OniBarubary
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Oh my god this boss fight is so fun
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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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Pops Maellard
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This makes me feel slightly better after seeing pages of people who are like 25 hours in and almost done with the game. I'm level 47 and 28 hours in, but I feel super behind compared to a lot of you guys.
It's pretty solid. There's a super cool slide move that it does, but the dex requirements are kind of insane. It also requires titanite scales to reinforce, which are stupidly hard to find IMO.
EVA UNIT 01
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Is the road to farron located through the sacrificial path?
You enjoy the game amd take it in slowly. The best way. The only way. The true way. The Souls way.
It's particularly amusing when there are those purple mad phantoms also running around, since you never really know who they're going to target, or turn on. Just chaos.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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When you reach the bottom of the hill past all the
lance guys
Dat giant enemy crab!
two unique NPC enemies
Ghostmaster
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CMojicaAce
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Welp, I got stuck.
gg Miyazaki, gg.
gg Miyazaki, gg.
WhiskerFrisker
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How good is the Farron's Greatsword?
LurkerPrime
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I live to serve the madness.
Hikami
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Welp, I got stuck.
gg Miyazaki, gg.
I got stuck there too. There was even a message before it saying "beware of trap"
Strife In a Teacup
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Wow that bonfire crashing, the struggle is real (had lighting at low since I started per comments). Still, liking it better than DS2 already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICvTZ0k0--8
I fucking love this game you guys.
(Slight location spoilers for F
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I fucking love this game you guys.
(Slight location spoilers for F
arron
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Juke Joint Jezebel
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Nope, his sign should be back where you originally found it, failing that, rest at a bonfire and check again.
I beat it at 84.
Yeah I feel the same. I'm taking my sweet ass time just exploring everywhere in great detail. If it's anything like the other ones, I'll be at least 60 hours total when I beat the game. Maybe 80. Who knows how long it'll take to platinum it.
OniBarubary
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Are there any sidequest NPC phantom summons like DS2's Mirrah or Benhart? As in to continue their story you have to summon them for a boss battle?
TimeEffect
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You guys are finishing this game already? 30 hours?
Is this shorter than the other titles? I recall spending double that time in Dark Souls 1 to get to the ending
Is this shorter than the other titles? I recall spending double that time in Dark Souls 1 to get to the ending
Took me 60 for Dark Souls 1, 30 for Bloodborne, and it looks like I'm on track to finish this in 30.
I had a really hard time figuring out where to go in DS1, I spent probably 20 hours of that wandering around completely lost, where I haven't had that issue in subsequent games.
I've just gotten used to the formula, is all. If DS1 wasn't my introduction to the series, probably would have taken me 30-40. I played it when I wasn't familiar with the games and took it really slow. I think they may have gotten a tiny bit shorter, but not by much.
Augemitbutter
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i usually don't leave an area until i've explored every corner. need. loot.
TimeEffect
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Ghostmaster
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It's a really cool idea, but you can clearly see that they nerfed them a lot. Probably would have been near impossible for melee builds if they were tougher.
Oh yeah, when I got to that area I couldn't stop pvping there.
Hell, who am I kidding, I'm still there pvping. The massive battles are so damn good.
RadioJoNES64
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LegalEagleMike
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dank souls
The Da
has crazy fucking combo strings, up to 8 consecutive swings -- I thought P
S
had long combos, this is fucking nuts. Funnily enough it's the only super lethal attack the Da
has though, that and the one-hit-kill grab, it's such a strange fight, it remains passive for extended periods for a lot of the time -- the boss is psyching me out with it's passivity.
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Took me 100 hours to beat Dark Souls 2. Granted I was new to Souls and had absolutely no idea what I was doing. 50 more hours to platinum it, before DLC.
Bloodborne was at least 50 hours. 2nd half was easy and Blood currency meant nothing and given away as Candy.. Prob 70 total to platinum it. I'll have to double check my times.
DK2: SotFS took me 80 hours to platinum it and get all. Knew everything but 2 of it's last DLCs.
At current rate, I can see this taking me a month with at least 60 hours, maybe 80 to beat it.
Bloodborne was at least 50 hours. 2nd half was easy and Blood currency meant nothing and given away as Candy.. Prob 70 total to platinum it. I'll have to double check my times.
DK2: SotFS took me 80 hours to platinum it and get all. Knew everything but 2 of it's last DLCs.
At current rate, I can see this taking me a month with at least 60 hours, maybe 80 to beat it.
nah, theres a cell in the room where you can fall like 3 floors?
KZXcellent
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I just ran past it, the bonfire is like 1 room away.
Tell me about. I'm so used to rolling everywhere and this boss just throws that mindset out of the window. The thing is extremely unpredictable, for me at least.
If you run back up to the tunnel, the fire demon will follow you and glitch through the wall, falling to its death.
copelandmaster
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Did some low level PvP vs Mount guys for 2 hours or so.
The whip class of weaponry in this game has potential, but not as a primary attack weapon, and not on its own.
Unfortunately, because this game is built on the base of DS1, you're character isn't ambidextrous. He/she holds the damn thing up like a shield when you press L1, and uses the R1 moveset when you press L2.
Meaning the whip has to go in the right, while your primary actually goes on your left. Fortunately, you can 2H your LH & RH weapon and get some functionality back, including each weapon art (depending on which one your 2Hing). It's DS2's problem with weapons like the Caestus becoming pary tools in the LH, but way worse.
Anywho - SL13, +2 Fire Whip RH, +2 Fire Axe LH
The Impact weapon art has the weirdest goddamn hitbox I've ever seen, to its benefit. It's all around you on startup and looks 5ft off the end of the whip in every direction at the end. I was able to easily hit, chip damage (fire gem), and keep my opponent on their toes with it. OK damage.
The Primary attack is absolutely bad, but good for combo chasing opponent/mixups after cutting into them with your LH weapon. OK damage.
The Heavy attack is a huge horizontal swing with excellent damage that you can chain. Good Shit, wish I didn't have to put the weapon in my RH slot to use it.
In summary:
DS1 - absolute garbage
DS2 - GODLIKE
DS3 - Jank as hell, but potential is there
The whip class of weaponry in this game has potential, but not as a primary attack weapon, and not on its own.
Unfortunately, because this game is built on the base of DS1, you're character isn't ambidextrous. He/she holds the damn thing up like a shield when you press L1, and uses the R1 moveset when you press L2.
Meaning the whip has to go in the right, while your primary actually goes on your left. Fortunately, you can 2H your LH & RH weapon and get some functionality back, including each weapon art (depending on which one your 2Hing). It's DS2's problem with weapons like the Caestus becoming pary tools in the LH, but way worse.
Anywho - SL13, +2 Fire Whip RH, +2 Fire Axe LH
The Impact weapon art has the weirdest goddamn hitbox I've ever seen, to its benefit. It's all around you on startup and looks 5ft off the end of the whip in every direction at the end. I was able to easily hit, chip damage (fire gem), and keep my opponent on their toes with it. OK damage.
The Primary attack is absolutely bad, but good for combo chasing opponent/mixups after cutting into them with your LH weapon. OK damage.
The Heavy attack is a huge horizontal swing with excellent damage that you can chain. Good Shit, wish I didn't have to put the weapon in my RH slot to use it.
In summary:
DS1 - absolute garbage
DS2 - GODLIKE
DS3 - Jank as hell, but potential is there
Damm Bloodborne and my memories of Dark Souls 1 really took the edge of this game for me. Just beat my 7th boss so far and i've gotta say DS3 has been a pretty big let down boss wise so far.
Of the 7 i've faced, 3 (4 if i'm being brutally honest) have been mega enemy with gank squad crew. Perhaps my memory of DS1 is fuzzy but i certainly don't remember as many gank squad bosses overall (Someone correct me if i'm wrong but i remember a total of 6 or so bosses that were 2+v1 and even then i'd probably say
would be the only real gank squad bosses) and considering these are just the first 7 i sure hope there aren't more like that overall. It's not quite DS2 levels but it might get there, it's even more noticeable coming straight from Bloodborne. Barring
which i intensely disliked the rest were all pretty cool, even the ones that had minions running around attacking you.
The
has been the standout so far in terms of boss battles in this game for me.
were pretty good also, the rest have ranged from average to borderline trash.
Plus there are some things that are just annoying for the sake of it, The
Being a sorcerer can be.... punishing to say the least in this lol.
Iudex
Vordt
Greatwood
Crystal Sage
Abyss Watchers
High Lord Wolnir
Stray Demon
Vordt
Greatwood
Crystal Sage
Abyss Watchers
High Lord Wolnir
Stray Demon
Of the 7 i've faced, 3 (4 if i'm being brutally honest) have been mega enemy with gank squad crew. Perhaps my memory of DS1 is fuzzy but i certainly don't remember as many gank squad bosses overall (Someone correct me if i'm wrong but i remember a total of 6 or so bosses that were 2+v1 and even then i'd probably say
Nito, the Capra Demon and Pinwheel
Micolash and Laurence the First Vicar
The
Abyss Watchers
Ludex and Vort
Plus there are some things that are just annoying for the sake of it, The
old wolf bonfire in Farron for example. Why is the ladder down right into a cluster of whatever those slug things are and mobs mobs almost everywhere.
DoubleTake
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Im sorry but the Pontiff is bullshit. Theres never any opening for attacking. And the tells are horrible.
He can be parried. Try blocking the first attack and parrying the second.
I'm running two handed Ultra Greatswords, so yeah, rolling is crucial, the I-frame increasing ring helps. I managed to roll through one full string once, all 6 or so swings, although that run didn't go much further.
I wonder if a shield would even help in this fight, I doubt I can block 6 swings without my defense being broken.
I haven't found one -- but using the quickstep weapon skill on daggers lets you dash through swamps and deep water I believe.
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