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>DARK SOULS 3
>PSX 2015 Footage
[YouTube] DARK SOULS Ⅲ GamePlay Footage 【PSX 2015】 (embed) [Embed]
>Gameplay Trailer
[YouTube] DARK SOULS Ⅲ トレーラー第1弾 【gamescom 2015】 (embed) [Embed]
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_dark_souls_iii_gc_gameplay_reveal-35231_en.html
>Announcement Trailer
[YouTube] Dark Souls III - Announcement Trailer (embed) [Embed]
>Screenshots & Artwork
Official: https://imgur.com/a/GUjb3
Leaked: https://imgur.com/a/c08Bb
New screenshots & artwork: http://imgur.com/a/5fhcQ
>Leak
[YouTube] Dark Souls 3 EXCLUSIVE LEAKS! - The Know (embed) [Embed]
>Interviews
http://pastebin.com/PUSbw02s (embed)
>Gameplay
http://pastebin.com/yWzzuVV1 (embed)
>/dsg/ Player List
http://pastebin.com/9hG50KHX (embed)
>/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 (embed)
>DARK SOULS
http://pastebin.com/h1etMh8E (embed)
>Essential Mods
DSFix: http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/19/?
PVP Watchdog: http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/849/?
>DARK SOULS 2
http://pastebin.com/CAx8Yc8v (embed)
First for quick rolls
>>126697873
Kinda hope they implement that sidestep thing from BB
>get new computer with 4x ram and vram
>dark souls 2 runs super smooth
>dark souls 1 runs like ass, even getting dc'd from online for framerate issues at the start of the game
I must be retarded or can't configure dsfix again or something, I used to play this shit (almost) perfectly on my old computer
fuck dark souls for pc
>>126698074
I hope they make knights agile like in real life.
Fat rolling is such a joke.
>>126698347
i think the das1 levels were a bit crazy.
i think the das2 fastroll should be midroll and work from there
>>126698246
Yeah, DS1 is a bad port.
DS2 was pretty good, hopefully 3 will be good on release.
I will be legitimately pissed if DS3 has any "praise the sun GROSS INCANDESCENCE XD oh also here's literally just havel the rock and ornstein and all the other popular characters from DS1 for no reason" shit
>>126698535
the sun shit is still there
>>126698595
day 1 pirate
>>126698535
the sun covenant is gonna be there
old reference characters... I also think we could do without them, but there's gonna be some for sure
>>126698535
It's certainly an easy route to go since DaS2 already provide them with the excuse, something about how great souls is able reincarnate/possess stuff in subsequent cycles.
>>126698535
That's exactly what's going to happen. From's lazy and will reuse whatever they can whenever they can, but most people don't notice since most of the Souls community didn't know about From before DaS1.
>>126698650
enjoy no online.
>>126698671
Aren't the only characters reused from DeS patches and the crestfallen warrior?
>>126698535
DaS3 bosses are called Heirs of Fire
DaS2 covenant is called Heirs of the Sun
Even if Miyazaki didn't intend for any direct connection, DEEPEST LORE people will draw lines and say that Solaire, aka Sunlight Bro Top-Dog is the final boss of DaS3.
>>126698814
Solaire is Eileen
-Vaati
>>126698775
There's them, then several weapons, the monk's headpiece, and some other stuff like soul magic and generic souls. Hell, the CU was supposed to have a glowstone but Atlus got all buttmad about it so they took it off and now we just have glowing characters.
Sooo, I recently started to play DS2. Only From game I've played before is Bloodborne.
It was pretty limited with the stats you could upgrade, DS2 seems to have so much more variety.
Playing a strength character now, about lvl 70 and using morning star and zweihander.
This plain str character is becoming quite boring to play. Is it good idea to start to level something else to get a little variety? Throwing in pyromancy, hexes, spells or miracles?
Also, is it stupid for str char. to infuse weapon with fire or lightning if I dont have any int/fai, like in bb those two scaled with arcane? Or should I just stay on normal upgrade path and use those resins?
What levels does /dsg/ stop with their characters?
The only thing I miss about GFWL was the ability to send messages to people you played with/against. There's no real easy way to do that on Steam and it makes me sad.
Worst boss in the entire series?Not Bed of Chaos, niggers.
What's the best thrusting sword for PvP in DS1: Rapier, Estoc or BSS?
>>126699389
Real King Allant
>>126699389
sleeping bag of anarchy
>>126699389
those 2 archers at anor londo
>>126698914
Yeah, magics scale with INT/FTH in DaS2
Sorcery = INT
Miracles = FTH
Hexes = INT AND FTH (Lowest of the two)
Pyromancy = INT OR FTH (Total of the two)
If you have pure str, it's better to leave weapons uninfuse because they reduce your str scaling.
In DS2, don't stop leveling as long as you are gaining souls, because of the way online matchmaking work via Soul Memory.
so i just upgraded my sunset staff to 5, why can't i upgrade it any further?
>>126699202
With how soul memory works for PvP there's no reason to stop at any particular soul level, except to handicap yourself.
Infusing most elements, apart from magic, is fine at low INT/FTH.
Why are those shadow set wearing motherfuckers everywhere in DkS2 now? It doesn't make any sense for them to be in every area like this.
>>126698535
>Not liking the references to past characters
Did you not think it was awesome that Ornstein in DaS2 is left to guard ruins, Smough is nowhere to be seen, and his armor is worn out and unpolished? He's not even named, presumably because he's hollowed and even he can't remember his name.
>>126699685
Weapons upgraded by Twinkling Titanite or Petrified Dragonbone can only be upgraded to +5. It's equivalent to +10 for regular titanite weapons.
Anyone from /bbg/ here? Does Menas still post in your general? Will he come to visit /dsg/ when DaS3 is out? We miss him.:(
>>126699828
non-human FUCKING CANNOT go hollow.
>>126699706
Item description of shadow set:
>Used to hide in the cover of night.
Those who are especially adept assassins
are often hired as bodyguards.
>In an attempt to stave off the curse,
King Vendrick hired shadowmen to
put down the Hollows, but before long
they were Hollowed themselves.
>>126699952
what about the hollow dogs everywhere in das1?
>>126699695
Ok then, thanks for answer. Also, is there same kind of hard and softcap at stats like in bloodborne? Most were something like 25 to 50?
>>126699979
>hollow dogs
uwotm9
they're rabid or something, not hollow
>>126699828
Ornstein showing up was fan service and nothing more.
Literally HEY GUYS, WHO REMEMBERS THIS COOL GUY? ONLY PEOPLE THAT PLAYED DARK SOULS 1 WILL GET THIS!
should i keep the souls of the bosses i killed if i don't plan on turning them into weapons?
>>126700037
how can they be rabid if bacteria and viruses are gone hollow and doesn't prey on their cells?
Right bros, first playthrough here, asking for a r8 on my progress and recommendation on what's left?
>beat four kings
>beat ceaseless demon
>beat that dragon in the sewers
>beat fatty and skinny
>beat the crystal dragon thing (ironically my hardest boss fight whereas 4 kangz were one of my easier ones)
>gargoyles
>taurus demon
>spider bitch
>sif wolf thing
>Nir (skeleton guy)
>Golumn
>Hydra sub boss
>Giant rat sub boss
>other sub bosses I can't remember
>Havel
That's all I can think off of the top of my head. Who's left? Also, I haven't used any companions and I only used tutorial to find out how to find specific things that are pretty well hidden (i.e knowing to wear the ring to fight the 4 kangz), I haven't used any guides on bosses (probably why I found that piece of shit crystal dragon so annoying).
>>126700178
4 kings is easy if you have armor with good defence and a lot of hp
looks like you're missing the whole dlc
>>126700285
both gwyns and painting lady off the top of my head
and other misc bosses
>>126698535
>>126698595
>>126698662
>>126698671
The Sun has been pretty much confirmed to be an ambiguously evil entity though, so even if someone is praising the sun they're probably doing it with not very chivalrous intentions. Here's some writings you can find on gravestones from the network test area:
>“This exile was chased from his homeland, and haunted by a black sun”
>“To honour and shadowy retreats. Fear the sun’s tempations, and the winged executioner”
Oh yeah it's also fucking bleeding and has a giant world serpent coiling around it.
>>126700468
nt vaati
>>126700449
>both gwyns and painting lady
What area are they in?
>He doesn't use the darkwood grain ring
>And a dagger
>And the dark hand
>With your favorite armor set
It's like you don't want to have fun
>>126700285
keep going past ceaseless, the lava below him hardens and you can walk on it, there's a whole area past that you don't seem to have visited
also go back to undead parish, where that blacksmith NPC was (andre the giant) and go down that ladder, there is a titanite demon there and a whole area after it (it's connected to hydra place if you wanna come from the back)
also painted world of ariamis, look up how to enter it really
also DLC
>>126700285
Definitely above average for a first playthrough, better than I did anyway. Took me well over 40 hours to get to around your point. Go take on the bed of chaos :^)
>>126700325
it's not about "hard" you dumb shithead.
>>126700492
It's all in the game bruh, no need for name-calling.
am I the only one who gets turbospooked by the Gutter and Black Gulch
the whole concept is incredibly fucked up
going deep underground has always creeped me out too
>>126700285
>beat four kings
What the fuck is "four kings"
>>126700561
>also go back to undead parish, where that blacksmith NPC was (andre the giant) and go down that ladder, there is a titanite demon there and a whole area after it (it's connected to hydra place if you wanna come from the back)
The electric shooting scorpian king dude with the trident? I beat him early on, isn't he another sub boss?
>
keep going past ceaseless, the lava below him hardens and you can walk on it, there's a whole area past that you don't seem to have visited
I'll probably go here next.
>>126699706
>It doesn't make any sense for them to be in every area like this.
Because?
>>126700697
if by sub boss you mean things that don't respawn, I guess
you missed a tiny area there before sif, there's a huge ass butterfly
go look around again
>no Cass
>no Menas
>no God-King Lucifer
>no Afro
>no Kobra
>no Ippiki
>no Emarrel
>no Nora
>no Kirk
>no based Debug-anon
>no Pate-anon
>no Lightanon
>no Marisa
>no Zullie
>no Santa
This place has gone hollow.
>>126700875
>posting this again
Why don't you just leave if that's how you feel? Why do you need e-celebs to enjoy a game and/or its community anyways?
Just finished SOTFS today, have to say the changed enemy placement actually makes the game feel a hella lot better, especially with the Drangleic Castle and Dragon Aerie, real neat things they did over vanilla.
Got a question though, what SL did you guys do the DLCs at? I went in at SL 150 and didn't have too many problems with the bosses. Only took two tries with Blue Smelter and I was told the guy was stupid hard or some shit.
Also fuck Frigid Outskirts, fuck the magic crystal deers, and fuck the absurd ammount of HP/poise enemies have. The rest was really good though, the verticallity of the DLCs was a nice departure from DaS2's normal level design.Alonne is probably the best boss fight out of the two games even if hes easy once you realise to roll back 70% of the time
>>126700285
>beat four kings
the fuck're you talking about?
>>126701034
>have to say the changed enemy placement actually makes the game feel a hella lot better, especially with the Drangleic Castle
>random executioners chariot in drangleic castle just because
>not even the executioner himself is present
Myeh. I'd say that it's hit and miss.
>>126699389
Old Iron King
>>126700845
THe green moth thing? Yea I beat that, wasn't that a legit boss
>>126701273
yes that is a boss, but you didn't mention it, so I thought you might have missed it
I did on my first playthrough
>>126701230
He's not even the worst boss in his respective game, what are you talking about?
why is it so hard to farm for the desert sorceress set?
>>126701443
I asked "in the entire series". Though it's undoubtful that 4skins is THE worst in the entire history of gaming, people may have different opinions.
>>126701564
Noone sane would say that Old Iron King is worse than the Prowling Magus.
>>126701180
That and Heide's becomes a major clusterfuck after dragonrider dies were weakpoints, but I feel it took more steps forward than back, like moving the Flexile from Shrine of Winter to before the sinner, using the shaded woods ghosts more and the military camp before Telsorda actually having soldiers and not peasants, more Pursuers, ect.
>>126701632
An I say again - 4cunts is still worse. Worse than ANYTHING. Got it faggot?
>dark souls 3
>faggot deviantFart/tumblr shit instead of a proper design
>retarded DPS race instead of an actual fight
>zero lore and absolute irrelevance to the game's plot
>undoubtedly the worst area AND the worst music in the entire game
Why is this even allowed? Jeesh From.
>>126701363
Oh, yea there are too many damn bosses in this game
>>126701632
>tfw Prowling Magus killed me more than any other boss in my twink run so far
Between my shit stamina, garbage agility and unupgraded weapons it was a real task trying to out damage their heals while managing enough stamina to dodge the lighting spears and floor crawlers.
>get invaded
>spam healing potions until the faggot gets rekt
Name a better weapon from the entire series that's better than Dark Soul's Claymore.protip: you can't
>>126702263
Longsword
>>126702024
Back to Reddit.
So let's finally determine the actual reasons why 4niggers sucks shit and is the absolute worst "boss" to ever exist in gaming.
>>126699983
Some are 25, some are 40, etc
You can look up the soft caps on the stats pages of most Dark Souls 2 wikias.
>>126702263
Hunter's Axe or Blueblood Sword
Why is the darkwraith covenant nicknamed dickwraith? It's just another invasion covenant, it doesn't completely fuck up your world like gravelords do.
>>126703001
Gravelord is too limited because it requires NG+
DeS
It's better go play offline when going for a Plat run because of the world tedency, right?
Anyone up for Smelter? Lv 68/219K SM
>>126701034
>SL did you guys do the DLCs at?
Did them at around 110-140. Admittedly, I had a fair bit of trouble with bosses, but I mostly think it's because I suck. Great hammers trivialize a whole bunch of enemies with the 2h R2.
Thought you guys would like this /v/ request.
>>126704038
>>126704038
Nifty.
>>126704038
nobody gives a fuck.
What order do most people fight bosses in Demons Souls?
I did Tower of Latria last because it terrified me but I was so strong by the time I did it,I destroyed the apparently very difficult Maneaters without a sweat. Thinking about it all of the DeS bosses were easy aside from Flamelurker.
>armorer dennis
literally fucking hitler
>>126702024
When I get invaded I eat a shroom and run to heal every time. I also summon people and stall for blues with a bow.
>>126704617
He's not so bad by himself. Having to deal with the Ninja Turtles at the same time, however, is a steaming load.
>>126704617
You were close, but the real Hitler sticks to the DLCs.
>>126704589
The gank squad in 1-4 is the worst unless you are a cheap ass range or magic faggot.
>>126704617
Fucking Dennis.
Invaders, enemies and everyfuckingthingelse in SOTFS Iron Keep.
Just truly fuck my shit up From.
>>126704787
Think they're trying to encourage you to use a seed... Which spawns in the same room as Dennis
something strange is happening whenever i tab out of SotFS.
a small image of filthy frank appears for a split second.
>>126704943
>People ALWAYS complain that they hate iron keep because of invaders
>I've got 200+ hours in Dark Souls 2 and the handful of times I've been invaded in Iron Keep it's by some shitter who I easily kill, or who sits next to mobs waiting for me to run into a group while I just sit on the bridge and wait to summon phantoms because faggotry can only be answered by faggotry
>MFW
>>126704915
His invasion during the Old Iron King gave me terminal ass cancer.
>>126700087
anyone?
>>126705218
I really hope DS3 has a lot of fucking asshole AI invaders like Maldron.
>>126705263
Check the wiki if you have any interest in the weapons or magic you might want to make otherwise feel free to.
i've got a int/dex thing going on, should i infuse my blacksteele katana with anything?
>>126705270
Same here, I really enjoyed how well From made me hate Maldron. Definitely the best NPC invader by nautical miles.
>>126700468
First time I've seen this shot. That looks rad as fuck
>>126705320
Stats?
>>126700468
>>126705320
Never infuse Blacksteel Katana. It gets very low elemental bonus damage.
>>126705304
so these boss souls are only used for either weapon/spell making or spending?
what about the special souls?
>>126699870
Hello not-Menas,
Yes, Menas still posts in this general. Mostly cancerous shit about 4 kings and talks about how great he is in third person.
>>126705419
40 dex/ 40 int/ 30 fth
>Want to do "cosplay" or themed characters in DS2 for co-op and invading
>Soul memory instead of level for matchmaking makes it hard to do
Back in DS1 I had so many characters of various levels that I made purely to sit in certain areas and invade, or co-op specific bosses.
>Sunpig I made purely for the bell gargoyles boss
>Just a naked character with the pig helmet and just enough faith to use lightning spears
>Helped scrubs kill gargoyles all day
SHIT WAS FUN.
What would be a good "Theme" character in DS2? You can't really do belltower unless you want to get invaded 24/7 while you wait for people to summon you.
>>126705628
Probably not, BSK has the best dex scaling of any weapon in the game, split damage isn't all that great
Infusions in general are more of a pure int/faith guy thing
>>126705715
>Back in DS1 I had so many characters of various levels that I made purely to sit in certain areas and invade, or co-op specific bosses.
>boot up the game
>play it
>agape ring at 30k SM
Boom you can now sit at one area for the rest of time.
If you want to bitch about SM then the actual complaint is that it forces you into a few areas where your SM tier is most active and there is no way of moving back, and you can't invade infinitely upwards meaning you are stuck to whatever area you chose, but if you take a SM tier thats orange in one place, slap on the agape ring you will be summoned there until there is nobody left playing that area.
>>126705628
Infuse dark
>that second bonfire in the gutter that is absolutely useless because it's on a dead end with nothing but a stupid jump, poison statues and a big dog
What's the best DaS2 Greathammer and why?
>>126705834
>You have to rush to a certain point in the game and wear a ring (Which takes up one of your four slots) at all times to stay at a certain point
That's fine if you want to stay at level 100+ and keep playing with friends, but if you want to limit yourself to a certain level it doesn't change much. If you DO die and lose souls you're still under-statted, and you can't spend your souls on items or spells, or upgades, or it does the same thing.
I.E. if I want to make a character that is a pure archer, bow only, arrows cost souls, I wouldn't be able to buy arrows without gimping my stat for co-op/invasion.
20 INT good enough for pyro on the side as STR focused build?
>>126705961
Isn't that the one that leads directly into the Gulch?
>>126705729
>split damage isn't all that great
Is that a meme or something
>>126705834
>agape ring
But I want souls to upgrade my shit/buy armor sets/get nifty boss weapons/buy consumables
>>126705990
Giant Warrior club in terms of raw damage. I'm partial to the great club since it's fairly light does decent damage and has long range for a great hammer.
>>126706068
The way to the gulch is near but there's a wall between the bonfire and the maze of ladders that brings you there.
>>126706010
>If you DO die and lose souls you're still under-statted, and you can't spend your souls on items or spells, or upgades, or it does the same thing.
What.
If you wear the ring you wont gain any souls, you get it the ring, spend all of your souls and run around 0 with risk. If you ever want to actually farm then you take the ring off, get some souls, put it back on, spend souls and then go back to running around without any souls on you.
If you want to do a dedicated coop build then you will be overleveled to all hell for most areas because the people doing the summoning are not nearly as minmaxes as you are.
If you want to coop a specific area with a specific build then its entirely doable and you have 4 ring slots. The only real issue is that you can't go far from whatever area you decided to start at, you can perfectly well make a dedicated coop build for helping out a specific area.
>>126706274 this applies to you too
You are spouting so much nonsensical and flat out wrong bullshit that Clan_Iraq would be proud. 999 arrows is 25k souls, most of the people playing in fucking no mans warf are at 200k, the consumables/upgrades issue isn't nearly as relevant as you would make it out to be.
>>126706304
Or you could break the breakable wall and then its just a bonfire half way through the area
>>126706060
Might as well go faith if you are not planning on using it as your primary attack, pyro scales with int+faith and faith has more utility based stuff
>want more Souls experience
>haven't played Scholar yet
>see that the seasonal discount and the discount for owning the original cuts the price to £4
>whynot.jpg
>install
>going through
>new more reasonable enemies everywhere
>not that many random open spaces
>seems they did a decent job
>got to Iron Keep
>twice as many knights before Smelter
>can't even rush the fog-gate now
>have to clear at least part of it to enter fog safely
>3 NPC invasions
Jesus christ why
All the other areas were fine so far, but this, holy fuck, so tedious...
>>126706501
mainly STR but pyro on the side seemed fun, 40 STR/20 INT
>>126705517
>cancerous shit about 4 kings
the one who used to do this died from dope overdrive, more than a year ago.
why is sorcery so shit in sotfs now jesus christ i hit like a wet paper bag
>>126706354
>Be at 100k soul memory
>Died once and lost 20k souls
>You're now 20k souls underleveled
Or
>Ne at 100k soul memory
>Spent 20k on spells
>Don't have the stat points to use certain gear you wanted to use
>Have to use un-upgraded armor/weapons unless you can get somebody to summon you and trade you things they spent their souls on
It limits themed characters and builds.
>>126706354
>999 arrows is 25k
What, basic or iron arrows? What about elemental arrows? Or poison/bleed arrows? What about throwing knives? What about firebombs?
If you want to make a character that uses no weapons and only throwing knives and bombs, you are investing a large portion of your soul memory into items and if you're wearing the agape ring you can't get more of said items without raising your soul memory.
>>126706525
>before Smelter
You can skip Smelter if need be. The second bonfire isn't too far off.
>>126706579
Magic is only shit in the DLC, in the base game it's still easy mode as fuck.
>Haven't died to a single boss in Scholars
>Get to Darklurker
>Die 5 times before scrubbing it out with Claymore
About time. I was starting to think all that time in the chalice dungeons made me too gud
>>126706591
>Be at 100k soul memory
>Died once and lost 20k souls
>You're now 20k souls underleveled
Or
>Ne at 100k soul memory
>Spent 20k on spells
See this shit is why I have a hard time of caring about anything you say, you have clearly never actually done a low SM build and seen how it goes so you actually think that 20k SM means ANYTHING.
If you want a low SM build then you never walk around with a lot of souls on you, you are either farming (which you should probably do as a phantom so there is even less risk) or walking around with the agape ring on, you will never lose souls from dying.
99 firebombs is 20k souls 99 throwing knives is 10k, and out of every summon I did in DS1, not a single person was a dedicated archer/consumables throwing guy, literally none you are making up an issue just for the sake of bitching about it.
Who are the people who want help coop?
People who can't beat an area on their first try or just want help, worse players.
What do worse players do?
Die
If you just play through the game and beat every area without dying 5 times you will be FAR ahead of all the people who would actually want to summon you, because they run around shoving souls into weapons they won't use, into non optimal stats and just dying in general.
You are making a mountain out of an anthill and you know it
What is lowest level viable for forest pvp?
>>126706525
Iron keep is pretty bad in SOTFS, one of the few areas they made worse.
>Heide's tower of flame after defeating dragonrider
>>126706591
And lets not forget that consumables are farmable, you don't need to buy shit.
>>126706957
>Out of every summon you did nobody did x niche build
Gee it's almost like it's uncommon!
>because they run around shoving souls into weapons they won't use, into non optimal stats and just dying in general.
I upgraded two weapons to +10 for the first half of the game, then I replaced them with a new set of weapons, then once I finished the game I found the weapons I liked the most instead of just stat based and upgraded those.
Now because I didn't decide on a single weapon to use for the entire game before I'd made my character, I have spent thousands of souls that I get nothing out of. As well, if you buy any consumables or vendor armor/weapons you are slowly but surely gimping yourself if you ever get invaded or plan to invade anybody.
In PvE it matters less, but it DOES make it so you will out-memory a certain area where you're out of the general range that people are usually there.
Everybody already knows Soul Memory is a terrible mechanic.
The Agape Ring is a poor band-aid for a much poorer system.
>>126707136
>Farmable
Bro, I cleared the entirety of No Man's Wharf in full item discovery gear until the mobs stopped respawning and only got 40 arrows.
Farming shit takes hours for something you could go through in one boss fight.
>>126707058
>added more headless faggots in place of desert qts
>>126707180
>Now because I didn't decide on a single weapon to use for the entire game before I'd made my character, I have spent thousands of souls that I get nothing out of. As well, if you buy any consumables or vendor armor/weapons you are slowly but surely gimping yourself if you ever get invaded or plan to invade anybody.
GAHAHA
GAHAHAHA
Ha
If you beat the game you had 1 mil + SM, probably something like 2-3 mil. Going up a single tier there is 500 000 souls or more, the 20k spent you upgrading a weapon doesn't matter shit, stop making it out to be worse than it is you dumb motherfucker.
>>126707373
>a neiche build is hard to do
Oh no.
Also if you were running "max item discovery" then you were probably running around with as many +item discovery things as possible which lowers the droprate, because you don't know shit about the game and just want to bitch anyway
>>126707306
The Agape Ring is worse than a band-aid. It took away the one good thing SM had.
>>126706591
Am I the only one who thinks caring about SM is a special kind of autistic?
>>126707547
yes
>>126707430
>You will never rescue the sorceress hanging out outside the windmill
>>126707547
It's the same crowd that got hypermeta in DS1 with leveling and shit, possibly the worst of all the crowds the game gathered because limit themselves with some arbitrary breakpoints
>NO CAN'T LEVEL ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ON A BUILD AS SOON AS YOU START THE GAME
>NO WEAPON EXPERIMENTATION YOU PICK ONE AT THE START AND BUILD YOUR CHARACTER AROUND IT
>NO FUN ALLOWED
They care so much about muh meta and being optimal that they forgot everything else about the games.
>>126705715
I made a Heide knight a while ago.
Sunbro'd outside of the dragonrider with the agape ring on at just under 60k and used the sun sword and that faggy parma until I got a Heide sword.
Most of my low-SM builds are under 60k and they see plenty of action at Heide and the forest, but the Heide knight is around 150k so I can stomp bellfags.
Also, you can stick your sign down just inside the belltower in the Iron Keep and then run back to where the puppet is.
>console
>have to actually play the game to reroll characters and get gear for pvp
>can't just respec because le SM
das2 isn't bad, i like it, but this is just silly. at least leave me a glitch to dupe shit or something if you're going to gouge my pvp u cunts
>>126705990
Sanctum Mace because insta poison charge that knocks opponents down long enough to rebuff/heal.
>>126707603
i've never actually used any range weapons in combat aside from pulling. is it viable?
>>126707694
In DS1 you can't respect at all and leveling cost far more and since everything is SL only there is much less variety.
>>126707770
IDK I use the crossbow to pull and take out annoying bastards like the Amana priestesses.
>>126707778
in das1 i could sl1 run through everything and still get my gear and hit pvp hotspots because i can control my SL
das2 i have to at least make it to agape ring and then cap my souls, which i need to actually do shit with besides leveling. It's just extemely inconvenient
>>126707603
>>126707770There's a hidden door behind her.
>tfw want to get gangraped by Torturers in the Copse
>>126707873
Sure it is, clearing 2 bosses and 2 areas to get an item and then have free reign over your levels is far more inconvenient than playing the entire game at SL1.
You are a fucking retard and thats the end of it.
>>126698410
Uhm, DaS2 has faster rolls than DaS1.
>>126707934
>Not fulfilling yourdeep dark fantasyand becoming their dungeon master
>>126706501
>breakable wall
Please.
I was smashing my weapon in a couple of nearby walls, i didn't find it.
Also apparently there's a zipline somewhere.
This is what happens when you make the area look all same-y
Is there a weapon tier chart available for DS1?
>>126707881
MY PRINCESS I'M COMING
>>126707683
Once you have hundreds of hours in the game what else do you do?
Why play a gimped character intentionally, when you've already done every thing the game has to offer?
>>126708018
>Please.
It's right there nigga, start from the bonfire and move forwards like 10 steps then hit the wall to your right.
>>126707972
Can someone do a comparison webm of flip vs quickroll?
>>126706632
Well, of course, but I do want to go through everything, and the Smelter fight is pretty okay
It just seems that they did all they could to mess with speedrunners with all the added enemies, scenarios like these and random petrified statues.
>Brume Tower dlc key is in fire lizard pit
Fuck
At least they did use a few under-used enemies, which is cool
>>126707058
Does that trigger the Heidi knights patrols?
I was wondering that
>>126707603
>kill 3 lizards
>go outside
>examining the area
>seems the same
>fireballed on the head
>from the fucking top of the windmill
I kinda love the random ranged enemies they've added. Some of the crossbow dudes in Bastile were great too
>>126707962
i can tell you dont pvp because you don't actually understand what sm does
there are things you spend souls on beyond levels
>>126708094
Play a different game, or at least not assert that your precious meta and minmaxing is in any way the games were designed to be played.
>>126708201
I can tell you don't actually PvP because you don't understand what SM does. I have ran multiple different twinks, 100k difference in SM doesn't even mean anything while invading, it means even less for summons.
The bridge and the area always have players in them.
Let's be real here you are bitching because you like to see your soul amount go up and agape ring denies that which triggers your autism.
>first time playing DS2
>shrine of amana
>kill all these mages and hard hitting knights or whatever
>get to bonfire with mushrooms
>peek my head out the next area
>20 mages shooting at me
fuck this place
>>126708295
Amana on release was even MORE FUN.
Why do the giant in DS2 look like hulking monstrosities with prolapsed anus faces?
>>126708578
gaping != prolapsed
>>126708136
I meant please as in
>how the fuck did i miss that
>>126708291
100k? You'll get way, way more than that in a very short time if you PvP for some time and aren't shit at the game.
>>126708887
And none of it matters because if I wanted to stay in one range I could
If I want to gain souls and move up I can
If I don't want to use a ring slot then CBEO's exist and work just fine.
>>126707770
In PvP it's nice to have one handy because it can shut down spell-casting.
>>126708530
It was the most fun I had in the series.
>actually used the brightness slider as recommended
>can't distinguish deep and shallow water without torch
>can't roll in water because of torch
>have to rely on shield and backstepping in water
>rush between isles and pillars to fight
>excellent exploration because of all those hidden treasure
What SM should I start seeing summon signs at Iron Keep on PC? 200,000 right now and I haven't seen shit.
>>126709210
PC Iron Keep Scholar is higher than 500k
>>126709169
>TFW finding sunlight blade as a FTH character before FTH got shat on
>3 new Berserk chapters
what a time to take a break from farming
>>126708530
I still have nightmares about the path between Bonfire 2 and Bonfire 3.
>>126709210
If you look on the travel list you can see orange outlines on 3 zones. These are the zones most active with soapstones for your SM. If you're looking for help with the Smelter DemonLucatiel's summon sign will appear if you find her in Harvest Valley, just before the Covetous Demon encounter (assuming you've talked to her in the Lost Bastille).
>>126708014
>the Chariot
R8 my dex build, /dsg/.
>I'm at the point now where I'll hit 40 vigor and start putting up strength and no longer be a dex build
That pesky soul memory.
>>126709275
>Current offensive miracles
>Great Lightning Spear tickles enemies
what the fuck, From?
![a783a0d5b13d7ab5064dfa047828f4c2aef6bf8b[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/QbEJcee.jpg "a783a0d5b13d7ab5064dfa047828f4c2aef6bf8b[1]")
>>126709539
One might say it'sincandescently gross
>>126709538
>31 VIT
No flynn ring for u
>>126708952
It matters because you needlessly waste a ring slot that could be used for something much more important, like the Ring of the Living for example.
>>126709169
It was great
Only at the moment did I appreciate that they allowed for both left and right hands to be exactly the same
>take torch
>move shield to right-hand slot
>swap between shield and weapon depending on how far/close I am from the casters
>>126709650
CARLOOOOOOS
>>126709539
They fucked up in calibration 1.08. They reduced the charges on all offensive miracles and intended to buff the damage but instead nerfed the damage by about 10%. There's a post about it on the Namco Bandai forums somewhere
>>126709681
I wasn't minmaxing my equip load, I was just wearing whatever looked cool and trying to stay under 50% so my end is really high.
>>126709689
You are fucking retarded anon.
>>126709738
Why did they never fix it?
It isn't even fixed in SOTFS, is it?
>>126709867
Who knows, it's not fixed in SotFS. I remember back in the day it took them months to fix the binoculars sprint glitch and parry airwalk glitch. Running around at sub 100k soul memory with a Dragon's Tooth sprinting behind people for backstabs in DaS2 before the agape ring was pretty absurd. If you weren't around for it here's a little video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yFkcIUSwLo
Man I don't get it. This world tendency shit in DeS doesn't fucking work for me.
Sometimes I'll get benefits like picking up the Dragon Bone Smasher or Makoto, but when trying to find NPC's n shit like Selen or Scirvir they just don't show up.
>>126710141
Bino boosting and parry walking were so much fun.
Completely broken, but fun.
>Video kind of related
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiOzDfzp9Hw
>>126710369
Check that your world tendency hasn't drifted.
It moves towards the player bases's average tendency over time.
steam controller y/n
So, who's the ultimate worst boss of the series? My vote goes to 4shits.
>>126710456
Don't get me wrong, I loved them to move quickly through PvE and create builds very fast but people who used them in PvP were complete dickheads
>>126710141
How did parry airwalking even work from a code perspective? I can't really wrap my head around how it came to be.
>>126710750
Riposting locked your z axis coordinate for the duration of the animation so it would work on sloped surfaces I imagine (strange things happen when backstabbing and riposting on slopes, some weapons do more damage if this occurs). cancelling the riposte within the first few frames locked the Y-coordinate but never unlocked it when it was cancelled. The game thinks you're still riposting the enemy until the enemy is unloaded, due to a map unload from straying too far from the original enemy. When you jump your Y co-ordinate is updated but still locked when the jump finishes, this is why you could jump onto higher platforms to raise yourself and jump in mid-air to lower yourself.
>>126710991
Z axis not Y axis, wasn't paying attention.
>>126710369
Are you playing online?
That affects tendencies, so do keep that in mind
>>126710991
>>126711086
I see. That's quite interesting. Thanks for the explanation.
>>126710369
Play offline and remember that you have to return to the Nexus for the WT to update.
>keep getting invasions in the forest
>they all turtle up and back away
Why do they invade if they're going to do this?
How would you feel about a sci-fi souls game based on Dune?
>>126712119
>sci-fi souls game
Yes
>based on Dune
Eh, don't know enough about it to judge
I would be cool with something closer to Shadowrun or Deus Ex or something, with elements of hacking/cyberworld being as important as physical combat
>>126712119
Sci-fi souls? Y
Dune? Maybe.
>>126712119
From has the armored core IP in their fridge so maybe they could use that. Have giant robots rolling around, swinging their techno-chainsaw-swords.
Posted this a few days ago and left before I had to go out of state, and see any replies.
Is this a good DMC1 Dante setup? I really want the Darkmoon Blade for the buffed Alastor but I feel like I'm bloating my stats.
>>126712119
FROM created very good atmosphere from works of Lovecraft so I'd love to see them try to usd Dune universe.
Not sure if the main story would be usable for a souls game though.
Maybe something from Dune-verse history like Butlerian jihad period would do.
>>126713637
Switch DWGR with Chloranthy and vice versa
How do you make twinblades good weapons and not helicopter flight aids?
>>126712704
>summon Killy wielding GBE
>boss dies in one hit and you can just walk forward through the tunnel created by beam instead of searching for keys and fighting big mobs full of silicon creatures
>>126713637
is this a pvp or pve build?
it's trash for pvp btw
>they will never change the ugly as fuck floaty running animation in ds3
>>126714572
>it's trash for pvp btw
Explain
>>126714646
>he doesn't like the TWOSPEEDSFASTANDWAY2FAST running of Demon's Souls
>>126714676
>12 poise
>split damage
>cestus and dragon bone fist
just use wolf ring and try to reach 56 poise and you will be set
>>126714646
It's miles better than the clunky shit from DaS1.
>>126714795
I NEED THAT SHORYUKEN BRO
>>126714918
cmon man, you are only going to be able to hit bad players with those attackssorry
hang on let me try to create something for you really quickly
How is the population on DaS1? Should I go for PC or PS3?
>>126714795
how2fix split damage
>>126715083
PC, population is surprisingly good. I'm getting like 3-6 summon signs at Bell Gargoyles all the time
>>126715083
PS3 = better players
PC = more active
>>126715248
>PS3 = better players
Japs?
>PC = more active
[citation needed]
I'm not saying you pull that out of your ass, just wanting to know from where you get the numbers.
>>126714918
>>126715232
http://mmdks.com/7us9
alraight, here you have 56 poise so you won't get stunned often
i tried to minmax it as well as i could and just modify it however you want it
i keep it at 28 str because it doesn't really affect you too much because i assume you are going to onehand the weapon you should also consider putting alot of points into dex though
and there's a mod that turns this coat into dante's coat somewhere (if you play on PC)
>>126715248
My very first invasion on PS3 was against a dragonbro that had a Great Club that flashed different colors/buffs every couple seconds.
Is getting to a maxed out level a realistically obtainable goal if I actually trudge through every NG+ cycle of DS2?
>>126715348
pretty sure PC is more active nowadays
but that's just something i've heard and people tell me
also alot of the ps3 players have switched to pc
>friend has never played a souls game
>still watches vaati's lore videos
huh.
>>126715348
>I'm not saying you pull that out of your ass, just wanting to know from where you get the numbers.
>consoles
>being EVER more active than PC
There is a reason people from PS3 and XBOX still come to this thread begging someone to drop them xth item they can't farm for sone reason.
And, duh, thats the reason PS3 has better players, because it has less retards.
>>126715520
I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
If he eventually starts playing because of that I'd even dare to say that this is a good thing.
>>126715248
>PS3 = better players
>>126715663
PS3 has the better players yeah?
>>126715663
It's a well known fact that the majority of Playstation users are the most skilled at any videogame.
>>126715730
Neither does, it's entirely up to the individual you encounter. Attributing skill to machines is ridonkulous.
what SM is good for PVP in DS2 SOTFS?
i wish we fight egyptian-inspired gods in dark souls 3
it would be fun
awoo
nobody is summoning me ;_;
sl16 at gargoyles looking for fun...
>>126716052
Maybe it's becauseyour character is fugly
>>126715952
2-3m is the hotspot.
5m is alive as well.
For low level invasions around Bastille and Luna, stay around 200k souls.
>>126715248
>PC = more active
Playing on PC and if that's what you call active...
>>126715419
>Warrior
>Claymore
>looks nothing like Dante
Here's a simple version with half the SL.
>>126716139
my character is a beautiful waifu
>>126716292
>any Souls character creation
>beautiful waifu
Is there any reason to infuse my greataxe with chaos?
>>126716689
twinking
>>126716556
ds2 was pretty good
>>126716164
the crimson robe looks nothing like dantes coat though
chesters coat is the closest thing you are going to get
>>126716885
>DaS2 had a good character editor
>>126716143
thanks anon
>>126716918
>being Dante with a black color scheme
FUCKING DONTE GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY DMC GOD FUCKING DAMN
>>126715248
Here's that reply you worked so hard for.
Does anybody else think Dark Souls 1s biggest flaw lies in the bonfire? It's not even a flaw as they cannot really counteract this issue but everytime I go to an area I feel like i'm more or less wasting my time when I could easily run through them rather then have to refight them all when I inevitably die.
Just a minor gripe, no way to combat this issue and an easy argument could be that you have to fight in order to get equipment/level up etc but it's just the way i've felt so far in my first playthrough.
>>126717140
What do you mean, having bonfires as checkpoints or what? I think it's a great system but it relies on good level design to be good, and they overdid it with the constant bonfires in DaS2 (and the later parts of DaS1 like in Izalith).
>>126717127
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1PXcGuIAmE
AAAAAAAAAA
>illusory wall ahead
>It's obviously bullshit
>I have to check every time
>>126717352
>both DS1 and 2 have more than 1 type of illusory wall in them
>that one message you thought was bullshit could have just meant you had to hit the wall instead of activate it
>>126717140
That happens when you finally come to the realization that you can run past most enemies. Most fresh players don't until sometime further in the game.
>>126717280
>using skins for a cosplay when nobody else will see them
>>126717260
>and the later parts of DaS1 like in Izalith).
The bonefires in Izalith were really good pre patch when aggressive dragon asses made the area hell.
>>126717636
you're still going to be a red invader though if you do pvp
>>126717685
I meant how there's a bonfire right in front of Centipede even though after beating Firesage you get a shortcut elevator back to the Fair Lady's bonfire. I've never played prepatch though but I believe you if you say the bonfire after Centipede was necessary for all the annoying dragon asses.
is it just me or does DaS2 have some networking issues right now? Is it just steam?
My and some pals were trying to connect on new characters last night and fuck we just couldnt.
for one, whenever I started the game, it would fail to connect to the online, but when i retry, THEN it works.
then we just couldnt see our signs.
even with the god ring. And we are all within range. I know Im not bunned because I DID manage to summon them twice. but I had to quit to title screen and reload the character for any signs to appear
the fuck is up with the network, its like I'm really playing Dark Souls 1
>400-500k SM can't remember
>travel options highlights sinners rise, lost Bastille and belfry luna
>only 2 guys summoned me, blue eye orb doesn't do shit
>want to help out someone with bellbros
>kill first guy, the second is a infinite hp black knight greataxe gal
>invaded by dark spirit fencer sharron
literally hitler
>>126718420
Few people have sin at such low SM, hence CBEOs won't really find anyone. Your best bet is around 3-5M SM if you want blue invasions.
>>126718392
It always takes me 2-3 tries to connect to the DaS2 servers.
Tried resetting your modem?
this is my first time saving solaire and siegmeyer, so i want to make sure i'm doing it right.
for solaire, i opened up the chaos servant door and killed all the bugs in there. One dropped the sunlight maggot, does that mean Solaire is in no danger of being killed?
Siegmeyer. How many chaos eaters should i kill with a bow before talking to him? i dont want to kill too many for it to not trigger, and i dont want to kill too few so that they kill him.
>>126718392
Try resetting your modem. For some reason sometimes the port connectivity issues get so bad it makes me think I'm softbanned.
Have you ever got a connection, but it took 5-10 minutes to load you into the person's world, and then instantly disconnected you?
Is the Pickaxe decent in DaS 1?
I wanna do a meme build
No not le peasant xD
so what's your guys' go-to gesture for helping someone beat a boss/winning a duel?
>>126719502
Wave is appropriate in all situations.
>>126719502
>>126719746
Wave is the pleb's Righty-ho
>>126719827
>Righty-ho
>Literally projecting your autism into the game
At least try to hide your autism level like the rest of us.
>>126717280
>Old Zombieslayer
>>126720005
>being this mad when someone does not agree with you
k
>>126719595
>>126719587
>report the 4kings autist
>mods delete the post below his
Fucking bravo lmao
1/2
Picked up DS2 during the sale. Not doing too much reading up on the game, spoiled too much of DS1 for myself by doing that. Just looking for a bit of early guidance.
So, got through the starting area, started off as a knight. Got to the hub area, explored a bit, talked to the blacksmith and other merchants, note told me about the estus shard in the well, found a bonfire in a tower of flame guarded by a big guy, so I warped back to the hub, thinking that was the wrong way. Explored some more, found a dude talking about a statue and how he couldn't get past, I call him Scottish Onion Knight. Ended up fighting like 6 of these poisoning enemies, was able to single pull them out of the room. Guess I'll need an item to break the statue later.
Explore again, found the way to a forest. Lots of enemies, but again careful pulling kept me from being too overwhelmed. Really starting to miss my shield. Found the tree with all of the dudes around it, killed them all, and I had enough souls so I went back and bought the shield from the vendor in the hub. made my way back up, and pressed on through the fog gate, found another bonfire and a merchant. Got the key, warped back and opened the blacksmiths shop. Upgraded my broadsword and bought a hand axe (my favorite starting weapon in DS1). Why do weapons break down so much. Fought ym way around, met some dude talking about maps, got the key to the mansion, went back, got some urn thing guarded by a skellington in the basement.
>>126720091
Naw, I deleted my own post. There was a funny typo.
>>126720153
Warped back to the fire by the merchant lady, trekked on. Fought some floating knight dude, got him to maybe half health before he did a shoryuken and ended me. Decided to try the other way I found earlier, thinking if this boss was that tough, I might be going the wrong way. Warped back to the flame tower, and with my upgraded weapons and a shield I was able to take out the big knights fairly easily with a bit of caution. Made it to another boss, a knight with a spear and a big shield. Killed him fairly easily. Met another NPC who teaches miracles, I guess this was the right way to go. Rest at the bonfire, and make my way forward, more knights, and some faggot knights that uses lightning. Eventually make my way to some underground harbor area, I'm guessing this games blight town. Tried to make my way forward, but the enemies here are much stronger and faster, and swarm. Guessing I made the wrong turn again.
So, do I go back to the forest area, and try to fight the floating knight again? If I could upgrade my weapons more, I would, have my broadsword at +2 and my hand axe at +1, but the merchant only has 10 shards in stock, and I don't want to upgrade stuff that will be outclassed in short order.
>>126720269
The first boss you kill should be the Last Giant.
Also buy a Club from the merchant hag, Strike damage absolutely rapes everything in PvE.
>>126720269
You fought the pursuer on the rooftop which is optional. He's gone now to his actual boss area so you won't need to worry about him again.
Do not worry about using up titanite shards. They become infinite supply a little later on and there's a steady stream of them in the early zones. You'll need to be a little more frugal with your large titanite shards and even more so with chunks and slabs. Check the black guy in Majula if you're desperate for a shield or raise ADP to make rolling have more invincibility frames.
>9 nodes
>>126720381
Ok, I'll look into a club. And the last giant, is it down in the forest? Found some flame sword in a chest down near some fire spitting lizard, but I don't have the stats for it.
>>126720668
Ah, cool. That guy was a turbo nerd. I managed to get a slab from the crows. One fo the few things I read up on was the starting gifts, since they all seemed shitty. Decided to go for the item gamble, and got a slab in return.
Guess I'm heading down into the forest again.
>>126720786
Yeah, the giant is down an elevator. Keep exploring the place.
The Fire Longsword is also a good starting weapon but becomes really outclassed quickly, it's basically the Drake Sword of this game.
If you want to stick with Strike damage throughout the entire game (which I highly recommend) you can find the best mace in an area called the Lost Bastille, after you fight the Pursuer in his proper boss room.
>>126720974
Super groovy. Thank you kindly. Only benefit to being out of work sick is I get to play some games. Hopefully I can get DS2 done beforeDragon's Dogma on PCreleases in a couple weeks.
>>126721084
No problem, use that Craftsman's Hammer wisely.
Also you can get a really good 100% block shield after the Pursuer fight as well, that'll basically last the whole game.
>>126720974
>it's basically the Drake Sword of this game.
Only for pure Str/Dex builds. INT/FTH builds can make use of the fire longsword for a long time, especially for sorcery builds considering how late you can reliably get faintstones.
>>126720786
>>126720974
The longsword moveset is much more versatile than hammer movesets, keep this in mind.
Longsword 2h has a strong attack thrust which has good range and it's r1 attacks have a decent and wide hitbox. At the end of the day though, it's all down to preference. Every weapon apart from obviously terrible ones is good enough to take you through the whole game.
>>126721303
Hey tier list nigger, update your shit.
>>126700061
Nigga half of Ds1 was a DeS throwback you fucking stoogapotamus.
Find real criticism and stop nostalgia-goggling the only Souls game you've probably ever played with your broke ass.
>My father? He went on his final adventure.
Don't worry, that's just the way he is. Undead or no. Sort of reasuring, really.
If he goes Hollow, I'll just have to kill him again.
>kill him again
what does this line mean? did sieglinde kill Siegmeyer before?
the fuck is the point of putting points in gay ass int/fth when you can put them in some real ass shit like STRENGTH nigga
>18 nodes
>Pursuer looking cosplay invades me
>FR him and ask him if it really is a pursuer cosplay
>...
>invader has gone home
>7 nodes
>>126721797
Some people are pussies and need magic to kill shit.
>>126721756
Siegmeyer is an undead and Sieglinde is not, so she had to keep killing him until he hollowed I guess. It's kind of hinted at that full hollows will die permanently after they get killed once more, so that explains why Siegmeyer doesn't get up in his final event in Ash Lake or why certain unique NPCs don't respawn. It makes more sense than "they don't respawn because game balance lol"
>>126721861
>implying I can't slice you open with my INT
>>126722036
>almost 2016
>still playing memecraft
>>126722091
>implying that image is even mine
>>126721985
but why would she have to kill him multiple times before seeing him at ashe lake?
the line posted above is said by her before she kills him at ashe lake. making it more suspicious to me.
With regards to her having to kill him over and over and over again to finally kill him. would that mean she found him hollwed at ashe lake and then killed him, or that he was human at ashe lake and she murdered him multiple times to put an end to him?
>>126722242
>picture of griffith
what the fuck man
>>126722242
TRAITOR
>>126721303
Well, in DS1, I used quite a few different weapons depending on which playthrough I was doing. Claymore for my quality run, the BSS for my Dex/Pyro run, demon great hammer/demon great machete/divine greatsword for my heavy weapon run, halberd/winged spear with a greatshield for my pussy run, and the painted sword for a random run. Just going to have to experiment and see how it treats me, is all.
>>126721836
what are these nodes people keep talking about?
>>126722613
Dark Souls 1 multiplayer has no central server that processes multiplayer actions; instead each client connects to other clients and forms a pool of nodes in which multiplayer actions can occur between. The maximum is 20 nodes, which can be increased to 32 using dspw.
>>126722613
Let me tell you about nodes, son.
>17 nodes
>feels alright man.jpg
>then
>summoning failed
>huh
>summoning failed
>summoning failed
>summoning failedx10
>fuck this shit
>I'll try 'forwarding ports', that's a neat trick
>0 nodes since
>this is the opposite of what I wanted
Fucking nodes, man.
>>126719502
I slowly walk away
>>126717280
All these fake ass honoraburu duells.
Noone just poise BS'd every swing.
I'm not impressed.
>>126717280
Nice.
>wanted a fair fight with no healing
>spend 20 minutes trying to get his sign
>one shots me with a claymore @ 50 VIT
>this
christ on a crutch
>>126723574
Why didn't you just boot him if the watchdog detected he was cheating?
>>126723574
*he wanted no heals
>>126722252
There isn't much that reveals Sieglinde's motivations.
My guess is that Sieglinde has been trying to "mercy-kill" her dad who is inflicted by the curse of the undead. Then Siegmeyer was booted to Lordran or went there himself, whatever it is, he continued his jolly adventurin'. Sieglinde still couldn't bear to see her dad being inflicted by the curse so she chased him to Lordran and continued her "mercy-killing".
>>126723676
His Pursuer cosplay was hacked, but I never got to fight him to see what exactly was altered.
His HP was also extremely bloated and his defense was retarded, regular EK set and only took ~200 damage from a fully upgraded Greatsword
>>126723574
>hacking when you don't even understand the UI and basic mechanics of the game
first time playing DS2 here, I just got the giant's whatever that says it unlocks the throne room
as far as I understand it, this is the end of the game, at what point can I not go back anymore? still need to do DLCs and some random ass exploring
Is there something wrong with server? Can't co-op with my friend.
>>126724314
If you go into a place called "The Throne of Want" turn back.
It's behind the King's Door in Drangleic Castle.
>>126724314
>at what point can I not go back anymore?
You can kill the final boss and continue playing. The game only ends once you step up to the throne.
>>126724482
alright man, thanks
>>126724495
really now? so it's not like with Gwyn?
>>126724314
You aren't forced into NG+ after the final boss like in DaS1, you can do whatever you want after the credits.
You're at a good point in the game to do the DLCs now if you like.
>>126706575
t. menas
>>126724536
Yeah, think of it like the Gwyn fight except you can walk out of the arena after wards and keep playing. Just stay away from the throne. You'll know what I mean when you get there.
>>126724578
well then, thought I'd be fucked if I killed the last boss
thanks guys
>>126724796
Don't spread misinformation, anon.
>>126724828
You can kill all the bosses and even walk up and watch the ending cutscene. NG+ only begins when you return to Majula's bonfire and selected "Begin Journey 2 to Drangleic"
Post stories about down's syndrome hosts!
>>126725240
Trying to explain to one what an A not attack it illusory wall is
>point at the wall below gavlan
>he tries hitting it
>No no!
>point
>point at door
>use door
>point at all
>he tries hitting it again
>looks at me
>goes up the stairs
Thats when I gave up on trying to help hosts outside of just killing shit
>Invading burg
>Some fucking faggot is twinking with an upgraded elemental shotel
>Kill him with a longsword +5
Guys, a little help, please
I've been playing both Dark Souls 1 and 2 from PC, using a Dualshock 2 with x360ce with no problem. Recently I bought SOTF, and I read from forums it only ports the x360ce 64 bits, if I'm not wrong.
The problem is the 64 version don't read my DS2. Some pages say to me edit the program in the [HookCom] but whenever I open it I find nothing alike. Did anyone had the same problem? Did anyone manage to play with a DS2?
>>126725414
I had a phantom crystal out when I didn't get it on my first playthrough.
>>126725240
>spend 10 minutes clearing the first part of Iron Keep up to the Smelter Demon
>Host refuses to enter, wants to skip it.
>ok.jpg
>spend another 10 minutes clearing the next room and get to the coridoor with the ironclads
>Gets pancaked, have to spoonfeed this retard
>he lifts the guillotine thing while I run under and take care of the last ironclad.
>Don't see him behind me, last glimpse I get is him running under the guillotine just as it falls.
>Host has died. Returning to your world.
I-I-It's not like I wanted that sunlight medal anyways...
>>126725240
>that one host who ignores everything you're trying to say to him
>>126725649
Very few people use x360ce because it gets you softbanned(you will be put into a different pool of players thats is intended for hackers, but editing the game files in any way including what c360ce or texture mods or DS2fix do gets you banned too, its called a softban because you can still see messages and invade/summon, but the playerpool is waaaay lower)
i've been trying to get the demon great hammer in das2 for a while now. what's the DR on it from the two cheeky nest twats. i've gotten the old whip like six times
>>126725939
Well, that's explain a lot about the players that invade me along the entire game.
Time to learn how to play with keyboard then, thank you.
>>126726085
like 10% or some shizz
>>126725240
>online in copse, around 7mil sm, alternating summons and invasions
>invade host using drangleic set, sunset staff, and havels shield
>does nothing but cast dark orb at me
>stand behind a tree and gesture
>he walks up and continues to cast dark orb
>take one to the face, doesnt even move my healthbar
>he panics and switches to a twinblade, then swings it one handed into the tree
>starts backing up with shield up
>guard break him
>the greatshield knockback pushes him off a ledge
>laugh a bit then reappear in my world and put summon sign
>summoned to his world a minute later
>he gets pancaked by the artificial undead near the first bridge for almost all of his hp
>panic rolls off another ledge
>>126726280
Balls. welp back to grinding for me. Thanks man.
>>126707603
you could do it in demon's souls but it was cut content, maybe for being too heavy since you would have to kill her, so they just made her already dead when you find her, you break the chair and her body falls
>>126709169
literally masochism
>>126725240
Put down my sign outside Aava once. Host summoned me and another guy, however, he ran the *other way*. So phantom 2 and me followed him. Like most of these *other way* summons, we passed by the 2nd bonfire, then the 3rd bonfire...but the strange thing was, everything was already dead along the circuit.
Soooo fine, we followed him to the 3rd bonfire, then up, outside and dropped down back to Aava's fog-gate. Then, he ran towards the *other way* again. At that point I simply went back to my world.
>>126716885
the worst character creator*
it was easier to create a waifu in des than in das2
>>126708530
I never had trouble. thought it was fun.
Actually gave me a reason to use the magic parry shields. Not like you really need a phys resist shield down there anyway. there was only that one section with the Archdrake dudes that was tricky, but aside from that, it wasnt that needed
>>126726648
For me, I thought things like that were normal because I played SotFS first.
I was extremely surprised when I saw old streams and how bright everything was.
Is the pursuer ultra great sword any good? I'm liking that counter damage
its mediocre for a boss weapon, but on it's own, it can be fun, imo.
I find that infusing it with dark isnt too bad actually.
>>126727195
It's decent in a below-average class of weapons. Grab the Lost Sinner's UGS if you can instead, it has the same moveset but does much more damage.
>>126727195
it's only as gud as the user
>>126727510
What's the point of reposting all these fancy japstabbing webms?
>>126727574
you could maybe follow the reply chain
>>126727574
>that
>japstabbing
>>126727510
god this is so boring
>>126725414
>>126725760
>>126726287
>>126726693
These are great.
>>126727825
Better than anything DaS1 has to offer;^)
>>126727956
If you get summoned into a world and the host is wearing Vengarl's Helm, you know you're in or a wild ride
So guys, my friend needs help with O&S and can't summon me
He's level 60 and I'm level 57, he is human but cannot see any signs and hasn't had an offline message in DaS
I'm trying the relaying white soapstone every 30secs but it's not working
I've got DSfix but he doesn't - does that make a difference ?
Thanks
>>126727965
>rolling attacks are better than backstab fishing
at least with backstabs youll get oneshot so its over quickly
>>126727965
you should try playing ds1 before starting shitposting here
>see credits for DS2
>manager
>coordinator
>chief of whatever
>lead something
do they have actual workers or are those not allowed in the credits
>>126728425
Did you miss the big sections of nip names under "Programmers" and so on?
>>126728468
probably, because I'm posting here
just boggles my mind how many managers or chiefs of the same thing you need, but I don't run a company
>>126728304
both download dsfix and dspw to check to see if you're both getting nodes. If you aren't, change your download location on steam to Luxemburg (settings -> downloads) and restart steam. Can sometimes take up to 20-30 minutes before you start getting nodes.
did anyone else get a demon's souls vibe from this guy?
>>126728381
I have over 1500 hours invested in DaS1 pvp.
It has by far the least depth in the series.
>>126728605
thanks for the reply
what is dspw ?
>>126728606
>go through the door
>no ghost ass hanging out the other side of the wall
BTEAM
T
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>>126728304
check that you're both either using no beta at all or the dsptde 2.0 whatever, I recommend not using the beta at all personally
also don't spam your soapstone, it can mess things up since the sign will disappear and reappear etc
>>126729341
what do you mean by the beta/dsptde 2.0 ?
>>126728823
Buttget cuts, anon.
>>126728814
Dark Souls PvP Watchdog, lets you see how many nodes your client is connected to, prevents cheaters from fucking you character up and gives the option to kick cheaters from your game.
>>126729494
>>126729341
If you played DaS when GFWL was still used for multiplayer, the dsptde beta build was used to transfer the your character saves from gfwl to steamworks. It should not be used at all any more. If you think this might apply to you, right click dark souls in the steam library, go to properties and then beta, make sure it is set to none.
>>126726882
Whoa that's some nice DaS2 art.
>>126729656
another anon, but perhaps you can still answer
Why do nearly all my summons fail? I can see plenty of signs but fail to get people into my world.
DaS2 is better than DaS and DeS in every aspect. Prove me fucking wrong.
>>126729850
Do you use watchdog?
When I enabled the larger IP pool in watchdog I was getting invasion failed constantly because it was constantly full and I felt like it was over-riding the summon
Otherwise, they could be spamming their sign or unavailable to be summoned anymore
>>126729931
Who cares
>>126728606
yes. because he looks like false king allant, its the same hair and he also have a beard.
>>126729850
I get this too, to be honest I have no idea. I originally thought it was something to do with mismatched framerates as I was using dsfix to uncap the framerate (DaS actually prevents you from playing online if your framerate is too low). That is just speculation though
How's my twink bellkeeper /fa/, /dsg/?
Also holy shit sanctum greaves are actually useful in Luna.
>>126730119
Looks neat. Why sanctum greaves though?
>>126730220
It reduces fall damage, which is pretty handy, since there are a lot of ledges for performing plunging attacks in Belfry Luna.
>>126729976
Yeah, I set the limit to 32. I'll undo that and see how it goes. Thanks.
>>126729656
Thanks for the help so far
i've changed my settings in steam from UK London to Manchester
I've got PVPWD and it's saying 0 nodes still, do i just have to wait whilst playing for them to appear or what, or is there a way to speed up how long the nodes appear ?
>>126730451
As a quick correction, I meant summon failed, not invasion failed. Same idea
Good luck
>>126730621
No worries. Just wait and some should appear. If you still have 0 nodes after about 10 minutes, restart the game once more. If still no nodes then I'm really not sure, sorry.
DaS1, is there any reason to get pyromancy on my sorcerer?
Attunement is 19, int 30, strength 10 and endurance 14. Everything else is base and i could upgrade the flame to +11 or level up another 9 times instead.
Just got done ringing both bells.
>>126731498
You don't need any stat investments to use pyro efficiently, only souls to upgrade the glove. It's excellent for utility on any build, even with only 10 attunement/1 slot.
>>126731498
Why not? Only takes souls and it gives you another damage type
>>126730801
What causes softbanning, just editing items/levels ?
I haven't done either, and you don't get softbanned from dsfix/pvpwd right ?
could anyone help me defeat the pursuer?
the last dude that tried pelted me with a ballista bolt
>>126731819
There's no softban/anti-cheat system at all in DaS1, you can do whatever you want.
So when's a good time to start Crown of the Sunken King? Just got SotFS and want to play them in release order.
>>126730714
I did manage to get a successful summon this time. So here's hoping it's good now.
>>126731819
I don't know the technicalities of bans as I've never used any hacks. I think DaS1 doesn't do softbanning but DaS2 does. Mods of this type such as GeDoSaTo for DaS2 state you MAY get softbanned as a precaution. Banning is done on a case by case business and I do not know of anyone who has been banned by using GeDoSaTo legitly.
>>126731915
What Soul Memory and region are you plsying on?
>>126731978
All the DLCs are endgame-tier in difficulty, do them after the Dragon Aerie because you need the Ashen Mist Heart for an optional boss in the Iron King DLC.
>>126732056
The same thing happened for me, whether it was watchdog or pure luck is your choice but good thing it works now
>>126732110
57000, East US
Have you ever just stopped a DaS1 playthrough after beating O&S? I'm replaying it now and, having just gotten through Anor Londo, I'm considering just getting to Artorias as fast as I can, fighting him, and quitting. Fuck going through the Duke's Archives or fighting Bed of Chaos again.
>>126731915
You really shouldn't need help with him. Wait for him to raise his shield and lunge then dodge to the right. Most of his moves are pretty easy to dodge if you know what you're doing.
>>126728091
I've never even tried to implement the Drangleic top or Vengarl Helm in any of my /fa/ simply because of the stigma surrounding them.
>>126731915
Never knew those ballista can be used as friendly fire.
Playing SotFS with keyboard and mouse (may get a controller from a friend soon). How do you skip through dialogue with KB&M? I played vanilla on console at launch so don't really need to know all this information again.
>>126731978
They DLC keys are no longer given to you as you start the game. You have to find them in the world. Most players start the DLCs somewhere between SL120 and SL160.
>>126732258
I am EU West, if you don't mind this enable cross-region play and summon DONGERS
after beating nearly the whole game (DS2) with a +10 falchion, every other weapon I try to use now feels like ass
either too slow or literally no damage
I made a +10 blacksteel katana and it's decent I suppose
any other relatively fast and good dex scaling weapons? should I bother with infusing bleed or fire or something too? mostly want to PvE
>>126732954
Just tap keys until something happens.
>>126732954
I think it's the key you bind for Action.
>>126733000
I'm playing on the PS3. I think I still got them when I started. Also check'd.
>>126732954
You skip through using the interact button, same button you use to open doors and talk to people. For cutscenes, you need to skip with the menu button.
I forgot what the defaults are, have been using personal keybinds for a long time.
>>126721158
Thanks a ton, the old giant was incredibly easy, it was harder getting down to him.
Beat the pursuer handily this time, and found that shield and the armor set. Also got a halberd, mace, grand lance, old knight mace, and old knight halberd from drops. Took the eagle over to the bastille, going to figure out what to do from there. With the souls from the pursuer, I bought the petrification reversal item from the old merchant lady, and restored the statue, who apparently can now teach pyromancy, but I'll need to find a flame first.
Time for a break, then back to spelunking.
>>126733008
I thought everyone hated the falchion in DS2 because it was shit for some reason.
Bleed is worthless in DS2. Infuse with fire IF you have flame weapon, infuse lighting with sunlight blade, etc.
>there are people that get mad at backsteps
Why? It's just a shitty dodge.
>>126733317
I dont know, I didn't find it that terrible and was one of the cheapest/strongest dex weapons I could get really early
I'm probably wrong on that too, but whatever
these weapons break so fast
>>126733646
How does one get mad at a backstep?
This is new to me
>>126733317
It's still bonus damage.
And since most people don't bother with shields with high bleed resistance, it's a good alternative to elemental chipping.
>>126698347
Yeah because everyone who wears heavy armor can roll around like a gymnast.
is it intentional that the player sometimes gets snagged while sliding down to the bed of chaos? or is it because lost izalith was rushed and from didn't have time to test it?
>>126698347
what you mean? i roll slower than a fat roll when i am using no clothes, rolling is hard man
>>126734042
Have you unlocked 60fps ?
I've killed every boss and cleared every area except for the frozen outskirts. Do I go through it or just say "fuck it" and go to NG+?
>>126733775
Propably because DaS2 made it an important mechanic. DaS1 only had it with flip, BB and DeS didn't have it, so it's obvious that it's bad for some reason.
People were furous at backsteppers at DaS2 launch, I'm not kidding.
>>126734446
If you want the all miracles/pyromancies/sorceries/hexes achievements NG is the easiest time to get the DLC specific ones for sotfs
>>126732110
>>126731953
>>126730801
Alright it's me again
So if i change my download region in steam to say US new york or luxembourg, then stick around in das for 30mins, should i start getting nodes ?
Replaying DaS1 makes me realize how much more fun a lot of the weapons felt in DaS2. Though I do appreciate how the sloppy use of some of the weapons in DaS1 reinforces the narrative that you're just some asshole who picked up a sword.
Why do so many people who play souls have shitty connections?
I swear most of these people use McDonalds Wifi
>>126734598
Since the region lock is gone, changing the download location is mainly to flush the settings to rule out bad settings as a reason why you aren't getting nodes. I had to do this recently and I started getting nodes again after it. I am from the UK and I changed it to Luxemburg
its not shitty connection they just live far from eachother
>>126734827
Thanks, so is there nothing else that could stop me and my friend who is also in london from getting nodes ?
apart from of course the obvious playing in offline, which neither of us are
or the servers just being shit
I fixed the OP:
>DARK SOULS 3
>PSX 2015 Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjK5f7ozzOM
>Gameplay Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XwhYVzN_a0
http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_dark_souls_iii_gc_gameplay_reveal-35231_en.html
>Announcement Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RAlGv-IW4g
>Screenshots & Artwork
Official: https://imgur.com/a/GUjb3
Leaked: https://imgur.com/a/c08Bb
New screenshots & artwork: http://imgur.com/a/5fhcQ
>Leak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyRJ5u-L8qw
>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
>Essential Mods
DSFix: http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/19/?
PVP Watchdog: http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/849/?
>DARK SOULS 2
http://pastebin.com/CAx8Yc8v
>>126735298
Good work anon
>>126735120
I'm not really an expert on this issue, I am just recalling from my previous experience. Is it both of you not getting any nodes or just one of you? People have forwarded some ports but I'm not sure this is needed any more since the switch over to steamworks and I never had to do it.
>>126735531
Neither of us are getting nodes, got my friend to get dsfix and pvpwatchdog and he confirmed it
i guess it might be a server issue for our area in london
I'm pretty bored. Anyone have the DaS draw thing?
>>126736231
>>126735298
>Draw
http://doodleordie.com/r/darksouls
http://imgur.com/a/wwtuf
http://flockmod.com/dsg
What the fuck, the belfry gnome has a special animation for when someone's fighting hear him? Or am I tripping?
Is baldur shield the best medium shield for phys damage?
>>126736281
not that. there was a picture that has a person roll to draw a random character
>>126735826
I am near London and I am receiving nodes. try running around a bit. I ran from one end of lower undead burg to the other
wanna do a ds1 bkh run
what's the best way?
asylum, firelink, pass undead dragon, up the lift, kick him off, rinse&repeat..?
>>126736402
That set looks pretty sexy in spirit form. Well done.
>>126725240
>sanctum knight cosplay invasion down in dragon sanctum
>host has two phantoms in the in the tight hallway that leads to the hole or the puzzling sword chest
>they get cocky all chase me down the hallway not realizing what sanctum mace does
>spam 2h running attack
>phantoms getting stun locked and poisoned
>host doesnt realize his friends are dying and keeps running
>phantoms die and host panics
>jumps down the hole to the spooky bugs only to watch his equipment break and slowly die
>mfw
>>126736549
This was in the album link, too
>>126733646
Perhaps because it looks like shit? Dunno.
So I'm using DSfix and I've changed the HUD's size and opacity, and whenever I get a cutscene I see the screen breaks into black squares for a second, how do I get rid of this ?
>>126736471
It has the highest stability out of all the medium shields when fully upgrade IIRC.
>>126736787
oh. thanks, anon.
>>126736723
What's wrong with green and beige?
>statue behind the door can fire through it
BTEAM
okay fagits what kind of an character shouild i make? (already made str/dex char)
>>126737351
Can you get hit by it?
>>126737427
Glass cannon mage
Minimum points into HP, maximum into INT
Is monscim still the way to go for parrying or has the parrying dagger taken over?
>>126737427
Some sort of caster
Maybe all-around if you're feeling adventurous
>>126737929
Target Shield and Buckler are equally the parry kings now.
>>126737929
Monscim has been nerfed like, a year and a half ago.
Parrying dagger is okay.
Buckler is okay.
Medium shields are okay as well.
Use whatever.
>>126736576
I FINALLY HAVE 6 NODES
thanks for all the help m8
>>126737929
>>126738079
This should still be valid.
>>126738015
thinking of going str/hexes. this good?
>>126737852
i put 28 faith into mine, because WoG is really useful for people who get too close to you early on
>>126737107
They're not the same color and I'm a needy bitch.
>>126738352
>Fai
>FAI
>PUTTING FUCKING FAI INTO A GLASS CANNON WIZARD
>GIVING A SHIT ABOUT 'USEFUL' OR 'UTILITY'
>NOT BECOMING ONE WITH THE PRIME CONCEPT OF MAGIC
YOU ARE A FUCKING FAILURE AND A DISGRACE. TURN IN YOUR WIZARD HAT AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT YOU GODDAMN CHOIRBOY FUCKING SHITLICKER
>>126738331
DS2? If you want to play a melee/caster hybrid, you only need to get the minimum requirements for your chosen melee weapons, infuse it then pump the rest into your caster stats.
>>126737852
>>126738638
DONT FORGET THE SKILL ENABLER
VIG IS A CRUTCHAnyone still has the "UNLEASH SKILL" image? I lost mine.
>tfw almost one-shotting invaders with Smelter's R2
Its like I can smell the sweat break loose
>>126738638
you're just too narrow-minded to grasp all the different spells that can be at your disposal
I bet you're the guy responsible for the 14 different kinds of soul arrow, too
What greataxes are more fun in DaS2, poleaxes like Drakekeeper's and BKGA, or short axes like Greataxe and Bandit Axe?
>>126736759
>that fucking gif
Tell me there's a full video
>>126739116
post colorful explosions
>>126739161
FUCK YOU
YOU WANT SOME FUCKING UTILITY, THERE'S A GODDAMN SOUL ARROW FOR EVERY FUCKING POSSIBILITY NOW
I COULD PROBABLY FINAGLE THIS SHIT SO IT WIPES MY FUCKING ASS AFTER I'M DONE SHITTING ALL OVER YOUR BIBLE
I GOT DRAGON LASERS, I GOT CRYSTAL BALLS OF RAPE THAT RAM THEM UP YOUR ASS FOR ME, I GOT BALLS OF PURE FUCKING MADNESS. YOU WANNA BE A FUCKING TREE? YOU CAN BE A FUCKING TREE. I GOT NINETY WAYS TO VOMIT PURE ARCANE MIGHT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FUCKING DO WITH IT. I EVEN GOT A FUCKING MAGIC. GODDAMN. SWORD.
I'M SO FUCKING OPEN-MINDED COMPARED TO THOSE BIBLE THUMPING FAGGOTS YOU COULD FUCKING DRINK YOUR GODDAMN TEA RIGHT OUT OF MY SKULL
DON'T SULLY THE PURITY OF MAGIC WITH YOUR WEAK-ASS FAITH SHIT
>>126739397
BKGA is meh because of the sweetspot thing.
Bandit Greataxe is too short, I'd say. But okay on low sm ranges.
Drakekeeper's Greataxe is regarded as top tier.
Ordinary Gyrm Axe is also good.
Others are playable, but pretty average.
>>126739752
But what will you do when I castgreat magic barrier?
>>126739752
pssst you forgot to mention chamelon and cast light and repair.
>>126739735
>>126740151
>shield-turtling pvefags cramped in a small area
Poor things, they were doomed from the beginning.
>>126736402
That's the animation for when someone hits him. I know this because I murder that little shit every playthrough.
>>126739735
Is there a difference between the blue and regular smelter sword in terms of damage? (doing a cosplay anyway but just curious)
Also what recording tool do you use?unless thats ps4
>>126740403
He also stayed like that until I was sent to my world.
Once I got back, I tried testing that myself by hitting him in the face repeatedly, but he never did that exact animation again.
>>126740616
Regular Smelter Sword does Fire damage.
Aged Smelter Sword does Magic damage.
I used XSplit on PC.
>>126740616
>not using the red burr for those sweet flame-y particle effects
>not using the ring of the living
7/10.
Also,
>flame swathe
Why.
>>126740616
blue does magic not fire
i think it scales better too
>>126740616
>Smelter Demon cosplay
>all those pyromancies
All you need is Immolation.
>>126740839
smart one
dont want to waste a ring slot, always in human form and with invading or when summoned it wont matter
also swathe fetched me a lot of kills because people still roll into it
>>126741019
got that for silly invasions
>>126740834
So Aged is better since there's less magic resistance in PvP?
Also can Drangleic Chestpiece ever be fashionable and break the shackles of looking like scrub gears?
>>126741439
>also swathe fetched me a lot of kills because people still roll into it
Absolutely disgusting.
Man I was so excited to finally get my fire enchanted flamberg and it fucking sucks. Is it only good to enchant fast weapons?
What's the best weapon to use a rawstone on in DS2?
>>126741505
Your magic bonus>fire bonus
But you may want to keep that orange version for times you encounter someone with high magic resist.
>>126741984
I think the Spitfire Spear and Watcher Greatsword are the only weapons that are best infused raw 100% of the time. Try those out.
>>126741805
Yeah Im surprised myself but theres newcomers due christma sale so that might explain
>>126741826
Ds1 or ds2? Either game, elemental upgrade is only good when you have low str/dex. Do still use item buffs though, they are "free" damage
>>126742303
Christmas Sale revived even the Vanilla game, truly a godsent.
>>126742319
You can't use resins on Flamberg in DaS2, IIRC.
>>126741984
>>126742186
You forgot the Excellent Choice™not really that excellent anymore though.
where do people prefer their summon signs for O&S? at the bonfire? at the fog gate?
I should be good to go if I'm seeing online messages right? fucking node garbage
feel like helping some people kill O&S, but maybe there's not enough new people even with the sale
>>126742447
>7k+ in SOTFS right now
yes it is anon.
yes it is.and yet I dont dare go over 600k SM fml
>>126742319
ds1, i dumped most of my points into endurance and faith, just have minimal str/dex to be able to equip the weapon. I only deal 50 dmg per swing to the crystal enemies by the hydra. I was dealing more with a regular halberg.
>>126743482
>end/faith build
oh my
>>126743564
It is cool. I got heavy armor and I'm throwing sun spears. I'll just have to use my trusty astora straight sword. It just sucks that my flamberg was a let down. I thought it would have a fire animation like resin puts on it.
>>126743879
if you want a sword with fire animation get quelaag's one
although you'll probably need a lot more dex and shit to use it, not sure from the top of my head
looks like the one she uses in the fight, so you get an idea
>>126743062
That thing's such a bitch to get though.
How do I beat this guy? He's the last boss I have left.
>>126744349
hit him until his hp reaches zero
>>126744349
>mfw i beat him in my first try
>>126736914
Bls resbond somebody
>>126744498
I beat Flamelurker pretty easily. Allant is giving me lots of trouble, though.
>>126745421
i beat flamelurker in my second try, we died at the same time.
>invade in belfry
>wave and pretend to be a friendly red that came here to help with the grays
>host goes to clear all the mobs cause noone is here yet aside from me and him
>run and backstab him for 90% of his hp
>he rolls off the ledge and dies/blog
>>126697749
Has there been any talks of a release date yet?
Do we even know in which quarter of 2016 it'll be released?
>>126744349
Turn off the console or the azkhaban terrorists win.
>>126744349
>use Dragonbone Smasher
>apply Cursed Weapon
>smash R2
>i-frame everything
>>126745793
first quarter.
>>126741826
You know I should have Made it into a faith flamberg and then invested into a lot of dex. Dex inceases cast speed by a lot right?
>no bonewheel shield in DaS2
why live
I wanted to dual wield bonewheel shields again
>>126745793
April right?
>>126744349
Eat your vegetables.
>>126745793
>>126746113
April 12
>>126746661
Source?
>>126745793
>>126745926
>>126746113
>>126746661
It's march for the jap ps4 release and the 12th of April for everyone else.
>>126746728
http://www.fromsoftware.jp/pc_en/news/pressrelease/20150917_darksouls3_windows_releasedate.html
>>126746859
>http://www.fromsoftware.jp/pc_en/news/pressrelease/20150917_darksouls3_windows_releasedate.html
Thanks nigga
Can you skip the first statue in Things Betwixt? Someone told me you can jump over the ledge but I can't seem to do it.
>powerstancing nacho cheese and cool ranch swords for the first time
>>126747152
You could jump over a ledge to get there, but I heard that was patched out. What a weird thing to do.
>>126747192
what is the memest weapon in DS2?
>>126747369
Those
Sorcerer's twinbalde (powerstanced)
Most spears/lances
Does anyone have the Thor webm for Dark Souls II?
I forgot to save it.
Haven't played in forever, and just got sotfs.
I remember magic is fucking balls for pvp unless you're doing some shady bino tactics, so I'm just going to roll a quality build.
What kind of stat spread should I shoot for? And any good weapons to keep an eye out for, especially early on?
>>126747701
The best weapons for both PvE and PvP respectively are Strength weapons, and those are the Craftsman's Hammer for PvE and Estoc for PvP. You can also get them SUPER fucking early.
>>126747576
>Sorcerer's twinbalde (powerstanced)
I can only remember one illidan stromrage cosplayer doing that, as well as the limit breakers video, but that's it. What's so meme about that weapon?
>>126746859
>lord of cinder
Is he zombie gwyn?
>>126748273There are multiple Lords of Cinder.
>>126748273
Lords of Cinder are presumably the burnt out husks that ended up like Gwyn
So Gwyn is one but that isn't Gwyn
The main featured one so far (trailer, etc) looks like a giant
>>126748391
thanks dark souls 2
thanks b team
>>126738302
Nah, curved swords don't have anywhere near those parry frames. They're more like hilt parries now except the animation's so fucked that it's impossible to tell when they actually parry.
>>126748273
There are several Lords of Cinder, and it looks like they're the Lord Soul equivalents in DaS3.
>>126747901
So should I just toss the quality idea and go pure str?
>>126748594
>and it looks like they're the Lord Soul equivalents in DaS3.
Noice.
>>126748029
It's really, really bad, but it has a fun spin2win powerstance heavy attack. But no, shit damage all around, poor scaling.
Before SotFS, it had a like 20/20/20/20 stat requirement. Now I think it has like a 12 req. across the board.
>>126748598
I'd say go 50/20, or 50/25. str/dex.
>>126748431
>Lords of Cinder are presumably the burnt out husks that ended up like Gwyn
So potentially that means the Chosen Undead could be one of them if the link the fire ending ends up being canon, right?That or Solaire if opening the lost izalith shortcut is canon
>>126748748
its worse now actually
it does no damage and also takes more stamina to use than every other twinblade/staff
>>126749465
le praise the sun
>>126749465
Technically yeah but I don't see a previous player character featuring just due to general ambiguity of appearance etc.
>>126749465
>DS3 scans for DS1 saves with the game completed to set the appearance for one of the bosses
that would be cool but also potentially hilarious
So are the "gods" just giants?
>>126749780
That'd be really hard to make, cause they'd have to import EVERY SINGLE SET from DaS1 to DaS3, and that's obviously only happening in our dreams.
>>126750095
>implying they aren't gonna reuse everything anyway
>>126750095
well why not
with all the shit they "imported" to ds2 they can easily "import" again
i just hope the catarina armor doesnt look dumb again
What a nice boss fight
>>126750095
I wouldn't complain as long as they fix Artorias' chicken legs.
Whats the extra type of damage the four kings do? Is it magic?
>>126699454
>hear all kinds of shit about them
>get past them just fine first try
>>126750809
Yes. Get the Crest Shield from the return trip to the Asylum (or use Havel's if you can) to shut them down.
>>126750771
artorias was super fucked by the abyss and manus, his arms are also were super thin
Does bleed damage actually do anything in pve? I've been trying out flambergs and morning stars against bosses but it doesnt seem to affect them.
>>126751273
most enemies are either immune to bleed to die by normal damage before the bleed effects
same with poison and especially toxic
>>126751273
Bleed damage is shit in DaS2 if that's what you're playing. Poison on the other hand is really good for PvE and PvP. They totally reversed those two elements' effectiveness from DaS1.
So if DaS2 was made by the B-Team, does it mean DaS1 was made by the G-Team considering it's utter garbage?
Srs question.
I want to be a faggot and look like a stylish Blue Mage, using a Falchion and all so in either DaS1 or 2 what clothes best achieve that look?
>>126733186
That was it, thanks.
Do you happen to know how to switch between options? Like between lighting a torch or sitting at a bonfire? Don't see it in the key bindings.
>>126752145
it's the Alt key by default
took me a while to figure it out too
does anyone know how phy/mag/fire def is incremented in DaS? lightning def is obviously one "increment" per any stat, but res/fai seem to up the other defense faster
>>126751021
Look pretty normal to me.
Best strength build for sotfs pvp?
>there is a wall you can blow up next to the 2nd bonfire in forest of giants
this would have saved me so much time and frustration early in the game
>ranged enemies that can lock onto you from a further range than you can lock onto them
why the fuck does this exist.
>>126736960
I forgot I rolled for this
>>126752787
Level strength to 40
Equip Estoc
Win
>>126752690
it is if you live in africa
>>126753175
Why did his armor shrink along with him?
>>126753103
>can't get the Firekeepers' set or the maid's set
why
>>126753262
the abyss did it
>>126753175
Are you blind or do you just like to pull silly anatomy out of your ass?
>>126753297
>can't get the Pursuer's set, Gwyn's set, etc
This shit should be a fucking crime.
>>126753064
>the entirety of amana at release
im still beyond mad and refuse to not cheat there
Are quality builds strong in sotfs? I wanted to go 50/40, strength and dex, but my friend said that are garbage. He got farmed by iron king though, so I don't know.
>four kings
>four
why does the game lie?
>>126753064
To make bows useful.
>>126753519
Only 4 can be out at once. Suggests they can resummon themselves, but are tied to a single life force or something.
>>126753490
They're okay I guess but it's mainly pure str or pure dex builds that prevail. Also going above 40 for either stat is a bad idea.
>>126753262
i don't, i think he was always skinny, but got worst, seriously just look at shoulders, there is something very wrong going on there
the legs are all fucked and distorted, is not how the armor looked like
>>126753490
It works fine because robflyn exists, grab a sunsword or something else that has decent quality scaling and tear some ass.
>>126753715
>tfw I'm 50/50 str/dex and there is nothing you can do to stop me
>>126752450
Bless you anon
>>126753715
Dex builds always seemed really faggy to me mostly because I hate using katanas. Are there decent alternatives to them if I go dex?
Or is there more weapon variation if I go pure str?
>>126753893
Oh really?
>>126753971
Twinblades, Curved swords, rapiers
>>126753971
>dex
twinblades, claws, eleum loyce, reapers, spears
>str
axes, hammers, great weapons, red iron weps, fists, lances
>>126753971
You could be a huge faggot and use straight swords.
>>126753893
The absolute madman!
It's your choice if you want much less HP and stamina for a minor increase in damage, not my problem.
>>126753971
Other (good) dex weapons aside from katana faggotry are spears, rapiers, curved swords, and most importantly, the Fume Sword, which is pretty much the best weapon in the game next to the Estoc which is the best strength weapon.
There's pretty much equal variation for Str and Dex, so it depends on the weapon itself/how effective it is.
>>126753758
>those ankles
What's the earliest scythe you can get in DaS2?
>have highend pc and ps4
>want to get dark souls 3 on pc because of muh framerate and graphics
>2 of my buds are getting it for ps4 even though they have a good pc
what do? anyone else having both and still getting it for ps4 for some reason?
>>126754396
either full moon sickle or great machete, both rare drops
>>126754490
Tell them to stop being idiots and to get the PC versions, and the three of you can co-op on Bloodborne instead.
>>126754135
>>126754187
Well murakumo was my favorite in dark souls. Is it good in sotfs? I was thinking that and maybe the curved nil sword or something. I don't know how they scale though, so what should I pump the most?
>>126754490
Getting it for PS4 because Bloodborne looks and runs perfectly swell, and I hate the PC's connectivity and truckloads of hackers.
>>126754609
The Kumo is honestly pretty bad in DaS2. The Curved Nil Greatsword, however, is really fucking good and is the best in its class hands down.
>>126754609
Curved nil scales off which ng+ you are on, maxing at ng+10
>>126754609
arced sword is better
nil is okay but better past ng4
>>126754636
>implying Bloodborne doesn't run like shit
>implying truckloads of hackers don't exist on consoles either, while you can actively deal with them by using counter-scripts on PC
Is your post the most incorrect one of this thread?
What's a fun powerstanced moveset to try in PvP?
>>126754934
No but yours is. I was honestly afraid my PS4 would explode when I fought Darkbeast Paarl, but it kept a constant 30fps the entire fight. And there aren't NEARLY as many hackers as there are on PC. It's twenty times easier to do on PC, and some people DON'T have and or use counter cheats because they're not whiny little shits who feel a self-righteous need to put shiteating losers in their place.
>>126755226
Poison-infused Spotted Whips.
>>126754572
Nah I mean an actual scythe. The kind you always see the Grim Reaper use in ficition. A harvest scythe.
>>126732295
what's wrong with the bed of chaos? i only died to her once.
>>126755560
You can buy the Great Scythe after the Executioner's Chariot, too bad the weapon itself is shit in DaS2.
What's the best starting class for a dex melee build with an alt focus on bows? Aka melee comes first, bows second
>>126755623
Nothing can be done to make it good? Damn. Any others?
>you can turn the poison off in mythas' fight
I literally killed her while she was healing herself and I was drowning in poison
I must be retarded
>>126755270
>constant 30fps is a good thing
>over exaggerating the amount of cheaters on "x platform i dont like" while grossly downplaying the amount that exist on your own
Sonyggers, everyone.
>>126755787
theres a scythe in Shaded Ruins near manscorpion Tark I believe
>>126755884
>x platform I don't like
Nigger I play Souls on PC. And even with DSfix I still get framedrops like a motherfucker.
>>126755979
Even with DaS1's terrible PC port you still get much less framedrops AND the ability to go above 30fps over consoles. What does that have to do with our original argument though?
>>126755784
The game kind of matters if you want an actual answer buddy.
>>126755787
Scythe is shit in pve, but good in pvp.
>>126755934
I think that's the Halberd "Scythe" not an actual scythe class weapon.
>>126755934
Thanks.
>>126756231
Shit
DaS2
>>126755787
Scyches in DaS2 are real bad, I'm afraid. Even the 'best' one seen in this image is leagues below pretty much every weapon class. The only advantage to reapers is that you can hit through shields with them, but you might as well just use the Shotel or Bestoc if that's all you want out of it.
>>126756121
>going over 30 fps
Enjoy falling through the map.
>What does that have to do with our original argument though?
Nothing. You brought it up. It is 100% fact that people cheat on PC more than on console.
>>126756290
PVP is what I'd be using it for. Thanks!
Any tips for a Whips DaS2 run, like carry a lot of repair powders?
>>126756324
Swordsman if it's your first playthrough
Deprived if you know the game well enough
>Make the jump to merchant in sens fortress first try when im there
>come back because need green moss for boss
>Cant make jump after ten tries
Im doing things exactly the same as last, is this some kind of bug?
>>126756507
You have to be really good. The best part about scythes is that they do a lot of backstab damage while having the fast animation. Learn the range of your running R1 and rolling 2HR1 and you can beat anyone by just spacing it correctly. I use the Wrathful Axe (which is a halberd) and they play pretty much the same.
>>126756474
>Enjoy falling through the map.
Only happens very rarely when you slide down certain ladders, and you can easily tap Backspace with DSfix to limit the fps to 30 and negate the chance of you falling through the world completely and then tap it back. EVEN THEN if you fall through the world you can just alt+f4 and restart at the top of the ladder with no risk done.
Ergo, it's not a huge issue at all and I think you're just reaching. There's nothing about any Souls game that makes them better on consoles. Especially so for DaS1 actually, because you can instantly boot detected cheaters with the PvP Watchdog mod.
>>126756474
>It is 100% fact that people cheat on PC more than on console.
Boo hoo oh no, I ran into 2 hackers today instead of just 1 on my $400 Bloodborne paperweight!
Finally did it! What was your favourite boss from the DLC? Least Favourite?
Favourite: Burnt Ivory King with my Loyce buddies
Least Favourite: Gank Squad in Sunken King
>>126756852
Yeah the bug isgit gud
>>126756681
Swordsman it is. Haven't played since shortly after launch. Got SotFS for Christmas, so I figured I should play again and not do the usual STR/INT or STR/FTH builds I've done in past Souls games. Thanks anon
>>126756474
Funny, in my experience its the other way around. Played some DAS1 on PS3 and PC for the last two nights since Bloodborne PvP is ass. I ran into 2 hackers on PS3 within an hour but on PC I got nothing but fair duels in Oolacile non-stop.
>>126757028
Favourite: Raime
Awful: Cool Ranch Smelter, fuck your muscle memory edition.
>>126757069
Do yourself a favor and grab a rapier from the blacksmith at the start and 2hand itOr don't because once you have done a dex rapier run everything else will feel subpar
>>126755864
you have to light the metal part of the windmill on fire which is retarded, you don't even cover it in anything flammable to make the flames spread you just stick a torch on some metal and it burns the whole thing down.
Playing DS2 Scholar on PC, my first souls game. Made it so far as a swordsman with the starting equipment (scimitar and shortsword) and I want to play a stabby sorta swordsman, like a rapier/fencing saber of sorts.
The blacksmith in Majula has a Rapier and an Estoc, which one would be advisable and should I invest in strength or dexterity for it? As a backup weapon, I usually use a spear & shield I found by the Last Giant boss dude thing.
Please help a shitter
>>126757319
Estoc scales with STR, has longer reach.
Rapier scales with DEX, shorter but less stamina consumption.
Up to you friend.
>>126756402
Those pictures have always been retarded, since when people started taking them seriously?
>>126757028
Favorite: Sir Alonne the weeb
Go fuck yourself: Frigid Outskirts rape cats
>>126757028
Favorite: Ramie the waifufag
Least Favorite: Squalid queen of here's veldstadt for some mega gang bangs
>>126757319
Rapier scales far better than an estoc but it scales with DEX
Estoc scales worse than a rapier, but has a slashing attack, does more poise damage, has longer reach and is the best , estoc is also the only STR thrusting sword in the game
>>126757319
The Estoc is the KING of all PvP weapons, and it scales pretty well with Strength. The Rapier on the other hand is much better for PvE, against bosses in particular, thanks to its higher counter damage. It's up to you.
>>126757562
>the weeb
How's he a weeb when he's legit from the east?
OIK was a massive weeb though, I'll give you that.
>>126757271
Noted. I read somewhere that leveling STR/DEX equally is ideal for DEX melee in this one. Is that true, or just a shitter?
>trying to make a build around a boss weapon
>needs a retarded amount of stat investment
>it's still garbo
just fuck my shit up senpai
hopefully there's a chance I can have a small amount of fun using the boss wep + armor in pvp
>>126758005
Which weapon?
>>126758005
yfw the only good boss weapon in das2 is the warped sword
>>126758214
Lightning defender was pretty good until they raped it.
>>126758000
No point in getting more than the required amount of STR to 1 hand a weapon, rest into dex up to 40/50 for a NG run and 99 for a NG+ and upwards run.
The 30+ levels you would have spent on STR are far better off in vigor/vit/end/ADP or even faith/int for weapon buffs
Quality builds are a thing and weapons like the longsword benefit from it, but going for even STR/DEX when you plan on only really using DEX weapons is a waste.
>>126758214
*cough*
>bigg ass range on its R2
>R2 eats chunks of HP from bosses, can nearly 1HK players
>1H R1's moveset of Zwei
on a side note Sinner's Sword is also crazy good.
>>126758214
>>126758417
Actually I retract that statement, a Raw Watcher's Greatsword is still really fucking good. And the Chaos Blade obviously.
So that makes 3 good boss weapons total.
I cant use green grass for some reason, ive used it before but now its grayed out and wont let me, anything that causes this?
>>126758214
Fume sword and FUGS are pretty ok, actually
>>126758485
Thanks a ton, anon. I've never been good at leveling, and time hasn't helped me any. One last question: for dual wielding, you just need twice as much DEX as the main hand requires, or do you need twice as much as both weapons individually require?
>>126758070
dragonslayer spear
>tfw no plume on ornstein's armor
>>126758728
>>126758602
God damnit I forgot about all those too.
The boss weapon pool is actually pretty half-decent decent in DaS2 then, the good ones are top-tier and the bad ones are bottom-tier with no real inbetween it seems.
What are boss weapons like in DaS1?
>>126758780
All of ornstein's stuff is really hard to get working nicely but it looks so neat
whoa...
do you agree with this question; the only people still pvp dark souls 1 are rookies and has beens
>>126756574
Not him but bump for answer.
>>126744349
Cast Warding and tank through him.
>>126758974
>question
>it's a statement
>that fucking tv screenshot
what the fuck man
>>126758937
>ASS
did you get all the way to anor londo with that sword?
>>126757028
Favorite: Sir Alonne (hated fighting through the enemies to get to him though)
Least Favorite: Rape Squad (I only won that fight because I somehow broke their AI)
>>126758759
Dual wielding and Powerstancing are 2 different things
Dual wielding is just taking a weapon in one hand and another weapon in another hand, there are no special requirements for it, just what is stated on the weapon screen to use it, you get whatever 1handed moveset a particular weapon has, the main advantage to dual wielding is having 2 different movesets to work with, a straight sword to make up for a rapiers lack of a slash attack for example
Powerstancing is a different thing, you can powerstance weapons that share the same class and sometimes even outside it, to powerstance a weapon you need 1.5 times the HIGHEST DEX and STR of either weapon (meaning if you have 2 weapons, 1 has 5 DEX and 10 STR needed, the other has 10 DEX and 5 STR you would need 15 STR and 15 DEX to powerstance them)
To powerstance a weapon have one in either arm and hold down your "2 hand right hand weapon" button, Y on the xbox controller. If you do NOT have the stats the powerstance weapons or if they flat out can't be powerstanced you will 2 hand your LEFT hand weapon instead.
If you meet the requirements and the weapons are compatible then your character will enter a slightly different animation, and your left hand attacks will attack with both weapons, it will take twice the stamina but deal twice the damage and has a different animation.
The use of powerstancing varies wildly depending on what weapon you are using and against what enemy (katans for example tend to be amazing and rapiers are worthless)
Scholar
Killed Sinner and the dead guy stinker with the cleaver.
I can't fucking find where to go next. Even tried using a guide but they tell me to go to Heides tower and speak to a NPC that I already talked to but he is no longer there. He was supposed to open a path.
SEND HELP
>>126758914
they usually require specific builds to do good damage, but are usable if you have the stats for them either way
with base dex and high faith/str i get good damage with dragonslayer spear+grant on my paladin
>>126760352
Remember the path you took to walk to Heide's? Go back there and talk to Licia.
>>126760352
Try walking to Heide's from Majula instead of teleporting to the bonfire, Licia can be found by the Rotunda just down the steps.
>>126759324
I got it pretty recently. It's good though. I was using a +5 halberd, then I switched to this after quelagg.
1.8k HP is alright for 125 DaS1 PvP?
So does Scholar of the First Sin still have a relatively active co-op playerbase?
I need to get the sun sword but don't want to be stood outside of Nashandra's boss arena for 7 hours to amass sunlight medals.
>>126761238
Isn't that around 50 VIT w/ROFAP? That;'s perfectly fine.
>>126761316
Things were pretty active beforehand and the christmas sales brought in 3x as many people, you should be fine. I prefer getting medals from either the Covetous Demon or Demon of Song.
I've come off from Demon's Souls, and is making a paladin build similar in Dark Souls 1 and 2? Minimum STR/DEX requirements then dump everything else into faith?
>>126761316
I got invaded on my way to stinker cleaver faggot almost every time, if that helps you.
>>126759430
Thanks a ton, anon! You've made getting into the groove of things a lot easier
What is a good level to invade any of the 4 lord areas? 50? 60? 70?
>>126757456
>>126757757
>>126757798
Alright so, Estoc goes with Strength and is more versatile than Rapier, which goes with Dexterity and is only about thrusting and parrying.
I assume not every melee hit (bosses most likely) can be parried?
Also, since I'm using a spear as a backup weapon, currently the Winged Spear, I assume Dex would be the way to go
Are there any downsides to not meeting the requirements for an armor piece other than the lowered resists? I want to wear the Warlock Mask but have1 INT.
is it just me or do the textures in Shaded Woods look like they could have been ripped straight out of Twilight Princess
HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES AM I GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT THIS MOTHERFUCKING PURSUER??
How long is it going to take to get invited to tryhard steamgroups?
SM 300.000
>>126763117
I think i count 7 encounters offhand, that including the boss fight.
>>126763529
I hope you're swapping the Bell ring to the Agape Ring so you can continue twinking.
Also get the Sanctum Soldier Gauntlet, it boosts poison AR by an extra 40 like the rat ring does.
>>126763723
8, scratch that.
At 2mil soul memory, what would be a good location to farm the sunlight medals?
>Want the Channeler's Trident for a retarded poison playthrough
>keep getting slabs and whips
I just want to have fun.
>>126763862
Yeah I'm just bellbonging for a bit. I need some more chunks to upgrade my armor.
And the gloves will come, but it takes long to get there.
How and where should I invade after the bells?
>>126763529
step it up sempai
mytha's is doing 100+115 phys and 100 +177 poison, instant toxic parries/bs
>>126764207
Just start wishing you'll get the Old Whip or DGH and you'll get it immediately.
>>126764383
SM and SL?
>>126763529
>>126764383
What's so tryhard about those builds? The only bad thing is that you're using shitty thief's mask.
>>126764573
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls2/35993
low sm version
i kept going with it because i was still getting invasions in bells, around level 160 and 2mil sm now
Playing unlocked with Demon's Great Hammer in DS2 has turned me into a far better player. It's still frustrating fighting skilled cheesers sometimes but wrecking scrub gank squads feels so good.
(DS1) I'm in the forest and I can't seem to get any nodes. Am I doing something wrong?
>>126764976
I'm hesitant to take third dragon over chloranty.
The fuck do you do in this stupid ass room?
How much strength/dex should I have with a strength pvp build? I want to use estoc and ugs if possible.
>>126765857
Pull one of the headless dudes near the giant.
>>126765857
You go to the next room then come back
>>126765857
Bait a manikin from the next room over and kill it by the statue to activate the lift.
>>126766016
>>126766000
>>126765970
Thanks. No wonder people shit on this game with ambiguous crap like that.
>go open chest
>invisible invader backstab me
fuck you b team, this is the second time this happen, you think this is funny? it's not fair is just bullshit, who thought this would be a good idea?
>>126766098
Yeah, it's not like you've already had to kill enemies to activate golems/doors twice before in the cast-OH WAIT.
>>126766208
dumb animeposter fell for it twice in a row lmao
>>126764929
You know anything that looks better?
>>126766214
No, you've generally had to kill un-petrified statues and guards of the castle to open them, not randomly injected enemies you've seen in three other locations before.
can i remake my characters face?
>>126728804
shut up, autistic redditor
>>126765496
Tried in townshit too, nothing. Am I just being impatient? I really remember getting nodes being faster.
>>126766410
Yeah, it's such a hard thing to figure out. It's almost a fucking puzzle game.
>>126766410
ghjbagagfjhöhd`
Are you actually fucking braindead?
You literally HAVE to pass 2 golems that do this shit and 1 door that does this shit just to get to that room
>>126766208
You're dumb and deserved it.
B-team? Is that short forBest-team?
>>126766591
No, it's short forBetaTeam
>>126766208
>start ds2
>try to remember what i was doing
>oh yeah, generic eric the k***ht
>head to vengarl for that sweet claymore
>hug the wall like normal
>buy it and start talking to him so i can get his helmet for completion's sake
>get pulled out of menu by a forest guardian backstab
>instantly killed
>>126766451
please help
>>126766451
I've had 15-20 nodes for a lot of the day but I have a feeling most players at the moment are low level due to the recent sales
Hardest decision of my life, do I upgrade the cool ranch or the spicy nacho smelter sword?The normal Smelter Sword will give me very slightly more fire AR, but it's like 15 AR so I dont care
>>126766451
i had 17 in sl 55 rodeo but lost them all suddenly and have been sitting at zero for about an hour
>>126767445
No, I mean I can't even get 1 node. I feel like I'm doing something really wrong. I'm using the most up to date version of watchdog, too.
Just found the black iron set. Twice as good as the elite knight set. Why did I bother upgrading that shit?
if anyone suddenly lost all nodes in DS1, i had the same thing happen but theyre finally starting to come back.
>>126767646
Weight? Poise?
>>126767646
its heavier
>>126767638
Are you using the steam beta?
>>126767596
>>126767968
how do i check? I'm pretty sure I'm not using it. It would say something extra on the library entry, wouldn't it?
>>126768174
It would have [dsptde2.0] or something like that next to it yeah
>>126768252
Yep, not using it.
>>126767689
Happened this morning while I was invaded.
>>126768076
I would if I could, but I only have 15 Petrified Dragon Bones left and not enough stats to power stance them
>>126768505
BOTH OF THOSE PROBLEMS CAN BE FIXED
GET ON IT
>>126768076
>that dw
holy shit is it good in das 2? tell me your build.
>>126768647Fuck, I literally wanted to do Aged Smelter with Curved Nil when i move to NG+ but I'm still getting all the DLC spells
>>126768721
I just went for the minimum to power stance and a ton into VIT because fuck they're heavy. It's really nothing special build-wise.
>>126768831GET
ON
IT
Any news on DaS3?
>>126768647
Can you make a webm to see what the Curved Nil GS and Ivory King UGS look like powerstanced together?
man fuck Tseldora
I hate spiders so goddamn much
>>126738638
choirboy shitlicker probably isn't even the worst thing i've been called these last few days... i'll take it
>>126768978
wait until pax next month
>>126769010
Sorry, it's a non-scholar character and I don't have the regular version installed right now.
>>126769015
Light a torch.
>>126769584
it's not like they're hard, spiders just spook the hell out of me
>mfw finding the room with all the sanctum soldier armors in dragon sanctum after dodging all those invisible soldiers
>>126769584
Still can't tell if people are doing this as a joke or if they think that a torch actually helpsTorches attract spiders, its why there is a group of 3 torch hollows before frejas room
>>126770096
when was the last time you played DS2?
>>126769010
Ivory King UGS only does blue shit if it's 2handed by the way, still want that webm though? I have a couple of soul vessels I can use to make it
>>126770406
Damn, if it doesn't do the laser while powerstanced then don't bother. Thanks for offering though.
>DaS3 comes out
>It turns out the First Flame was actually Lavos the whole time
>>126770256
When was the last time you played it?
Because scholar has had spiders agro from torches since the get go.
Go down to frejas room fast and kite the torch hollow around for a bit see how many spiders try to bumfuck you, then quickly kill the torch hollows and walk around down there and see how many spiders try to attack you.
The spiders in the caves before the congregation don't agro at all unless you open the chest/secret wall the rest around the level have triggers for falling down, telling people to get a torch is literally asking them to give up their offhand for no reason
>>126770565
Quit your shit, dumbass. Spider's won't aggro if you have a torch. Go to the Ornifex's bonfire and test it out yourself.
>>126770565
Nigger... stop.
Is it normal for me to be only doing double digit figures of damage points to the snake soldiers in Sens funhouse?
Currently level 45 with a 24/20 ST and dex, with a zweihander +3. Going for a quality build but I do plan on levelling faith to 30 so I can use miracles and sun bro miracles.
>>126770921
i was oneshotting them with a +6 greataxe at 22 str
youre just doing something wrong
>>126770730
>>126770919
Yeah read my post, specific spiders have specific triggers, the only time the torch does anything is before frejas room and there it fucks you up the ass, at all other times its robbing you of your offhand/2hand
The spiders in frejas room follow the same logic as the archers in warf, since you are giving off light they can see you so they agro from further away
Spiders =/= longarredfuckingwhatvers in the warf, a torch is useless or bad in that area and thats the end of itHow does it feel to know you followed a fucking meme for a year without ever testing it for yourself?
>>126770096
>group of 3 torch hollows
Notice how there are hollows with spiders on their fucking backs. Meaning the spiders can take controls of fucking hollows. Notice how the peasant hollows are not spider thralls despite being in their fucking nest. Notice how they have torches.
>>126770565
>>126770730
Not any of these anons and I've never even played DS2 but is the room dark at all? I know in ToTG in DS1 visibility seemed to have an effect on aggro range for the giant skeletons, so maybe it's like that.
>>126771060
Notice how none of what you said matters, go play the area spiders from up above will agro you if you stand around light because they can see you.
Stop parroting everything you heard on the internet
>>126770406
>>126770487
As a note, the laser doesn't show up with an illusory ring either.
What's the earliest whip in SotFS?
>>126770921
go and get some titanite shards and upgrade your weapon.Andre sells them for 800 souls a pop or you can kill the balder knights around undead parishAttack Rating calculates strangely in Souls games. A small increase of 20% will make a huge difference in damage if your AR climbs above the enemy's defence
>invade
>first thing you see is "Summoning Phantom"
>>126771242
Notched or old if you are really lucky
>>126771242
Old whip
You can trade for it right off the bat if you take petrified something as your starting gift
>>126770565
Bull fucking shit, fire keeps the spiders bad.
0/10 bait, made me reply.
>>126770921
>only +3
thats why, upgrade your shit
>>126771242
Either get the petrified something and keep restarting until you get the old whip or...i think there's a regular whip in the 3rd bonfire area in FOFG
>>126771272
>invader wanting a fair fight
>>126771053
A torch is fucking awesome for the freja battle. If you don't suck you don't need a shield for that battle.
Struggling in anor londo. The sentinels take ages to kill, then I have to fight the fucking winged demons. Should I just sprint past them all? Is there a bonfire somewhere past them? I'm trying to get to the giant blacksmith.
>>126771637
It's useless
If you don't suck you should be 2handing your weapon and ignoring the spiders
But whats the point, you are parroting a meme you heard and you won't bother to test it since then you might find out you have been wrong for a long ass time and that would make you feel really fucking dumb so can't have that.
>>126728804
>I have over 1500 hours invested in DaS1 pvp.
>pvp
>try to go to ash lake at level 32 after killing Queelag
>got cursed by pepe
Jesus fucking christ fighting my way back up was fucking not fun.
Although I do feel pretty badass from fighting my way from blight town all the way to the top of undead parish whilst slaughtering everyting in my way at half health.
Does the PSX footage have anyone else completely hyped for the game? The strong possibility that you interact with/fight a giant that's launching arrows, the fact that you can stumble into boss battles, and most of all the arena changing halfway into an encounter. After seeing that footage I decided that not only am I getting the game for sure, I'm abstaining from watching any more content to have as pure of an experience as possible.
>>126770921
just upgrading to +5 should increase your damage output against snake soldiers by over 40%. if you can go to +6 or higher do it
>>126771768
are you at the double archers part or are you in the castle?
>>126771840
You would have to have major levels of autism to invest that much to just PvE, like speedrunner levels...
>>126771053
Fuck yourself.
>nobody in dragon sanctum with their summon sign down at SM1.3mil
i just want to bring my own gank squad for gank squad, is that so bad
Im actually hyped for DS3. It looks like Bloodborne with shields.
I've also just had a giant snake boss enemy spoiled for me so now I'm no longer watching alpha test videos.
>>126766720
literally happened to me eysterday
>>126772128
Drop down
Kill the torch hollows
Count the spiders that come for you aftewrads
Go down
Don't kill the torch hollows
Count the spiders that come after youI'll me here waiting, feel free to admit to being wrong any time but we know you won't
>>126772061
At the big staircase with the two sentinels at the top. I can get past them after some time But the demons give me trouble. When more than one of them attack me I'm doomed, and their lightning attacks hurt.
what the fuck is this aava
this is the most bullshit boss ever, it dont stop jumping around, the grab attack teleports me and he kills me in 2 hits
>>126772312
>Drop down
>Kill the torch hollows
>Count the spiders that come for you aftewrads
>Go down
>Don't kill the torch hollows
>Count the spiders that come after you
As if any if that is relevant if you don't have to kill any spiders since they won't attack you.
>>126772320
Just run past the demons. zigzag on the fairly narrow ledge in the hopes of not getting lightning speared in the butt.
>>126772470
Keep at it anon I'm sure the world will become flat if you refuse to look up the evidence that contradicts that.The torch doesn't do a damn thing in the entire area other than rob you of an offhand until the final room where it will make enemies agro from a larger distance just like the warf
>>126772457
>this is the most bullshit boss ever
You're in for a even more fun bossfight later, anon.
i just began playing dark souls 2, /dsg/, and im wondering if the mechanics are different from dark souls 1 to this game. i cant play dark souls 1 right now and im just wondering if dark souls 2 has gotten a bit more sluggish/unresponsive
>>126772457
That is a great fight, what are you talking about?Until it's sullied by having to fight 2 of them
Do you have shit agility or something, the boss is really fair with have tells before all of it's attacks
>>126772320
buddy i have some bad news for you, the archers after them are the real problem with that part.
lower the bridge thing to the very bottom level and use the darkmoon tomb bonfire, its a bit faster. other than that, you can run past the giants and theyll deaggro if you move far enough. the demons can be knocked off the platform with a ranged attack, too.
good luck with the archers
>>126772752
iframes are tied to agility
Overall, I think there's more of a recovery time after attacks.
>>126771272
>get my +5 chaos mace out
>>126772627
Excellent bait, friend, you got me good.
>doesn't do a damn thing
It prevents the vast majority of them enemies there from attacking you. Literally they won't attack you. They may run around you, but they won't attack you.
>robs you of an off hand/twohanding
Doesn't mean much if you're fighting so few enemies.
>Keep at it anon I'm sure the world will become flat if you refuse to look up the evidence that contradicts that
Take your own advice.
>>126771341
>>126771384
Totally forgot you could get one from the crows. Been a while since I've played. Thanks.
>>126771574
Third bonfire in FoFG? The one with all the turtle knights?
>>126772752
Iframes are governed by a stat
Animations in general are far "smoother" (about the same amount of windup attack frames and recovery frames as opposed to DS1's short windups, really short active frames and long recovery frames)
Less breakpoints in terms of rolling (70% and 120 with linearly scaling drawbacks the higher your load)
Pyromancies need a stat investment to do damage now
8 directional rolling when locked on
>>126773290
One day anon, one day you might learn to not take every singe thing a retard on the internet told you at face value and play the game to find out for yourself
But least you could do is shut the fuck up and not parrot those memes, is that too much to ask?
I know it is every other time someone will say how the craftsmans hammer is the best weapon in the game by I can hope.
>>126773341
Yeah, he is right, though i think its a hair faster to yolorun to the notched whip in the huntersman copse, because you habe to beat the last giant to get the whip.
>>126773506
>One day anon, one day you might learn to not take every singe thing a retard on the internet told you at face value and play the game to find out for yourself
Everything I said is from my own experience.
Just started playing sotfs.
Going for a dex build, want to pvp when I can. What weapon should I grab early on to cheese pve, and what should be my endgame weapons?
>>126773682
Sure thing kiddo and your refusal to find out how wrong you are means so much to everyone, we are really proud of you.
>>126773757
Rapier or katana does either of those.
The ride is finally over.
Question- would using CE to give myself any of the reskinned weapons from vanilla or the golden axe and bloody club get me softbanned?
I want them but am scared to be banished to the shadow realm.
>>126773795
Man, at first I was pissed that you were spreading misinformation. Now I just dislike you as a person.
>>126772121
>tfw 200 of your 800 hours in das1 are from fighting the same boss
its not autism its meditation i swear
>>126773564
I remember that now. Thanks fellas. Belmont run here I come
>>126774263
Don't worry the feeling is mutual
Now go back to saying how every boss is a dude in armor and how strike is the best damage type.
>>126774331
Which one?
>>126774459
>Now go back to saying how every boss is a dude in armor and how strike is the best damage type.
Putting words in my mouth. You are the worst kind of person.
What if souls games had some sort of weapon clash mechanic? As in, larger weapons could swat smaller ones away, similarly sized ones swung at each other could result in neither player taking damage.
>>126774697
Anon, just ignore him. He fills his days putting words in others' mouths and dicks in his own.
>>126774015
tongue but hole
can someone give me "a how to get good at dark souls 2" advice?
>>126774832
Dont worry about getting good. Just do what is fun.
>just trying to get 2 more sunlight medals for great lightning spear
>last two hosts dicked around for 10 minutes before getting themselves killed.
>they dont resummon me
feels bad
>>126774813
At least I don't spend other people flat out wrong advice
But whatever makes you feel better
>>126774920
i'm not really having fun tho. the shield enemies near cardinal tower wreck my shit and im just finding out how things work
>>126774493kalameet
at least i can confidently say im the best at fighting him i guess
>>126775076
>kalameet
killed that fucker solo just once to prove that i could and then never again. fuck that shit.
>>126775191
Honestly the only hard part about Kalameet is the tail cut. He's really simple if you aren't looking for the Obsidian GS.
>>126775008
Guard break by pressing forward just before light attack or block all their attacks and then retaliate.
>>126774990
>>126774813
For the love of fuck. It took me the whole of 5 minutes to test this shit:
- Yes, your torch repels spiders
- No, the enemy torches do not repel spiders at all
- I assume after a while the repel effect is lost as the same occurs for the long armed fucks in No Man's Wharf.
Can you both stop shit flinging at each other now?
Man, Waifu Knight Reimu is such a fun fight to help people in co-op.
>>126775352
pretty much yeah but god is trying to cut that tail solo like pulling fucking teeth. even with summons its a pain in the ass.
>>126775008
The hollow soldiers ate honestly some of the most bullshit enemies collision and animation wise. Just slog through it. Shield break attacks help.
Fotfg is honestly one of the mos
>>126775453
Are*
>>126771840
i feel like an autist 330
I can't even imagine 1500
>>126775453
>>126775374
i accidently went to the "catacombs" area of dark souls 2 blind, and i sort of found those easier to kill than these damn hollows. also the last giant seems like the easiest boss ever.
>>126775191
Dude once you get consistent at it it's like fucking crack. I just fight him bare handed for hours on end. Won't take long and I'll end up killing him SL1 barehanded
>>126775352
You just gotta know how to make him do the tail slam. I've got a video where I baited it three times but last time anon got mad at me for self advertising. Look up fatrolling kalameet on youtube.
It's pretty easy once you can read the tell for the belly flame, just gotta walk right under his tail.
can someone make a new thread?
>>126775662
They do have quick wind ups and the spear and shield hollows are a still a pain for me to completely avoid even now. Last giant is probably intentionally easy as it's the first boss of the game. Dragonrider is a little more difficult and Pursuer tests your rolling skills. Stick with it, it gets better I promise!
>>126775880
>all these kalameet videos by the same guy
anon are you okay?
>>126776120
i'm having a pretty rough time, but i think thats mostly out of coming out of playing tons of bloodborne. it's really interesting to see the gameplay differences tho. i plan on sticking with for sure.
>>126775352
>>126775880
Easiest ways for kalameet cut
1.Shield through kalameets flying charge by either 2 handing a medium shield or use a greatshield head on. If done at the tip of his nose, you will end up under the tail. Roll out of the tail slam and punish
2. Same as above, but roll right/left while locked on twice to end up under his tail. Works for both med and light roll
3. Run and hit his tail while he does the breath attack where he stands on his hind legs.
These all worked for me.
>>126776428
2 is not completely the same as above. Roll before his nose is close to you. Roll much earlier. And obviously no shield is needed. I really need to be less lazy with this shit.
>>126776342
Compared to bloodborne, meter management is more important in DaS2, attacks tend to have longer animations and running out of stamina on certain bosses is pretty much a guaranteed death. Try not to be too mad when you die, especially to gank squads. Risking bottoming out your stamina to achieve a quicker kill will likely lead to your death too.
>>126776921
yep, definitely already learned that emptying out stamina is certain death. in a way, the clunkiness of dark souls 2 is sort of fun. can't wait to get to the parts that immensely frustrated people.
also new thread when?
How do upgrading weapons works? I know enchanted is for casters for example but I don't truly understand it.
>>126777913
what game?
>>126777913
Which game?
>>126778032
>>126778041
dank souls 1 and well I assume its the same in 2?
>>126777169
I prefer thinking it as your actions having more weight, both literally and theoretically. If you mis-time an attack in BB you can regain some of the lost hp by being aggressive and attacking back. In Dark Souls you have to put yourself at risk again to refill your health
>>126777913
Enchants modify how the weapon scales with your stats. I'll assume Dark Souls 1 as infusing in Dark Souls 2 tells you on the menu I think. Lightning / Fire remove/reduces your stat scaling but gain additional lightning / fire damage. Chaos makes your weapon damage scale with Humanity, Magic makes your weapon deal additional magic damage and scale with intelligence. Divine makes your weapon deal additional lightning damage and scale off faith. Enchanted makes your weapon scale off intelligence but all the additional damage is physical.
Dark Souls 2 has different infusions (poison, bleed, mundane, no divine) but works very similarly.
>>126778224
I just looked for a post I typed up a while ago for someone asking an upgrade question as well, copy paste:
There are several upgrade paths. The majority of weapons have these options:
The weapon starts with upgrades +1 to +5 available. Some weapons scale well with STR, some with DEX, some scale with both. The weapon does pure physical damage.
From +5, it splits to:
- +6 to +10, increases base damage, increases STR/DEX scaling with certain weapons at certain upgrade levels
- raw to raw+5: higher base damage increase, but lower stat scaling than normal upgrading (fairly useless even with basic weapon requirements met, avoid)
- fire to fire+5: removes all stat scaling, adds fire damage.
- divine to divine+5: lowers STR/DEX stat scaling, adds magic damage that scales with Faith
- magic to magic+5: lowers STR/DEX stat scaling, adds magic damage that scales with INT
You can later upgrade Fire further to +10 or split off to Chaos (up to +5), which scales slightly with the humanity in your counter. Chaos is worse than Fire without humanity, but is better than fire if you do have humanity.
Divine can later upgrade all the way to +10 or split off to Occult (up to +5). Occult scales heavier with Faith but has lower base damage. Divine/Occult have slight damage modifiers against certain enemies and Divine perma-kills skellies.
Magic can continue on to +10 or split off to Enchanted (up to +5), which is similar to Occult in that it scales more with INT.
The regular upgrade path goes all the way up to +15, though at +10 there are also Lightning and Crystal split-offs (up to +5). Lightning is pretty much the same thing as Fire, but more/less effective against different adversaries. Crystal is similar to / better than the regular upgrade, but it reduces the durability of your weapon and makes it impossible to repair.
>>126772710
i already heard of it, i know, but still...
>>126772838
i didnt leveled agl or adp :^)
>>126778224
dont know about 2 but for 1 its:
use the +15 path if you plan on actually leveling str, dex, or both at all so your weapon damage will scale with your stats. check the weapon to see what exactly it scales with and how well.
use something like enchanted if you plan on having high INT but no str/dex investment for some reason.
otherwise if you dont want to put points into str/dex you should go with an elemental path like fire or lightning, lighting usually being better.
where lucatiel appears after no man dwarf?
what about that guy navlan? is he important? i talked with him once and he disappeared
>>126779221
>he pulled the lever
>>126779221
She can appear in the Lost Bastille, Black Gulch, Earthen Peak, And Aldia's Keep
As for Navlaan.I hope you appreciate the ramifications of what you did
>>126778387
>>126778532
well that's something, thank you.
>>126779221
>Navlaan
Oh boy, did you fuck up
>New people everywhere
>Still no blue sentinel summons
I just want to fight crime.
>>126779783
Most of the people are so bad they dont even last until the blue.
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