Silent Chief
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Didn't have a problem with that, but I started as an assassin.
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Dark Souls III |OT+2| Why Can't We Poise the Game?
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Didn't have a problem with that, but I started as an assassin.
Silent Chief
Member
It takes like 5 minutes because you already know where the flames are.
Magic in general has been nerfed in a bad way. It's just sad comparing the repertoire of a sorcerer in Dark Souls 2 to a sorcerer in Dark Souls 3.
Tarkus
Member
It would be nice if you farmed them using the Falcon Shield. We've put in a lot of work here and the more data about this, the better. If you find yourself farming and killing with one weapon, please consider the Falcon Shield on your back to see if your drops increase.
Silent Chief
Member
I have been using a refined drakeblood greatsword for a while now. Mixture of physical/magical/lightning works relatively well.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Said no one ever
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
I didn't save it, but someone on reddit actually calculated their ranges and put it on a table for comparison. He/she also set out to find which straight sword has the highest amount of damage and DPS.
Surprise, surprise, the answer is exactly the one you imagine. The Dark Sword.
Not to mention the community has pretty much agreed that the Dark Sword has phantom range in PVPs.
Oh the Dark Sword....
DarkHeartedKill
Member
Range in general. Arrows have been limited to 99 to discourage bow only playthroughs. It's as if they want everyone to be a primary melee build, with magic, miracles, pyromancey and arrows being secondary. It's really annoying...with clerics it's understandable since they're supposed to be a melee/spell hybrids. However, sorcerers aren't, they're supposed to be like "MAGIC! You're dead"
It was a problem for me for a while. But then I noticed some shields' weapon art is that you do the weapon art of your right hand weapon. So I just put that shield on, equip a dagger as my second right hand weapon, and then do the quick-step. Then if I encounter enemies I just switch to my first right hand weapon.
Ah okay. Don't worry, the PvP range is gigantic. I'm SL 135 and I still see plenty of invasion signs outside P
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Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Jesus some invaders are idiots. I invade, some other guy invades, I take off my untrue dark ring to make sure he doesn't attack me, and okay, he doesn't.
I then put the ring back... and he starts attacking me. WTF?
I roll away, take the ring off (and yell "Hey!"), he stops attacking. Okay... then we search for the host, I go check some place, not there, I come back... oh look the host and his phantoms are approaching the other invader. Cool, 2v2...
...Then the invader black crystals out.
Wat
I then put the ring back... and he starts attacking me. WTF?
I roll away, take the ring off (and yell "Hey!"), he stops attacking. Okay... then we search for the host, I go check some place, not there, I come back... oh look the host and his phantoms are approaching the other invader. Cool, 2v2...
...Then the invader black crystals out.
Wat
Hey there. So you're finally playing DS3 and building your internal encyclopedia?Welcome.
Starting to build it although I'm interested in the next couple of patches and seeing if anything major changes before going concrete on it.
That table whilst accurate for 40/40 it didin't take into account the Oath of Sunlight buff of 11.5 AR % on the SSS which makes it the strongest straight sword once in use.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Okay Nameless King NG+ is a bitch. 5 deaths so far. Took him down to 40% of health only once. Even Dragonslayer Shield does not help me much as after I block his barrage of attacks I ran out of stamina to attack with my Great Club +10... bah. I guess roll 4 lyfe then? I mean all of his attacks are kinda slow and telegraphed and he is not as fierce as Gundyr... it's just that I make stupid mistakes i.e. block his slow-ass impale attack.
And this first phase Ancient Dragon AoE Fire attack can go to hell. Always hits me for 90% health.
In the meantime I one-shot Dragonslayer Armor. Feels good man.
And this first phase Ancient Dragon AoE Fire attack can go to hell. Always hits me for 90% health.
In the meantime I one-shot Dragonslayer Armor. Feels good man.
Any particular reason you want to beat NK in NG+ ? As far as I know there's no special reward from it. On NG++ there's at least a +2 ring after beating him you need for the trophies.
If you want you can sorta cheese his second form with Dragonslayer Shield and an Avelyn+10. Lock on but keep a safe distance from him with the shield up and then just fire away with the Avelyn.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
His AoE is easy to dodge, when he flies up just run, run for your life!
Yeah he's a boss that punishes turtles so you need to roll for days
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
But you can also strengthen Dark Sword with buffs...?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Can I solo Yhorm and rescue
from his cell later, and still get the slab?
Edit: well just tested and the answer is yes. Cool. I always wanted to fully solo Yhorm at least once haha.
Siegward
Edit: well just tested and the answer is yes. Cool. I always wanted to fully solo Yhorm at least once haha.
StoppedInTracks
Member
It's the first time I have meet him (missed him in my 100% blind NG0 playthrough) so I have to beat him now
Besides I still need to kill him in NG+2 for the ring so...... better I learn his tricks now, no?In typical Souls fashion I need to "git gud" and just try him a few more times. He seems very doable as long as you keep your cool down. Exactly the same as Fume Knight in NG+ in DaS2.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
Contains very end-game spoilers:
You never solo'd him? He's such a silly boss though
I remember awhile back someone asked what would happen if you tried putting the Lords of Cinder in Flameless Shrine. Not sure if someone replied...but if they didn't, you can't do it. There's no option to place them :/. Would have been neat if they did something with it.
You never solo'd him? He's such a silly boss though
That fuckin' attack hits me most of the time because it's hard to figure out which way you should run because of the camera. The lack of visible ground in the fight makes it so hard to judge distances.
Overall I'd say this game has far too many bosses that hit like a truck so you might be dead before you can even get back up. By comparison Bloodborne seemed to have much better boss designs where they have nasty moves but most don't take your health down to almost nothing with one hit.
It's very useful. One of my favorite additions of DS3 is the weapon arts.
I recorded a small invasion video where I used that weapon art against someone who was turteling behind a shield.
BTW it was from my PS4 and holy shit! The feature is really easy to use.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Ah so it does a guard break eh? Well the kick does as well, but this guy who ran from me wasn't just turtling, he was rolling backwards too so it was hard to follow-up. The art would have surely been better than a kick there though, I guess, but it might have also whiffed.
A few more vids coming up tomorrow, btw. Nothing as funny as those I recorded prior, sadly, except maybe one -- I think the Catacombs are more suited for funny shenanigans than Irithyll. Gonna try the dungeon next, I didn't have as much fun in Irithyll (I might have levelled/upgraded myself out of range of the Catacombs though, so I hope the dungeon/capital are fun to invade
).iRAWRasaurus
Banned
No
Cannon Goose
Member
I caught someone with the Bastard Swords L2 > R2! It's so slow but the tracking is so good and man it is satisfying to launch people into the air Dark Souls 1 style.
It's hard to get a sense sometimes of how powerful a bleed build is but then you bring the Champ down to one knee and take off 40% of his health bar without even applying any rouge and it becomes readily apparent just how fucking dangerous shit like the Carthus Curved Sword actually is
Ah so it does a guard break eh? Well the kick does as well, but this guy who ran from me wasn't just turtling, he was rolling backwards too so it was hard to follow-up. The art would have surely been better than a kick there though, I guess, but it might have also whiffed.
A few more vids coming up tomorrow, btw. Nothing as funny as those I recorded prior, sadly, except maybe one -- I think the Catacombs are more suited for funny shenanigans than Irithyll. Gonna try the dungeon next, I didn't have as much fun in Irithyll (I might have levelled/upgraded myself out of range of the Catacombs though, so I hope the dungeon/capital are fun to invade
Yep and the R2 weapon does basically the same thing but with a longer range. Good players will parry it to punish you but it's good against those who are constantly backing off with their shield up.
The big door right up from the bonfire to boss? Somewhat yes. If you want to sunbro it up.
What weapon is it?
There's a difference between a weapon art and a typical buff so you can't buff the Dark Sword in the same way at all.
A raw Astora Straight Sword.
Red Liquorice
Member
... And grab all the loot.... What do you mean you don't have to grab all the loot every runthrough, even if you don't need it?!
I think these wide flat areas just seem boring to retread on replays, it isn't just the swamp, RoS is also dull imo and one of the worst looking areas, it has a very similar palette to Shaded Woods which was a full-on design crime.
No, I mean the smaller door next to it where the red eye knight roams. Or maybe it's something for a DLC...
StoppedInTracks
Member
It took me 15 mins to light the 3 flames and get ALL the LOOT in the Swamp in NG+.
Another 15 mins for Catacombs of Carthus (all loot).
Are you stopping and fighting every enemy in subsequent playthroughs?!? Just run to the loot and bonfire out when necessary.
JetSetRadio
Banned
King of the Camera.
Red Liquorice
Member
I'm not saying it takes a long time, that's not my point. I was just commenting that the level design in this early-mid part of the game feels like a slump and is a chore to do on repeat playthroughs. I wasn't originally commenting solely on the swamp, I just think this part of the game is dull compared to Irithyll onwards.
I think it's the wide, flat level design of RoS/Farron Keep and parts of the Catacombs like the Lake that make it feel laboursome on repeat runs.
I think it's the wide, flat level design of RoS/Farron Keep and parts of the Catacombs like the Lake that make it feel laboursome on repeat runs.
jacob armitage
Banned
So killing all the mimics for the symbol of avarice and when i killed the final (
) one it didn't drop. I quit and reloaded and nothing there, i double checked all the other locations and they are all dead. Anyone have any advice?
thirteenth
KittenMaster
Member
I finally got back to my randomized character challenge playthrough after a week and now I'm having a "really bad day" in it. Lost 17K souls in the rafters in Grand Cathedral.
I thought there was supposed to be a way
from the rafters but the guides only show how to get to it from a shortcut.
I thought there was supposed to be a way
to get to Rosaria's Bed Chamber
Arjen
Member
I agree completely. Lothric Castle and Undead Settlement are a lot of fun but then the game takes a pretty big dive in level quality overall until you get to Irithyll. Then it takes another dive at Anor Londo as that level is pretty bad but I suppose it's a DS1 throwback.
Red Liquorice
Member
It isn't a guaranteed drop like it was in DS1, it's better to farm them if you want it by lobbing lloyds talismans at them until it drops. So now your options are either get someone to drop it for you, or wait until NG+.
catashtrophe
Member
Just started the game and this is so much better than I expected (Dark Souls 2 left an awful taste in my mouth).
Im using the butchers knife +3 and loving it as it reminds me of Bloodborne in the way it gets your energy back, in fact early on in the game and this looks like the perfect weapon to play until the end unless something is better than this?
Im just about to start Farron Keep but if there is one thing Ive noticed about the game is its pretty easy so far, so either the butchers knife is overpowered (Im on SL35) or its the easiest Souls game so far
Im using the butchers knife +3 and loving it as it reminds me of Bloodborne in the way it gets your energy back, in fact early on in the game and this looks like the perfect weapon to play until the end unless something is better than this?
Im just about to start Farron Keep but if there is one thing Ive noticed about the game is its pretty easy so far, so either the butchers knife is overpowered (Im on SL35) or its the easiest Souls game so far
Cathedral of the Deep is one of the best areas in the game though.
And honestly, the Road of Sacrifices is pretty awesome with how open it is and how it's one of the few major branches of the game.
I don't really hate any of the areas in this game.
Yeah I always forget the Cathedral. It's a good level..with some really annoying enemies.
Visually Road of Sacrifices looks crap though. Maybe if it had better lighting it would work better.
Question: Does anybody here try actually role playing when they do a Souls playthrough? It seems like a fun way of doing things, having a character in mind that you actually tailor your decisions to.
My least favorite area to play through is the Catacombs of Carthus. Bland visually with uninspired level design and the shrouded skeletons are very frustrating enemies. Not to mention previous games did the catacomb setting much better, especially Demon's Souls with the Shrine of Storms. Only redeeming factor is the boss looks very cool.
Yeah it's graphically rough and the first part with the Corvians is boring, but the flooded forest section is very visually distinctive and the sound design is so fucking creepy with the ambient sounds and the groaning stake carriers. That was probably the first time in Dark Souls 3 I felt legitimately intimidated and alone.Yeah I always forget the Cathedral. It's a good level..with some really annoying enemies.
Visually Road of Sacrifices looks crap though. Maybe if it had better lighting it would work better.
My least favorite area to play through is the Catacombs of Carthus. Bland visually with uninspired level design and the shrouded skeletons are very frustrating enemies. Not to mention previous games did the catacomb setting much better, especially Demon's Souls with the Shrine of Storms. Only redeeming factor is the boss looks very cool.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
My "cosplay" characters are like that. In Dark Souls 1 I had a Melisandre pyromancer haha. In DS2 I made Drizzt and Jarlaxle and in DS3 I made Drizzt and Entreri. Entreri's a ruthless asshole invader who gives no fucks about honour.
I do "theme" my original characters too. My faith build is an honourable paladin. My dex has some honour, but she's a cunning opportunist. My mage is an old witch who doesn't give a shit.
I agree but it's surprisingly fun to invade. My favourite invasion level so far. I almost regret levelling up and moving on to further locales...
Head of Vengarl
Banned
My sorcerer build made me realize how goddamn good they are for jolly cooperation. When we can split the aggro between 2 or more players, it gives me a lot of space to nuke away. As long as the host doesn't make any stupid mistakes it makes for a really easy battle. Sorceries do a shit ton of damage when you have 60 int, both sorc boosting rings, Scholar's Candlestick, and Crown of Dusk.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Some new invasions videos!
NPC Phantoms Showing Their Amazing AI
How Did I Win This? part 2
Grueling 2v1 Against Brave Players With Shitty Names
Plus 2 more added to my cowards-shaming playlist:
Winning Strategy: Run to the Enemies? (spoiler: his, not mine)
*Huff, puff*, ow my knees (aka me vs Usain Bolt)
And a bonus lol one:
You Know You've Been Invading For Too Long When This Happens
NPC Phantoms Showing Their Amazing AI
How Did I Win This? part 2
Grueling 2v1 Against Brave Players With Shitty Names
Plus 2 more added to my cowards-shaming playlist:
Winning Strategy: Run to the Enemies? (spoiler: his, not mine)
*Huff, puff*, ow my knees (aka me vs Usain Bolt)
And a bonus lol one:
You Know You've Been Invading For Too Long When This Happens
jacob armitage
Banned
Ahh OK, i'd read somewhere that the final one was guaranteed to drop it. Thanks
.If anyone on PS4 has an symbol of avariceo they'd be willing to give me, it'd be a huge help.
totally makes sense for what he is. heh, hardest boss for you magic users XD