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[Mandelbo]

Is there any negatives if you play co op? I never looked into it that much..

can you co op any time? or only boss fights?
do you not gain as many echos? or items? possible not gain a trophy for soloing it?

The cost for doing co-op is that you need to use insight to do it. If you have no insight, you can't do co-op. Also, if it's anything like the previous souls games, the boss' defense/health scales with the number of players, so if they die you'll be left with a substantially tougher boss.

 

[razgriz417]

Nope, it respawns everything when you die, just like DeS and DaS1.

Thank god they took out the shitty "mobs stop spawning after you kill them 12 times" mechanic from dark souls 2

 

[Rhaknar]

Thank god they took out the shitty "mobs stop spawning after you kill them 12 times" mechanic from dark souls 2

finished that game 3 times, it was never an issue, and im far from the best Souls player (I was stupidly overlvled in Dark Souls 1 for example), that was completely overblown imo

 

[Darryl M R]

That Brazilian site has a lot of the bosses on Youtube. Does anyone have a compilation of bosses that people may not have seen? I love watching boss fights.

Can you link me this

 

[KCroxtonJr]

finished that game 3 times, it was never an issue, and im far from the best Souls player (I was stupidly overlvled in Dark Souls 1 for example), that was completely overblown imo

It wasn't a huge issue, but it was definitely a completely stupid and pointless mechanic, especially if you wanted to farm for items. There were some weapons that were annoying for me to get because it wouldn't drop before an enemy stopped spawning.

 

[0racle]

The cost for doing co-op is that you need to use insight to do it. If you have no insight, you can't do co-op. Also, if it's anything like the previous souls games, the boss' defense/health scales with the number of players, so if they die you'll be left with a substantially tougher boss.

Crap...I thought co op play would make things easier

 

[theSlacker]

finished that game 3 times, it was never an issue, and im far from the best Souls player (I was stupidly overlvled in Dark Souls 1 for example), that was completely overblown imo

It was the bad design that having that as a mechanic allowed. Like having any mobs aggro you when you use a fire would have been unacceptable if you couldn't make them despawn. Same with having the exploders near an important npc.

 

[Rhaknar]

It wasn't a huge issue, but it was definitely a completely stupid and pointless mechanic, especially if you wanted to farm for items. There were some weapons that were annoying for me to get because it wouldn't drop before an enemy stopped spawning.

ah yes, you are correct when it affected farming for items

 

[Aces&Eights]

Yes they do

Do you know what they are? Do they transfer over to the SP?

 

[aravuus]

finished that game 3 times, it was never an issue, and im far from the best Souls player (I was stupidly overlvled in Dark Souls 1 for example), that was completely overblown imo

It had its pros and cons but overall I'm happy it's gone

 

[Speevy]

Can you link me this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jgONPSQK3A

It has the four we keep talking about plus

Spoiler

Rom the Vacuous Spider

 

[Yoshichan]

For those who have played the game... can I change so that I don't jump with O (hold in) +O, but instead jump with L3 like in DkS2?

 

[Red Liquorice]

They fixed a lot of the farming/despawn issues in DS2, eventually. Infinite spawns as part of the Champions Covenant, a lot of the rare drops like Durgo's Hat and the Catarina set are all regular loot in the DLC.

 

[FlyinJ]

Can someone tell me what

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shining coins

are used for?

(very early game item)

 

[GulAtiCa]

Crap...I thought co op play would make things easier

I believe you also gain insight for offering yourself up to help others do co-op too. So if you have none left, you should just be able to let others summon you/etc

 

[Mandelbo]

Crap...I thought co op play would make things easier

Well, of course, the benefit to doing co-op is that you have other players to distract the boss for you, so if you get caught in a pinch and need to heal one of the other players can draw the bosses attention to give you a breather.

 

[Dubz]

Any info on when reviews will drop?

 

[theSlacker]

Welp, time to go to bed. See you guys again when the game is already live and I still have to wait a day for me to get my copy in the mail and sleep again. Hopefully we will have an OT and review thread by the time I wake up this time at least...

 

[Retrozocker]

Regarding

Spoiler

cathedral

area:

1.

Spoiler

Is there a boss in this area?

2.

Spoiler

Ive beaten cleric and gascoigne so far, or is that poison beast the third boss?

 

[FlyinJ]

Crap...I thought co op play would make things easier

I have about 16 insight after playing about 6 hours, plus there is an item you can buy that gives you insight. Those items also drop in the world, and I have about 20 of them.

I doubt you'll have a problem.

 

[hydruxo]

Any info on when reviews will drop?

10 PM EST tonight

 

[Listonosh]

Any info on when reviews will drop?

7pm PT / 10pm ET

 

[Coconut]

Any info on when reviews will drop?

Im pretty sure the embargo is up at 10 tonight.

 

[Zaventem]

Can someone tell me what

Spoiler

shining coins

are used for?

(very early game item)

They're to be used like Prism Stone and Augite of Guidance to mark areas.

 

[MegaSackman]

I wonder at what time the audio mode for the companion app will be released? :S

 

[Eccocid]

ok i am streaming at twitch ..id is gimmecatlive http://www.twitch.tv/gimmecatlive

 

[Darryl M R]

So what is the

Spoiler

Uncanny Chikage

?? I hope it doesn't

Spoiler

drain health

 

[Muscle Wizard]

So word is that the Scythe/"Burial Blade"

Spoiler

is a drop off the final boss, essentially making it a NG+ weapon.

 

[FlyinJ]

They're to be used like Prism Stone and Augite of Guidance to mark areas.

What is the use of "marking areas"? I dropped one, and it just disappeared...

 

[Aces&Eights]

What is the use of "marking areas"? I dropped one, and it just disappeared...

Stones were used to toss overledges. If they screamed then you would die from the fall.

You use them to basically see if you can survive the drop. Also used for help backtracking

 

[HORRORSHØW]

So word is that the Scythe/"Burial Blade"

Spoiler

is a drop off the final boss, essentially making it a NG+ weapon.

yup. going to use a cane and daggers until then.

 

[rogerroger22]

Crap...I thought co op play would make things easier

It's still easier - just not face-roll easy. If there wasn't any adjustment for people joining your world - co-op would just trivialize the fight and take some of the fun out of it.

 

[Xeroblade]

I wonder at what time the audio mode for the companion app will be released? :S

Is it not up there yet? I planned on using my headphones tonight.

 

[pharmboy044]

I have about 16 insight after playing about 6 hours, plus there is an item you can buy that gives you insight. Those items also drop in the world, and I have about 20 of them.

I doubt you'll have a problem.

I was planning to coop this. So insight is plentiful?

 

[bodyofanamerican]

Man, that Hunter's Dream music too. So good.

 

[Hellshingu]

Has there been any good cane footage out there recently? Everything I see is of people using the saw blade. I normally roll dex (skill) characters in soul's games and would like to see how effective it is early game.

 

[Eccocid]

bahah i think i was kicked out from PSN cuz of streaming

anyway game plays very smooth and controls are quite responsive, i liked the new faster approach so far but probably due to all those details and architecture it needs more AA cuz everything loos kinda jaggy.

also can't login to servers it says they will open it 24th

 

[Yoshichan]

Since the "OT" is up, will this RIP in Peace now ?

 

[Yu Narukami]

So word is that the Scythe/"Burial Blade"

Spoiler

is a drop off the final boss, essentially making it a NG+ weapon.

Scythe in live action.

http://www.hitbox.tv/embed/inragetv?popout=true&autoplay=true

 

[HORRORSHØW]

Scythe in live action.

http://www.hitbox.tv/embed/inragetv?popout=true&autoplay=true

lol how many messenger skins are there?

 

[MegaSackman]

Is it not up there yet? I planned on using my headphones tonight.

No, not yet, I just checked.

 

[0racle]

lol how many messenger skins are there?

that reminds me...how do I even use the ones I found?

 

[Dombrowski]

Third boss is driving me nuts.

Spoiler

I can handle it until it starts the poison BS.

I miss my magic.

 

[AlphaDragoon]

So what is the

Spoiler

Uncanny Chikage

?? I hope it doesn't

Spoiler

drain health

Spoiler

Apparently it's just a Chikage with different Blood Gem attachment capabilities but I would love it if it was more of a variation than that. I really want a katana without the ugly blood coating and HP drain gimmick.

 

[theSlacker]

Scythe in live action.

http://www.hitbox.tv/embed/inragetv?popout=true&autoplay=true

More like, person talking to party chat screen live in action.

 

[BrokenIcarus]

Since the "OT" is up, will this RIP in Peace now ?

Don't let it!

 

[Hellshingu]

Since the "OT" is up, will this RIP in Peace now ?

It might be :/ This thread was the most hype of all hype. I shall see you all in the OT.

 

[0racle]

time for the OT thread. Imagine the insanity that will happen there....if the hype levels were critical in a SPOILER thread where 99% of people would avoid prior to a release like this.

 

[quik killa]

So what is the

Spoiler

Uncanny Chikage

?? I hope it doesn't

Spoiler

drain health

Different

Spoiler

blood gem imprints. If you check out the waning blood gems, there seems to be one for HP regen.

I think my first build is going to be bloodtinge so I can check this out, but I would like to see a vid of the move set for this weapon.

 

[DealWithIt]

I love some of the salty tweets below the Playstation tweet. I think "Engorged Partridge" is actually serious.

Your comment made me read his feed. It turns out some people still only tweet about gamergate.... Weird.