Does the drain actually kill you? I've always been curious about that as I always run away when my health starts getting into the single pixel territory.
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Does the drain actually kill you? I've always been curious about that as I always run away when my health starts getting into the single pixel territory.
Without spoiling anything, do I need to worry about the Dark Sigil giving me a bad ending or can I still get a good ending with it?
LeeRoyBrown
Banned
Do you actually get any satisfaction from this game if you cheat?
distortion just set a new WR for all bosses: 1h11m17s (with one death!)
I need help finding an area that I can't find now. Basically, it was a dark room around the
you go down a ladder and it leads to a large room that has a few items in it and a half dozen of those
I wasn't ready for them before so I just pressed forward to a new area but now I can't find it. Can someone help me out?
Edit: Found it. Turns out I misremembered what enemy was in that area.
Irithyll of the Boreal Valley Area
teeth spider creatures that screech
Edit: Found it. Turns out I misremembered what enemy was in that area.
You can't really answer that without spoilers.
From what I understand, I think it opens up the "best" ending.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Yeah. After you've defeated him, go back to where you fought the enemy that gave you his ring.
Thank you for your input.
I thought it has something to do with the item behind him, but I completely forgot the name of the item. Had to read item descriptions to figure it out. Thank you.
EDIT: Oh wow, didn't even realize that
he's from the first CG trailer until after I saw the trophy.
Augemitbutter
Member
i think that's pretty normal. most people will see npcs 1-2x in the wild, reach the last boss and finish the game. i only met
patches
I have the best time with him when RNG is nice and he doesn't spawn spear form. If he's in spear form I usually drain like 7 estus back to back. The key to the second half of the fight is to keep your distance, because his combo is a day ender at anything less than about 55% of health unless you have like 50 points in vigor.
Honestly makes me want to do a spear run next character lol >.> How's scaling for the spears, anyway? Quality build seems the best bet for them as none of the one's I've found have very good scaling one way or the other, or have heavy STR reqs despite scaling with dex T_T
KittenMaster
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distortion just set a new WR for all bosses: 1h11m17s (with one death!)
I can't wait until I finish the game so I can start watching speedruns. Some impressive times already though.
Poimandres
Member
I've put about 15 hours into this game so far, and damn it's good stuff. Not sure where it will fall on my overall Souls list.
I have been staying away from this thread because I don't want to get spoilt and everyone else seems to have clocked the game several times already!
I have been staying away from this thread because I don't want to get spoilt and everyone else seems to have clocked the game several times already!
UNREAL
Almost at the end of the game, and just now realized what the undead bone shards do. I was sitting on 8, didn't bother to read the item description.
I always wondered why my estus recovery was so weak, and why the late game was so hard. I was straight up using the default estus recovery strength the whole time.
I feel really, really dumb.
Almost at the end of the game, and just now realized what the undead bone shards do. I was sitting on 8, didn't bother to read the item description.
I always wondered why my estus recovery was so weak, and why the late game was so hard. I was straight up using the default estus recovery strength the whole time.
I feel really, really dumb.
Demoskinos
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I wonder what this is referring to....**Item Spoiler**
Omg.
I feel like a congratulations is in order. I'm guessing this is your first Souls game as well if you didn't know that. Which makes this even more impressive...
Pretty sure it's referring to the NPC gank squad right before the
lothric bros
Really not looking forward to going throughtodayIrithyll Dungeon
Place is beautiful man!
Demoskinos
Member
Possibly I took it as a nod to Bloodborne though. >_>
xChildOfHatex
Member
Yeah, I was 4 or 5 boss encounters into the game before I figured that out. It's my first actual souls game (if you don't count bloodborne) and I didn't want to waste the undead bone shard by just burning them. Then I read the description and felt dumb as fuck.
Buffing items, arrows, try out new armours? That's usually what I spend my extra souls on, most of the time.
Fam.... I don't even know how you did it. That must've been hell.
LegalEagleMike
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Titanite to try different weaponss
I will say this: there is a special place in hell reserved for the people who invade in the middle of the room with three knights.
Cloud Strife
Member
Why is Blades of the Darkmoon bugged
This is so annoying, anyone have any luck getting summoned? I'm sl100
darkwing-buck
Member
What are the disadvantages of being hollowed besides looking like a beetlejuice zombie?
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Its really not. Especially if you level up a lot.
DS3 is unfortunately very much a power game, once you get beyond a certain threshold the challenge evaporates. I suspect a lot of people will be shocked by how easy NG+ is.
This.
NG+ is just sad. Especially after Scholar and DS2 vanilla did such an amazing job with it, essentially turning it into a game mechanic more than just added layers of play.
NG+ is by far my biggest disappointment with the game, and it is likely to end up the sole reason I keep DS2:S as my favorite and most played game of the series over DS3.
Vital Tundra
Member
When's the best time to stop leveling vit?
You have to unequip all your armor to use and afaik they don't give any protection themselves, so I don't think people would seriously use for anything.
Is that any different to any other Souls game?
This area is demanding on your stamina and reflexes.
This area has very strong enemies around every corner, aggressive long-reaching duos that attack you in pairs using synced attacks, enemies that hurl estus prevention at you and annoying cross-bowers that can trip you up if you aren't paying attention to them. I don't know what's harder.
I absolutely agree with this. Was getting my arse kicked in for a few of the early areas. Came back with stronger weapons, and did so much better DESPITE my skill level not having changed much.
In huge contrast to Dark Souls and BB where I got past an area because of player improvement, not player character improvement.
Somewhat disappointed. :\
Guess I'm gonna walk around with a greatsword and stun-lock everything.
Leona Lewis
Banned
I've run into a sort of brick wall of my own making.
The little tunnel with the
and the
has an entrance that's near a
. The problem is, one of them
I returned to the area but can't find my souls. Is there a way to go to the
I'm too scared to jump off because it looks kind of high.
I can't continue without my ~5,000 dropped soulsssssss
EDITL ugh i've been looking for like an hour already, where the hell are you souls, HALP
The little tunnel with the
monstrous rat
Grave Key pathway
bridge with a couple of those big pot-throwing machete dudes
threw a pot at me and knocked me off the bridge.
I returned to the area but can't find my souls. Is there a way to go to the
level beneath the bridge?
I can't continue without my ~5,000 dropped soulsssssss
EDITL ugh i've been looking for like an hour already, where the hell are you souls, HALP
I've had this experience in pretty much every Souls game. If anything, this game is better at this than Dark Souls 1 and Demon's Souls, being more linear. I haven't felt over-levelled once yet.
To the point you can fashion souls your armor of choice with havel's ring. Worth noting that since poise has been nerfed to the point of nigh uselessness that heavy armor is pointless this time around.
Vit seems to have no cap at all. I'm sitting at like 4.5 million souls at the moment because I stopped leveling at 120 and just have yet to die in NG+ to loose them, so I've been playing around with the caps a bit to see what works just for fun.
Endurance is the worst investment once you hit 40 by far. You get like 3 points of stamina in between level 40 and 80, lol
Vital Tundra
Member
Oh okay. Fashion is important.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Once or twice?
Not so sure about how much DS3 is 'easier' than the previous games based on levels. For example, I'm in the 90's and the knights in
Lothric Castle
The axe wielding hollows in the beginning of the game still can take quite a chunk of your life. However, once you get used to back stabs and all that, they are easy no matter what level you are.
Demoskinos
Member
Man S
' storyline is really sad.
irris
Just finished beating the princes and I find her dead on her grandfathers grave.
Cloud Strife
Member
Huh? I've been summoned once in the last hour.
psychotron
Member
Really thought I fucked up today. I kept checking the well outside the
for
, and nothing. Checked after each shortcut, and after beating the
. Nothing. Fast traveled a few times and he suddenly appeared! Gave him his
and moved on. Woohoo!!
cleansing chapel
Siegward
Deacons
armor
Deacons were easy as fuck. If you just chip away at them from the outside if the group they go down easy. I was barely hit.
For those who feel at a loss with Ultra Great Swords, just watch Oroboro for a while and you can see someone ripping through ganks with a FUS, among other heavy weapons.
That weapon in particular has some seriously OP visceral attacks. The same with that Great Sword that looks like a spear.
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Also: has anyone noticed that there is a certain kind of attack with all weapons that will connect but do no or little damage? I'm not sure if this was something that was in Dark Souls 2 or not. But if you hit certain enemies at a certain distance or during a roll, it will connect (hit sound, etc.) but do no damage. I've noticed it happening to others and to myself. I'm guessing this is some kind of range thing.
That weapon in particular has some seriously OP visceral attacks. The same with that Great Sword that looks like a spear.
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Also: has anyone noticed that there is a certain kind of attack with all weapons that will connect but do no or little damage? I'm not sure if this was something that was in Dark Souls 2 or not. But if you hit certain enemies at a certain distance or during a roll, it will connect (hit sound, etc.) but do no damage. I've noticed it happening to others and to myself. I'm guessing this is some kind of range thing.
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