This is going to drive me insane when I have to choose tomorrow.
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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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This is going to drive me insane when I have to choose tomorrow.
SkylineRKR
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They're hard to telegraph and remind me of RE5.
Sanctuary
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The parry was always L2, so that doesn't make any sense. Unless your weapon art is only activated with the two-handed mode.
It is? So does that mean that parry uses mana points like other weapon arts?
No the parry skill is free.
DXLelouch153
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4 more hours according to steam =P
Not all shields can parry. Some allow you to use your main weapon's weapon art instead of parrying.
What do you want to know? You throw fireballs. Pyromancy scales off of int and faith. It's pretty strong this time around.
VlaudTheImpaler
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Yes! Got my CDkeys steam key. Just kept trying the download link they sent in the original email.
Think of parry as if it was a shield Battle Art. Not every shield has this, mind you, some of them have no battle art, so this means you can use your weapon's art by pressing L2 without going two handed.
So yeah, not every shield can parry now.
LunaticHigh
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Yeah. I dunno, everything else is fine. I just can't read them. I had a harder time with them than one of the bosses. Feels cheap design to me. Once I get it I'm sure it'll be fine, but it doesn't seem great to me.
Depends on the shield. Some shields let you use your weapon art but you can't parry, some let you parry but you can't use your weapon art
You can
kill the enemies they pop out of before they pop out.
Just hooked up the DS4, didn't recognize the input. I don't have the wrapper set up since I exclusively play with the XO-controller, so I can't test that... but I guess it should work.
AuthenticM
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I have received the game, which means Amazon Canada shipped it last week, hahaha. Cool.
Good to hear, guess they're just slowly adding them to everyone's account and I got lucky when I checked mine.
Sanctuary
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So how the hell do you activate the weapon art of your main hand, if you have a shield that can parry as well? Always two-handed?
Yes.
TheCongressman1
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so do i put skill points to int or faith? whats this talk of ppl saying the faith stat is broken at damage output, thus making putting points into it pointless?
darkslayer101
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so did everyone get their keys?
Also am curious, even if I solely go Sword/Shield or 2h
Impulsor
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OK cool thanks, I like this. It's a good tradeoff that some shields can't parry I think. I always thought that the shields that give like 100% physical block or a crazy good passive and could also parry were pretty OP. Now you might have to make more hard choices based on your playstyle and not just get everything in 1 item.
You put points into both if you want your pyromancy to do more damage. Faith is only "broken" for Faith-centric builds that use miracles.
Honestly, worrying about that stuff for your first playthrough is a pretty bad way to play the game. You wind up spending more time looking up builds than playing the game itself.
Relaxed Muscle
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The stat is not broken, the weapon scaling was (is?) broken for catalists and staff.
Piromancy is really powerful.
And I also think that magic is as well, at least at high level.
I'm new to DS. Is there a difference besides the stats?
Different. Power stance is gone. For the best really.
You can dual wield weapons normally and use one in left hand one in right hand etc, DS1 style
Some weapons have built-in dual wielding. When you press Y/triangle, you'll dual wield instead of two hand. The weapons will then have a different moveset and you can use the weapon skill as well.
For everyone worrying about class...
It doesn't mean anything in the longterm. You can find the armor sets throughout the game. It just dictates what you start with/what stat points you start with.
Don't get too hung up on that stuff. The only thing you really have to worry about is how easy the first few areas are going to be, and you'll probably get a grasp on that within 10-15 minutes.
No. They have different starting armors and spells and weapons, but that's it. You can find everything in the game, so starting stats are the only real difference.
It doesn't mean anything in the longterm. You can find the armor sets throughout the game. It just dictates what you start with/what stat points you start with.
Don't get too hung up on that stuff. The only thing you really have to worry about is how easy the first few areas are going to be, and you'll probably get a grasp on that within 10-15 minutes.
No. They have different starting armors and spells and weapons, but that's it. You can find everything in the game, so starting stats are the only real difference.
Vital Tundra
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Just a heads up but I just got my code from CDKeys. Seems keys are going out.
Relaxed Muscle
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Starting weapon, items and spells.
Basically a class is a template of a certain playstyle, with points distributed in a manner that you can maximize stat distribution.
But DS games are flexible enough, that classes don't really matter if you feel like changing weapon or playstyle early in the game.
Relaxed Muscle
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Had to make a decision between knight and warrior. Ill take knight because with just two more int i can cast cameleon to troll a bit.
Then why not choose Assassin?
Knight is a solid beginner-class due to the armor and shield.
You have to wait.
I want to have the least amount of points in faith+int+att+luck (that would be warrior) with the ability to cast cameleon (that would be knight).
Shotgun Kiss
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Yeah, I fucking hate those things; killing them without spells is really tough. I found the first boss much easier than them. There's also a strong sub-boss a little later on that killed me a bunch, so I think DS3 lays it on a bit too thick with the "strong enemies that aren't bosses".
PS4 question, please help:
I pre-ordered the regular version in the PSN store on my PS4, but all it downloaded was that soundtrack and nowhere can I find the actual game!!
What's up and what can I do to fix this? I should notice that a friend of mine has my primary PS4, and he is already downloading the game, yet I cannot find the game anywhere on this secondary system I am using.
Help for the love of God, I need my Souls fix tonight!
I pre-ordered the regular version in the PSN store on my PS4, but all it downloaded was that soundtrack and nowhere can I find the actual game!!
What's up and what can I do to fix this? I should notice that a friend of mine has my primary PS4, and he is already downloading the game, yet I cannot find the game anywhere on this secondary system I am using.
Help for the love of God, I need my Souls fix tonight!
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