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Dark Souls III |OT2| Welcome to NG+, Unkindled One
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Demoskinos
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Well, I tried to help. Got bopped though.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
I'm doing a new character before NG+. It's always fun to get through with a brand new playstyle.
DeVeAn
Member
DID IT!!!! Thanks!! It did help.
Needs a spoiler tag, bro :-/
RandomSeed
Member
Using this ultra greatsword feels like playing on a harder difficulty than my straight sword playthrough, heh. I mean it's fine, but it just feel inferior, rather than different.
So, the cat ring just eliminates fall damage, but doesn't let you drop from heights that would kill? Died twice testing it out just now. Shit, I was excited at the possibilities.
What's up with enemies teleporting, rather than having a cool intro, like the Taurus Demon, or Asylum Demon? The certain enemy on a certain bridge just phases into existence, and there have been ambushes where enemies just appear. Not even an attempt at a monster closet.
Demoskinos
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More Fun To Compute
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I think that the final boss is a better final fight than you get in DS1 or 2. Not crazy difficult but it seems that you have to respect it's attack patterns.
No, I beat a optional boss after I got the credits. You can go into NG+ when you feel like it after you beat the final boss.
mcwizardry
Member
Just finished it an hour ago, a great game and an excellent conclusion to the Dark Souls trilogy.
Yeah, I've use a few hours today trying to practice my parry skill but gave up and called it bullshit as the frames needed to hit is very few and seems a bit random depending on the attack and it's swing.
In PvP I find parry to be more luck than git gud thanks to the glorious lag.
Just a thinly lag can make you mess up the few frames needed.
I probably just need to git gud, but rather spend my time dual wielding crazy shit
Oh I'm not farming mobs, I'm farming NK, I tried some other bosses but getting summoned is rarer.
Awesome, thank you.
Final boss was damn near instant for me yesterday. Tried there?
Similar to Bloodborne. It's very playable but there are framerate drops/hitches/whatever you want to call them all over the place.
Admiral Woofington
Member
LMAO the Siegward questline is broken because I activated a fucking bonfire and didn't even enter the area yet?
Fucking this game, always with its little bullshit things like these that unless you know beforehand you won't do.
Fucking this game, always with its little bullshit things like these that unless you know beforehand you won't do.
LOL I did literally the exact same thing earlier this morning if you're talking about the
dungeon
Edit: That said, this game is fucking fantastic otherwise. I'm loving this first playthrough.
You're not
I always say go blind the first time and not read/watch anything then start new and follow a guide.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
It's ok, I'll be playing this game for the next two years lol.
Admiral Woofington
Member
You're not
I always say go blind the first time and not read/watch anything then start new and follow a guide.
that is a load of crap though. No game should have quests be broken due to information you literally can't find out via the means of the game and have to learn via a fucking guide. That's not how good game design works and the fact they've done it 3/4 times now? Same shit happened to me with crow lady in fucking Bloodborne.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think you need to summon her during the final boss.
Head of Vengarl
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Man, I absolutely love the co-op system in this game.
I had always stayed away from Dark Souls because it has the reputation of being an unforgiving, super difficult series for hardcore players only. But it's not true because if you summon people to play with you, it drastically lowers the difficulty and (IMO) greatly adds to the fun. I spend a lot of time as a phantom in other people's games because I enjoy the co-op shenanigans so much. Plus, I like being able to lead people to a fog wall or hidden treasure if they haven't discovered it yet. I probably would have quit playing this game at the Abyss Watchers if summoning didn't exist; I had an absolutely terrible time against them solo and that was the first time I summoned someone to help. Beat it on the first try that way. Total ah-ha moment that completely changed the game for me. Since then I try every boss encounter solo for the first run, and then summon help if (when) I die. I hope more RPGs add a co-op feature like the one in Dark Souls.
I had always stayed away from Dark Souls because it has the reputation of being an unforgiving, super difficult series for hardcore players only. But it's not true because if you summon people to play with you, it drastically lowers the difficulty and (IMO) greatly adds to the fun. I spend a lot of time as a phantom in other people's games because I enjoy the co-op shenanigans so much. Plus, I like being able to lead people to a fog wall or hidden treasure if they haven't discovered it yet. I probably would have quit playing this game at the Abyss Watchers if summoning didn't exist; I had an absolutely terrible time against them solo and that was the first time I summoned someone to help. Beat it on the first try that way. Total ah-ha moment that completely changed the game for me. Since then I try every boss encounter solo for the first run, and then summon help if (when) I die. I hope more RPGs add a co-op feature like the one in Dark Souls.
Whaaaat. Well, at this point, since I
got her ending
Yeah,the sidequests arent the strenght of this game lol...awful stuff.
Completely agree with you, the criptic side quest shit needs to stop.
I guess, yeah. There shouldn't be any problems with killing NPCs after the ending.
Oh. Well, you could still try invading as a Sunbro covenant. You'll be a red-orange phantom instead of pure red and you'll get a Sunlight medal for killing the host.
KevMan1815
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It was definitely greed, but I was out of Estus, so when he started channeling I figured I'd push all-in and see if I could race him to the win. The results are obvious though.
Don't waste all of your stamina rolling unnecessarily.
I'm usually able to roll dodge any of his attacks, but for some reason the tracking on the forward lunge that skewers you is insane, so I got into the habit of rolling like crazy if I'm trying to add distance. And yeah, a little extra Stamina would have saved the day too.
I like the cryptic stuff and lore, but most of it is downright luck and talk to X random spawned person before you do Y or else you Fugded up big time and you can't go back!
Perhaps keep some of the cryptic dialogue stuff that vaguely tells you what their doing and where they go/find but right now it's a community effort and a check list, which is sad.
i think im the complete opposite
i just invade to fuck with people, this is actually the most fun i've ever had online since forever
Quick Mustard
Member
Out of curiosity, when I have certain rings equipped, why is it when I load into a new area, it shows the bars going down?
OldAsUrSock
Banned
So the Dancer is pretty hard to defeat even with three people at the start of the game. I was hoping Sword master could do a lot of damage to him but it appears as though he lacks the HP
I had someone try and do that with me, but fortunately the closest summon was by a cliff and I backstabbed them off the cliff after they got the summon.
The most important thing is to always save just a little bit of stamina even if you think you could kill the boss. Nothing kills more in this game than greed itself. I make sure to know how many swings it takes to deplete my stamina bar, so I always save the last hit just in case!
KittenMaster
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I like trying to summon as many red phantoms as I can, even better if I can get some purple phantoms summoned too.
MagicWithEarvin
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Finally got a perfect, no damage run against the
at
Lake (optional area). Took a few tries, but this is what I love about the game - I try until I can perfect a certain weapon against a boss and figure out when to strike. Here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxUToPbBvf0
Old Demon King
Smouldering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxUToPbBvf0
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