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[Relaxed Muscle]

I started with the fire gem, should I use it on the uchigatana?

Check it, but I think that would remove the bleed effect on the weapon. It's really useful on PvE, and it's strong point. You also remove any scaling in the weapon.

 

[usp84]

You need to be a lot closer than you think. I love it. It doesn't scale all that well, but it makes up for it by hitting like a truck.

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And you can infuse it with a heavy gem to help it scale a bit better if you're going with a strength build. It's an acquired taste. It's my boss killer.

It can't be much different than the GreatAxe from Dark Souls 1 right?

Also i hope i find a Black Knight Halberd or GreatAxe if they are even in the game this time

 

[Ogawa-san]

Damn it. I was stuck for 1h in FireLink Shrine looking for a way out! Till I realized you

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could warp to other zone!

That was realy lame.

For all the "interconnected world" stuff, that was a really weird way to kick things off.

 

[Doctor Rover]

Welp I got my fire Skin disorder

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Iudex was kicking my ass in his base form before the Monster Tumor made him a skiddish Pinata

 

[Dereck]

If I want to use a fast thrust weapon the entire game, should I use the Estoc or the Rapier just because it has a higher crit rate?

 

[Luigiv]

HOW WE ENJOYING THIS FOLKS?

In the

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undead settlement

early in the game. So far it seems pretty decent but it's honestly too early to tell. I wasn't in love with the previous area, but that may have just been because I saw too much of it prelaunch. Everything from here on is fresh.

 

[Gr1mLock]

I spent an hour crafting a face I will probably never even see.

 

[d00d3n]

Anyone else who created exactly the same character as on import xbone and rushed through the game doing exactly the same things? I am too fond of my STR turtle warrior to give this shit up I guess. The only difference is that I make an effort to complete the NPC questlines, help some people out in coop and breeze past bosses using coop myself.

 

[paragonpro]

Went wih an assasin, gonna try and build strength+dex from there. I beat the first boss my first try but

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the giant crystal lizar

kicked my ass.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

anyone else playing DEX?

I've rolled assassin. Might swap to Knight or Warrior.

Yes, playing DEX a second time, I love too much the katana.

Why changing though? What's the problem?

 

[Freeman76]

For all the "interconnected world" stuff, that was a really weird way to kick things off.

This one doesn't really have an interconnected world as such. I don't think it suffers because of that though.

 

[Superflat]

Loving it so far. Unlocked a couple shortcuts, beat a couple bosses. There's almost nothing like exploring new wilderness in a new Souls game. Runs like butter on my almost-old PC, and looks amazing.

I have to admit, I kinda missed the Bloodborne-isms (dodging, health stealing), but the combat in general feels more fast paced for a Souls game.

Getting enemy drops that aren't 90% blood vials is also refreshing as hell. Fashion-Souls is back.

 

[Freeman76]

Went wih an assasin, gonna try and build strength+dex from there. I beat the first boss my first try but

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the giant crystal lizar

kicked my ass.

I'm doing the same, gonna level STR later though, first up I'm doing DEX, END and some ViG to make me more durable and make the health pool a bit larger. Got a decent sword off a crystal lizard (the big one in Undead Settlement) which uses 14 STR so I will build for that as well.

 

[Soodanim]

I started the game 3 times before I settled. Tried Knight for a basic first time build and try the weapon art then went pyro to try its stuff then settled on Thief because of that glorious weapon art that helped me get through the first boss first try. Still not quite got the parrying down yet, but I did only play for an hour or so. Today I will put the work in.

 

[Persona7]

49 invasions kills so far

 

[thetrin]

how many [players can you summon for co op? 2 or 3? I can't seem to get more than 2, which does not include me, 3 including me.

Depending on the area, up to 4.

 

[Akai XIII]

Am I blind? Where the hell do I go from

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firelink shrine?

 

[Soulflarz]

Wait one last thing for the night
Where is windowed fullscreen?

I TOLD YOU GUYS

HI YOSHI

Not sure what game you are playing but once you upgrade your estus flasks they are pretty damn useful, and putting points in health is important as hell in this game unless you are one of the 1% who can do a SL1 run.

Oh, I meant base estus, non upgraded fire
Just got an estus ring though so that might change!


And I did a level 1 Birth By Sleep Critical run without cheesing it/using ember
I'd infinitely rather do an SL1 run over that, that was probably the most sadistic thing I've done in a game.
That or 3rd birthday on genocide because it was so unforgiving in cheap ways.

Am I blind? Where the hell do I go from

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firelink shrine?

Center, bottom floor, light the bonfire in the ash ring, teleport onwards.

 

[Laughing Banana]

I spent an hour crafting a face I will probably never even see.

Fuck that maan.

I'm going to go with a pretty lady and by GOD I will NOT wear any helmet that blocks her head/hair.

....uh..., please tell me that the head armor is a separate set of armor that you can take off from the main body independently. I will not be able to play this game for at least 5-6 more hours and this is the one I am kind of anxious about, hahaha.

 

[d00d3n]

49 invasions kills so far

What is your build/level?

 

[takriel]

Am I blind? Where the hell do I go from

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firelink shrine?

Warp!

 

[Kalentan]

Well I end tonight after the second boss down. Jinxing myself in hopes that it gets harder cause I still haven't died yet.

 

[Danneee]

Quick: Knight or Herald as starting class? It's been a while since I played DS and loved using spear and shield in that one. That plus miracles gave me leaning towards the herald class but as I understand it miracles are not as useful in this one?

 

[Mogwai]

Am I blind? Where the hell do I go from

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firelink shrine?

It's a bit weird but

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you already have new waypoint on bonfire.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Games pretty fun so far, only beat the first mini boss, and first real boss so far, and only died to each twice.

This is coming from someone whose first Souls game was Bloodborne.

Gonna play some more later

 

[Teknoman]

Fuck that maan.

I'm going to go with a pretty lady and by GOD I will NOT wear any helmet that blocks her head/hair.

....uh..., please tell me that the head armor is a separate set of armor that you can take off from the main body independently. I will not be able to play this game for at least 5-6 more hours and this is the one I am kind of anxious about, hahaha.

It is.


Its been so long since I played a Souls game, I forgot that they have voice chat now. I played DS2 on PC...do more people use voice chat on consoles? PS4 this time around.

 

[usp84]

Fuck that maan.

I'm going to go with a pretty lady and by GOD I will NOT wear any helmet that blocks her head/hair.

....uh..., please tell me that the head armor is a separate set of armor that you can take off from the main body independently. I will not be able to play this game for at least 5-6 more hours and this is the one I am kind of anxious about, hahaha.

Yes of course you can remove the head armor only

 

[forms]

So work today feels.........like an obstacle really.

 

[Meneses]

how many [players can you summon for co op? 2 or 3? I can't seem to get more than 2, which does not include me, 3 including me.

One of the items (

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the Dried Finger - i'm spoilering the name just in case

) the merchant lady sells is supposed to let you summon an extra ally but also open yourself to being invaded by one more enemy.

I haven't tried it though - the one time I summoned it was only 2 allies max.

 

[CaptainGyro]

Played it for about five hours or so, enjoying it a lot so far though I think I might have made my character too OP for now. Got beat by the beginning ice crystal guy like 4 times, so I grinded up a few levels, then once I fought him for the last time I realized what I had been doing wrong in the first place, and leveling up wasn't even necessary. Everything else has seemed pretty easy so yeah I might have overleveled but oh well still early in the game. Game still seems awesome so far

 

[Jolkien]

So im a bit confused about the multiplayer. I saw in the setting you can set a password to play with a friend ?

I just played demon Souls until about halfway and my ps3 died so I don't have too much experience with the series.

 

[Lucifon]

Has anyone preordered the hardcover guide from Amazon UK or another UK retailer? Meant to be out today but not shipped yet and Amazon are now telling me 2-5 weeks...

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

So im a bit confused about the multiplayer. I saw in the setting you can set a password to play with a friend ?

Yes, you set a password and you can only summon, get summoned by people using the same password.

 

[WarAdept]

Do I even dare do an INT build...

 

[Syder]

Best starting item?

 

[Gr1mLock]

Fuck that maan.

I'm going to go with a pretty lady and by GOD I will NOT wear any helmet that blocks her head/hair.

....uh..., please tell me that the head armor is a separate set of armor that you can take off from the main body independently. I will not be able to play this game for at least 5-6 more hours and this is the one I am kind of anxious about, hahaha.

Of course it is. Not only do you not have to wear a helmet, you don't even have to wear pants if you don't want to.

 

[Laughing Banana]

It is.

Yes of course you can remove the head armor only

Of course it is. Not only do you not have to wear a helmet, you don't even have to wear pants if you don't want to.

Nice

Planning on becoming a female heavy armor heavy weapon user. I really like doing "contradictory" things like that for my avatars such as females with heavy weapons or males that go magic class.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Best starting item?

IMO, either the life ring or the gold coins, since they aren't common early/mid game.

 

[Sesuadra]

I've played Demon Souls, Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 as well as Bloodborne on consoles and never had a problem with the frame rate or anything else..but after 30 minutes on my ps4 I feel dizzy because of it ffs. ;_;

 

[RiccochetJ]

It can't be much different than the GreatAxe from Dark Souls 1 right?

Also i hope i find a Black Knight Halberd or GreatAxe if they are even in the game this time

The roll attack has been nerfed as far as I can tell. It just does a slam into the ground and doesn't sweep. I believe that's the change that carried over from DkS 2. If someone tells me different and how to do that sweeping swipe, I'm going to wreck so much shit in this game. Maybe my carry isn't high enough.

 

[ManUnkindH]

Everyone, their grandmothers and cousins got the game, but this is me right now waiting for my preorder...

 

[KhayN]

started with the thief, it's a pain in the ass having to deal with the first bosses with that knife. Parry is harsh Enjoying it so far, it really has the old Dark Souls/Demon Souls feeling.

 

[oldboss]

Everyone, their grandmothers and cousins got the game, but this is me right now waiting for my preorder...

Don't worry, I'll only get to play it friday evening. -_- And I still have Salt and Sanctuary to finish. Busy week-end incoming !!

 

[Tenebrous]

Is it me or is blocking just pointless horseshit in this game? Everything chain hits so many times that your guard will be knocked through within a second or two anyway.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

Okay had to force myself to stop. Played this shit like 8 hours straight lol! So much fun. I think I've died close to 70-80 times. Started doing pretty good the last few hours though. Think I'm getting the hang of it.

Some screenshots I took.

Early area location spoilers

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Loving this game

 

[KAOz]

I really need a Mimic helmet. Shit. Farming Covenant Items in the endgame and my luck is poop.

Anyone got one they'd be willing to part with?

 

[artsi]

Is it me or is blocking just pointless horseshit in this game? Everything chain hits so many times that your guard will be knocked through within a second or two anyway.

There's one enemy type that's the worst

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the tall fuckers with curved swords

, it's like they have unlimited stamina and just keep hitting with a combo until you run out and die.

 

[Sephzilla]

I'm admittedly only about 3 and a half hours into the game (including deaths) but so far my early impression feels like this is the Dark Souls 2 that Dark Souls 2 should have been. Everything feels a little tighter and more like the original Dark Souls

 

[Muskieratboi]

So. Question:

Dragon Covenant?

Neat Anthro dragon Outfit?

Yes/no?

Seriously, this is literally my biggest purchasing decision.

 

[shwimpy]

playing on pc and getting a weird hitch/lag everytime the game autosaves. anyone else experiencing this?