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[Trace]

Enjoying the game, been working on a strength build (not really focusing on leveling up dex, int, or faith), does anyone have a general idea of what would be the best weapons for this type of build?

Currently I'm just guessing stick with the Mace I got, and wait for a large club ala Dark Souls 2, but figured you know there might be other options later.

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Fume Ultra Greatsword. 50 Str requirement but the damage is monstrous.

 

[super-famicom]

Try out the Butcher Knife, it's got "A" scaling right out of the gate. Don't remember when you get it, but it's somewhere near the beginning of the game. You'll also find some clubs and stuff that have decent STR scaling. And later on there's a crazy Greatsword that's got incredible strength scaling. Oh, and dont forget about Infusions! A heavy gem can make any weapon a Strength based weapon! And as you level up infused weapons, the scaling improves.

Butcher Knife can be found in R

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oad

of S

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acrifice

. Gotta hop down onto a ledge at some point there.

 

[Vamp]

Is

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Irithyll

straight sword worth upgrading?

 

[Lulubop]

Ok I think I figured it out

 

[Retrozocker]

So what's the consensus on Sorcery/Pyro/Faith right now? Good, bad, so-so?

Pyro seems to be fine right from the start from what ive read here. Lots of people complained about sorcery/faith being too weak in general and that scaling is broken and needs to be fixed. Dunno about faith but i cant confirm that for sorcery. Its rough if you wanna go PURE magic right from the start but im early midgame now with my int build (3rd playthrough) and im feeling viable now.

 

[LogicalFallacy]

Beat the game.

Pretty disappointed overall.

The game has some of the worst bosses in the series and the amount of fan service/returning weapons and armor versus new weapons and armor is lackluster.

It feels like 90% of all the equipment has been seen before.

Obviously the game is still great, but in terms of other Souls games, I feel like it ranks the lowest.

Really? Care to expand on this?
There are some disappointing bosses, but a vast majority of them are pretty quality, I thought.

 

[JJD]

So I heard the if you join Rosaria's Fingers covenant some quest lines will be terminated and you will be locked out of an ending. Can anyone confim this? Which quest finish abruptly if you join then?

 

[Pops Maellard]

Is

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Irithyll

straight sword worth upgrading?

Been wondering about this as well.

FWIW, just beat the

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Abyss Walker(s?)

with a +2

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Irithyll

. It seems... fine? I prefer it to my +3 claymore just for the speed, but eh.

 

[Trace]

Really? Care to expand on this?
There are some disappointing bosses, but a vast majority of them are pretty quality, I thought.

I'm surprised people can say that when DS2 exists.

 

[vladdamad]

I really can't wait to delve into the lore behind A

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rchdragon

P

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eak

. The headpiece that the boss wears has some incredibly interesting implications. The whole area has been a wonderful change of pace, although I have no idea how people found this without a guide, the way to get in is very obscure.

 

[Trace]

Ok I think I figured it out

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Extinguish the fires to open the door. Go through the door and you'll find it down the path and off to the right. The boss fight is to the left.

 

[Vuze]

Except for that one lol. Where should I bee heading.

Keep bonfire and straight through the huge door that should be unlocked iirc. You should see the boss area, the bonfire is in the ruins to the right.

 

[KAOz]

So I heard the if you join Rosaria's Fingers covenant some quest lines will be terminated and you will be locked out of an ending. Can anyone confim this? Which quest finish abruptly if you join then?

Yes. That happens.

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Sirras Questline. It stops you from joining her Covenant aswell as gettings rings.

I joined Rosarias at the endgame due to this.

 

[Mutombo]

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Onislayer

is godlike

the what? the katanas?

And question: might be cheesing. But I want to try the Dancer Boss with someone who's, well, good with the dancer boss. I'm not. Level 39 now. I can come back later, of course, but I want to main those dancer weapons.

 

[Soulflarz]

Is

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Irithyll

straight sword worth upgrading?

yes, early on

by the end go back to a longsword+10

 

[TheBear]

Just downloading now. Is there some tips on how to avoid crashes on PC?

 

[Granjinha]

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He's probably talking about the areas right before the Farron boss fight that included a bunch of swamp areas and poison areas while making you light up 3 fires. Just a big pile of mess that whole area is.

oh must be that then, i went straight to the

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cathedral and man that area is fucking INCREDIBLE

Just got to the

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Cathedral of the Deep

and its true, what a step up from the last area this is, although is kinda of a rendition of

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Anor Londo

. Its weird because Souls games being a "lore" heavy game the good areas you can almost feel "Yeah, some weird/depressing things happened here" (Like the

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Cathedral

i am now) but the little forest area was just "nope,

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giant crabs

in an open area and

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some cultists

, deal with this till you get the next good part."

Or maybe im just rambling

Yeah, the one you are right now is amazing. So much stuff going on.

The

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giant crab

one is kinda meh, but i thought it was more of a transitory area? something like that lol

 

[CyberPunked]

Just beat the

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Abyss Watchers

(4th boss). Amazing. Thought I had them after the first phase, but nope. Amazing second phase though.

 

[devonodev]

Dang, I poked around in Undead Settlement for over an hour while kindled and nobody invaded. Kind of assumed there would be some shenanigans there since I've seen some chat about low-level PVP.

Slightly related, what levels are people going into that area? After some dorking around there, sparking a few bonfires, and cashing in some souls, I'm up to 32 I think? Kind of wondering if I'm a little overleveled from some item farming in the last area. Oh, and I only have a couple +1 weapons so far, nothing higher.

I'm up to the 2nd bonfire in the area after that

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Road of Sacrifices

and I'm only level 29, I don't know what level I should be lol

 

[Jobbs]

In JP I thought abyss watchers were easy because I summoned a phantom.

I'm trying to do it without any phantoms right now.

IT'S NOT FUCKING EASY.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Is there any item in the game similar to the transformed Axe from Bloodborne?

 

[Abstrusity]

Quick questions before i go pass out

When I infuse stuff, do I just use titanite to upgrade it from there, or do I upgrade it and then infuse it?

Is it just me, or do backstabs and parries seem t o carry less weight than they have? It might just be post-bloodborne malaise, but the animations and force feedback seem mundane.

Where do I get the helm the firekeeper girl is wearing?

 

[2AdEPT]

Loving the game so far especially on PC with 60 FPS, here is my cheesing the

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Katana guy

video and the first real boss solo with the

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katana

I got from the proceeds.

edit:first tutorial boss with Bandit knife.

 

[silva1991]

Is there any item in the game similar to the transformed Axe from Bloodborne?

No glorious trick weapons in this game.

Quick questions before i go pass out

When I infuse stuff, do I just use titanite to upgrade it from there, or do I upgrade it and then infuse it?

Is it just me, or do backstabs and parries seem t o carry less weight than they have? It might just be post-bloodborne malaise, but the animations and force feedback seem mundane.

Where do I get the helm the firekeeper girl is wearing?

Yes titanite. and if you don't have to upgrade the weapons again after infusing(thank fuck)

yeah, bloodborne critical animation was way way more satisfying

don't think so as far as I know.

 

[vladdamad]

When I infuse stuff, do I just use titanite to upgrade it from there, or do I upgrade it and then infuse it?

From what I understand, upgrading and infusing are two separate processes, like they were in Dark Souls II, that run parallel to each other. So changing the 'type' of your weapon (sharp, raw, fire, etc.) doesn't interfere with your regular titanite upgrade path, meaning that you can infuse your weapon whenever you like.

 

[Orthogonal]

In JP I thought abyss watchers were easy because I summoned a phantom.

I'm trying to do it without any phantoms right now.

IT'S NOT FUCKING EASY.

Summoning always breaks the game. It's definitely tuned to a solo player. AI can't handle more than one person unless they have a devastating AOE attack.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Guys, guys.

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Wolf Knight's Greatsword

or

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Farron Greatsword?

 

[Lee Chaolan]

No glorious trick weapons in this game.



Yes titanite. and if you don't have to upgrade the weapons again after infusing(thank fuck)

yeah, bloodborne critical animation was way way more satisficing

don't think so as far as I know.

Bummer, I loved the reach.

Also, another bummer. The visceral attack was my favorite thing in Bloodborne. Gotta say I'm not enjoying DSIII nearly as much, prefer the Blood Vial system too.

 

[Granjinha]

Yes. That happens.

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Sirras Questline. It stops you from joining her Covenant aswell as gettings rings.

I joined Rosarias at the endgame due to this.

Fuck

 

[toastyToast]

This dude P

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ontiff

S

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ulyvahn

is ridiculous. Just keeps swinging and swinging and swinging. It's like those DS2 dragon knight dudes in boss form. Easily the longest combos I've seen in this series

 

[CyberPunked]

In JP I thought abyss watchers were easy because I summoned a phantom.

I'm trying to do it without any phantoms right now.

IT'S NOT FUCKING EASY.

Just go defensive until the

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3rd gets up and attacks the others, then get a sneaky backstab in

. As for the second part, get good at rolling.

 

[LogicalFallacy]

Guys, guys.

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Wolf Knight's Greatsword

or

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Farron Greatsword?

https://www.youtube.com/user/ZOMBIEHEADZoCOM/videos

This guy has a video of both weapons' movesets. Check them out and see which one is more your style.

 

[Jobbs]

Just go defensive until the

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3rd gets up and attacks the others, then get a sneaky backstab in

. As for the second part, get good at rolling.

I can get to the second part without too much trouble. The problem is he's fucking evil in the second part. There are almost no openings.

 

[co1onel]

This dude P

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ontiff

S

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ulyvahn

is ridiculous. Just keeps swinging and swinging and swinging. It's like those dragon knight dudes in boss form. Easily the longest combos I've seen in this series

Just beat this guy, and he was insane. Easily the hardest boss in the game so far. I had to use my shield a lot during the first phase, and even then I'm not entirely sure how I did it. Second phase was much easier, since they did shorter attacks with big openings.

 

[Jobbs]

I feel like if you wanted the game (in PVE, at least) to be the easiest possible you'd simply raise str high enough to equip the biggest fattest shield ever and then pump everything else into endurance and HP.

 

[zewone]

Really? Care to expand on this?
There are some disappointing bosses, but a vast majority of them are pretty quality, I thought.

Right now the best I can explain is that I find there to be the most "gimmick" bosses where they have to be hit in certain areas or that have to be completed in one particular manner.

There was very few difficult bosses or bosses I enjoyed fighting.

I can think of 3 bosses that were tough and enjoyable.

 

[Ken]

how come sometimes i get summoned but can't go through the boss fog gate even though i beat the boss already. i think it doesnt even give the critical action/battle message?

 

[Impulsor]

Try out the Butcher Knife, it's got "A" scaling right out of the gate. Don't remember when you get it, but it's somewhere near the beginning of the game. You'll also find some clubs and stuff that have decent STR scaling. And later on there's a crazy Greatsword that's got incredible strength scaling. Oh, and dont forget about Infusions! A heavy gem can make any weapon a Strength based weapon! And as you level up infused weapons, the scaling improves.

Never liked the butcher knife. Was outclassed by my deep battle axe way before, and before it ever got a chance to catch up I had already found the greataxe and the

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cathedral Knight

ultra greatsword.

Which by the way, has an awesome moveset and hits like a truck. Gemmed it heavy to scale it better with STR

 

[silva1991]

This dude P

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ontiff

S

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ulyvahn

is ridiculous. Just keeps swinging and swinging and swinging. It's like those DS2 dragon knight dudes in boss form. Easily the longest combos I've seen in this series

Well, unlike the unfair infinite stamina knights this guy is parryable.

parry him the Gwyn way. block the first attack and parry the next one.

second phase should be a cake walk.

 

[Lulubop]

Just bodied

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The Abyss Watchers

. praise the Great Axe

 

[Mutombo]

Oi! i'm at the dancer, i'm going to try and beat her with a great shield. But if someone out there can drop me a better one with 100% absorption, it'd be great as fuck!

 

[Brohan]

I'm glad that i am almost through the

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swamp to farrons keep

, that area is the place of nightmares.

 

[toastyToast]

Well, unlike the unfair infinite stamina knights this guy is parryable.

parry him the Gwyn way. block the first attack and parry the next one.

Come to think of it I haven't parried anything at all in this game. Gonna give it a try. Not sure why it never occurred to me. Those battle art shields had me distracted.

 

[Brian_FETO]

DOTD boss is hilarious holy shit

I'm surprised FROM's engine can handle it as well as it does

 

[Benzychenz]

What should I infuse my Uchigatana with?

Staying at 16 dex for the time being and levelling my int/fth/att for pyromancy.

 

[GamingOblivion]

DOTD boss is hilarious holy shit

I'm surprised FROM's engine can handle it as well as it does

Normally I hate that sort of boss fight but I thought it was fun and clever this time around.

 

[LogicalFallacy]

Right now the best I can explain is that I find there to be the most "gimmick" bosses where they have to be hit in certain areas or that have to be completed in one particular manner.

There was very few difficult bosses or bosses I enjoyed fighting.

I can think of 3 bosses that were tough and enjoyable.

In my memory, there are a total of four bosses in the whole game who fit the 'have to exploit weakpoints' gimmick. Those bosses are

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Yhorm, Deacons of the Deep, Curse-rotted Greatwood, and High Lord Wolnir

. I don't care much for those bosses either (well, not the first two of the list, the latter two are alright), but it's not fair to say they're common.

I agree that most of the bosses weren't too difficult, but I think that's more a result of experience with playing the series than the actual design of the bosses.

The big three final bosses are the best fights in the series, I think. I'm referring to

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Lorian/Lothric, Soul of Cinder, and Nameless King here.

Even though I beat these bosses in a few tries each, they're still designed to be intense fights that test your roll timing versus quick, high damaging strikes. Another late game boss,

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Dragonslayer Armor

, is pretty intense as well. These types of fights have always been the high point of the series, I think.

It's probably true the bosses in the early part of the game aren't great. But the later game bosses are almost all exceptional, with the exception of

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Yhorm.

 

[Soulflarz]

So

...I...want to put this like

Demon=Dark>BB>Dark 3>Dark 2?
Scholar may change my mind on 2

3...just...it's too fanservicey without standing on it's own merits

and it's pathetically easy :x

 

[TatteredHat]

Right now the best I can explain is that I find there to be the most "gimmick" bosses where they have to be hit in certain areas or that have to be completed in one particular manner.

There was very few difficult bosses or bosses I enjoyed fighting.

I can think of 3 bosses that were tough and enjoyable.

I can only think of

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5

bosses that would qualify as gimmick battles, and those were pretty varied among themselves. The rest of the boss battles are straight up brawls.

Can't speak for your enjoyment of course, but I think they struck a good balance. Stuff like

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Champion Gundyr, Nameless King and Soul of Cinder

are some of the best fights in the franchise in my eyes.

Oh and

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Yhorm

is really cool if you complete the NPC questline involved.

 

[MrCookiepants]

No pls I liked it better when you guys were holding the soup pots ;-;