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[Orthogonal]

Cathedral of the Deep may be my favorite level design of the whole series. Brilliantly designed. It unfolds in such a cool way with the introduction and resolution of the

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Giant chained dudes

.

Labyrinthine passages and shortcuts with a lots of secrets in a cool aesthetic.

 

[super-famicom]

Lol

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Crystal Sage

is a bitch

What weapon are you using? Wasn't too hard with the Uchi for me. Also, the

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Sorceror

set is nearby, it has good resistances to the boss's attacks.

 

[KAOz]

Soooo is there a simple way to grind out covenant items? I've been trying to get stuff for

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Watchdogs of Farron

but I only very rarely get summoned.

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Go to the Bonfire "Keep Ruins" in Farrons Keep. Pop a Rusty Coin. Kill those three enemies on the bridge and pray for a drop. Sit down at Bonfire. Rinse and repeat until driven mad.

Farming Proof of Concord Kept later on almost drove me insane. Enhoy.

 

[daninthemix]

Oddly it seems like there's currently no walkthroughs on YouTube that don't use pyromancy on those Lothric knights. I've yet to witness someone beating them through melee, and I certainly can't.

 

[LurkerPrime]

Erm, seems impossible. I can get one strike on him before he transforms, but that doesn't do it.

Oh yeah,

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the transformation effect gives them hella resistance. It only ever worked for me on one-hit kills before they react.

There's another way, though it's expensive:

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Firebombs! Or maybe fire weapons. Regular weapons were useless and high risk, from what I observed.

 

[aravuus]

Cathedral of the Deep may be my favorite level design of the whole series. Brilliantly designed. It unfolds in such a cool way with the introduction and resolution of the

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Giant chained dudes

.

Labyrinthine passages and shortcuts with a lots of secrets in a cool aesthetic.

Yeh, one of my favorite areas

 

[Auctopus]

Is it okay to post an item description and some speculation? The item is something a lot of people have already seen, it doesn't spoil any item or boss or anything.

 

[StriKeVillain]

Just found those arachnid enemies you guys mentioned before.

Holy shit. Pure nightmare fuel x100.

 

[twisteh]

As a Knight im putting points into strength and vigor, and occasionally into endurance and Vitality. Is this OK or am i doing things wrong?

 

[fozzy]

Haha I'm flirting with the lady in firelink shrine with beckons. Think I may be in here lads.

 

[Jyrii]

"Hmm that looks like it could be a boss area"
1 step forward
music starts
"oh shit"
Barely beat the 4th? boss

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Crystal Sage

 

[Derpot]

Like DS2. You get a choice right after the Credits. (And those Credits are skippable. Booooyah.)

So guys! Anyone of you up for some Vertebrae Shackle farming tomorrow through password?

Oh nice! Thanks for the info!

 

[super-famicom]

Just found those arachnid enemies you guys mentioned before.

Holy shit. Pure nightmare fuel x100.

I found a spider-beast thingy In the C

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athedral

. I ran out of the room and shot arrows at it from the doorway.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

What weapon are you using? Wasn't too hard with the Uchi for me. Also, the

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Sorceror

set is nearby, it has good resistances to the boss's attacks.

Same weapon. I'm just saying his tatics are cowardly lol.

 

[J-Rod]

Just a heads up, if you kill certain mobs that transform before they get a chance to, you won't get their item drop.

 

[Lemonheap]

Asking again. Is there a speed or damage boost when holstering my shield as a knight?

 

[SkylineRKR]

As a Knight im putting points into strength and vigor, and occasionally into endurance and Vitality. Is this OK or am i doing things wrong?

I don't put anything in Vit but rather Dex as greatswords require it.

 

[rdytoroll]

So I have been using the

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Wolf

Greatsword for a few hours, but I'm not feeling it. Some of the enemies are too fast and it's are not that great for PVP imo. Back to the

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Irithyll

Straight Sword. Also, does anyone know if the

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Barbed

Sword is worth upgrading?

 

[KHlover]

Head's Up: If you trade the Victory Brew from Onion Bro with Snuggly you get the SUNLIGHT ARMOR (Chest piece only)

 

[BinaryBear07]

Just a heads up, if you kill certain mobs that transform before they get a chance to, you won't get their item drop.

Good to know. This is going to change my approach for certain things.

 

[zma1013]

Asking again. Is there a speed or damage boost when holstering my shield as a knight?

No speed boost but if you 2 hand a weapon you get access to different move that do more damage but also may take more stamina.

 

[Manu]

I've only fought him once so far, but P

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ontiff Sulyvahn

is an asshole.

Looks like I've found my first roadblock boss.

 

[Mutagenic]

I hate how some weapons won't let me use L2 to parry, but instead use their arts. What is the best stat to dump into to improve poise? I'm getting staggered constantly.

 

[DoubleTake]

From needs to fix whatever is going on with the servers. When you invade your enemy doesnt animate they just slide around. I remember this being a problem when all the streamers got the early release PC version as well.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

I've been playing for a few hours the game is awesome but I can't say I like fighting those mutated enemies. They're just illegible nonsense and the camera can't handle it, either. Is this a common sentiment? (I haven't been following the discussion much because I wanted to get into the game first.)

 

[Elfstruck]

So has anyone tried to kill

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Yuria

? Did she drop her armor set and weapon? x(

 

[Zocano]

Is there a stat that increases item damage

I want to become the master of knives

Some of the items like throwing knives scale with dex so

 

[Rainbow In The Dark]

Do you need to be in cinder state(or however it's called) in order to be invaded by an NPC?

 

[GenericBadGuy]

So has anyone tried to kill

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Yuria

? Did she drop her armor set and weapon? x(

Yes, you get both, as well as the shop they ran

 

[Satanic Panic]

From inside, yes. It is reminiscent of an invasion, but believe me it's totally a bug/engine quirk.

Seems to me that it's intentional. On the off-chance the outside world is taking longer than normal to load when warping to Fire Link, the fog appears in order to cut back on loading screen times. I'm thinking that FROM expects the outside world to load and the fog to clear by the time the player spawns and walks over there. What's your reasoning behind saying it's a bug?

 

[KAOz]

So has anyone tried to kill

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Yuria

? Did she drop her armor set and weapon? x(

Armor set becomes buyable if you bring the ashes to the Handmaid.

And the weapon drops. 100% drop.

Thats how I got them.

 

[Ethan Olivia]

Surprised how linear this game has been so far.

 

[Steel]

Asking again. Is there a speed or damage boost when holstering my shield as a knight?

Two handing weapons gives a damage damage and impact(easier to get through shields) boost, it also changes the swingset. Addtionally, pressing L2 will use the weapons special ability, but that uses MP and stamina.

 

[keltickennedy]

shouldn't have to wait long, I found one fairly early on.

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I think I found it in undead settlement...in a side building near where the fat cleric is up on a bridge shooting at you

Thanks!

 

[KHlover]

Seems to me that it's intentional. On the off-chance the outside world is taking longer than normal to load when warping to Fire Link, the fog appears in order to cut back on loading screen times. I'm thinking that FROM expects the outside world to load and the fog to clear by the time the player spawns and walks over there. What's your reasoning behind saying it's a bug?

Well it needs like 10s to disappear if you stand already right beside it on PC. That's way too long considering all other areas in the game don't block you off like that.

 

[Ferr986]

Do you need to be in cinder state(or however it's called) in order to be invaded by an NPC?

Yep.

 

[Sullichin]

I believe dark blade produced a 42% increase in sword damage output. For a long duration buff and under the new mana system this is incredibly useful.

Where did you find dark blade?

 

[sora87]

Lol

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Crystal Sage

is a bitch

That was the first boss I had no trouble with, think I got lucky with where I stood

 

[Mandelbo]

I hate how some weapons won't let me use L2 to parry, but instead use their arts. What is the best stat to dump into to improve poise? I'm getting staggered constantly.

Probably best to find a better shield rather than pump stats. The Lothric Knight shield has quite high stability and you can get it in the High Wall.

 

[johnny505]

Oddly it seems like there's currently no walkthroughs on YouTube that don't use pyromancy on those Lothric knights. I've yet to witness someone beating them through melee, and I certainly can't.

Just dodge towards their shield when they attack for close up or move just out of their range during their 3 strike combo and attack then. If you stagger them you should be able to get 2 - 3 hits in before dodging back, letting stamina recharge and repeat.

 

[LunaticHigh]

Surprised how linear this game has been so far.

I thought that. Then I realized I had done things in completely different order than most It's not linear at all once you get into it. Start is, though.

 

[Zeliard]

Armor set becomes buyable if you bring the ashes to the Handmaid.

And the weapon drops. 100% drop.

Thats how I got them.

I've been considering doing this. How's the

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Darkdrift

this time around?

 

[Risette]

Are there any estus shards in the early areas? Went through the tutorial area and High Wall and haven't found any. Not sure if I missed or not.

 

[Elfstruck]

Yes, you get both, as well as the shop they ran

Armor set becomes buyable if you bring the ashes to the Handmaid.

And the weapon drops. 100% drop.

Thats how I got them.

Nice! I really like her armor set and weapon.

 

[Bloodporne]

I've been playing for a few hours the game is awesome but I can't say I like fighting those mutated enemies. They're just illegible nonsense and the camera can't handle it, either. Is this a common sentiment? (I haven't been following the discussion much because I wanted to get into the game first.)

I don't know about common but I personally completely agree with you. I felt like me beating the mutated form of the tutorial boss was more brute force/luck and not thought-out strategy. The camera can't handle it and the patterns seemed to be a bit ridiculous to try to read with how much crap is going on at once.

 

[Orthogonal]

Oddly it seems like there's currently no walkthroughs on YouTube that don't use pyromancy on those Lothric knights. I've yet to witness someone beating them through melee, and I certainly can't.

Roll into their attacks and/or kick their shield to break guard. Get the timing right and they go down easy.

 

[Jobbs]

Where did you find dark blade?

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you know the sorcerer guy who can "Draw out your inner strength?" after you do that, you'll increasingly hollow each time you die. as you hollow more you can do that more times.

eventually he'll die and then a new npc shows up who has the dark miracles tome

 

[Sullichin]

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you know the sorcerer guy who can "Draw out your inner strength?" after you do that, you'll increasingly hollow each time you die. as you hollow more you can do that more times.

eventually he'll die and then a new npc shows up who has the dark miracles tome

Fuck. I somehow messed up that quest this time.

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I leveled from him, but probably didn't do it fast enough. He's dead and the new NPC never showed up this time. She showed up in my last game.

Not a fan of these NPC quests when there are things I want locked behind them :/

 

[Hystzen]

Are there any estus shards in the early areas? Went through the tutorial area and High Wall and haven't found any. Not sure if I missed or not.

You can find one in fire link shrine doing a jump near a tree and then next one is high wall

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Some of the items like throwing knives scale with dex so

magical

I shall one day make an alt with a whip and throwing knives

it will be glorious