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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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Audioboxer
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No it only buffs the sword.
I've definitely noticed this a few times...I've even started to run away from the person to attack the host because I thought the summoned phantom was dead...and then they estus to full and I'm sitting there puzzled.
LiquidSword
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You're right. It's confusing because the Black Knight Sword is actually a greatsword and looking it up it seems the Black Knight Greatsword is actually an ultra greatsword. Lol
Damn, okay. Is there a good place around to farm souls?
I think the 20 seconds i spent listening to the sounds coming from the room before going through the fog gate were scarier than the actual fight.
SkylineRKR
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Puppy is huge as fuck. Weighs in at 16.0. Great moveset. Its an UGS for sure.
What a disappointing weapon. The moveset is cool but totally useless for PVP.
LeeRoyBrown
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Shot him to death with arrows... Didn't even have fight him. All of those bosses are useless.
super-famicom
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I might infuse the Esc, it feels a bit more versatile than rapier. I do have a lot of other Dex weapons, but I think they're all in storage so I forgot which ones I have. Don't think I have Warden Twinblades, will check those out! How is Pontiff Curved Sword?
SkylineRKR
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Ferron Keep rocks for farming.
BK UGS, Dark Sword, Heavy Gems farm galore. And enemies kill eachother.
Dark Sword is a bit faster, A str scaling when heavy infused. Really great weapon
AmethystEnd
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I'm not the best person to ask. I've only seriously used katana type weapons the entire game. But yeah, you're right about it being a really nostalgic parallel to Demon's Souls Pure Bladestone farming, because I also pure bladestoned my Uchigatana in Demon's.
Damn, the nostalgia.
The Henery
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Absolutely loving this game so far but I've got to call out the absurd decision to mimic DS2 in only allowing levelling up at the hub. Completely breaks the immersion when I have to sit through a couple loading screens just to cash in my souls. Why was this ever changed from DS1?
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Co-op has made my second run so much fun, so glad we tried it.
dealer-
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Great, thankyou!
DS1 is the abnormal one here. It's the only one of these games to not have a Nexus Maiden character.
They're actually copying Demon's Souls, not Dark 2.
Yep, get the dark sword and infuse it. I also had a good time with the butcher's knife while it lasted, but dark sword is where it's at.
Audioboxer
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AmethystEnd
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As Sullichin stated, Dark Souls 1 is the only different one. Demon's came before it and had an npc you leveled at.
Worldshaker
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The speed running community goes by the in game clock, and opening a big door for example takes like 5 seconds for the animation to go through before you gain control of your character. By starting the animation and quitting the game you can just reload without losing any time.
So they save a very small amount of time essentially since the games loading screen is not counted against their time. It's very minor and only for min/maxing your time.
It could also be so enemies are not on your ass after you reload? I guess I'd have to rewatch and pay attention more.
Riposte
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Funny because I took the hard ass way and found that out by accident while fighting something else and falling. I felt relief, then embarrassment.There is a path underneath; look carefully
What's the best weapon for Chaos Infusion? I'm a pyromancer but also like to melee. Dex is 18, Str 16 but I could respec to drop Str some and/or take up Dex even higher. The main weapons I have used are a refined Dark Sword and an Astora Great Sword. My Int/Faith isn't too high yet so Chaos damage doesn't seem to be that much better than refined but I do plan on raising Int/Faith to 40/40 which warrants switching over.
For spells so far I've really only been using Chaos Fire Orb and soon will be getting Dark Fire Orb for fire resistant mobs, plus I use the fire weapon buff spell. But the fire weapon buff wont work on any chaos-infused weapons so I'm not sure what else to use once I get my Attunement for 4 slots (Chaos Fire Orb, black fire orb, ?).
For spells so far I've really only been using Chaos Fire Orb and soon will be getting Dark Fire Orb for fire resistant mobs, plus I use the fire weapon buff spell. But the fire weapon buff wont work on any chaos-infused weapons so I'm not sure what else to use once I get my Attunement for 4 slots (Chaos Fire Orb, black fire orb, ?).
SuperStiltzkin
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Well it took them a couple games, but they finally tapped into my biggest fear: Worms. Just a writhing mass of em. A whole area themed around them. I mean, they got close a couple times. There were slugs and leech things in past games, but those didn't creep me out as much. But this shit right here? Fuck I have a hard time getting through it. Not cause it's difficult, but I just get creeped out. I may have to summon for this area.
AmethystEnd
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It will be buyable infinitely near the end of the game.
Freezasaurus
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Just beat
on try #2. Really beautiful fight. It's all about patience, and we spent more time just circling each other than actually fighting.
Also bought the armor from the merchant after the fight. So rad.
Dancer
Also bought the armor from the merchant after the fight. So rad.
Well, I'm in
and have spent most of this evening getting to the second proper bonfire.
The main enemies there are so quick that even fast-rolling is useless against them. It's a case of "Learn To Parry" or you're done for. Thank goodness for the Parrying Dagger.
Ithryll of the Boreal Valley
The main enemies there are so quick that even fast-rolling is useless against them. It's a case of "Learn To Parry" or you're done for. Thank goodness for the Parrying Dagger.
I love Souls games with Passion, but if I have to retry a boss 5+ times I'll just summon and be done with it, my gaming time is too little and too precious to waste.
Oh yeah, especially the mask.
If you mean their shops, all npcs reset in NG+ including their wares. So buy as much as you can before going into a new game+
Speaking of which, new game+ has been more enjoyable for me since i got a hand of what build is viable and what is not. Really a shame that so many weapons are just not viable still. Some big weaps like the UGS types are just way too slow for too little of a bonus DPS output. Others like the cool dual wielding swords don't stagger enough and also have too low of a damage output to make it worth it. Granted I still need to update a few, some bosses could be interesting. I REALLY want to try that hollow build and possibly some elemental stuff
The one area that reminds absolute shit tho is Demon Ruins. Seriously this is the most uninspired place of the whole game and is made even more annoying in NG+
Just finished the game, almost 40 hours. Got the
ending which was pretty damn cool.
Overall, absolutely loved the game. I think it's the most consistent in terms of level quality across the series, and I don't think there's a single zone I got really frustrated with. Not even the Catacombs!
Boss quality is generally really good, the soundtrack is godly.
Onto NG+, time to retire my Butcher's Knife+10 though, it served me so very well.
Usurpation of Fire
Overall, absolutely loved the game. I think it's the most consistent in terms of level quality across the series, and I don't think there's a single zone I got really frustrated with. Not even the Catacombs!
Boss quality is generally really good, the soundtrack is godly.
Onto NG+, time to retire my Butcher's Knife+10 though, it served me so very well.
ScaIeboundGOTY
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if you use a shriving stone to remove an infusion do you lose the infusion gem?
The Henery
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Yeeeees, I know that having played them all. Dark Souls trilogy though so more relevant. DS1 sequel to Demon's and the ability to level at bons was a clear improvement. Just puzzled as to why the series regressed on that point.
Really wish there was another way to recover HP/FP, or at least just FP.
Us mages are waaaay over penalized when summoned in co-op compared to pure psychical phantoms, even if we melee a lot eventually we run out of Estos in long co-op sequences and become useless. Yes, I know about the blessings, but those are not items you can use a lot.
Also I miss small-soap stone, if you place you summon at the beginning of the level it's guaranteed you won't get any medal or humanity because the host will die. At least they let you activate a bonfire when you have a phantom.
Us mages are waaaay over penalized when summoned in co-op compared to pure psychical phantoms, even if we melee a lot eventually we run out of Estos in long co-op sequences and become useless. Yes, I know about the blessings, but those are not items you can use a lot.
Also I miss small-soap stone, if you place you summon at the beginning of the level it's guaranteed you won't get any medal or humanity because the host will die. At least they let you activate a bonfire when you have a phantom.
just died to a fucking grunt trying to reclaim my 15k souls in the swamp area.
the pain is real
it hurts
wait til you lose 60-100k because of spotty camera.
Yes.
superNESjoe
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I hate when I try to summon someone and then their sign disappears and then I can't use the bonfire or lay my own sign or quit the game and have to force quit.
I don't know what is going on, but this is so broken it's not even funny. DS1 and 2 were never this bad for me.
I don't know what is going on, but this is so broken it's not even funny. DS1 and 2 were never this bad for me.
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