Roll into and hug him. When he starts to fire the ice blast that is a free couple of hits. But stay behind him
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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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You can access it later by doing an NPC quest later in the game. You lose that 2nd opportunity if you join
Rosaria's Finders
Finished my first blind session with the game. Grabbed my first plot thingy. My thoughts so far :
so far so good. but then...
Explored a bit of
after that and
the first boss was not a pleasant surprise.
the high wall was ok, but man those knights...
the undead settlement was nice, if a bit too much Bloodborny. the tree boss was pretty fun.
faux-siegmeyer? come on now. same thing with andre. :/
the high wall was ok, but man those knights...
the undead settlement was nice, if a bit too much Bloodborny. the tree boss was pretty fun.
faux-siegmeyer? come on now. same thing with andre. :/
so far so good. but then...
The forest and the swamp. Good lord. I had a miserable time.
The forest, with the mobs of tree carrying hippies and the slowmo water. Ugh. Even got my first invader. Didn't expect him to be able to heal. When the fucker realised he was still losing he decided to go hide behind the sole black knight of the map. That was nice.
The swamp... honestly, this might be the worse version of 5-2 in any souls game. The place is a mess to navigate, the giant enemies are a pain in the ass. I hate leaving an area before completely exploring it and collecting all the items, but fuck this map.
And then of course they decided to put the kind of bosses I hate at the end.
Watchers of the Abyss was it? My thought process went something like this :
"Uh, a one-on-one battle with a dude my size? What's the twist?"
"Oh come on, not the Four Kings again?"
"Mmh, this one as red eyes and attacks the others. So it's some kind of brawl? I can dig it."
"Alright done. That was messy but... wait, what's going on with this cuts-No. I know where this is going. Fuck you FROM."
*gets murdered*
"yeah okay whatever, I'm summoning."
Terrible second phase. You can't see shit with all the smoke. You can't play with a shield because this asshole breaks your guard in two hits, and of course he can combo your ass like nothing. FROM, please keep your Devil May Souls fantasies to Bloodborne, PLEASE.
Really hoping this area and its boss are outliers.
The forest, with the mobs of tree carrying hippies and the slowmo water. Ugh. Even got my first invader. Didn't expect him to be able to heal. When the fucker realised he was still losing he decided to go hide behind the sole black knight of the map. That was nice.
The swamp... honestly, this might be the worse version of 5-2 in any souls game. The place is a mess to navigate, the giant enemies are a pain in the ass. I hate leaving an area before completely exploring it and collecting all the items, but fuck this map.
And then of course they decided to put the kind of bosses I hate at the end.
Watchers of the Abyss was it? My thought process went something like this :
"Uh, a one-on-one battle with a dude my size? What's the twist?"
"Oh come on, not the Four Kings again?"
"Mmh, this one as red eyes and attacks the others. So it's some kind of brawl? I can dig it."
"Alright done. That was messy but... wait, what's going on with this cuts-No. I know where this is going. Fuck you FROM."
*gets murdered*
"yeah okay whatever, I'm summoning."
Terrible second phase. You can't see shit with all the smoke. You can't play with a shield because this asshole breaks your guard in two hits, and of course he can combo your ass like nothing. FROM, please keep your Devil May Souls fantasies to Bloodborne, PLEASE.
Really hoping this area and its boss are outliers.
Explored a bit of
the catacombs
had a good laugh at the giant skeleton ball rollercoaster that nearly killed me.
psychotron
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Finally started tonight. Took out the
asshole. No deaths yet! I'm loving this game!
ice lizard, the first boss and the katana
If you don't get 5 levels with him before progressing too far then he dies anyway.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Sorry, I wasn't speaking about the principle of the matter. I suck at using the club. A lot. I couldn't beat him after an embarrassing number of tries, but I remade the character in a different class and was able to beat him using a sword without much trouble. That was my point.It's just the first boss man, that's like 2% of the full game haha, just suffer through it with the club, it's plenty enough for that guy
yeah I forgot to mention that part too!
Shadowhaxor
Member
Anyone having issues with the Xbox One and summons? I keep getting summoned but they always fail I Just wanna help people out.
I Just wanna help people out.Oh, RIP ME
RandomSeed
Member
A
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was probably the first challenging boss...not that I'm good, I just mean I've played a ton of DkS1 & BB, so the previous ones were kinda par for the course. If I ended the first phase where it spawns, I got wasted cheaply, and the AOE on attacks were a little cheap feeling, but it got my heart pumping like a BB boss fight, so that's good.
byss
atchers
Darryl M R
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2nd boss is destroying me. Putting the game down for the night and going to pick back up tomorrow.
Okay for all my bros who have played through the Japanese version
edit never mind
sequence break stuff....I murked the lady that gives you in the banner and the dancer fight isnt triggering like it did before? what gives? I did this in one of my playthroughs on the Japanese version and it worked then but now....
edit never mind
i just didnt approach the statue
toastyToast
Member
That's where I had to stop and overall I'd say it's pretty cool fight.
I struggle to read attacks with trail effects though. Plus there's the dust effect from the slam attacks. Readability could be better. Feels like Maria without regain to balance out stray hits
Yeah. I know most people like
bosses like him, Maria or G, but I really hate facing dudes my size that pull ridiculous shit that my character hasn't access to.
ItWillGetBetter
Banned
If anyone just plays these games for exploration, awesome loot and amazing atmosphere. There is a trainer out.
I just do infinite stamina, magic points and weapon durability (the only annoyances I ever have).
I play in offline mode btw. So I don't go in and cheat against others.
I just do infinite stamina, magic points and weapon durability (the only annoyances I ever have).
I play in offline mode btw. So I don't go in and cheat against others.
Cool, thanks. Is it a worthwhile covenant?
What the hell is this, 6 deaths already on the second boss
Is it the Assassin class? Is it me? Have I lost the near-deade of Souls skills?
This is super anecdotal, but it seems people who rolled Assassin (like me) are having a more difficult time early game. Are you still using Estoc? If so, my strategy on
Vordt
Yeah, same here. Not sure what it is but I've all but given up on using my shield at this point.
broncobuster
Banned
I can't tell if parrying has changed, but I'm struggling to parry even easily telegraphed attacks. Never had this problem in the other games.
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Deleted member 325805
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It means your Estus heals for more.
SymbiantXenos
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I've done
areas
How far am I into the game now?
Cathedral and farrons keep
How far am I into the game now?
PapaEmeritus
Member
Only got to play like an hour but it seems much tougher than previous souls. Also the floaty jump kinda sucks
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
What are my STR bros rolling with? I've been using a Lucerne +2 for most of the game. I'm in the chapel area now and feel like switching it up. I have a bunch of titanite saved up.
super-famicom
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I've been having a tough time too. I think I'm too hard to Bloodborne combat speeds.
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Deleted member 325805
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I'm still using the Battle Axe +3 but I'd love to try something else, the Butcher's Blade looks great but lacks hybrid scaling so it's a downgrade. Hopefully there's a good strength 1H coming up at some point.
Benzychenz
Member
Yo so is there an important day 1 patch or anything for PS4?
Just bought it but don't have internet until next Tuesday. Can take my PS4 to my parents to download if needed.
Also I heard magic isn't great in this, but how's pyromancy in particular? I've always gone with a full strength build so I want to mix it up. Thinking dex + pyro.
Just bought it but don't have internet until next Tuesday. Can take my PS4 to my parents to download if needed.
Also I heard magic isn't great in this, but how's pyromancy in particular? I've always gone with a full strength build so I want to mix it up. Thinking dex + pyro.
CaptainofIndustry
Member
I got the Farron dart. How do I use it? I attuned the spell but it won't let me do anything.
super-famicom
Member
Do you have a staff equipped?
CaptainofIndustry
Member
No. I guess I have to get one lol
I've been using the Greatsword. its pretty good but its heavy as hell and the scaling isn't to good
Got invaded during my first actual attempt at going in undead settlement.
The guy was floating around weirdly for a while. While he was doing that, I got a blue sentinel in to help out and eventually got another person to help.
But when he started attacking us, he was constantly invisible and hitting us in melee. (We were sometime able to get some random hits in)
Was that some weird lag/exploit or is there really something that gives you invisibility for 5+ minutes? This was on PS4.
The guy was floating around weirdly for a while. While he was doing that, I got a blue sentinel in to help out and eventually got another person to help.
But when he started attacking us, he was constantly invisible and hitting us in melee. (We were sometime able to get some random hits in)
Was that some weird lag/exploit or is there really something that gives you invisibility for 5+ minutes? This was on PS4.
super-famicom
Member
Firelink Merchant sells one!
FairXchange
Member
Does anyone else get the glitch where summoned friends don't animate correctly? And the bosses don't animate correctly when playing Co OP with password matching?
Just got to STR softcap, going with a Butcher's Knife +6 for now. I wanted to try something else but the A scaling is too good.
CaptainofIndustry
Member
Thanks!!!
I have really warmed up to it, there was another Greatsword with a thrust R2 instead of a wide swing, which might have had its benefits, but the damage is worse overall, so I've stuck with the standard Greatsword, it's making things pretty easy, I've heard tales of the
Fume Ultra Greastsword
Original Man
Member
Was gonna grab this on Amazon for the 20% off, but they're sold out smh. Tempting to buy off psn...
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