>>147398129
>Character Planner
https://www.mugenmonkey.com/
>KING'S FIELD
http://pastebin.com/G8zw0sc3
>DEMON'S SOULS
http://pastebin.com/RjpF5s7a
>DARK SOULS
http://pastebin.com/eNY3su63
>DARK SOULS 2
http://pastebin.com/CAx8Yc8v
>BLOODBORNE
http://pastebin.com/WdLBWD8n
>DARK SOULS 3
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u8Mak1goSv4g73g16XsWV4sJelDQUatWkP2kcO6GVAA/pub
autism
>>147432639
I had that in mind when making the build.
Sun princess is 2 hp/s
blessed weapon is 2 hp/s
anri's sword has 2 hp/s
chime buff is 6 hp/s
and bountiful sunlight is 10 hp/s
Dunno if it's possible to make it higher.
>>147432710
I read that it was possible to stack them, can anyone go test it out?
xth for /_sg/
Anyone want to blow up deacons for funsies? Test out your bursting fireballs, lightning storms, and other AoEs?souls stream is the funnest
xth for Sirris and the goblin girl
>>147432690
>Draw
http://doodleordie.com/r/darksouls
http://imgur.com/a/XhBxC (DeS)
http://collageanon.imgur.com/
http://flockmod.com/dsg
How's my Faith Build /dsg/?
Main weapon swaps between Spear and Swordspear, but I prefer the spear
I have one free ring slot, what should I use? (no life+3 to sun princess, i'm not tryhard enough for that shit)
>>147433234
collageanon is that u
I wish that there was some way to remove the boss HP bar, WITHOUT totally hiding the hud
I like seeing my hp/stamina, but whenever I start noticing the boss' HP I lose focus and die. It's very annlying
>>147433335
I'm just an Anon Anon.
>>147433286
Hornyt. Or just Life +3. Or chloranthy if you don't use it already.
>>147427648
Here you go.
>>147432690
how do i get patches to move to firelink?i talked to him infront of rosarias chamber after he tricked me and then i went on to kill a boss or two, but he's still in the cathedral.
>>147433416
I already use chloranthy, life +3 could work, I don't really use hornet anymore unless I invade
>>147432852
what the fuck
I got no respect for these Watchdog invaders and their hornet parries.
Reposting characters with their autistic RP lore.
>Villainous Lia
Poison dagger build lady dressed in a dark garb.
>Frostbit Halen
Old cleric that became lost in the frozen city of Eleum Loyce, and had to betray his teachings and pick up pyromancy to keep warm and stay alive.
>Pancaker Patty
A goofy dressed winged lady wielding a huge Smelter Hammer to squash her enemies during ripostes.
>Piggyback Hila
Daughter and sister of well known Drangleic knights, she picks up her father's sword and brother's rapier, going out on a kind of Mulan-esque mission to avenge her brother (whose ghost she carries with her, figuratively, and literally, with Gower's).
Why is 70% equip even a thing. It should be 100%, fat rolling past 100 and no rolling 150+. It would bring more variety to the armor in this game because poise is not going to changing anytime soon.
>>147433657
they probably dont respect your dark sword, two summons and estoc spam
>>147433705
Because you'll dress as a Fallen knight and you'll like it.
If you got the opportunity to write a book or comic adapting each game, how would you characterize the 5 protagonists? would they be guys or girls? what build/armor/weapons would they run? what NPC questlines would they do, or covenants joined? what optional bosses would they kill, if any? what endings would they pick?
>>147433462
Buy the key that costs 20k souls from the shrine handmaiden. Go to the tower at the top of firelink and come back down. You'll meet patches again and he'll move to firelink after that.
>>147433735
as watchdog, I once invaded a guy who had three sunbros and two dark spirits working for him
where is the fun
why
someone post the dancer skip video please
26th for fashion
ergo post fashion.
>>147434280
I see none
Will probably do a new DS3 run at some point soon to try the new patch. Which should I do, this one...
>>147434309
hatin'
DLC when
>>147434340
Or this one?
>>147434280
Targray, rule 63.
is 40/40/40 hollow quality the best range and way to get the most out of the lol2kats?
have literally tried everything in this game and I'm just going to go weebjump into ganksquads now - i assume you really can't make it work at lower levels, which is fine cause I want the proper sweaty tryhard ganks
>>147434471
November 16th
>>147433907
I wouldn't. I'd rather leave the main character as a nameless self insert with as few aspects of them defined and instead make a side story of less important characters that added to the questline of these:
Yurt
Solaire
Lucatiel
Eileen
Greirat
Because they all have plenty of "downtime" where things happen without the PC nearby as well as before meeting them. Any interactions with the PC could be minimal and have them be dressed with the poster appearence.
>tfw sole reason im not playing das3 is due to shit pc
>>147434449
>filename
You're doing it wrong lass.
>>147434632
you better have a PS4 then
What controllers do you guys play with? I bought myself a Steam Controller and it just arrived today. Should I start playing DaS3 with that or use my old Xbox 360 controller? I played through DaS1 with that.
>>147434449
I think the black kmight's is the sexiest leggings in the game. Yes, including dancer's.
dat gold trims
>>147434570
Hollow is the only infusion this increases their damage, yes.
And they're pretty much even quality weapons otherwise.
I've used them on a level 80 pure luck invader just fine. Jump into L1 with rouge instantkills most phantoms at this level
>>147434280
>>147434682
DS3, though a DS2 would probably be better since it doesn't have triggers for R2/L2.
What's a good build that doesn't require me to be max soul level/end game for Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin now that all the updates and patches and shit are done? Preferably something that's not just 'max strength and jam r1'
I only played this game through once and it was back before ANY balance patches, so I went full dex/faith which obviously won't be worth shit anymore since faith is now garbage.
>>147434663
NOCASH
>>147434801
then what are you doing in a general that spoils everything for you
ANON, GET OUT
;_;
>>147434728
figured yeah, should be fun I guess
think i have a char i can respec for a SL80 build as well, will give both a shot
>>147434630
This
To center it around the Chosen Undead /Bearer of the curse ect... quest would be a mistake, it's better to use the universe and lore itself to create a compeling story like this comic
http://www.lordranandbeyond.com/sieglinde-of-catarina-premier-cover/
>>147432819
Regen build again but for low level shenanigans like darkmoon summons, invasions and general low level pvp.
I did test it and regeneration miracles does in fact stack with chime weapon art.
This one has 17 hp/s, if you get bountiful sunlight you get 22 hp/s.
I considered swapping untrue with pontiff left eye as each proc is 30 hp, but it's hard to get it to proc in pvp. If you spam for the proc I'll probably just get parried by any competent player.
>>147433907
dark souls 1: female cleric. they'd run a faith/dex build. would equip the elite knight set eventually. wield the crest shield and silver knight sword. would use miracles for healing. very kind person but not naive. would probably avoid most optional bosses (especially priscilla) and would be a member of the sun covenant. in the end she would cast herself into the kiln and extend the age of fire,
Dark Souls 2: Male wanderer. eould do a str/dx build wearing the alva set and using the varangian sword and power stancing the heide spear. they would join the dragon covenant (also killing the dark lurker) They would start off trying to find a way to cure the curse but would forgo that and instead strive to become the strongest warrior and slay the toughest foes, so he'd fight all the bosses available for the joy of it. as an extension he would leave the throne of want and continue to adventure.
nevermind i got it
>>147434682
>Black Rock Shooter game in the style of Dark Souls / Bloodborne
>explore gigantic empty wastelands of checkers, monumental architecture, tombstones and chains with links the size of buildings hanging down to the ground from the moon
>have huge fucking battles with overpowered characters whose swings destroy the scenery and leave you quickstepping 50 yards just to get out of the blast radius
I WANT
>>147434630
this 2bqhexcept id throw in the level up women in there
>>147433917
the thing is, i bought the key earlier and explored the tower before meeting patches.
>>147434630
this is what they should have done for that dark souls comic. they kinda did that by making aldritch a character, but they dropped the ball big time by creating a new protagonist as well as a new order of knights and a new country that we have never seen or heard of in the game.
I much rather would have liked to see the story of alva written or a tale about drang knights as their kingdom fell or maybe the battle between the astora knights and the evil eye.
>invaders running away from you when you are alone or trying to play like a passive bitches after their longsword mashing gets them no results at all
I don't get this mentality. They understand how easy it is for me to summon an entire army of phantoms on their asses? To just run to the boss while they can't do shit?
why does the nameless cuck use a spear for killing dragons when hes a beastophile
>>147432690
Aslanna is not that pretty.
>>147434038
the worst is when you put your red summon sign down and get called into a world filled with a 3 man gank squad.
ganking is shit, but i can atleast understand if people want to just play cooperativly with their friends and avoid invaders, but calling people who want to duel into a trap is dispicable.
>>147435238
You have to go up again so he tries to pull off his ebin ruse.
>>147435385
the Dark Souls comic was obviously made by people who had never actually played the games, or even watched videos of them. It was doomed from the start.
>>147435528
Neither are gaybros
It's fuckin fanart
>>147434653
I like the pouches on the conjurer's chest, more of a scavenger-type look than assassin's or black hand's which are more streamlined. Makes the character look more like a petty corpse-looting thief rather than a silky assassin type.
Also, leather boots>black leather boots. Dat absolute territory
>>147435457
that ain't the spear he's using when he's huntin that pussy
>>147434798
Any help here?
>>147435036
What weapons attack the fastest that give you a good chance of proc'ing it?
>defend aldritch
>it's a seeded gank
>all of them are using memeta weapons
>host has less than even 600 HP
we must cull the earth from these heretics
>>147434280
Low level invader
>>147435631
agreed.
i hoped it would have been like the games with a less straightforward narrative and a more somber tone.
instead i got generic fantasy with a cameo appearance by solaire.
>>147436079
>visible face
That's not REAL NRFS
>>147435879
Can't swap from anri's straight sword as it's the only weapon that has a natural blessed regen on it that can be buffed with blessed weapon.
Straight swords are fast anyway so it's fine.
Also in the long run the proc isn't amazing considering that the regen alone heals 17 hp a second. 2 seconds passed is more than a ring proc.
>>147434682
KbM is by far the best one.
>>147436126
it wouldn't even be really hard to tell the story of the games in a more "conventional" format. So long as you aren't complete shit at writing dialogue, there are tons of characters in each game who have the perspective to supply needed plot details. There are plenty of stories that have people with minimalistic dialogue, that still get their story across.
But noooooooooo, we get le stronk woman vs evil solaire.
>>147436309
western comics are shit. Something decompressed like BLAME! would be extremely good for a Dark Souls comic.
>>147436493
Blame! is nice, but Blame! also went completely off the deep end in it's last few chapters, so it's kind of a mixed bag
>tfw forgot to get madman covenant item
fug
>>147436493
why ARE western comics so shit?
>>147436309
Host solaire with phantom army vs. Invader is fucking amazing though.
Hey /dsg/, was I supposed to grab the bonfire after the Tauros Demon and under the red dragon so early on in Ds1? I figuring out how to get to it when I saw the coiled sword sticking out of it when the dragon jumped down and a I had visions of the Ancient Wyvern and ran under him.
>>147436186
True dat. Giving him a knight helm would just diminish rank-and-fileness though
>>147434798
Guys pls
>>147436965
yea thats fine
>>147436687
It's strange how they made it so one of the earliest covenants are so weird to find and get into.
Most people don't even find that guy with the cage without reading some guide, and if they find him they'll most likely attack the cage guy anyway.
Then the only way to find it is to complete a quest like that completes when there's like 10% of the game left, plus if you join another earlier covenant the quest fails.
Damnit from.
>>147437183
Powerstancing dex weapons and pyro are pretty fun for me, but you need to rush to the right things. Post more.
>+2 rings
I hate this shit. The difference is so big. They must have for every 80-90SL pyro/sorc/faith builds. Fuck you M
I wasn't here for it. How'd the Pope event go?
Aside from Solaire memery, how does this look?
>>147437334
The best covenant has always to be hidden.
how do i make a good offensive miracle pve build? i get burnt out trying to pump faith high enough to make lightning spear do decent damage early game but i can only get like 3-4 casts off if i use the talisman WA, they do shitty damage and i don't have any hp to tank point blank trades.
thinking of just vig gouging until i beat the game and respec for NG+ once i have sunlight spear. shits demoralizing especially when i can play a pure pyro/sorc through the whole game just fine
>>147437334
the npc questlines in DaS3 fucking suck in general
even when they're good, they require retarded backtracking and meta "if I were a game designer who's trying to make finding this npc as annoying as possible, where would I put him" logic
Hey guys, I made this in an /r9k/ thread.
I know its a shitty meme, but i'm fond of it.
What do you think?
>>147437586
There were like 4 people participating.
>>147437586
There was a stream of it, looked quite fun.
>>147437794
>unironically browsing /r9k/
>regularly posting on /r9k/
>>147437517
At least in ds2 you could get all rings on the same playthrough with the help of bonfire astetics, now you gotta clear the game fucking 2.5 times to get optimal rings.
NICE CONTENT
>>147437794
Have some self respect.
>>147437893
What's wrong with it?
It's just like any other board, good threads, bad threads.
Sometimes you find some nice things, you should try it and you might like it anon.
>>147437794
I am concerned for your well-being
fuck
Is dragonslayer's axe the only innately elemental weapon that can be infused and buffed? Why?
>>147438142
LKGS
Who knows.
>>147438079
White tree branch in a dark corner then enjoy a leisurely fap on /gif/ is what I usually do, with a pretty good success rate.
So I come to you all with an inquiry. I haven't played Dark Souls 3 much, I haven't played Bloodborne much. After playing Dark Souls 3 for a while I guess I decided to dick around with Bloodborne for a bit. I was thinking doing an Archibald build i.e. Tonitrus and Small Tonitrus. But I'm not entirely knowledgable about Bloodborne so is there anything else I can/ should add to this?
would you recommend Bloodborne to someone who's never played a Souls game before?
>>147438276
tonitrus sucks, Archibald was a hack
I miss DaS2.
>>147437738
Siegmeyer, Solaire and all of 2's where you had to summon the NPC were just as hard to do.
>>147438326
yes
it's got the strongest pve in the series, the most complete setting/lore, and the best weapons. bosses are (generally) good as well.
tied-for-first with DaS1 for best game of all
>>147435638
Gaybros still look like human, Alsanna is a fucking shriveled stick.
>>147438238
i don't think anyone can see me there anyway, i'm out of bounds
>>147438484
DaS1 is shit compared to BB and DeS.
Barely better than DaS2/3.
Kill yourself.
>>147438142
because it has very garbage scaling and is only viable for faithcucks
>>147438679
>le DeS is the best game in the series meme
>kill yourself
you first senpai
>>147437637
Solaire didn't use a weapon buff. Go for Lightning Storm or something instead.
>>147438515
Did you look at Lothric's face, hands and body? And Lorian is a cripple retard.
>>147438412
>you could literally navigate to Drangleic Castle just by looking up and heading towards its silhouette towering in the horizon
>navigating towards it actually meant something because there were multiple different paths present at the same time that lead to multiple different areas and progression
DaS2 had some cool things going on.
I hate that 3 went with Bloodborne's linear world design
>>147437507
I hate dual wielding personally. It's not my thing. So powerstancing is unlikely.
Is pyro decent still? I heard that sorcery, hexes, and pyro also got a heavy nerf stick.
>>147438774
Don't you have to jerk off to 4kings or something?
Such masterpiece..
>>147438891
>>you could literally navigate to Drangleic Castle just by looking up and heading towards its silhouette towering in the horizon
>>navigating towards it actually meant something because there were multiple different paths present at the same time that lead to multiple different areas and progression
Too bad most geographical locations make no sense and Drangleic Castle is just an extended empty hallway. For everything remotely cool DaS2 that it tries to do it falls flat on its face every time.
>>147438780
I thought I'd sneak that one in there but you're probably right, everything else looks alright?
>>147438969
Just go Robflynn feat. Leo Ring and rapes every boss with a Rapier.
Is there any downside to going 142?
>>147439241
But anon, I asked for stuff other than R1 spam.
Which style of world connection and layout do you prefer?
>>147436268
Wot? Since when? it was awful in DaS1.
>>147438891
Bloodborne is atleast a huge fucking maze.
There is no way to get lost in DaS3.
>>147439291
You're shit out of luck then.
Play a caster you fruitsalad.
I think Dark Souls 2's greatest issue is how it opens up.
It opens up as if it's DaS. But it's not. It gives you the option of class archetypes like you're an adventurer or a crusading hero. You're not. You're some random schmuck who was cursed and tricked into going to the gates. Game could've easily adapted itself for that.
Also, these games should have character recustomization beyond the initial selection. Because I hate character customizing at the start of games. I'd rather roll default and then maybe tweak it later. Staring at a character model beats my immersion with a post, and the default European character option is pale as a fucking ghost with no easy metric to see how you'll actually look in the game's lighting engine.
>>147439291
But you max dex instead of str :^)
>>147439319
BB/DS1
>>147437524
Perfect
>>147438969
>I heard that sorcery, hexes, and pyro also got a heavy nerf stick.
That's DaS3, anon.
None of those ever got nerfed in 2 aside from a few broken outlier spells like Great Resonant Soul and Soul Geyser being brought into line.
>>147439319
1 > 2 > bb > 3
>>147439110
This is a big problem with two, it had so many badly implemented ideas that no one in From had the balls to say, you know, this was shit, but maybe we could do it properly now that we know how to not fuck it up. Everyone is too afraid to be compared to 2.
>>147438891
too bad the silhouette doesn't match up to were the tower is supposed to be.
>>147439319
1>2>BB>3
>>147439145
Well, the other thing is I'd say you're pretty overleveled. Morne's Ring doesn't really grant that big of a boost either, so you might want to consider ditching some Attunement for one of the extra spell slot rings.
>>147437637
Faith doesnt really need Sage ring IMO, you'd be better off with Favor there for more HP/Stamina
>>147439328
Since DaS1. On KbM you don't have to use claw grip if you want to roll while controlling camera, which easily makes up for sloppy port. And even despite sloppy port mouse aiming is still better than a stick.
>>147438326
No because you shouldn't start with the best game in a series.
There anything about what the first DLC of DS3 is gonna be about?
i did it all for you, FC
>>147439558
Morne isn't that good? Can you forgo young and great swamp too?
>>147439319
Dark Souls 1 is superior.
The fact that Dark Souls 3 is more linear that Dark Souls 2 was a shame.
fuck my life, this is the best NK fight i've ever had and it ended like this. RNG was so good - the chicken died in seconds and NK himself kept jumping around to a minimun and chain stagger worked perfectly so he died in about a minute and a half
it still counted though - i wish it wouldn't
there's a thing about many DaS3 bosses: sometimes you can safely attack them in their idle state. sometimes they just walk towards you and do nothing for several seconds - you can hit them and recover before they attack. it's especially noticeable with NK, SoC and Pontiff, it just can be difficult to tell apart long and short idle state sometimes. this guy does it at around 0:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QuNyZGMJPA
he had a lot of videos that show this better but his channel died.
so, does anyone know how to tell those things apart? i think that with SoC you can tell that he's not going to do anything if he starts walking away from you when you're close, but i don't know for sure
>>147439319
holy shit dark souls 3 is ass
Someone should make a Soulsborne Maker akin to RPG Maker. The games are very simply put together. Could be a neat project.
>>147439803
I haven't really played around with either one, but if they're anything like Morne's they're just inferior versions of Bellowing and Witch's. You could stack them, but you're better off getting a different ring for more variety.
>>147439328
It's not anymore, and DaS1 was just a shitty port in general. And even then it was completely playable my mousefix.
>>147434798
You can try pure magic. 50 int 30 fai 60 att, the rest go into vig and end until you 150. Also str for holding sanctum shield and foot soldier sword. It's fun, though requires proficiency.
You can also try elemental zwei with flame weapon buff, vessel shield and minimum requirements to 2hand it. This way you can get enough vit for 152 poise and hyperarmor the shit out of everything. Though it looks like "max str and mash r1" you have to really work on timing. Well, in PvP, anyway.
Is DaS3 by far the easiest game in the series? Of all bosses, only Pontiff, gaybros and Nameless Kang were actually pretty difficult for me, 90% of other bosses I've beaten on my first try
Any news on DLC?
>>147440248
DS2 is easier for me.
>>147439319
Would anyone mind updating connections that are only shortcuts you unlock later? Chasm leading back into woods or woods into clinic are only unlocked from one side and aren't viable routes.
>>147440072
I forgot how bad ds2 animations were
>>147440248
I would say it's the hardest outside of BB DLC and Chalices. It probably seems easier because you've gotten better.
>blue faggot stabs 10 foot to the left of me twice and I die
>he taunts
Fucking. Should I just be downloading a TB of fucking horse porn while playing this game so I too can kill people via the power of lag?
>>147440427
Just move to Brazil.
>>147439319
DaS1:Non-linear interconnectivity with pseudo-linear progress barriers and sequence-breaking. Features a primary nexus of path connections as well as a secondary nexus used to traverse between areas and paths. Heavy use of multiple-entry/exit points.
DaS2: Parallel-branching linearity with limited progress barriers or sequencing. Primary nexus of path connections and a secondary nexus that serves as a branching point into multiple paths of progression. Heavy use of dead ends and paths of no return
BB: Rigid linearity with optional branching off of one fixed, critical path. Single nexus point of paths, though only 1 portion of the critical path is available at each point of progression. Disconnected hub accessible only through teleportation. Heavy use of loading screens/teleportation.
DaS3: Mostly rigid linearity with a small amount of parallel branching. Only 2 real instances of glitchless sequence-breaking. Limited optional branching off of critical path and no real nexus of pathways or connections. Disconnected hub only accessible through teleportation.
>>147440248
Idk, Dancer also pegged my ass many times, and I struggled to hell and back against SoC, more than Sillyman, Gaybros and Nameless King combined. Also had to use a shield for once against Oceiros because it felt fucking impossible to dodge his charges.
I just realized the dark hand is the only weapon that deals dark damage before infusions
Nice weapon variety FROM
>>147440427
no
get dolphin porn
>>147440248
Remember, a lot of us have a skewed perspective because, minor differences aside, all four souls games play very similarly and we know how to play the game and fight bosses. Most of us went into Dark Souls 3 with three games worth of experience (4 if you count Bloodborne).
Got back to Dark Souls 1, most of the bosses won't be that hard for you either.
I'd say Dark Souls 2's DLC bosses were the hardest in the series. I think Demon's Souls might have been the hardest overall game.
>>147440248
I had the most trouble with it. Biologically speaking, I can't handle the faster gameplay and the nerfs to turtling.
>>147434280
blue lothric bros ww@
>>147440637
>tfw got stuck for hours and hours on Oceiros on my first playthrough
>tfw did him first try on the second
The trick is just to get behind him during his second phase. He can't hit you except for the tail lashes, and the hitbox on that attack is ridiculously narrow.
>>147440684
From know dark is for faggot edgelords, that's why the best spear and whip deal fire damage.
I just realized the archives has the best level design because it's probably one of the first areas they finished
>>147440801
Is that a texture mod or what? Never seen it before.
>>147440630
How is BB rigid linearity? The only bosses you're mandated to defeat in order are Gascoigne, Amelia, Shadows, Rom, Micolash, and the Wet Nurse. Everywhere else you run into optional areas and bosses without any effort.
>>147440704
DS2 DLC bosses are massively overrated. Only 2cats is truly hard because of the bullshit to get there. I beat Fume Knight, the supposedly toughest nigger, after the fourth try. He's cake once you figure out which attack is the one with the wonky hitbox.
>>147440687
>attacking crystal lizards
You know what I always wanted? The ability to have a pet crystal lizard. Just have it be like a rust monster where you feed it equipment and it poops titanite.
Does anybody else regularly delete all of their characters in order to make the game fresh again?
Am I OCD or something? Once I get a character to NG+ and then stop playing for three days I just want to start over when I get back
>>147440923
The blue lothric armor is in the game files and fully functional. It can be cheated in rather easily, which begs the question of why they cut it in the first place.
>>147440807
>took "hours and hours" to figure out to just circle around him, like every other enemy in the entire series
Do you have some kind of mental illness or something?
i just watched my first blooborne speedrun,never played the gamewho copies the room of the bloodstarved beast better? yhorm or oceriros
>>147433458
Ok, here's one:
Why do we NEED to kill Sif instead of just defeat him?
>>147440973
if i deleted or lost my main character with everything on it i'd never play the game again
>>147440973
No
Seek help
>tfw bought das2 but cant put das3 down
what the heck man
>d-dear onii-chan, i'm c-cumming!
>host fucking lags out and then floats into boss door while I try to back stab and throw fireballs at him
>invader manages to land a plunging attack on me while I'm rolling and a mile away from where he lands
DOES EVERYONE WHO OWNS THIS FUCKING GAME GOT FUCKING DIAL UP WHAT THE FUCK AM I MEANT TO DO?
>>147440962
>looking through dark souls images
>find crystal lizard porn
ok
Wondering if it's possible for some regressions to have crept into DS1 over time.
Today I was playing it on PS3 after about 3 years and first I got clipped through the floor by a fucking skelly in early catacombs who parried and riposted me and lost 11k souls
That by itself was bad enough but twice in different areas I dropped a prism stone to check if the ground was somewhere i could land, and both times it 'landed' i.e. it looked safe. Both times I tried jumping down and died. Wtf.
Game still has the best atmosphere IMO.
I think I finally put my finger on why it was so good. It evokes the aesthetic of 6th-gen Jap action games like ResEvil, but brings the world into some kind of high fantasy style instead of a contemporary setting.
>>147440906
Grand Archives is incredibly well done. Interconnections is the only thing DS3 failed to do, everything else feels top notch.
>>147440945
>the only bosses you fight in order are all the mandatory bosses in the game.
That;s what I mean by rigid linearity. The critical path is 1 path with 1 progression and 1 order of completion. There's lots of optional areas branching, but no branching path leads to progression in the game, they're just dead-ends with loot and a boss. If you wish to progress in the game, you kill the same sequence of bosses and progress through the same sequence of areas with variation.
>>147433458
And sorry for delaying too much. I'm at work.
Any tips for an SL1 playthrough?
>>147441126
>My onii-chan, unyielding sword of Lothric's Prince. Rise, if you would...
>>147437524
>no tail-cutting in 3
On average, how much AR do you lose out on by going 45/35 instead od 40/40 refined?
I want to be able to use FUGS.
>>147441218
are you going into NG+?
>>147440945
But you only got a single way to get to them and have to defeat them in that order. You have many ways to reach quelaag or gargoyles first. You can do Sif and 4kings whenever, you can do the lord souls in any order.
The non-linearity is about the mandatory part being flexible instead of a fixed skeleton wrapped around optional content.
>>147440072
>saiyn the furry
>sucking against ds2 magic, by far shittiest in series
Makes sense.
Also i find it hilarious that those two casts cost like 10k SM you will never be able to lower.
Holy fuck DS2 was a piece of shit.
>>147438412
same
>>147441218
Are you going for a pure challenge run naked at each bosses, or just a low level run?
the Broad Sword can be found in the same room you find your very first Estus Shard, it's only slightly worse than the Astora Straight Sword when raw in terms of damage.
Use Crossbows and Bows a lot. The range advantage makes getting to the bosses much easier.
Pick up the Lloyd's Shield Ring from the Paladin's ashes ASAP. Prevents you from being one-shotted by virtually every boss in the game.
>>147440962
>DLC adds a Large Crystal Lizard merchant who sells every kind of titanite for cheap
>>147441489
we can already buy every type
>>147441413
>>sucking against ds2 magic, by far shittiest in series
Magic was great, fuck off.
>>147441524
>implying we can buy titanite slabs
>>147441535
>m-muh mindgames
>>147441581
We can buy one.
>>147441535
He is probably that guy who went all WRYYYYY SPELLS DON'T WORK LIKE DAS1 AND THERE IS NO RETARDED CHIPPERS LIKE FIRE SURGE!!
>>147441581
The Handmaid sells one after you give her the Dragonchaser Ashes.
>>147440072
I miss hot witch legs
>>147440959
What about Alonne? Either way, good for you.
What bosses do you consider harder than Fume and Alonne?
>>147440962
I like this. He could grow as you feed him more stuff, giving you better titanite as you progress through the game. Eventually he'd become a Giant Crystal Lizard you could summon for some boss battles.
>>147441641
Despite how much anti-magic stuff was in 2 to counter casters, few few people actually hardswapped their shields, rings and armor to do so.
And even then, that doesn't make magic bad. It was the most varied in the series.
>>147441453
A challenge run. I mostly want to play without having to obsess over how many souls I have for leveling up versus buying items. Thanks for your help.
>>147440906
That was my assumption, too.
High Wall and Undead Settlement immediately set a high standard for the rest of the game
Lothric Castle and Grand Archives meet that standard and easily exceed it
And then everything in-between is sort of unremarkable, and what's worse, gets progressively less finished, less polished and less substantial as you go.
One of my biggest complaints with DaS3 in general is the shear amount of enemy re-use.
Thralls are a primary enemy through like 4 major areas of the game with no variation in their moveset. High Wall hollows are reused as the primary enemies of the Cathedral of the Deep and Lothric Castle. Ghru and Crabs are completely out of place in Smouldering Lake, but shoved in there anyways. Hell, even the Undead Settlement hollows get reskinned as guards in Irithyll Dungeon.
Some enemy types reappearing or making cameos in other areas (like the leech guys in the dungeon jail cells), but when so many areas just reuse basic enemies from earlier in the game as their main enemy types, and only have 1 or 2 new enemy or variants to serve as seldom-encountered elites, it crosses into the territory of lazy asset reuse.
>>147441641
>They block affinity.
>Fire CSS
Wow such OP, much hard counter.
Am I an edgelord if I wear the Silver Mask? I think it looks really neat.
>>147434798
Faith is not garbage, its still good, just not Op
Any CE wizards willing to answer some questions? I'm curious on how to do a few things without getting flagged
>>147441069
We don't need to but he definitely won't go down without a fight, Sif's entire reason for living is protecting Arty's grave and the ring, if you take it away he might as well be nothing, but you HAVE TO take them in order to challenge the abyss and he knows it as well. It's just a really shitty situation for both parties.
>>147441828
>blocking affinity instead of just strafing to the side and watching as it goes past you
>not being able to see a CSS cast from a mile away
>>147441873
It is a bit edgy, just don't slow walk or use a katana.
>>147441772
>few few people
On a shitter bridge maybe but on arena anyone with rank 2 aura knew how to hard counter that garbage.
>>147442094
Don't delude yourself, the arenas were just as bad as shitter bridge.
>>147441784
The only other thing I can really suggest is to hold onto pretty much every boss soul and/or weapon you find that you're able to wield (with proper stat rings).
Use the Carthus Milkring to wield the Bandit's Knife and combine it with Carthus Rogue to kill the Sillyman's beast you encounter on the Irithyll bridge easily.
Whats your favorite enemy in 3?
>>147441804
>And then everything in-between is sort of unremarkable, and what's worse, gets progressively less finished, less polished and less substantial as you go.
Cathedral is pretty neat and the Farron Swarm is kinda cool, Irithyll is pretty to look at if nothing else.
>>147441898
what will get you flagged:
Changing any stats/permanent things like name or physical appearance
What won't get you flagged:
Things that change frequently like fp/hp/iframes/dropped items
>>147441340
if you're not comfortable with oneshots, use Sield Ring/stack health/defence
Broadsword/Longsword/Axe are good early game weapons. you can use ASS once you kill Gundyr. Bandit Knife with Rouge kills Crystal Sage in seconds. good for Dancer and Oceiros too. crossbow is good for dealing with mobs. Dragonslayer's Axe+10 buffed with lightning kills King of the Storm in seconds
you can get a +7 weapon before Dancer: 1 chunk drops from the lizard in Smouldering Lake, you can get another by trading Black Firebomb to the crow. Alluring Skulls can help you get through many areas, especially Irithyll. fire attacks stun some enemies and are good for dealing with dogs. Hidden body is userful in Archdagon Peak (and any area, actually)
>>147442020
Nah, I wear it with the Drang armor and Morne's for the gloves and leggings. Looks pretty /fa/.
>>147441772
Plus you could always mix damage types as a mage.
Any and all casting schools could use pyromancy without any penalty, since it scaled to a combined softcap rather than a shared one.
Great Combustion was absolutely amazing at shutting down the other specialized elemental shields
>>147441804
I'd disagree that the rest of the game feels unfinished, Undead Settlement, Cathedral of the Deep and Irithyll are all well made.
Yes, there is enemy reuse, but it's usually thematically appropriate and -I think- each area does have new enemies too.
>>147442253
So i can give myself the dark wood ring or activating proper poise on me without getting in trouble?
>>147441031
DLC
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>>147442253
I was mostly wondering about name and lowering SL, but do you know if resetting the rebirth flag back to 0 has gotten people banned? Also, is it safe to change dropped items?
>>147442209
my dick
>>147442250
Irithyll is the nod to Dark Souls 2
via its awful enemy placement
>>147441772
Magic in DS2 was essentially only dependent on your opponent being retarded. If he had at least some experience no matter what spell combos you used you could never EVER hit them. All of spells had immense startups, even theoretically fast spells like great combustion were painfully slow and could be avoided purely on reaction. Passive play destroyed DS2 magic worse than any other magic in series and there was an entire twitchspin meta built around abusing passive play and shitty netcode handling of running attacks.
>>147442495
More like via the fact that it's a single fucking stairway
>>147442353
>activating proper poise
>resetting the rebirth flag back to 0
>what will get you flagged:
>Changing any stats/permanent
>What won't get you flagged:
Things that change frequently like fp/hp/iframes/dropped items
>>147441976
Strafing won't work if mage would release affinity at close distance. Luckily DaS2 has easiest soulmass control in series. Now, it's not entirely unavoidable without roll, you can sprint past mage and onward to outsprint affinity, but in this case mage can do melee or great combustion or dark dance to make you roll and hit with affinity instead.
You can see CSS cast, but if you have affinity to also worry about, or soul shower, or HHSA it's another deal.
>>147442167
does it bleed that quickly? do you have to dodge any of its attacks if you kill it that way?
>>147442495
It only has one instance of DS2-tier enemy placement and that's a dog alley.
>>147442629
It takes 400% damage from bleed.
>>147442259
>Alluring Skulls can help you get through many areas
Not him but how?
>>147441413
what are you talking about? DS3 has the shittiest magic.
>>147442209
my nigga
feels like a miniboss when you go up against it at first, but it's fair and it has that sweet fuckin riposte opportunity
>>147442558
>Implying passive play does not destroy every caster in every game.
No farron flashsword please. It's hardly magic.
>>147442209
C'mere and give me some hugs bby gurl
>>147441719
Ah, I forgot about Alonne. He's hard but not extremely so. Most of the difficulty comes from the fact that he's quick to punish, more so than anything else in the game. You really have to time your sips with that one.
But as far as the other go:
Elana is pretty standard caster boss, the hardest part could be when he randomly summons Ves, but he's easy to ignore because Elana is not that fast herself.
Sinh is not incredibly easy, but he has a set pattern to his flight and dives, you can figure it out during the first fight itself because he's not particularly aggressive in the air.
Aava's only bullshit attack is the magic roar, otherwise it feels like a tamer version of Sanctuary Beast.
BIK by himself is not tough, suffers from a lot of the flaws Pursuer does, specially when it comes to the jump attack.
Im not sure if I should bother mentioning the "co-op" bosses, because they all feel badly cooked up. One if a generic ganksquad that's so often in this games, other is the same boss 2x, and the last one is a reskin from a vanilla boss.
The bosses in the 3rd game (so far) all feel like they had much more thought put into them. Hardly any fight feels like one another, and makes them easier or hard with different builds, something that I don't feel as much in past games. It's really hard to tell if a boss in DS3 is hard or easy because of that. Sully for example, was hell on my greatsword using character, but cake on my pyromancy caster.
>>147442731
Makes dogs and other enemies flock to the area effect and allow you to get a full 6-7 hits on whatever it is that's distracted.
Generally lets you kill dogs in one hit
After all the patches is faith and magic still terrible? I saw faith scaling was added to some weapons that's a start.
>>147442558
You can steamroll over twictch spinners with soul shower. It can be actually almost hard countered by poise, but luckily they never use it.
>>147442874
damn, never thought of that
Also do we have any news of future patches for 3?
>>147440945
you can skip the one reborn?
>>147442749
It has by far the best pyromancy in series and also second best offensive miracles only weighted down by the lack of fast casting options like ds1's wog.
It also has great farron dart, by far the most useful and versatile offensive sorcery spell in series.
