toastyToast
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Do you lose covenant progress for switching like DS1?
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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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It sounds like the kind of problem you get when the game recognizes both the DS4 natively and the 360 wrapper version through DS4Windows. Have you tried the setting in DS4Windows which hides the native DS4? It's called like 'exclusive mode' or 'hide controller' or something like that. Its all I can think of.
mickcenary
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The last 2-3 hours (Road of Sacrifices/Farron's Keep) have just not been fun for me at all.
World design has plummeted.
Enemy saturation and placement is borderline awful.
Areas are incongruent and uninspired. "Oh, it's Darkroot 2.0. Oh, it's Blighttown 2.0".
Road of Sacrifices, in particular, has the worst colour palette I've seen in a long time.
I've played a lot of Souls in my time, but some of the stuff transpiring before my eyes is just ludicrously difficult/punishing.
The giant fucking crabs.
The naked spaghetti-head things in Farron's Keep that have a grab attack with virtually zero wind-up/tell.
The endless swamp that slows your movement.
These things are fine, don't get me wrong, but I feel as if the designers have taken a page out of DS2's book - a page that should have been burnt and thrown to the wind - and just gone fucking nuts with enemy placement, frequency and the sheer amount of things to make you panic and die. There's so little respite in these two areas. So much running away.
And to compound things, they are more or less devoid of design; big open areas with shit littered about and very few directional cues. These places don't feel like DS3 to me - they don't feel like Lothric. They just feel like From riffing on their prior work. The fan-service and degree of throwback is a bit too much.
And then there's the gameplay coming off of BB. It is an absolute regression for a melee player, I've decided. I mean, I'm still turtling; I'm still circle-strafing. Parrying is way too difficult/risky to just throw into the repertoire every now and then to mix things up. Movesets are fine, to be sure, but they're certainly not on the level of Trick Weapons.
I just need everything to lift considerably from here on. LIFT, SOULS. LIFT!
World design has plummeted.
Enemy saturation and placement is borderline awful.
Areas are incongruent and uninspired. "Oh, it's Darkroot 2.0. Oh, it's Blighttown 2.0".
Road of Sacrifices, in particular, has the worst colour palette I've seen in a long time.
I've played a lot of Souls in my time, but some of the stuff transpiring before my eyes is just ludicrously difficult/punishing.
The giant fucking crabs.
The naked spaghetti-head things in Farron's Keep that have a grab attack with virtually zero wind-up/tell.
The endless swamp that slows your movement.
These things are fine, don't get me wrong, but I feel as if the designers have taken a page out of DS2's book - a page that should have been burnt and thrown to the wind - and just gone fucking nuts with enemy placement, frequency and the sheer amount of things to make you panic and die. There's so little respite in these two areas. So much running away.
And to compound things, they are more or less devoid of design; big open areas with shit littered about and very few directional cues. These places don't feel like DS3 to me - they don't feel like Lothric. They just feel like From riffing on their prior work. The fan-service and degree of throwback is a bit too much.
And then there's the gameplay coming off of BB. It is an absolute regression for a melee player, I've decided. I mean, I'm still turtling; I'm still circle-strafing. Parrying is way too difficult/risky to just throw into the repertoire every now and then to mix things up. Movesets are fine, to be sure, but they're certainly not on the level of Trick Weapons.
I just need everything to lift considerably from here on. LIFT, SOULS. LIFT!
From what I hear (have not tested first hand too much) but pure pyromancy is still quite viable in PvE but sorcery is just hilarious.
lowhighkang_LHK
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For those wondering how to make that jump to get The Firekeepers outfit set (total bloodborne vibe on males)
Just roll off
https://youtu.be/f4y14fOyXms
Just roll off
https://youtu.be/f4y14fOyXms
Stripper13
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Reposting for new page:
I think I found the next Abandon Thread GIF (if someone wants to GIF it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU52Ipc3oCU
I think I found the next Abandon Thread GIF (if someone wants to GIF it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU52Ipc3oCU
It's way more tricky than Pinwheel. Don't feel bad, I haven't spoken to anyone that's beat him on the first try.
She is in a new location towards the end of that area.
psychotron
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Lol! I just opened that shortcut tonight.
Badlucktroll
Member
Serious question about Yoel that is need to know
Should i gain the 5 free levels from yoel of londor, or is it gonna fuck me over? will i lose, health, souls, ect, with the dark sigils, or is it worth it to get the 5 free levels
Embrace the Dark.
toastyToast
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robotzombie
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I can't decide if there is any value in pumping VIT at all...I just really feel like I want more capacity, but if I can get a Havel's ring, it would probably be all that I need
Anyone got any cool/good STR or Quality weapon suggestions? I'm kind of bored of the Claymore...
Anyone got any cool/good STR or Quality weapon suggestions? I'm kind of bored of the Claymore...
DoubleTake
Member
The Keep Swamp is definitely a bit meh in terms of design. The Cathedral is great though. Youll say "this is Dark Souls 3" again once you get there.
Yep. Big hat.
e: I died. Tried using itmes and magic and nothing. Seems that one copy became invincible.
Oh, cool! Thanks bunch you just saved me like 2 hours of wandering around that place to no avail.
Baldwin_the_First
Member
Should I tell the shrine handmaid where I found the ashes or not?!
cavefishes
Neo Member
I
got the 5 "free" levels. Your player character will have a hollowed appearance even when kindled (this seems to be the only actual effect AFAIK), and after you give the Firekeeper a certain item you can pay to get your "humanity" back. I'm at ~SL40 and the cost to get rid of the sigils is almost 70k after taking the 5 free levels. You also need a purging stone. I think it'll be a while before I have enough souls all at once to pay that off unless I grind.
LostMyNarbles
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Sorry, he's
right I forgot BloodBorne had that extra boss.
Hentailover
Member
Lies. Tried twice alread, both times slid of.
Benzychenz
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I liked the swamp ):
diablo900t
Member
I have to imagine that the Estoc will be nerfed. I'm on my 2nd play through (did my first on Xbone) and it staggers the shit out of everything.
Baldwin_the_First
Member
I need to know guys.
I just gave the dreamchaser's ashes to the Shrine Handmaid in the Firelink Shrine and she's asking me where I found them, I can tell her, or say nothing. Anyone knows what it does in the long run?!Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What does pyromancy scales with now?
RespectThySole
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I was about to kill the
boss and the game crashed smh
Cursed Wood
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
It took me a few times, but it works. Delay the roll as much as possible.
Loving the game so far. WAY BETTER than DS2, haha. Kick is pretty overpowered though, it let me wipe out the
and the
very easily. Most NPCs seem set up to punish you for holding your shield up and endlessly circling but none of them seem to handle kicks and roll-attack very well.
uchigatana guy at Firelink
two guys guarding the entrance to Farron Keep
There was no real one! the host and I spent several minutes walking around the arena and poking at the air just in case and nothing.
Kevin Shields
Member
I think I may be burnt out on souls. I just beat
and I feel like I'm not as invested as I was with Bloodborne. Does it pick up a bit from here?
the big tree thing
It does not thankfully
LegalEagleMike
Member
Dark Souls 3 is a crescendo of awesomeness,
DoubleTake
Member
Uh...I mean its nice and big and the enemies are designed well IMO but the level itself is just a big flat space with a few elevations for Bonfires and the Fires.
Dr. Buni
Member
I am a little ahead of you, having beaten the boss after the one you mentioned, but I share the feeling. Well, kinda, since I didn't play Bloodborne. I do remember being a lot more into Dark Souls 2 back when it was released... It is not even that Dark Souls 3 is a bad game, in fact, it has been awesome so far, but I am not feeling it.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
How can I tell the difference between NPC summons and regular people?
Hahaha, the gormless face is priceless.
Both Intelligence and Faith.
In the words of Miyazaki: Free things are often the most expensive...
Bigboss242
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Same problem here then I switched classes.
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