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[InternHertz]

If You

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finish his questline, I believe you will get his armor set at the end. Or rather after you summon onion bro to help fight yhorm the gaintz

You don't even need to

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summon him because it automatically happens if you did the questline up to there.

 

[Hasemo]

I saw a few posts about the patch 1.04, which is coming on the 18th.
Didn't see any details. Patch 1.04 addresses the following:
General Great Swords balancing, some specific weapon changes, bugfixes (including not being able to use certain items in certain locations after clearing the game), general balance changes.

 

[KHlover]

lol host just died on me juuust before the final hit. I got souls but no medal or ember.

 

[Mupod]

made the mistake of booting the game up at 12:15 last night 'just to check something'. Now I'm at work on 4 hours of sleep. Fuck.

But hey I've got rings now.

 

[toastyToast]

RIP Sunbro bro

I didn't unlock

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Archdragon Peak

because, you know, I'm not insane so anyway I made my way through there and beat the

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Ancient Wyvern

literally a second after I get

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teleported

I get invaded and since they were on the way in I couldn't go spend my souls so I summoned someone (for the first time this game) so I could beat that fool senseless. Good thing I did because that next room had crazy shit including

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motherf-ing Havel

so we clear that room and dude is like, "Fuck it" so we go through all the way to the next bonfire. Shit hits like a truck so we're chugging estus' like they're going out of fashion. Anyway we make it past the next bonfire so it's might as well continue really. We clear this big ass gauntlet of enemies and I get the

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dragon torso

cool! While that was going on someone else invades and on the way back I decide I'll check if there are any items stashed in a couple corners. As soon as I turn my back, DEAD. I was all out of Estus too so it was a legit fight. Avenged my radiant bro with maybe one hit left on me and then I got killed by a stupid rock thing a second later smh

 

[E92 M3]

I saw a few posts about the patch 1.04, which is coming on the 18th.
Didn't see any details. Patch 1.04 addresses the following:
General Great Swords balancing, some specific weapon changes, bugfixes (including not being able to use certain items in certain locations after clearing the game), general balance changes.

Thanks, I don't use great swords, but hopefully my favorite weapons don't get nerfed. This game has been getting patched a lot.

 

[ogbg]

I saw a few posts about the patch 1.04, which is coming on the 18th.
Didn't see any details. Patch 1.04 addresses the following:
General Great Swords balancing, some specific weapon changes, bugfixes (including not being able to use certain items in certain locations after clearing the game), general balance changes.

That's pretty major. Great Swords do seem kind of OP from what I've seen though

 

[Nova Bovington]

Sure, if you want access to a

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friend

early on.

Thanks, I'll do that then. I can always grind a bit if I need the levels. Don't need 20k worth of levels right now anyway

 

[Queen of Hunting]

they arent even fixing the bonfire bug

The 1.03.1 update for Dark Souls III will be deployed on STREAM on April 18th at 11am CEST/2am PST It won’t require any maintenance downtime:

The update will include the following changes:

・ Performance adjustment for “Greatsword”
・ Battle performance adjustment for “Dancer’s Enchanted Sword”, “Winged Knight Twinaxes”
・ Performance adjustment for “Soul’s Greatsword”, and “Farron Flashsword”
・ Fix for issue where multiple items become impossible to use at “Road of Sacrifices”, “Farron Keep”, “Cathedral of the Deep” after clearing the game.
・ General balance adjustments and bug fixes

 

[Footos22]

Where do I get this sword? I just made it to Undead Valley.

I got it from the

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Darkwraith

underneath the highwall tower bonfire. down the lift the first time I killed him, dunno if he respawns or not. used it for a bit seems good but I like my bleed dmg on my uchi too much. Thanks miyazki for making bleed good again. fu ds2

 

[33-Hit-Combo]

How far through the game am I if I have reached A

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nor

L

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ondo

?

 

[purg3]

I saw a few posts about the patch 1.04, which is coming on the 18th.
Didn't see any details. Patch 1.04 addresses the following:
General Great Swords balancing, some specific weapon changes, bugfixes (including not being able to use certain items in certain locations after clearing the game), general balance changes.

Hmm, I wonder if they are going to change long swords as well, either lower damage or increase stamina use per swing. I expect a damage nerf for ASS. Weapon is OP for getting it so early in the game.

Edit just read above, probably not then.

 

[ced]

I didn't get a chance to play last night, can't wait to get back into it tonight. I'm in Undead Settlement and really want a great sword, I loved the holy blade in BB.

 

[Audioboxer]

I saw a few posts about the patch 1.04, which is coming on the 18th.
Didn't see any details. Patch 1.04 addresses the following:
General Great Swords balancing, some specific weapon changes, bugfixes (including not being able to use certain items in certain locations after clearing the game), general balance changes.

General balancing = nerf central

 

[GorillaJu]

why am I banging my head against some of these bosses when I can just summon and be done with? to say I did it? for internet praise?

yes im angry lol >_<

because if you want a challenge, you play solo

 

[daxy]

Are we also talking Ultra Greatswords then? (re: patch)

 

[Chilli_Axe]

Managed to beat wolnir and crystal sage at level 1 but windows 10 ate my recordings

 

[kayos90]

Why would they nerf Greatswords? I actually feel like it's relatively balanced considering how much stamina they take and how much damage they do. If anything, the longswords feel overpowered considering how much damage they do for the swiftness and stamina.

 

[Rhaknar]

because if you want a challenge, you play solo

I dont tho thats the thing lol. Most bosses in DS2 I co-oped I didnt give a fuck. I never killed O&S solo in DS1, why am I caring this time.

Im not thats what. Just killed

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Champion Gundyr

with the npc summon (the

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uchikatana npc you kill outside firelink

), I just couldnt be arsed anymore and was actually getting angry for the first time (I didnt get angry with

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pontiff

or

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dancer

for example even tho I died a bunch of times, just flustered) and I hate getting angry with videogames, thats not the point lol

 

[FaintDeftone]

Man

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Vordt

was a super easy boss, but for some reason he killed my ass a good 4 or 5 times. My first attempt I got him down to a quarter health easily and I kept making stupid mistakes and he got me. Every other attempt afterwards I had him almost dead and I got too greedy. Then I figured out what he was doing in his second phase to trip me up and I went in and destroyed him. The journey to him was much harder than the boss itself.

 

[zma1013]

made the mistake of booting the game up at 12:15 last night 'just to check something'. Now I'm at work on 4 hours of sleep. Fuck.

But hey I've got rings now.

I feel ya. "I've got 5 minutes until I need to go to bed, I think I'll just check and see what's down this path."

2 boss later... "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..."

 

[Nova Bovington]

I didn't get a chance to play last night, can't wait to get back into it tonight. I'm in Undead Settlement and really want a great sword, I loved the holy blade in BB.

You're in luck then, because the sword that Ludwig's Holy Blade is based on has been part of every game From Software has made since it was introduced in King's Field.

 

[Sylas]

You don't even need to

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summon him because it automatically happens if you did the questline up to there.

And it's boss as fuck.

 

[xCaptainCanadax]

I started playing a Sorcerer in this like I did in Ds2 but so far im not having near as much fun. I just feel so weak.

 

[zma1013]

Wonder of they are going to buff magic any?

 

[Itchy//Tasty]

Fucking swamp.

Equip a dagger and use the quick move sword art to zip around the swamp quickly. Makes the whole area much more manageable.

 

[Killer Queen]

I fully admit I have taken the coward's way out in regards to fighting bosses.

I've taken down three bosses, excluding the tutorial boss, and have beaten them all via jolly cooperation. Though with the

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Nutsack Tree

boss my partner died shortly after the arena caved in and I had to finish it off alone.

Also I feel like I'm at a good place with my weapons. I finally got a shortbow, switched out hand ax for upgraded Brigand axe and upgraded my pyro magic. Weakening enemies long before they get to me is now my style, least for this character.

I told myself I'd beat the bosses in this game without co-operation on my first playthrough.
I lied to myself. But in my defense I'm trying to work on the build I'm used to.

 

[Hasemo]

Are we also talking Ultra Greatswords then? (re: patch)

Patch notes mention the Great Sword (&#22823;&#21091 category. Since Ultra Great Swords have a separate category (&#29305;&#22823;&#21091, I don't think they will be affected as a whole.

Specific Ultra Great Swords (or any other weapons) might be affected, but probably not all of them. Only 4 weapons are listed for balance changes, but I'm too lazy to look up their proper names and rough translations might be confusing.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Bought the key for

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20k and there is only a Firekeeper Souls or did I miss something else?

 

[myco666]

That's pretty major. Great Swords do seem kind of OP from what I've seen though

What Greatswords seem OP? Used Zweihander a lot but it was ass against bosses. For regular enemies and mobs it is decent though.

 

[Fermbiz]

Someone mentioned before the "Dark Souls challenge". Every time you die, you do push-ups. I've been doing 20 push-ups after every death. Very helpful with long play sets &#128170;

 

[Alavard]

Bought the key for

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20k and there is only a Firekeeper Souls or did I miss something else?

There's more. Check what you can fall to with your new access.

 

[toastyToast]

I dont tho thats the thing lol. Most bosses in DS2 I co-oped I didnt give a fuck. I never killed O&S solo in DS1, why am I caring this time.

That's kind of the right way to do it and in way you know that you'd be more satisfied doing it solo than with help. The bosses in this series game don't know how to fight more than one person. Like, it's broken. I bet even with a 50% penalty to your offensive power it'd still be easier. Why they don't balance the boss encounters to take roughly the same time as it scales with people I don't know. DS2 tried to have those coop areas/bosses but the way they bumped the difficulty was just making it more difficult to solo so that it'd be marginally less simple when in coop. It's too late for them to figure out now but I've always felt the bosses are meant to be played 1-on-1 at the very least because they can't properly aggro on more than one person.

 

[Mendrox]

Magic/Faith buff never

 

[Roussow]

Got past the D

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ancer

in my main game as a Strength character, at this point I thought I'd start a new character, something slightly different just to try things. Picked a sorcerer to see if a magic character was as miserable compared to other roles as I had heard. Had a pretty great time, enjoying it quite a lot. Got up to C

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rucifixion

W

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oods

, found the

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sorcery

npc, then called it a day. Had a bit of trouble with the third

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tree

boss, not being able to target weak points was a massive issue, had to resort to primary using my magic buff on a Great Scythe to actually be able to do some real damage. Other than that minor grind, it seems pretty playable. Did sorcery get a buff in one of the more recent patches? Or does it get worse from here?

 

[Moff]

I started playing a Sorcerer in this like I did in Ds2 but so far im not having near as much fun. I just feel so weak.

sorceror and miracler is weak until endgame, pyro is fine

 

[ramyeon]

Boss spoiler.

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Deacons of the Deep

down first time around - pretty harmless really. Not looking forward to moving on to that

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poisonous swamp

though...

 

[Hasemo]

Magic/Faith buff never

"General balance changes", believe. :d
Although in all seriousness, I think they would mention specifics in the patch notes if they were doing a general overhaul of magic/miracles.

 

[E92 M3]

they arent even fixing the bonfire bug

Might be in the general bug fix category

 

[ogbg]

What Greatswords seem OP? Used Zweihander a lot but it was ass against bosses. For regular enemies and mobs it is decent though.

From what I've seen

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FUGS, CKGS

. I know

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FUGS

has already been nerfed but I feel like the damage isn't the biggest issue, it's the fact that you can stagger almost everything. Maybe it's more a problem of not giving enemies enough poise to be fair.

 

[ElFly]

Is it worth buying the Tower Key early on?

Well, you can get half its advantages for free if you take a jump onto the ceiling from a tree; it is a difficult jump, but I made it in ten minutes of trying or so, maybe less.

If you cannot or don't want to go around cheesing the game on this, sure it is worth it.

Just beat a boss and then farm a few souls, sell some items and you should be set. The second half of the advantages is also ok.

 

[Lakitu]

When can I get the FUGS? I already beat his first invasion and I'm waiting for his next one I guess...

 

[Rhaknar]

That's kind of the right way to do it and in way you know that you'd be more satisfied doing it solo than with help. The bosses in this series game don't know how to fight more than one person. Like, it's broken. I bet even with a 50% penalty to your offensive power it'd still be easier. Why they don't balance the boss encounters to take roughly the same time as it scales with people I don't know. DS2 tried to have those coop areas/bosses but the way they bumped the difficulty was just making it more difficult to solo so that it'd be marginally less simple when in coop. It's too late for them to figure out now but I've always felt the bosses are meant to be played 1-on-1 at the very least because they can't properly aggro on more than one person.

but its more satisfying for you. you also finished the game in 20 hours or whatever it was. you are obviously good at the game, I am not.

When I killed

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Pontiff

and especially

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Dancer

, I didnt feel happy. I didnt feel like I acomplished anything, I just felt relief that that shit was done with. Im not "that" guy that craves challenges. I play my games on normal. Hell I would play these games on normal if there was such a thing lol.

anyway, do we know how much more dmg we take from using the

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prisoner band

? These black knights are wrecking my shit but they usually wreck my shit regardless so I cant tell how much more dmg im taking from the ring lol

 

[zeromcd73]

Finished. Took me about 30 hours even though

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looking at the Boss wiki I missed thhat Dragon Peak place.

 

[ogbg]

When can I get the FUGS? I already beat his first invasion and I'm waiting for his next one I guess...

It's not too far from there. Do you want to know the location or do you want to find it out?

 

[Killer Queen]

but its more satisfying for you. you also finished the game in 20 hours or whatever it was. you are obviously good at the game, I am not.

When I killed

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Pontiff

and especially

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Dancer

, I didnt feel happy. I didnt feel like I acomplished anything, I just felt relief that that shit was done with. Im not "that" guy that craves challenges. I play my games on normal. Hell I would play these games on normal if there was such a thing lol.

anyway, do we know how much more dmg we take from using the

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prisoner band

? These black knights are wrecking my shit but they usually wreck my shit regardless so I cant tell how much more dmg im taking from the ring lol

You are playing on normal

 

[Label]

Shit just killed

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Abyss Watchers

and the guy that gives me 5 free levels is dead, not used them yet, feels bad man...

 

[Benzychenz]

Guys don't laugh but I died twice to D

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eacons of the Deep.

 

[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...

Guys? :|

 

[bakerbakes]

Someone mentioned before the "Dark Souls challenge". Every time you die, you do push-ups. I've been doing 20 push-ups after every death. Very helpful with long play sets &#128170;

Summer bod sunbro!

But, yup been doing this with most games that encourage long play sessions. Feels good man.

Still trying to max out and hit that 100 push up mark once a day. Tips and tricks; different kinds of push ups.