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[popsicle_sundays]

Yeah, put some points into strength and dex to the point you can use a good weapon you enjoy. In case you haven't been paying attention, sorcerer is very underpowered right now. Even near the end of the game when it starts becoming viable, it's completely unviable on some of the end game bosses. Pick a weapon you like and either make it raw then buff it yourself, or infuse it with magic scaling once you get that ability.

Yeah I have heard that but it's a class I've always wanted to play and I've watched a few videos of guys online and it seems decent for the most part. I always do a Knight-ish character so figured I'd try this.

 

[Killer Queen]

I've got tons of studying tonight so unfortunately I won't have much time to play DS3 oh well, still got the rest of the week.

 

[what-ok]

I'm so pumped on this game. Played from 9pm until 6 am. Blown away by how far DS has come.

 

[Audioboxer]

Aw man that moment you open up boss soul converting. No idea what to choose :O

 

[Evolved1]

Damn the first area you warp to is hard as hell. Never had this many deaths in an eary Souls area. Even scrub enemies are assholes.

 

[Cat Party]

First Dark Souls game where any of my messages have gotten attention! One of them has 170 points! I like that the Icon changes. Mines blue now.

"Time for finger" is doing good for me when placed behind an NPC.

 

[F0rneus]

I wouldn't avoid Sorcerer in any case. It's still a very fun build to play but yes, it's essentially Very Hard mode for most of the game. They'll obviously patch it though. It's borderline unplayable at moments but that's what makes it fun.

But yeah, this is the worst magic has ever been. Damage feels like guns in Bloodborne.

 

[what-ok]

Damn the first area you warp to is hard as hell. Never had this many deaths in an eary Souls area. Even scrub enemies are assholes.

Hahaha. Totally. They hit hard and often.

 

[Burgess_101]

Well I have had about 10 crashes, I got to after first boss and I have to stop playing its making me go crazy. It's not even the games fault, I have been having this issue in everything I am playing recently. I think its AMD beta drivers that are doing it, I tried rolling back but I don't know the last stable one I used.

I have to stop now, its really ruined the start of the game for me.

 

[Parmenide]

The Great Axe is a beast.

 

[robotzombie]

So what should you do with sparkly?

 

[Frillen]

How do you use a special attack? I have the axe with the warrior.

 

[Ristlager]

Ok got a question about boss three

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Greatwood. I hit the weak spots at the front and got the second stage, hit the front again, then the back, then the right hand but I couldn't find any more places to hit. What did I miss?

Just hit his hand until it dies, you don't need to hit the other spots, but you get a nice bonus damage when you clear them.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Try

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the hand that popped out in stage two. And I think there are some other spots you can hit that look a little different.

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Yeah that was the one, gonna be tough getting at it though since it's lethal. Gotta find an attack I can bait him into.

Just hit his hand until it dies, you don't need to hit the other spots, but you get a nice bonus damage when you clear them.

Ah good to know. I'd been trying to avoid it since it normally ends in death.

 

[what-ok]

I have only been using the uchi so far does it improve much with high dex and upgrades?

 

[Yoshichan]

I have only been using the uchi so far does it improve much with high dex and upgrades?

Yeah, it does. Make sure to infuse it so that it scales considerably with DEX.

 

[MUnited83]

Parrying in DS3 is harder than any other game in the series. It's still fairly useful for pvp, but parrying in PVE is VERY difficult. Not only is the timing window very small, but the lead up to enemy attacks is much shorter in this game because of how sped up the combat is (Bloodborne influence).

Personally so far all the parryable enemies have been pretty simple to parry. Bloodborne was harder imo

 

[DorkLord54]

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Yeah that was the one, gonna be tough getting at it though since it's lethal. Gotta find an attack I can bait him into.

It's worth killing it though since

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it's the only way you can get the item that allows you to make boss weapons and rings

.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

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The fire keeper in question is the NPC you level up with. The soul is at the very top of the tower, can't miss it. If you stick with the Yoel questline however, you will eventually get the ability to buy items that cure hollowing for much cheaper then healing through the firekeeper.

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tower key ----> fire keeper soul on top of tower ---> give to firekeeper ---->heal dark sigil(this part can cost a lot of souls and will only cost more as you hollow further. also purging stones will reverse hollowing.

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That's the way to cure it, just follow the tower up, get the item, then talk to the fire keeper. However, I'd recommend finishing leveling up with Yoel before you do it, because you are going to cancel his entire storyline if you end it prematurely. Also, there's an item you can get from a different NPC soon after doing the Yoel stuff which purges the hollowness out of you. Even if you have the firekeeper fix your current hollowness, you still need to use that item to purge hollowness off of your appearance.

Hmm, so

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if I do Yoel's storyline I can still get rid of the look? I've just never been a fan of the silly hollow look and voice, so I'd like to avoid it if possible. Sounds like I might as well do the side quest though? And if I'm "cured" I still need to manage deaths/the beef jerkiness of my character? That's kind of a pain, but that's Souls I suppose. I just want to get rid of it without rerolling so I don't sound like I'm yelling through a cardboard tube every time I die

 

[Ladekabel]

Is there only one try for the katana guy next to Firelink Shrine? I got chopped to death and when I respawned, there was a fog wall at the enterance. After a minute or so, the wall disappeared and when I walked where the guy was, there were his items.

 

[Lulubop]

Well I have had about 10 crashes, I got to after first boss and I have to stop playing its making me go crazy. It's not even the games fault, I have been having this issue in everything I am playing recently. I think its AMD beta drivers that are doing it, I tried rolling back but I don't know the last stable one I used.

I have to stop now, its really ruined the start of the game for me.

Turn the lighting setting to low

 

[psychotron]

HERE. WE. GOO!!!!!!!!!!


Let's Play Dark Souls 3 with Epicnamebro ► #01

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzG9eZvxiuk

Yes!!! This guy is what made me stick out DaS2! I was getting really frustrated early on, but he put me on the path.

What's up yall!!!!

 

[what-ok]

Yeah, it does. Make sure to infuse it so that it scales considerably with DEX.

What infusion would you recommend, Yoshi?

 

[DorkLord54]

Is there only one try for the katana guy next to Firelink Shrine? I got chopped to death and when I respawned, there was a fog wall at the enterance. After a minute or so, the wall disappeared and when I walked where the guy was, there were his items.

He probably fell to his death; if you haven't killed him, he will keep spawning there until you do.

 

[Ice9]

Going STR was a mistake, I have found way, way cooler DEX weapons so far. Are there any good STR items that aren't as slow as molasses? Right now I'm rocking a Claymore and a Broadsword, maybe there is another item like the Broadsword that uses STR and moves relatively faster? Claymore is slow but doable, can't really play with a much slower weapon that that (although stun is sure nice)

Also, can I safely delve a bit into Pyromancies without having any magic stats? It would be fun to mess around with those.

 

[aravuus]

Phew

Been playing for like 10 hours today. I think that's enough for now lol.

 

[Metalingus5150]

Stupid fucking

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TREE!

 

[DorkLord54]

Stupid fucking

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TREE!

Yeah, probably my least favorite

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boss

so far.

 

[Auctopus]

Simple yes or no. Is there a warning before NG+ or does it dive straight in?

 

[Lulubop]

It's worth killing it though since

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it's the only way you can get the item that allows you to make boss weapons and rings

.

Really? What the fuck

 

[Ricker]

You guys manage to always do a kick on the PS4...works 1 out of 5 times for me,oh well,rented this to see how far I can play this time...never finished a Souls/Borne game and it sure looks like that wont change lol...I will enjoy it till that roadblock.

 

[Trickster]

I can't remember anymore, can you manually aim the crossbow in ds games?

 

[zsynqx]

Game is great so far, combat feels so nice. In the forest area with the

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giant crab.

Biggest complaint so far is that each area feels separate from the others; I miss the interconnected world of Das1

 

[LegalEagleMike]

Hmm, so

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if I do Yoel's storyline I can still get rid of the look? I've just never been a fan of the silly hollow look and voice, so I'd like to avoid it if possible. Sounds like I might as well do the side quest though? And if I'm "cured" I still need to manage deaths/the beef jerkiness of my character? That's kind of a pain, but that's Souls I suppose. I just want to get rid of it without rerolling so I don't sound like I'm yelling through a cardboard tube every time I die

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without healing it through the fire keeper you will still become hollow as you die more. The item that reverses hollowing is just like a cosmetic reset.

 

[Sylas]

Going STR was a mistake, I have found way, way cooler DEX weapons so far. Are there any good STR items that aren't as slow as molasses? Right now I'm rocking a Claymore and a Broadsword, maybe there is another item like the Broadsword that uses STR and moves relatively faster? Claymore is slow but doable, can't really play with a much slower weapon that that (although stun is sure nice)

Also, can I safely delve a bit into Pyromancies without having any magic stats? It would be fun to mess around with those.

Strength weapons are almost universally slow. There are a few neat ones, but the majority of "fast" weapons are gonna be Dexterity.

Pyromancy scales off of intelligence and faith, so I wouldn't snag anything unless you wanna pump those stats up/just wanna use it for pulling purposes.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Fucking down (

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Watchers

), literally screamed like a loon, holy shit my heart is racing. I wiped an hour or so ago on 1% and it has been shit tries ever since. I don't remember any boss being that hard in Bloodborne apart from maybe the last.

 

[Xiraiya]

After several restarts, I'm finally happy with my character.

 

[Vuze]

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Yeah that was the one, gonna be tough getting at it though since it's lethal. Gotta find an attack I can bait him into.

I drained the last few HP from him by using bow and baiting him from the distance lol

You guys manage to always do a kick on the PS4...works 1 out of 5 times for me,oh well,rented this to see how far I can play this time...never finished a Souls/Borne game and it sure looks like that wont change lol...I will enjoy it till that roadblock.

I accidently do kicks on my XO controller lol. Kinda whacky button config for both, kick and jump attack... Wish I had the XO Elite, I guess you could just bind it to the back pedals?

 

[Sinatar]

Hmm, so

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if I do Yoel's storyline I can still get rid of the look? I've just never been a fan of the silly hollow look and voice, so I'd like to avoid it if possible. Sounds like I might as well do the side quest though? And if I'm "cured" I still need to manage deaths/the beef jerkiness of my character? That's kind of a pain, but that's Souls I suppose. I just want to get rid of it without rerolling so I don't sound like I'm yelling through a cardboard tube every time I die

If you want it spelled out clearly:

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Every time Yoel levels you up, you get a 'Dark Sigil' in your key items. Every time you die, you get 1 point of hollowing for every Dark Sigil you're holding. What the firekeepers fix does is clear the dark sigils out, but doesn't clear your actual hollowing stat. You'll get the ability to buy purging stones which do clear your hollowing. So what you want to do is get all the levels Yoel will give you. Then heal yourself of the dark sigils and then purge your hollowness. With the sigils gone, you won't go hollow anymore when you die.

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

Simple yes or no. Is there a warning before NG+ or does it dive straight in?

Yes

 

[Rhaknar]

yoooo we Bloodborne now fam

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Welp im fashionSouls now, screw heavy armor lol

 

[Sullichin]

If your message gets rated, do you get your health refilled like in DS1?

 

[E92 M3]

Game is great so far, combat feels so nice. In the forest area with the

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giant crab.

Biggest complaint so far is that each area feels separate from the others; I miss the interconnected world of Das1

Actually, they are connected beautifully. One I stopped and looked around the world and it makes a lot of sense.

 

[Randam]

this game is like if in dark souls 1 every enemy would have been a black knight..

 

[meanspartan]

So is amazon just sold out on Ps4? Huh. Guess Ill go to Gamestop....

 

[Darryl M R]

Any reason there is a wall of fog blocking me from exiting the firelink hub?

 

[MGrant]

Huh. In (second area)

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Undead Settlement

I just accidentally skipped a locked door by being knocked off a high bridge by an enemy. The fall didn't kill me, and the area is entirely optional, but still cool.

 

[ANDS]

Any reason there is a wall of fog blocking me from exiting the firelink hub?

Needs to be in the OT. The game is loading.

 

[dawid]

Is it worth it to get 14 dex for a bow if you are a knight who otherwise is gonna focus strength?

 

[Sullichin]

Is it worth it to get 14 dex for a bow if you are a knight who otherwise is gonna focus strength?

if you want a bow yea, although maybe you could use a crossbow.
A few levels in a stat won't matter in the long run.