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[The_Hitcher89]

Anyone else on PS4 find that after fully blocking an attack with the shield, it fails to register your attack input for a second?

With the way attack-queuing works, spamming it isn't really an option

Wish I could put block on L2. My L1 is sticky, and its not as comfortable a button to hold down for any extended period as L2 is.

 

[Pops Maellard]

Try to reach a higher point

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and look out for the fires

there. Should be no problem spotting them.

Yeah, super easy to find if you just do a quick loop. Use the dagger weapon art to get around quickly and just bail on that entire shitty area as soon as you can.

 

[Forkball]

I'm guessing this swamp is just full of assholes.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I... kinda liked Farron's Keep. *hangs head*

I figured it was the least offensive poison bog area going, mainly because the poison damage is pretty negligible this time around.
Less gauntlet, more open exploration as well, felt a bit like something you'd do in a Zelda game to open a dungeon.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I... kinda liked Farron's Keep. *hangs head*

All the cool people do tbh

 

[Intheflorsh]

How fucking crazy looking is that

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miniboss in Smouldering Lake

? It's straight out of Dune.

 

[DieNgamers]

Yeah, super easy to find if you just do a quick loop. Use the dagger weapon art to get around quickly and just bail on that entire shitty area as soon as you can.

I really like that area :O

 

[Killer Queen]

Watchdog of Farron best covanent.

 

[Derpot]

I finished the game! \o/

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In fact, I haven't beaten the Nameless King yet ;v;

Okay, I need to take a break and think about all this lol

 

[Sullichin]

Watchdog of Farron best covanent.

Should have tried it when I was lower level. Will probably make a character just to chill there and do that.

 

[Ferr986]

Watchdog of Farron best covanent.

If only it worked for me ;(

 

[Mupod]

Idk I just got instasummoned for Abyss Watcher at Lv. 53. In the last few hours during farming him I always got summoned within a minute or two at Lv 38. 38 is totally within range for

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Abyss Watcher

where were you putting down your sign? I only had any luck leaving mine next to the bonfire.

 

[Dimmle]

I figured it was the least offensive poison bog area going, mainly because the poison damage is pretty negligible this time around.
Less gauntlet, more open exploration as well, felt a bit like something you'd do in a Zelda game to open a dungeon.

Yeah, I feel like I didn't necessarily follow the prescribed order of fires. And there are so many different little enemy biomes to discover/run from. I could take or leave the swamp muck but the design is interesting.

 

[TitusTroy]

Not sure if this was posted yet, but new patch coming this Monday for PC version:

the Greatsword has been my weapon of choice for the past 2 Dark Souls games...I hope they aren't planning on nerfing it

 

[Jobbs]

I'm just entering the place I stopped at in Jp... The pretty place with the doll wall
Breaking new ground!!!

I feel like my broad sword ain't cutting it so much lately. Can't decide if I should switch... Was eyeing the executioners great sword.

 

[super-famicom]

Yeah, I feel like I didn't necessarily follow the prescribed order of fires. And there are so many different little enemy biomes to discover/run from. I could take or leave the swamp muck but the design is interesting.

I loved exploring that area but fuck the enemy that keeps dive kicking you into submission.

 

[Fakeknowledge]

No one knows?

Yeah you need to be kindled to be invaded. To invade you need a red eye orb, an NPC leaning on a throne at Firelink will give you some, and he can lead to a full eye orb (infinite uses) if you follow his quest.

And yeah, the area you're on about is post swamp content, you'll know when you should go there.

 

[E92 M3]

Yeah, poison in this game is essentially negligible. Doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Brian_FETO]

thanks for heads up. I

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lit up the two braziers either size of the door, there's a third one a little way away, have I run past one?

So you

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lit two on opposite sides of the door?

Then yes you skipped one

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When you leave the first bonfire to enter the swamp, there's those islands to the left you follow obviously. Once you go across like 3 islands (maybe 4) there should be one right in front of you. That's the one I missed. The way I originally went for the next one was you just keep following those islands til they run out, then you just go straight and you'll find ground. There's a tower with a Darkwraith. You run by him in the same circle you were following with the islands and you'll find more islands with dumb noodle head things and the next hill to climb. I believe that's the one that leads to the second bonfire

Apologies for not responding sooner

 

[Pops Maellard]

I really like that area :O

I can't say you're wrong, I just hated everything about it. It felt poorly and lazily designed, the enemies were just annoying, and it's decidedly ugly. Something I thought I'd never say about a From game, since making ugly beautiful is their thing.

I was trying to co-op with a friend last night and before we figured out the password thing, someone random summoned me literally just to have me take out the

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three giant skeleton-ish mob

. Dude actually led me over there, stepped back and turned on his mic to tell me to kill them.

 

[bbd23]

well my fps is now all over the place at smouldering lake. sigh

 

[KHlover]

where were you putting down your sign? I only had any luck leaving mine next to the bonfire.

That's where I put mine as well. Anywhere else is like 0% chance to get picked up.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Anyone else on PS4 find that after fully blocking an attack with the shield, it fails to register your attack input for a second?

With the way attack-queuing works, spamming it isn't really an option

Wish I could put block on L2. My L1 is sticky, and its not as comfortable a button to hold down for any extended period as L2 is.

You can just switch it in the system accessibility settings

 

[-Ryn]

Is there a particular mechanic for fighting larger enemies this time around? With the

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Giant Crabs

for example, sometimes they will fall down after I attack them. Is that me hitting them in a specific spot or just a critical hit?

Any help would be great thanks!

 

[Rhaknar]

K

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ing

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of the

S

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torm

lolwhut?

but seriously... what? Game sure is easy guys, super casual videogame

 

[Rizzi]

I have complaints about this game that I want to vent.
I dunno, if you're super sensitive to area descriptions don't click on the spoiler.
So far it kinda feels like the "we just threw a bunch of ideas we've totally never used before together" of Souls game.

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We've got a castle area with a dragon that breathes fire on a bunch of enemies, check. Old village full enemies, check. Generic forest area, check. Cathedral that you have to climb around from the outside, check. Ugly poison swamp that you have to wade through,check. Catacombs with bullshit re-spawning skeletons, you betcha. I fully anticipate there to be a generic lava level at some stage.

Just my two cents.

 

[Dimmle]

I can't say you're wrong, I just hated everything about it. It felt poorly and lazily designed, the enemies were just annoying, and it's decidedly ugly. Something I thought I'd never say about a From game, since making ugly beautiful is their thing.

You must have played a prettier version of Dark Souls 1 and 2 because I can name quite a few areas that are ugly made ugly. I'd say that's a From staple.

 

[jett]

Yeah you need to be kindled to be invaded. To invade you need a red eye orb, an NPC leaning on a throne at Firelink will give you some, and he can lead to a full eye orb (infinite uses) if you follow his quest.

And yeah, the area you're on about is post swamp content, you'll know when you should go there.

Thanks man.

 

[ExVicis]

Uh oh, I'm at the Lake and

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was I supposed to kill Horace? I shot him with an arrow before entering, maybe he wasn't unfriendly until I did.

 

[MilkBeard]

Yeah, I feel like I didn't necessarily follow the prescribed order of fires. And there are so many different little enemy biomes to discover/run from. I could take or leave the swamp muck but the design is interesting.

Yeah I don't get the complaints about it, to be honest. You can run from most of the enemies. The actual poisonous/slow going part is limited to certain areas as well.

 

[Fhtagn]

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Deacons of the Deep

is BY FAR the easiest boss fight of any Souls game, I think. It was easier than Iudex Gundyr.

Depends a lot on what level you are when you hit them. I had to no shield two hand a long weapon to crowd control them because I ended up there early. It's a DPS race against instant death if you don't kill them fast enough.

Not that it was hard exactly, but it was certainly not Covetous Demon level easy.

 

[Fakeknowledge]

What's a good stat layout for a dex/int build?

 

[RandomSeed]

The basilisk ambush is so stupid looking, heh. Tried too hard on that one.

 

[MilkBeard]

I can't say you're wrong, I just hated everything about it. It felt poorly and lazily designed, the enemies were just annoying, and it's decidedly ugly. Something I thought I'd never say about a From game, since making ugly beautiful is their thing.

I was trying to co-op with a friend last night and before we figured out the password thing, someone random summoned me literally just to have me take out the

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three giant skeleton-ish mob

. Dude actually led me over there, stepped back and turned on his mic to tell me to kill them.

Forest of the Fallen Giants says hi(IMO the ugliest Souls area). Also, in fact, the forest from the original Dark Souls. Had some of the ugliest graphics in the game, and was just a big open field with enemies standing in it. Did you forget those areas?

 

[The_Hitcher89]

You can just switch it in the system accessibility settings

Oh cool, thanks

 

[Spine_Ripper]

I... kinda liked Farron's Keep. *hangs head*

Same here. Basically it was an exploration area with

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a few health tanks roaming about

. It was actually kind of relaxing lol

 

[MistressMoitie]

Uh oh, I'm at the Lake and

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was I supposed to kill Horace? I shot him with an arrow before entering, maybe he wasn't unfriendly until I did.

You're good.

I have complaints about this game that I want to vent.
I dunno, if you're super sensitive to area descriptions don't click on the spoiler.
So far it kinda feels like the "we just threw a bunch of ideas we've totally never used before together" of Souls game.

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We've got a castle area with a dragon that breathes fire on a bunch of enemies, check. Old village full enemies, check. Generic forest area, check. Cathedral that you have to climb around from the outside, check. Ugly poison swamp that you have to wade through,check. Catacombs with bullshit re-spawning skeletons, you betcha. I fully anticipate there to be a generic lava level at some stage.

Just my two cents.

This made me laugh because.. reasons. You'll see.

 

[daninthemix]

The basilisk ambush is so stupid looking, heh. Tried too hard on that one.

The ambushes in general are a bit OTT. Literally 50% of the shinies seem to trigger an ambush.

FROM are reduced to basically parodying themselves at this point.

 

[Timeaisis]

I never get invaded anymore or summoned anymore, I think I'm overleveled.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I have complaints about this game that I want to vent.
I dunno, if you're super sensitive to area descriptions don't click on the spoiler.
So far it kinda feels like the "we just threw a bunch of ideas we've totally never used before together" of Souls game.

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We've got a castle area with a dragon that breathes fire on a bunch of enemies, check. Old village full enemies, check. Generic forest area, check. Cathedral that you have to climb around from the outside, check. Ugly poison swamp that you have to wade through,check. Catacombs with bullshit re-spawning skeletons, you betcha. I fully anticipate there to be a generic lava level at some stage.

Just my two cents.

I'd be lying if I didn't stop at one point and consider that Lothric was basically the Dark Souls equivalent to New Super Mario Bros U's world theming.
You've seen it all before only now it's a bit prettier and ever so slightly different!

I mean it works but I was a bit underwhelmed for the most part.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Giant Crabs are bullshit.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Join the Warrior of Light (Sunbro) covenant. Its main purpose is jolly co-operation!

When can I join that Covenant? I'm still in Lothric's castle exploring.

 

[toastyToast]

The ambushes in general are a bit OTT. Literally 50% of the shinies seem to trigger an ambush.

FROM are reduced to basically parodying themselves at this point.

every chest was a mimic

i seriously think this game has double all the other games mimics combined. it's absurd lol

When can I join that Covenant? I'm still in Lothric's castle exploring.

You could join since the Settlement but you can't offer Sunlight Medals till

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Lothric Castle

 

[redflamingolingo]

Giant Crabs are bullshit.

Love me some giant crabs.

They aren't too hard. Gotta constantly roll around them and strike.

 

[Spine_Ripper]

Speaking of the crabs, was I the only that said

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GIANT ENEMY CRAB

when I first saw one?

 

[taybul]

P

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ontiff

down! Hardest fight so far. Also one of those where you find that right strategy it simplifies the fight so much.

 

[Rhaknar]

can you finish the game and still continue? can I leave this

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nameless king

horseshit for later?

 

[Soulflarz]

Hmm that's kinda clever, thanks for telling me

Anytime!

I love this series but From has pushed the current formula of the combat system as far as it can go. Start adding in moves and more complexity and you've got yourself very slow ninja gaiden lol (which is the closest thing to an action game analog to Souls, not DMC. not sure why others are bringing that game up.)

Would love to see them try their hand at a more complex action game. I think they've learned a lot since fucking Ninja Blade lol

Agreed, because the variations in this combat is either...er
Basically, they can make it more an action game, or make every action more weighted, but at the moment, many souls veterans aren't finding a challenge in this...?

can you finish the game and still continue? can I leave this

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nameless king

horseshit for later?

Yes.
In fact, you can beat the final boss and still select all the endings if you save scum.

 

[Ogawa-san]

every chest was a mimic

i seriously think this game has double all the other games mimics combined. it's absurd lol

It'll sound like an exaggeration, but

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I'm pretty sure 1/3 of the chests I found were mimics. Hell, there's even a place with two side by side

.

can you finish the game and still continue? can I leave this

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nameless king

horseshit for later?

Yep, same way it works in DS2.

 

[KdylanR92]

I'm getting a invalid game data has been detected notice but i just bought the game on PC and installed it this morning....