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[Ghost Slayer]

Just beat final boss

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Soul of Cinder
Goddamn what a great fight. I love how they made his moveset

 

[Chuck]

So uh

How do you exit to the main menu?

 

[Rocketz]

Always be sure to double tap. Spoiler warning: early game boss fight.

http://xboxclips.com/ChadDaniel/67d094b8-4e1b-4edc-8dab-ab742a43e8b8

 

[Mman235]

So most DS fans seem to rate DS2 as the worst.

I'm still on my first play through and have reached The Gutter (part of The Pit) and the game is becoming less fun to play. I can't beat the boss in the Iron Keep so I moved to The Pit in the hope it would freshen things up.

Does it pick up after this or should I just move on to DS3?

It's hard to tell what you've already done, but assuming you're talking about SOTFS save Iron Keep for last and go to other areas, as that area is rebalanced to be one you leave until last.

In vanilla DS2 I'd say the second half is worse, but in SOTFS almost everything past the great souls has been improved, not to mention the DLC that's some of the best stuff in the series.

 

[KeRaSh]

Quick question about killing an NPC:

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That lady I rescured from the sewers in Undead Settlement apparently drops the Tower Key that can also be purchased from the Handmaiden. What are the consequences for killing her in the Firelink Shrine besides not being able to make any more purchases from her, not being able to finish her questline and most importantly feeling like a total dick? I really don't want to spend 20k souls on that key...

 

[Augemitbutter]

finally killed AW. i was just lacking a weapon with longer range. that's all.

 

[Jellie]

Late game spoiler I think? Spoils boss name/look so pretty minor?
http://imgur.com/EpOgjhx
got greedy.

 

[Kwansu Dudes]

So uh

How do you exit to the main menu?

System -> Tab with your Character Portrait and Play Time -> Quit

Is this game hard or am I always garbage when I start Souls games?

 

[caesar]

How is day9 so terrible at the game when he has played all 3 souls games?

 

[Rhaknar]

fucking

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Dancer

finally down. Second try this morning, it really helps to go at it fresh doesnt it? I was really going nowhere last night

fucker didnt give me any souls tho, I still have the 40k I had before ;_;

edit: oh wait yes it did, I have 100k now. weird it only updated when I went to the shrine

 

[Opus Angelorum]

It's hard to tell what you've already done, but assuming you're talking about SOTFS save Iron Keep for last and go to other areas, as that area is rebalanced to be one you leave until last.

In vanilla DS2 I'd say the second half is worse, but in SOTFS almost everything past the great souls has been improved, not to mention the DLC that's some of the best stuff in the series.

Okay thanks, Iron Keep really stood out as a being a really bad design.

 

[Menome]

PS4:

Does anybody want to help me duplicate the armour & sword that Y

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uria of Londor

drops when killed?

Will take about 10-15 minutes whilst I fiddle around with copying over save-games, but it means we both end up with a full set for free and can still carry on their quest.

 

[Jellie]

PS4:

Does anybody want to help me duplicate the armour & sword that Y

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uria of Londor

drops when killed?

Will take about 10-15 minutes whilst I fiddle around with copying over save-games, but it means we both end up with a full set for free and can still carry on their quest.

I'd be up for it

 

[Ratrat]

20k key question:

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Was I supposed to give the soul to the firekeeper? Feel like I just wasted 20k souls getting in and im not sure what just happened.

 

[Menome]

I'd be up for it

Cool. I'll PM you in a moment.

 

[Cyborg]

Im in Undead Settlement: Can you guys sum up things I dont want to miss?
Any good weapons? Rings? Convenant?

 

[psychotron]

It's hard to tell what you've already done, but assuming you're talking about SOTFS save Iron Keep for last and go to other areas, as that area is rebalanced to be one you leave until last.

In vanilla DS2 I'd say the second half is worse, but in SOTFS almost everything past the great souls has been improved, not to mention the DLC that's some of the best stuff in the series.

Really? I beat Iron Keep...pretty easily actually. I then went to Sinners Rise and beat that boss. So that means I've beaten one of the toughest areas? Sweet!

 

[ManUnkindH]

I'm on PS4 and I don't know if it's a bug, but some lesser enemies don't drop souls in this iteration? I noticed when killing some undead soldiers in the first area that they didn't give me any...

 

[Rhaknar]

so where was the secret zone down in the

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irithyll dungeon

? clearly I missed it :/

also someone said you could get 2 of the

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equip load rings

but Ive only found one demon that dropped the soul I need, wheres the other?

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Really? I beat Iron Keep...pretty easily actually. I then went to Sinners Rise and beat that boss. So that means I've beaten one of the toughest areas? Sweet!

Based on everything I've read to help with my play-through the Smelter Demon boss is one of the hardest due to his insane AOE fire damage.

I get him to 50% health with the NPC summon, but as soon as he dies I get absolutely wrecked.

 

[Jellie]

Im in Undead Settlement: Can you guys sum up things I dont want to miss?
Any good weapons? Rings? Convenant?

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There's a claymore by the dragon and another weapon in a chest in the room under the dragon I think. Estus shard hidden somewhere, NPC merchant where you need to find his key. A quest line to kill a darkwraith a little later using a key with the door found under the second bonfire. Can't rember the rest of the top of my head but that's the most important I think

 

[psychotron]

Based on everything I've read to help with my play-through the Smelter Demon boss is one of the hardest due to his insane AOE fire damage.

I get him to 50% health with the NPC summon, but as soon as he dies I get absolutely wrecked.

Odd. Maybe it's because I had high fire resistance and got the fire protection ring from the salamander pit, but I killed him on the first try. The hardest part was keeping Lucatille alive, which I did. Maybe I'm not so bad at Souls games, lol.

 

[myco666]

so where was the secret zone down in the

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irithyll dungeon

? clearly I missed it :/

also someone said you could get 2 of the

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equip load rings

but Ive only found one demon that dropped the soul I need, wheres the other?

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It is where you find the dragon torso. You need to progress in the game to be able to access it though.

 

[Danielsan]

I really don't get all the hate for Faron Keep. It's a poison swamp, sure, but it's far easier and shorter than the poison areas in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1.

 

[ogbg]

so where was the secret zone down in the

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irithyll dungeon

? clearly I missed it :/

It's complicated, lol. Read the description on the

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dragon stone thing

and look out for

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the gesture that is described on it

.

 

[Ark]

How are people writing messages with emotes and more than one line? For some reason it just gives me the option of creating messages with one phrase.

 

[dlauv]

Farron Keep was easy and fairly listless. Kind of fun to explore. There's always a white orb in the distance and not all of the swamp bogs you down.

I beat it after beating

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Cathedral

tho, so I was mighty prepared.

 

[dock]

I've been having a great time with Dark Souls 3 after I got past my 'chokepoint'. I couldn't re-find the entrance to the Undead Settlement's sewers. My progress completely halted entirely for a while!

Does anyone else get into situations like this, where they have to kill every creature in an area and explore it thoroughly for a while before they can make progress?

 

[Moff]

where it that fire demon

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you can kill with siegward? must have missed that

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Odd. Maybe it's because I had high fire resistance and got the fire protection ring from the salamander pit, but I killed him on the first try. The hardest part was keeping Lucatille alive, which I did. Maybe I'm not so bad at Souls games, lol.

Yeah I'm missing the Fire Protection Ring which apparently helps a lot.

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

I'm kind of tired of

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swampy/lakey

areas in this game.

Too much of them, IMO.

too much there are only 5?!! Maybe you will enjoy them more if from software make you move even slowly them!

 

[Augemitbutter]

I really don't get all the hate for Faron Keep. It's a poison swamp, sure, but it's far easier and shorter than the poison areas in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1.

was my first thought: Demon's game me a harder time.

 

[Rhaknar]

yay 2 developments from firelink, possible late game spoilers

1 - the

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thief isnt depressed about the woman's bone anymore and is selling again, so I can get my fire arrows on. Also he said if I wanted to send him out to get stuff and I said yes?

2 - the

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darkmoon lady says my bride is waiting for me lolwhut? I actually have that bonfire where that chick in white was in anor londo so I guess ill go talk to her?

 

[Impulsor]

too much there are only 5?!! Maybe you will enjoy them more if from software make you move even slowly them!

That is the precise reason I find them annoying!

 

[Vuze]

20k key question:

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Was I supposed to give the soul to the firekeeper? Feel like I just wasted 20k souls getting in and im not sure what just happened.

Doing so will

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trigger a certain NPC to leave

and

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make one of the endings unavailable.

 

[Shredderi]

Question about a Ring: Is

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Carthus Milkring mostly a pvp ring or does the brief invisibility give more dodge frames?

 

[Rhaknar]

hmmm that white dress lady was just a covenent, she doesnt want to

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marry me

!

also I told her

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I cant fly

, did I fuck up?

 

[Yoshichan]

I won't ever be able to return to console versions of this game after I "tried" the PC version on max@60 for 10 hours yesterday. fuck.

 

[Syder]

I've been noticing on various visits to Firelink that if I try to leave the main hub there's a fog wall that lasts about 30 seconds blocking the way out, like to the tower part and the outside in general. Is this an intentional choice or a bug?

 

[Shredderi]

I won't ever be able to return to console versions of this game after I "tried" the PC version on max@60 for 10 hours yesterday. fuck.

This is true. It is a huge difference.

I've been noticing on various visits to Firelink that if I try to leave the main hub there's a fog wall that lasts about 30 seconds blocking the way out, like to the tower part and the outside in general. Is this an intentional choice or a bug?

My guess is that it has something to do with loading the area.

 

[RazorUK]

I've been noticing on various visits to Firelink that if I try to leave the main hub there's a fog wall that lasts about 30 seconds blocking the way out, like to the tower part and the outside in general. Is this an intentional choice or a bug?

I believe this is an intentional choice by the developers to make Firelink Shrine load faster by only loading the inside of the map, as players are often warping back to this location.

If you want to go outside then you have to wait for the rest of the map to load, which is when the fog gate disappears.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

I won't ever be able to return to console versions of this game after I "tried" the PC version on max@60 for 10 hours yesterday. fuck.

did you scratch the code off this copy, too? 🌚

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

I've been having a great time with Dark Souls 3 after I got past my 'chokepoint'. I couldn't re-find the entrance to the Undead Settlement's sewers. My progress completely halted entirely for a while!

Does anyone else get into situations like this, where they have to kill every creature in an area and explore it thoroughly for a while before they can make progress?

I tend to do that expect when I run to the boss.

 

[Yoshichan]

did you scratch the code off this copy, too? ��

Still no responses from the shit heads at Namco. I borrowed a friends through family share.

 

[InternHertz]

I won't ever be able to return to console versions of this game after I "tried" the PC version on max@60 for 10 hours yesterday. fuck.

I'll have to when the DLC packs come around, but man the difference is so staggering.
It's not the graphics, and I don't even mind the framerate.

But the responsiveness of the controls is what seals the deal man, it's so quick and...well, RESPONSIVE that it's a joy to play.
On PS4 I have input lag that really messes me up sometimes.
On PC, no input lag at all.

Just for this point alone is the PC the superior one.

 

[silva1991]

20k key question:

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Was I supposed to give the soul to the firekeeper? Feel like I just wasted 20k souls getting in and im not sure what just happened.

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It's to cure hollowing(and that prevents one of the endings)

make sure to atleast get the estus ring from that tower.

 

[vac]

where it that fire demon

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you can kill with siegward? must have missed that

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In the undead settlement, where you first meet him coming up the lift. Jump on the same lift and as it goes up, about halfway is another level you can jump to, he will be sitting around there.

 

[takriel]

I'll have to when the DLC packs come around, but man the difference is so staggering.
It's not the graphics, and I don't even mind the framerate.

But the responsiveness of the controls is what seals the deal man, it's so quick and...well, RESPONSIVE that it's a joy to play.
On PS4 I have input lag that really messes me up sometimes.
On PC, no input lag at all.

Just for this point alone is the PC the superior one.

I'll never understand people who can't see the difference between responsiveness at 30 vs 60 fps, man. But that's another debate.
PC version is clearly the way to go here.

 

[_Legacy_]

I'm at the

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Cathedral

, I know that attacking the

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giants in chains will nullify the peace deal I made with the giant archer

but will I be crossing paths with him again?

 

[GavinGT]

You know how the game queues up actions while you're rolling? Like if you drink a flask or slash while rolling, it will perform the action after the roll is done. Is that new to DS3?