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[aravuus]

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Only if you send him before Siegward goes there

Dang it, I wonder if he's there already.. The little fella sells arrows so I don't really want to risk it.

Speaking of, why the hell can you store only 99 arrows? I can understand being able to carry only 99, but why is storage space so small too? Every other consumable has the maximum of 600, and you will never, ever need that many of probably any of them. Then you've got your arrows which you actually WILL use quite a lot if you do use a bow and nOPE, 198 absolute max fuck boi

 

[SneakyStephan]

Trick for easy-mode Katana guy:

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Draw him to Firelink Shrine, he'll get stuck in the wall where the mist appears. From there you can kill him using long-range attacks or using your forward+R2 move and then rolling back.

Eh it feels like this enemy was placed there to force you to learn how to parry (like one of the bosses in MGR forces you to learn it) because if you try to hit him he'll just parry and oneshot you.

cheesing him seems pointless since he's so close to the bonfire

 

[DrROBschiz]

Can i just say how much i love all the new systems

Like weapon skills and FP being used for both magic and melee specials

Its fucking brilliant. Nothing is wasted in this game

 

[Hentailover]

Ugh, should've went with a knight... now I don't have dex for any cool weapons and I don't feel quite like commiting to purely Giant Club type of thing.

 

[Cmerrill]

Question for the woods....

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What do I do about these giant enemy crabs? they take so much damage.

I beat one and it dropped a ring. Boosting pyromancy spells or something I think.

 

[Audioboxer]

From Software logic.

We heard you like large fast enemies with greatswords, so we put them up high on narrow roof beams with instant fall death. Also, enjoy some small agile thief like enemies in the mix.

 

[Anno]

Are there hard cut offs for equipment load %s? Or is every little bit just incrementally more of a toll of your character than previously?

 

[Wiseblood]

Is there a rusted iron ring or equivalent in this game, or do I have to fight

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these giants

with a slow walk and a fat roll?

 

[Zafir]

Question for the woods....

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What do I do about these giant enemy crabs? they take so much damage.

Run past.

I got invaded by people while fighting one.

Wasn't pretty. :|

 

[Sanctuary]

So, new character. A lot easier starting as the knight.
It's also super useful that you can buy firebombs for 50 souls each.

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Those giant exploding.. goo people are a real bitch to kill.

As it turns out, I wasn't wrong when I made the post in the Import OT on the best way of playing a "caster" in this game. It's by picking the Knight. The early game is so pointless as a Sorcerer (Pyromancer stats with better gear and functions better with fireballs, but it's still harder), compared to just sticking with melee until you're a few hours in. By that point, you will have found enough caster specific items and unlocked enough spells to make it worth bothering with. The game is just night and day easier early on as melee.

The irony is that this game highlights how these games have always been even more, despite so many claiming the contrary.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Dang it, I wonder if he's there already.. The little fella sells arrows so I don't really want to risk it.

Speaking of, why the hell can you store only 99 arrows? I can understand being able to carry only 99, but why is storage space so small too? Every other consumable has the maximum of 600, and you will never, ever need that many of probably any of them. Then you've got your arrows which you actually WILL use quite a lot if you do use a bow and nOPE, 198 absolute max fuck boi

Damn.... 99 arrow carry limit?!?

I suppose this is a balance thing since they probably dont want you sniping through the whole game...

Still a bummer. I liked having masses of arrows in DS2

 

[moffattron9000]

OK, what am I missing with the

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Knight of The Boreal Valley

? I can't seem to get anywhere against the thing.

 

[Jamiaro]

I am running a Quality-build. Need opinions on the following.

Would Dark Sword benefit better from Heavy or Refined Gem? If not, would Claymore work better?

 

[GorillaJu]

Question for the woods....

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What do I do about these giant enemy crabs? they take so much damage.

Like all enemy crabs, put them in a position they don't like (they are much easier to fight if you're facing them instead of to their side)

 

[DrROBschiz]

From Software logic.

We heard you like large fast enemies with greatswords, so we put them up high on narrow roof beams with instant fall death. Also, enjoy some small agile thief like enemies in the mix.

You have to you the myriad of tools and techniques available to you

They mix between skill and strategy for various encounters.

In this instance you may want to try ranged attacks or some other tactic since fighting on the beam makes no sense

 

[ogbg]

Are there hard cut offs for equipment load %s? Or is every little bit just incrementally more of a toll of your character than previously?

Below 30% is a kind of fast roll. It's not as drastic as fast roll in DS1 but it's there. 30-70% seems to make hardly any difference. 70% is fat roll.

 

[Mandelbo]

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The Butcher Blade.

It's a really fun weapon! Gotta pump up STR early on to make it worthwhile though.

Got me a Heavy D

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ark Sword

+5 - it already has A str scaling, which is fantastic. Infusion is seriously good in this game!

 

[taoofjord]

Just realized that if you hold down on the d-pad you auto select your health estus flask. Is this new to DS? I hope so, with as many hours as I've put into these games. Haha.

 

[ced]

Those fucking knights with red capes are estus eaters lol

 

[aravuus]

Damn.... 99 arrow carry limit?!?

I suppose this is a balance thing since they probably dont want you sniping through the whole game...

Still a bummer. I liked having masses of arrows in DS2

Honestly, 99 is still enough to snipe your way through, I think, if you're willing to use melee at least a bit here and there too. Currently I seem to be killing enemies with 3-4 arrows with a +4 longbow, and the 99 limit is per arrow type, so in reality I'm carrying 297 arrows right now.

It's a bummer, but not as bad as it sounds.

 

[GorillaJu]

I am running a Quality-build. Need opinions on the following.

Would Dark Sword benefit better from Heavy or Refined Gem? If not, would Claymore work better?

Heavy if you're low level and are putting points into STR. Refined if you're able to distribute points.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Below 30% is a kind of fast roll. It's not as drastic as fast roll in DS1 but it's there. 30-70% seems to make hardly any difference. 70% is fat roll.

I'm loving my quasi-fat roll at 64%. Feels positively sprightly compared to DS1 and 2.

 

[StriKeVillain]

From Software logic.

We heard you like large fast enemies with greatswords, so we put them up high on narrow roof beams with instant fall death. Also, enjoy some small agile thief like enemies in the mix.

You could just run around on the rafters and those dummies will plummet to their deaths.

 

[Sanctuary]

Below 30% is a kind of fast roll. It's not as drastic as fast roll in DS1 but it's there. 30-70% seems to make hardly any difference. 70% is fat roll.

I don't know if it was a display error, or a bug, but I had the non fat roll at 70% for a while. When I tried it again later, with different characters though, it was always fat at exactly 70%.

 

[fozzy]

Wow this

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undead settlement

area is massive and really detailed and good looking. Love it.

 

[toastyToast]

Beat A

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byss

W

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atchers

finally. Had to burrow into my head to dodge forward. After that it was cool

It's a pretty fun fight fire sunbro'ing in case anyone needs to stock up

 

[KingKong]

Infusing removes scaling, right? So a level 10 dark axe should be comperable to a level 10 scaling axe accounting for resistances?

 

[DrROBschiz]

Those fucking knights with red capes are estus eaters lol

Dude

Fucking assholes

You have to get gud to fight those pricks

 

[PensivePen]

Also is it just something with my save or is the

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catacombs

area especially glitchy? I feel like in that area I've seen so much texture/geometry pop-in and z-fighting. The game has this problem in other places too (I even found a spot with a missing texture in a later area) but that place especially just had all sorts of problems going on.

 

[ogbg]

I'm loving my quasi-fat roll at 64%. Feels positively sprightly compared to DS1 and 2.

Yeah, mid roll in this is basically fast roll

 

[Jamiaro]

Heavy if you're low level and are putting points into STR. Refined if you're able to distribute points.

Gonna make a 40str/40dex character. So refined it is!

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

General question, are there many missable/optional bosses like in Bloodborne ?

6 optional bosses, non missable

 

[Audioboxer]

You have to you the myriad of tools and techniques available to you

They mix between skill and strategy for various encounters.

In this instance you may want to try ranged attacks or some other tactic since fighting on the beam makes no sense

I know, I enjoy what they do it wasn't a criticism. Just showing how they don't give no fucks to conventional handholding gameplay.

You could just run around on the rafters and those dummies will plummet to their deaths.

Yeah most of them did lol. Not sure there is really anything up here other than a gem?

 

[psychotron]

Trick for easy-mode Katana guy:

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Draw him to Firelink Shrine, he'll get stuck in the wall where the mist appears. From there you can kill him using long-range attacks or using your forward+R2 move and then rolling back.

I mentioned this earlier. When I saw how

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fast he was and the high damage output, I said nope and ran away. When I saw him following me I decided to see what would happen when I got to the shrine entrance. Sure enough, he retreated slowly, allowing me to attack.

 

[pa22word]

7.5 hrs in on PCv and am already nearing

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Yhorm

I don't see this game having near the replayability legs that previous entries did.

 

[Aztechnology]

I beat one and it dropped a ring. Boosting pyromancy spells or something I think.

Can confirm, dank pyro ring

 

[DrROBschiz]

I mentioned this earlier. When I saw how

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fast he was and the high damage output, I said nope and ran away. When I saw him following me I decided to see what would happen when I got to the shrine entrance. Sure enough, he retreated slowly, allowing me to attack.

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Once I snagged the leather shield i was able to block his initial strikes and survive. After that i just kicked him off the edge lololol

 

[Anno]

Those fucking knights with red capes are estus eaters lol

Yeah the sword one still owns me pretty hard. The spear variant seems much easier to exploit.

 

[purg3]

Dang it, I wonder if he's there already.. The little fella sells arrows so I don't really want to risk it.

Minor spoilers about him

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You find his ashes in the Irrithyl sewer area surrounded by a bunch of those spider witch things. He still dies after that even if he survives Irrithyl. But once you get his ashes, the shop lady in Firelink sells what he had.

 

[Apples_89]

Hi Guys, long time lurker, first-time poster (account just approved). Looking forward to actively following and taking part in this discussion as we all experience this magnificent game!

Quick question regarding the 'top slot' in the inventory. I'm currently level 21 and have not seen the opportunity to equip anything to that slot. Is this reserved for the bow which I presumably unlock later in the game? This is my first souls game besides Bloodborne so there is probably a glaringly obvious answer which I am just not seeing.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Yeah the sword one still owns me pretty hard. The spear variant seems much easier to exploit.

So cool though

To have such amazing and tough enemies with a robust moveset. Fuckers are scary

 

[ced]

Dude

Fucking assholes

You have to get gud to fight those pricks

Yeah the sword one still owns me pretty hard. The spear variant seems much easier to exploit.

They're exactly what DS2 was missing, except for a Heidi knight here and there.

I really want their long sword so I need to figure out how to deal with them.

 

[aravuus]

Minor spoilers about him

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You find his ashes in the Irrithyl sewer area surrounded by a bunch of those spider witch things. He still dies after that even if he survives Irrithyl. But once you get his ashes, the shop lady in Firelink sells what he had.

Oh, nice, no worries then. Guess I'll risk it!

 

[Rhaknar]

There are two. Both

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boss soul trades

oh. I dont even know how / where you

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trade boss souls

yet

 

[DrROBschiz]

Hi Guys, long time lurker, first-time poster (account just approved). Looking forward to actively following and taking part in this discussion as we all experience this magnificent game!

Quick question regarding the 'top slot' in the inventory. I'm currently level 21 and have not seen the opportunity to equip anything to that slot. Is this reserved for the bow which I presumably unlock later in the game? This is my first souls game besides Bloodborne so there is probably a glaringly obvious answer which I am just not seeing.

Thats for magic. Attune spells at bonfires once you aquire them and have the appropriate spell casting weapon equipped

 

[Intheflorsh]

Although this game is orders of magnitudes more detailed than DS2, they seem to have removed some nice lighting stuff. I remember the bonfires casting shadows among other things.

Then again, I am playing the game with lighting set to low to keep it from crashing.

 

[Randam]

I hate swamps..

 

[Soulhouf]

Can someone explain the upgrade system to me?

I started off with a fire gem because I thought, hey, cool, I can get a fire weapon early on. But I'm reading online that it lessens base damage of the weapon. Is it still worth it then?

Also, should I bother to do an upgrade for my straight sword? Because I am going to be moving on to the first great/ultra great sword I find. Is that super far off, or am I going to be sticking with the Straight and True for a while?

Also, how far off is the Cathedral Knight area in particular?

1/Fire gem completely removes scaling and splits the damage between physical and fire. It's good if you keep low offensive stats, but better move to upgrades that have scaling when you start leveling up.

2/Upgrade materials are scarce in the beginning so better use them for a weapon you know you'll keep, at least for the first 10 hours.
You can find a Claymore right in the beginning in the same situation area as in Dark Souls 1.

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Where the dragon is breathing fire.

3/The Cathedral is a few hours into the game (more than 10 I would say in the first run).

I hate swamps..

There are many of them in this game

 

[Hypron]

7.5 hrs in on PCv and am already nearing

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Yhorm

I don't see this game having near the replayability legs that previous entries did.

Are you saying this because of the length? Because DaS1 takes like 10 hours on a replay, it's not long either.

 

[Ark]

I keep finding messages with many appraisals that say "illusory wall ahead", are they trolling me or do I need an item to activate it? I'm still on the high wall of Lothric but these wall messages are annoying me.