authority is wrecking my ass
>But the alternative is to do Tselaspider Spiderstone Spidercove
I-I guess I'll keep fighting this boss!
>>123667657
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
>>123667657
>soul-memory still a thing and a nuisance
No, they changed it in the last patch, now you are matched with ruse-level.
Basically the more you play dark souls 2 the more you notice it's not worth it
>>123667657
yes
kind of, they're still censored but you can change the censor file
more than ever
>>123667657
No
Yes
Yes, but most have learned how to deal with it I guess.
>>123667780
That's all I needed to hear, thanks.
>>123667829
Fuck off retard.
Now that 4kings shitposting is bannable, can we ban the retards shitting on DaS2 the second it's mentionned?
>>123668018
Don't be mad, i'm playing ds2 for the first time, trying to go in sort-of blind.
I just don't like the PvP
>>123667774
Authority is a joke if you have a boy and can take out the smaller ones from afar
>>123668641
Yeah, I figured it out. I kited them over with a throwing knife and then hit the tiny ones with a Firestorm. After figuring out that locking on and the mace do not go together with staying under his legs, it was easy.
N-Now I can go f-fight some spiders! Hooray!I'd still prefer these fucking spiders over Shrine of Amana though, this place is terrible
>>123668641
>boy
wtf am i doing
>>123667829
So like DaS1?
Only that it took me 100 hours to see that DaS1 was utter garbage. After 1000 hours DaS2 still was fun.
>>123669182
You're Freudian Slipping, anon.
>>123667202
What are some status ailment options for pvp? Gravelord sword, or bleed weapons? I've mostly skipped pvp in my first playthrough, but I want to be a cheeky fucker and try playing ng+ as a gravelord servant or a darkwraith.
so are lightning spear/great lightning spear just not that great for pvp or how should I be using these? It takes so long to cast and it's so easy to dodge but they're a huge part of my damage.
>>123669536
On paper bleed is very good.
But it takes continuous hits to trigger and most people wont just stand and take them.
poison and toxic are completely useless, talking about 3 damage per second on an average of 1400-1500 hp.
>>123669738
I'm a big fan of my flaming barbed straight sword as a lightweight backup weapon. I know there have to be other decent bleed weapons...
>>123668631
>>123669594
These are the people who hate Dark Souls 2.
>>123670197
actually this particular retard hates ds1 and defends ds2's honor by calling 4 kings shit all the time (but not BoC for some reason)
also menasposting
>>123664229
>The only problem is that 3 or 6 damage(respectively) per tick seems pretty shit.
So you never got someone to low health and had to deal with spite kiting?
Poison is pretty fucking good in that situation.
I still don't get why people haven't switched to the poison resin large club for high skill pvp.
i'm an arachnophobe who just had a fucking panic attack at the first of the Parasite Spiders in Tseladora, ask me anythingI seriously am considering stopping this goddamned game you guys, jesus dick, with Fromsoft making each Souls game a little bit more spidery every time I might have to retire
>>123670582
git gud
>>123670383
Nah, he spends his time saying that DaS1 is better, except for that one boss he cannot beat.
>>123670383
>TFW this never happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLtOVh1sG1A
So will there be a Fragrant ring item in das3?
>>123669738
>>123669536
Bleed continues to build up even on phantom hits and behind shields
It's not that hard to bleed someone with a katana or the gold tracer.
>>123670098
Gold tracer is quite fast and weights very little.
Maybe lifehunt schyte but that's a whole weapon by itself
