I might have PTSD from Pharros'.
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I might have PTSD from Pharros'.
He did give you a key to his room knowing full well that it was heavily trapped.
The reality of the situation, like many in the Souls series, is neither can be trusted.
Creighton is a murderer from his land, but Pate probably did screw him over and try to leave him for dead.
Laurentius
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Those of you who have played both Covenant of Champions and not, would you say it makes the game significantly more difficult? I'm doing that Covenant my first run through the game. All the enemies and bosses seem really difficult, and I'm wondering how much that is because of the covenant. (I'm loving the difficulty though -- as someone who played 400 hours of DS1, I didn't expect this one to give me so much trouble.)
I have 4 ways that I know that I can go right now (there may be more) and each has either a boss I haven't been able to beat, or horrifying enemies. Pretty awesome stuff.
I have 4 ways that I know that I can go right now (there may be more) and each has either a boss I haven't been able to beat, or horrifying enemies. Pretty awesome stuff.
So a friend gave me a puppy to make up for a dog I lost recently, I'm without words... And without a name, I can't think of anything. Help me Dark Souls gaf!
Something simple to call out, so no Nashandra lol
Definitely Sif. If I had properly played Dark Souls on release (vs last year), that's what I would have named mine:
#doggaf
Heavily trapped means a bunch of soldiers and...nothing else?
Maybe Pate was just testing you.
No. You open up one of the chests and it explodes, with Pate's voice playing afterwards.
He knew it was trapped and gave you the key without warning you.
I repaid the favor by brutally murdering by shoving a flamberge through him. Creighton much more likable to me.
toastyToast
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I've never killed an npc in souls games ever
Bah I was confused. I thought we were talking about the first time you meet Pate.
To be fair, Creighton does the same.
Mt Heart Attack
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Goddamn magic users, Covenant of the Awesome where you can only duel people with no spells attuned in Dark Souls 3 pls
It's not Creighton's stash though. He just gives you a key off of Pate's body without knowing the implications.
Fun fact, Creighton's VA also voices Magerold.
Nope, he specifically refers to it as "his bolt hole down the way".
But it's Pates voice that plays when the trap goes off correct?
I dont know where to go (13hours so far) ! I ve just beat
and there is nothing there. Same in the blue cathedral, i ve found a bonfire but thats it. Any hints ?
Bonus question : is there a way to push hidden walls when there is a message on the ground beside going offline?!
the lost sinner
Bonus question : is there a way to push hidden walls when there is a message on the ground beside going offline?!
There should be a couple other paths out from Majula.
If the wall doesn't activate near a message saying there is a secret, then the message is a lie!
You've reached the end of that section of your journey. Heide's > No Man's Wharf > Last Bastille > Sinner's Rise.
Venture back to Majula and explore outward from there. It's difficult to get lost in this game as the actual levels are quite linear once you get into them. Just continue exploring if you feel lost.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Creighton laughs and says his own bit if you get hit by the blast when you leave him alive. Like I said, they're both lunatics with different issues and neither should really be trusted!
Looks like durability loss on the PC version might be increased because its calculated based on the frame rate - http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/2517i8/durability_bug_is_linked_to_framerate/
You probably already knew this but some secret doors are activated with the "talk/ interact" button now, instead of just with your weapon.
So it's their house only when you have killed the other one. Strange for a Souls game to do that.
I was wondering why some of my items just degrade at alarming speeds.
I did a full run of Brightstone Cove without sitting at a bonfire and I was down 4 or 5 weapons.
Man this game is awesome. Just killed the pursuer, decided to go to the tower of flame place because my friends wanted me to get the ring of protection. Explored all the way down to No-Man's Wharf, got the ring, and died from some long armed people. I love how everything is connected.
Speaking of framerates - Are the animations also keyed to a specific framerate? (whhhy are we locked to only 60fps)
Mt Heart Attack
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Wow crazy, I am now surprised I managed to get through the whole game with the old knight shield without having it break. Does that apply only to weapons?
Easily fixable though I guess, just double the durability for everything.
Sounds like you didn't play the first game. You should play it, too. They way it connects all the areas is tremendous.
I think it must be just weapons, Ive never had any other equipment break (apart from taking a durability breaking attack like the orange ooze)
Laurentius
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Well, that's pretty lazy programming on From's part...tying weapon durability to frame rate? Really?
MMBosstones86
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interesting. that would explain why my Zwei went down in about 5 swings.
I know that, i think my question was misunderstood. The problem is the "read message on the ground" button is the same as the one to open hidden walls. I wish i didnt have to go offline mode to make the message dissapear.
Robobandit
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I was under the impression that the wall takes priority over the message. If there's a message there and the wall was openable, the wall would open. Most of those messages are troll messages.
Just finished the game.
Ending stats were 33~ hours played, SL 150 and 487 deaths.
I started playing a pretty much a pure melee build, and added bow support after i found out how strong poison arrows are against annoying melee enemies.
Overall, I felt like the earlier bosses were alot harder than the later ones, but that might just be because I got better at the game.
I really enjoyed it, more than DS1, and I'll probably start a new character soon and play it through as a magic user this time.
Ending stats were 33~ hours played, SL 150 and 487 deaths.
I started playing a pretty much a pure melee build, and added bow support after i found out how strong poison arrows are against annoying melee enemies.
Overall, I felt like the earlier bosses were alot harder than the later ones, but that might just be because I got better at the game.
I really enjoyed it, more than DS1, and I'll probably start a new character soon and play it through as a magic user this time.
PedroLumpy
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Wow. I gotta say, as 'durability' systems go, that seems way more complicated than it needs to be.
Might just be me, but I'd be happy with 'weapon hits something = -1 durability'. Just seems like its super complex for little payoff.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
That's a troll. Any secret door that is opened by interaction will take precedence over the message and open regardless. People take advantage of new players who don't know this and place the sign in front of normal walls just to fuck with them.
Laurentius
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Yeah, it honestly, it should have been something like that. Tying it to the framerate was a bad programming decision on From's part. Tying anything to framerate is generally a very poor design decision.
Try the grand lance. The running attack murders durability.
I assume other lances are the same.
Orthogonal
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B-team, but seriously, that is very odd. Seems like design 101 would tell you to not do that.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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The (late game boss spoiler)
is a MOTHER FUCKER.
Damn somewhat unpredictable instant kill move.
ancient dragon
Damn somewhat unpredictable instant kill move.
If you alternate between the back feet it's supposed to be easy. Stand in front of the middle toe, hit once or twice to bait out foot stomp, then roll to other foot. Rinse and repeat. Dead Dragon.
Apparently. I've never gotten it to work...
Apparently. I've never gotten it to work...
No reason to even bother.
You can kill them before they split, not to mention their attacks are nowhere near dangerous (even my glass cannon mage could survive 1 hit) and very easy to avoid even when 2.
I don't think Darklurker is cheap at all. The last bit of that fight when they split makes it the best boss fight in the game. It's so intense. You have time to get away from the ranged attacks.
Orthogonal
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The only thing cheap is his death-throes attack. Could catch a lot of folks off guard.
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