Are you sure? This was at the end of the last trailer:
Is this only for Europe or something?
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Dark Souls III |OT+2| Why Can't We Poise the Game?
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Are you sure? This was at the end of the last trailer:
Is this only for Europe or something?
BossDarkseid
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Np. The grind for all the achievements can be a killer, so worth taking a break. Ariandel isn't lengthy but I think parts of it work better than a lot of the main game and have some relatively dense area...and the previews for Ringed City suggest it will follow that. best to be something to look forward to then
That's the new PvP arenas. They'll be available on the 24th if you have Ariandel.
If you warp back it should be there somewhere.
My brother just discovered the Aldrich's Faithful Covenant and loves it. He played a lot of Dark Souls 1 PvP, so he was looking for some PvP in Dark Souls 3.
Meanwhile, I'm still only Rank 1 in the Darkmoons. Think I'll just try to get the Proofs through getting summoned while playing NG+.
Meanwhile, I'm still only Rank 1 in the Darkmoons. Think I'll just try to get the Proofs through getting summoned while playing NG+.
Goddamnit, thought they were today.
RandomSeed
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Back at this game after playing Nioh since launch, and I'm still loving it, but I will say that the camera continues to be frustrating as fuck. I do think that much of that is due to the more ambitious level design and enemies in DkS3, so it's understandable in some ways. The lock-on in DkS3 similarly is shit compared to Nioh, but then again I'd say the lock-on in DkS3 feels worse than previous entries in the series to be honest.
Pretty excited for DLC2. I've hardly seen any of the promotional info, which isn't always the easiest to avoid, but it's just hard to believe that this will be the final DkS content to discover. I do think From needs to move on and create new things, but it's kinda a bummer all the same.
Pretty excited for DLC2. I've hardly seen any of the promotional info, which isn't always the easiest to avoid, but it's just hard to believe that this will be the final DkS content to discover. I do think From needs to move on and create new things, but it's kinda a bummer all the same.
Tell me about it. He said there's a fair bit of balance fixes related to spells and weapons.
Yeah
Don't get too excited though, I haven't analysed any of it yet, plus I don't have the level of comprehension to fully understand the impacts of the changes.
There's like ~15 items on bug fixing (world stuff, UI mainly) and the rest is globally items/spells/sorceries/miracles balancing (non-exhaustive list)
Good to hear. Hoping to see some buffs to ultra weapons and casting speed.
At this point you could make a drinking game for Souls theories.
Take a shot every time someone is assumed to be Velka.
That a shot every time Gwyn is blamed for something with no evidence.
Take a shot every time someone comes up with a new take on Untended Graves that makes even less sense than the last.
I can't think of a single nerf that would really improve the game as a whole. On the other hand, I can think of a fuckton of buffs that would.
Take a shot every time someone is assumed to be Velka.
That a shot every time Gwyn is blamed for something with no evidence.
Take a shot every time someone comes up with a new take on Untended Graves that makes even less sense than the last.
Definitely. The biggest problems with Dark Souls 3 right now are the things that aren't good, not the things that are good.
I can't think of a single nerf that would really improve the game as a whole. On the other hand, I can think of a fuckton of buffs that would.
The problem with spears is that the best spear in the game by far (Gargoyle Flame Spear) is a really fucking boring spear.
Pikes need a significant buff across the board too. The poor Greatlance just sucks.
roflwaffles
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On my third playthrough now - I think I have a good idea how I feel about the game.
Overall, not as good as Bloodborne for my tastes (my first foray into this series) - the combat in BB is much more visceral and although there's fewer weapons, they all have personality whereas I'm overwhelmed by the weapon choices in DS3 and only a few here and there stand out (not too bothered by this though).
Also, I feel like the camera in DS3 is just... really janky. There's too many times where I'll die mainly because the camera goes haywire by a wall and doesn't know what to display.
All in all though, I do like this game alot despite my qualms with it. Magic is actually usable and theres alot of build variety - my personal favorite being a Pyro. I just really miss side steps.
Overall, not as good as Bloodborne for my tastes (my first foray into this series) - the combat in BB is much more visceral and although there's fewer weapons, they all have personality whereas I'm overwhelmed by the weapon choices in DS3 and only a few here and there stand out (not too bothered by this though).
Also, I feel like the camera in DS3 is just... really janky. There's too many times where I'll die mainly because the camera goes haywire by a wall and doesn't know what to display.
All in all though, I do like this game alot despite my qualms with it. Magic is actually usable and theres alot of build variety - my personal favorite being a Pyro. I just really miss side steps.
Aldrich down. Dancer down. Oceiros down. Consumed king garden had a cool atmosphere but those weird bipedal humanoid things with the massive head growths going on are so intense.
Also got the season pass today, pumped to have more to do than just whatever's left of the base game.
Also got the season pass today, pumped to have more to do than just whatever's left of the base game.
Red Liquorice
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This is something Souls fans kind of live with and accept forgetting to mention but there's an 'auto wall camera recovery' option that most people turn off. It doesn't solve all of the camera jank when in tight spaces, but it does helps.
My NG++ FUGS character is so happy about this.
What does "Shortened attack window of Carthus Curved Sword and Dark Sword, Gargoyle Flame Hammer and Follower Sabre." mean?
Also; heavy and sharp infusions getting improved while hollow and refined get "corrected"...doesn't sound like it bodes well for my current quality setup. Might have to visit Rosaria I guess.
Glad I held off on infusions and using too many chunks (yeah I know I can buy them later).
Also; heavy and sharp infusions getting improved while hollow and refined get "corrected"...doesn't sound like it bodes well for my current quality setup. Might have to visit Rosaria I guess.
Glad I held off on infusions and using too many chunks (yeah I know I can buy them later).
roflwaffles
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Ahhh I see. I didn't know that was an option, thanks! Surprisingly, I didn't run into many camera issues in BB, aside from a few specific moments (Loran Darkbeast).
YoRHa No.2 Type B
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Next week the time has come, where I finally wear it,
the best set in the Dark Souls series!
Reducing active attack frames most likely. All those weapons (It's the Gargoyle Flame Spear, not the Gargoyle Flame Hammer) are used for roll catching and are easily the best weapons of their weapon class.
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BossDarkseid
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The cosplay co op build of Friede and Vilhelm made big progress today. Only have SoC + Archdragon Peak to do before Ringed City is all that will be left.
Friede's Scyte was absolutely ludicrous against Dragonslayer Armour...and getting a trio of parries against Champion Gundyr after he does a leaping overhead attack is soooo good.
Friede's Scyte was absolutely ludicrous against Dragonslayer Armour...and getting a trio of parries against Champion Gundyr after he does a leaping overhead attack is soooo good.
Makes sense, I'm currently using dark sword but might switch to lothric if dark is turned to junk. Flame spear makes sense, I was just going off what the site I read said lol. Not really aware of what roll catching is, a roll and poke attack to catch up to people trying to evade?
I'm surprised they didn't cave to fan bitching and nerf straight swords.
Happy about the buff to heavy and sharp - they sorely needed it. Black knight ultra has become one of my favorite weapons, so I'm excited for the buff and reduction in stamina. I'm surprised they didn't nerf bleed a long time ago, and poison has been completely useless. Still disappointed they didn't improve scaling for elemental infusions, as it's always been better to go raw and then buff.
Happy about the buff to heavy and sharp - they sorely needed it. Black knight ultra has become one of my favorite weapons, so I'm excited for the buff and reduction in stamina. I'm surprised they didn't nerf bleed a long time ago, and poison has been completely useless. Still disappointed they didn't improve scaling for elemental infusions, as it's always been better to go raw and then buff.
The change to the Dark Sword won't turn it to junk. It still has great damage and range.
This is a brief explanation of how roll catching works. It's basically delaying an attack with a fast weapon until after the other player starts a roll, so you hit them after the invincibility frames end.
DorkLord54
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I honestly don't know why they keep hiding spells and miracles behind covenants. It's the most annoying fucking thing, especially since they got rid of it in Bloodborne because they realized it was awful.
oh my fucking god -- pro support.
I glanced over the patch notes and didn't see any substantive improvements to miracles. oh well.
one thing I've always wanted to do in DS3 is play a high faith miracle caster that wasn't useless (at least, useless until you are at a high level and have all the miracle gear).
I glanced over the patch notes and didn't see any substantive improvements to miracles. oh well.
one thing I've always wanted to do in DS3 is play a high faith miracle caster that wasn't useless (at least, useless until you are at a high level and have all the miracle gear).
Morrigan Stark
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Where are the patch notes?
PC Patch Notes are here:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/374320/announcements/detail/261612552478282575
so does this mean bleed builds are nerfed into the ground and no longer able to 3-4 shot people ?
Something like this :
https://youtu.be/O1Xg9pTPZ80?list=PL7RtZMiaOk8gpGeW5eG7eZ5jxqwf1gUUx&t=532
Something like this :
https://youtu.be/O1Xg9pTPZ80?list=PL7RtZMiaOk8gpGeW5eG7eZ5jxqwf1gUUx&t=532
Not quite. The problem was not Bleed builds, it was Carhtus Rouge (the item for infusing bleed). It was too OP that bleed infusions didn't make any sense because you could just Carthus Rouge everything.
Now, Rouge is nerfed and Bleed infusions has been buffed so now it's more important to have the correct stats and weapons/infusions.
BossDarkseid
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Yep, they can catch you out.
On my co-op game, we did Lothric Castle yesterday. Got invaded by someone and my friend used Seed of a Giant (makes enemies hostile to invaders) and the invader attacked us, got hit with the no-Estus stuff, ran away and got killed by the skeletons with big axes.
Greatest Ever
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I'm at Lothric Castle too. I've moved from an Exile Armor set and Broadsword to Brass Armor set and Exile Greatsword. Do enemies just hit this much harder or is the difference in armor sets what keeps getting me? I'm taking a fuckton more of damage here.
BossDarkseid
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The Hollows hit harder than earlier, but not by much. The Lothric Knights on the other hand (the ones in silver armour with a red banner) hit like a fucking truck. I think all, bar one, have a Cleric nearby to heal them and all of them tend to buff their weapons.
Edit: So this is sparked by something I saw on Reddit and talked about with a few friends but...if FromSoft could give you one piece of fan-service in the Ringed City, from any of the Soulsborne games, what would it be? Could be a reference, or a motif in some music etc...Personally I started to wonder what a remix of Maiden Astraea's+ Gwyn's theme would be like and thought it could work well for the sleeping girl from Ringed City, if she's Gwyn's daughter.
RandomSeed
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I still say Sister Friede is the hardest boss in any of the Souls games thus far (for a STR build)
She becomes pretty easy after learning her, while I think some of the other bosses offer a more consistent challenge, even after understanding the mechanics (OoK). Friede staggers easily, and she practically invites you to backstab her after certain moves. First time facing her was rough, no doubt. I still think phase 1 of O&S can be the hardest fight in the series, if your build isn't high damage.
Of course this is Souls, and everybody struggles with different bosses. Some of the typically easy ones have given me issues. I remember Gaping Dragon being a roadblock for me when I played the game my first time.
maybe they will release the game on the 24th for those that own both Ashes of Ariandel and Ringed City...would be a nice gift to the fans...plus From Software is known for unlocking DLC early...I remember the final Dark Souls 2 DLC (Crown of the Ivory King) unlocked 6-8 hours early
So true as I got O&S on my first go.
The gargoyle in 1 totally wrecked me. Almost broke me lol.
Greatest Ever
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The funny part was I sucked so badly when I first played Dark Souls 2 and Bloodborne (and to a big extent, Dark Souls), when I went back to look at my boss Trophies for Bloodborne, the screenshot with them always had another person in it. I didn't have to do this for Demon's Souls - the Crescent Falchion makes that game a joke - and I'm trying not to summon on Dark Souls 3.
To be honest, the only reason I summon is because I hate the run backs to bosses quite a bit. I still do, but I think they are better in Dark Souls 3.
To be honest, the only reason I summon is because I hate the run backs to bosses quite a bit. I still do, but I think they are better in Dark Souls 3.