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[RAWRferal]

Tell me, people, tell me your first impressions of this game. puhlease

I've had it for a week.

I've only played the Souls games, not Demons or BB (I'm working on it!)

It's by far my favourite of the three. It seems like FROMsoft have really taken the best elements of all their games so far and have gone to town. Plus music and art direction is GOAT worthy IMO.

If you like Souls, you'll love this.

 

[Timeaisis]

So how do you perform battle arts? Just got to the area after the first boss. I have the Estoc.

Edit: I have to be in 2hand don't I?

How are people doing with Assassin. Seems strong but squishy. I'm worried.

 

[GhostRidah]

I seemed to fix random crashing in Lothric by turning lighting effects to low.

 

[DualEdge]

SLI completely distorted the intro for me on my 2x 980s. Disabling SLI fixed it for me. Hopefully, they'll get it fixed soon if the problem is on NVIDIA's end...

 

[aravuus]

Fuck me, I'm taking hardcore damage

Gotta buy some armor I think

 

[purg3]

Tell me, people, tell me your first impressions of this game. puhlease

Finished it over the weekend, best in the series. You're in for a great ride my friend.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Of course 21:9 support isn't there.

 

[RAWRferal]

So how do you perform battle arts? Just got to the area after the first boss. I have the Estoc.

LT/L2 When 2 handed.

 

[Mutagenic]

Tell me, people, tell me your first impressions of this game. puhlease

It looks really, really good on PC.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Boss down after I learned to be patient

 

[Freyjadour]

DS4 folks: I tried everything under the sun, then I tried using a non-USB 3.0 port and it works.

 

[Soulflarz]

ive died more leaving the first areas high up bonfire than anything else
lmao

 

[Faabulous]

Dude, first boss is mean AF

Do I just suck?

 

[Zackat]

Definitely keep your light settings on low after the first boss. The crashing still persists on the bonfire there as well. This is kind of annoying. Chances this gets fixed sometime this month?

The game is awesome. Plays really smooth and damn is 60fps great for this. If it wasn't for this crashing thing I would be having a fantastic time.

 

[JKTrix]

EDIT:
OK. Seems like setting Lighting to LOW fixes the crash? I can stand around the bonfire on max settings with my shield out as long as Lighting is Low.

Quoting for success. No problems after first bonfire or 2nd bonfire after boss.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Anyone found decent build proportions for a female? I feel like the default is a bit alien looking. Tried slimming down the chest a bit but after getting the knights armor off everything looks out of proportion.

 

[convo]

I'm not after reading the last three pages...

"my ds4 doesn't work"

"unpacking write error"

"getting hitches/pauses constantly"

"crashed four times at the first bonfire"


No thanks.

What PC players LOVE is trouble-shooting stuff and moaning about it all at the same time.
Anxieties of running things as soon as possible will run wild.

 

[McBryBry]

So before I start leveling, can someone explain a quality build vs strength build for an ultra greatsword user? I went strength in DS1 with the Zwei and was fine. What perks does quality have?

 

[Mutagenic]

Definitely keep your light settings on low after the first boss. The crashing still persists on the bonfire there as well. This is kind of annoying. Chances this gets fixed sometime this month?

No crashes for me but I rolled a knight, which I heard lessens the chance of a crash.

 

[Get'sMad]

any other dudes like me who've played the game on prior versions to 1.03 noticing a lot more shard drops early game than previously? Just started a new dude and I never remember getting this many/if any super early in the game from enemies like this.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

I just can't kill the

Spoiler

Katana guy

, getting wrecked lol.

 

[YuriLowell]

Of course 21:9 support isn't there.

Wasn't expecting it when it wasn't in SOTFS.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

I've had it for a week.

I've only played the Souls games, not Demons or BB (I'm working on it!)

It's by far my favourite of the three. It seems like FROMsoft have really taken the best elements of all their games so far and have gone to town. Plus music and art direction is GOAT worthy IMO.

If you like Souls, you'll love this.

Finished it over the weekend, best in the series. You're in for a great ride my friend.

Cool. Just bought and installing.

Thanks, guys.

 

[MagusMaleficus]

So I just killed the first

Spoiler

mimic

and I got the friggin'

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Symbol of Avarice

, first damn drop. Sweet.

 

[Skii]

I've been absolutely wrecking stuff in the tutorial area. Beat the Ice Cystal Lizard first time and the tutorial boss (that music is beautiful).

I just found

Spoiler

Firelink Shrine

(omg) and now I'm getting destroyed by some skinny dude with a katana that reminds me of the chikage. Good to see the difficulty is still there lol.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Err, I just killed him by knocking him off, did I lose the loot?

 

[Soulflarz]

so
how do I hotkey an item?

 

[AllenShrz]

Err, I just killed him by knocking him off, did I lose the loot?

No, go to the bone fire.

 

[purg3]

Err, I just killed him by knocking him off, did I lose the loot?

Rest at the bonfire and go back to his spot

 

[RAWRferal]

So before I start leveling, can someone explain a quality build vs strength build for an ultra greatsword user? I went strength in DS1 with the Zwei and was fine. What perks does quality have?

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Scaling seems to be a little more evenly split between strength and dex from what I've seen.

 

[j-wood]

If I buy ds3 on psn does that mean it unlocks at 10pm MST?

 

[Orthogonal]

Err, I just killed him by knocking him off, did I lose the loot?

Quit and reload, should hopefully be on the ground. At least that worked in previous souls games.

 

[dmr87]

Random non-spoiler pic, 1440p highest settings and buttery smooth.

http://abload.de/img/darksoulsiii_2016_04_ahjut.png

 

[Unai]

People were talking about how I could go up there in the beginning but I can't figure out how. Any tips?

 

[Fleet_of_Foot]

Wow the ending sure is...abrupt!

 

[RAWRferal]

Random non-spoiler pic, 1440p highest settings and buttery smooth.

http://abload.de/img/darksoulsiii_2016_04_ahjut.png

Purdy.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

Going to the bonfire worked, cheers. Felt a bit cheesy but sod it!

 

[iNvid02]

fuck i forgot how angry some of these enemies are, that ice thing at the start

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followed me all the way up the cliffside until he rolled off

lol

 

[CyberPunked]

Rest at the bonfire and go back to his spot

Where is this guy??

 

[RAWRferal]

People were talking about how I could go up there in the beginning but I can't figure out how. Any tips?

Spoiler

Buy the key from the merchant in firelink shrine. Go through the door up the stairs and drop off the bridge in the middle.

 

[aravuus]

Hard to justify using uchigatana right now, when the broadsword is faster, uses less stamina and deals more damage. Lol.

 

[WickedLaharl]

People were talking about how I could go up there in the beginning but I can't figure out how. Any tips?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zINm7F_cL4

 

[UberLevi]

Beat the first boss on my first try, so I guess doing a playthrough of Dark Souls 2 got me in fighting shape after all.

One question for people farther along than me: I took the

Spoiler

fire gem

as my starting item and was wondering if it would be worth it to

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attune my starting longsword with it

or would it be better to wait and see what else I find?

 

[SymbiantXenos]

I see the crestfallen warrior is as cynical as ever.

 

[wrowa]

I'm kinda not feeling it yet. I'm in the first area after the

Spoiler

Firelink Shrine

and so far I feel like I'm just running through the motions. It's weirdly easy so far (I'm sure this will change quickly enough) and it's just kinda too samey, not original.

But, well, just very early impressions.

 

[wamberz1]

I hit l2 and made my staff glow blue (ayyy) is that a buff?
also where the heck do I go from the main hub area

 

[MagusMaleficus]

Beat the first boss on my first try, so I guess doing a playthrough of Dark Souls 2 got me in fighting shape after all.

One question for people farther along than me: I took the

Spoiler

fire gem

as my starting item and was wondering if it would be worth it to

Spoiler

attune my starting longsword with it

or would it be better to wait and see what else I find?

Did you roll a pyro?

 

[RAWRferal]

Beat the first boss on my first try, so I guess doing a playthrough of Dark Souls 2 got me in fighting shape after all.

One question for people farther along than me: I took the

Spoiler

fire gem

as my starting item and was wondering if it would be worth it to

Spoiler

attune my starting longsword with it

or would it be better to wait and see what else I find?

It removes all scaling so it's as good on that as anything to be fair.

 

[_DrMario_]

All these locked doors are annoying as fuck.

 

[Papercuts]

I'm kinda not feeling it yet. I'm in the first area after the

Spoiler

Firelink Shrine

and so far I feel like I'm just running through the motions. It's weirdly easy so far (I'm sure this will change quickly enough) and it's just kinda too samey, not original.

But, well, just very early impressions.

FWIW I didn't really dig the game much until after the third boss. But it's now my favorite overall.

The early parts felt very been there, done that. Tons of obvious ambushes and standard stuff like that.