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Dark Souls III |OT2| Welcome to NG+, Unkindled One
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iRAWRasaurus
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You can have a silver knight helm. I have so many. Meet me at the Undead settlement bonfire. Set the password as ds3gaf and look for my red summon sign. Might take awhile since its on my high level character.
Ah that explains it. Will have to try harder and maybe get better clothes!
Have you gone to the left (facing outside) of the big doors on the highest floor? That's where he spawns.
Supposed to use the enemy AI to kinda help out. Altho it's still pretty hard and completely fucked if the host uses a seed to fuck with you.
Tarkus
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KittenMaster
Member
I always felt like Dark Souls 2 explicitly stated that through him, but there was no actual proof of it in the actual world you traveled other than the various items you find and
Ornstein
Snacks the sober sea lion
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People acting like Dark Souls 3 lore is bad for connecting to Dark Souls 1 while only slightly mentioning Dark Souls 2? But Dark Souls 2 lore already ignored or made up nonsensical rewrites of Dark Souls 1 lore without providing any further insight or answers beyond cheapening both endings of the first game.
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Run away and mix in with the regular enemies and use them to help you fight.
Also, tou only need to kill the host to win, so sometimes it's just better to wail on him.
Yes, of course, DS2 is still canon, and DS3 isn't trying to erase it.
It just that DS3 overuse DS1 lore for develop it's own story, yet it doesn't touch DS2 lore to do it so.
Also, SOTFS content was supposed to be key IMO for advancing the story
well, atleast until they decided to completely ignore the curse of the undead, a key element from both DS1 and 2, to a side quest that also has a mechanic that should be BIG lore wise but is totally ignored.
I don't think DS3 lore is bad because it uses more DS1 lore than 2. I think it's bad because the lore is an excuse to fanservice DS1 the most they could. Once you take out the fanservice aspects of DS3 lore you end up with a very hollow and underdeveloped lore. Probably waiting for DLC.
And DS2 lore didn't even try to rewrite DS1 lore, funny that you say that when
killing an optional boss in DS1 now its totally not canon
Matt_
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iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Tarkus
Member
Haha, name is Tarkushaha sure. Its gonna be purple summon sign then
Tarkus
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Thank you and very good game!haha sure. Its gonna be purple summon sign then
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
No problem. And yep! Didnt know you could parry that L2.
BenHargrove
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I've been progressing through the game very slowly since I don't have a lot of time on my hands, but I seriously feel like clearing my whole schedule just to finish this game. There's never been a dull moment for me so far.
I think I spent the past two in-game hours placing my summon sign down in front of H
. Seems a lot of people need help there because once I place down my sign, I immediately get summoned. Really swift and fairly easy boss to get out of the way for people who can't figure it out.
I think I spent the past two in-game hours placing my summon sign down in front of H
igh Lord Wolnir
Tarkus
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What level are you?
Wouldn't the lack of DS2 (especially SOTFS) references be caused by the fact that DS3 began development year before DS2 was released and two years before SOTFS was released? Like I am not that surprised there isn't match about that game considering the time between these games.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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How do you know that? Dark Souls 3 is an actual sequel to Dark Souls, rather than a game that happens to take place in the same universe while constantly teasing connections that don't entirely make sense. If Dark Souls 2 didn't exist, then everyone would accept these as simple connections between a sequel and the game that came before. But because Dark Souls 2 exists, you can write it off as fanservice?
Dark Souls 2 changed how Undead worked, making them inexplicably drawn to Drangleic and losing their memories. 1. Undead came to Lordran because
Fraampt and Gwyndolin manipulated them into doing so,
Also destroyed the Lordvessel for no reason other than MYSTERY. Dark Souls 2 acts as though the progenitors of the entire Dark Souls universe were just there, that they merely happened to be the first and the same thing has happened dozens of times, and that the entire world is continuously rewriting itself, rather than being centered around Lordran and the Undead "curse."
Empty Space
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There's some debate mostly because of Vendrick going across the sea to steal something from the Giants. Some people believe that the Vendrick stole the lord vessel. There's also the fact that Drangleic is vaguely referenced in DkS3 while older kingdoms are directly referenced. The dragonslayer also makes stuff tricky just how old is Ornstein? How does get around so easily if Drangleic is a distant kingdom?
The player character doesn't randomly stumble across Drangleic an old woman possibly a fire keeper sends them there.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Interesting that they 'fix' the NPC quests, especially Siegward and Greirat....after I've already gone past it -_-.
Well, at least there's next playthrough.
Wondering too how they made Rosaria's covenant easier, also.
Well, at least there's next playthrough.
Wondering too how they made Rosaria's covenant easier, also.
LucidMomentum
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Not to trivialize lore stuff, but Solaire's line in DS1:
as well as Ludleth's dialogue:
Show that not only is there a good chance that there are multiple "lands" where this has happened, or one land in various states of time, but that there's different ways each land or time went about the events in the souls series.
Callbacks could be argued to be time / land shenanigans almost as much as fanservice. What's not to say Drang is what this land called the same place, or a similar place to DSII's Dranglaeic?
That's probably the toughest area in the whole game, even more so than late game areas.
Don't feel bad.
ArgyleGamer
Member
Haha, so true.
Yea it works but the amount of prep and items you need to get that damage is stupid compared to melee. A melee will do 1000 dmg after 4 swing with 40 str or dex and upgraded weapon. A mage will need all 3 sorcery rings + red tear stone ring + 50int + upgraded weapon + L2 buff to get the same damage. The amount of investment mages need to do good damage is crazy and that only applies to sorcery and pyro. From what I understand lightning bro miracles do shit damage regardless of what you have equipped.
For a series that is largely defined by oblique references and hard-to-reconstruct lore, I prefer a sequel narrative that defines its own mythology and asks the player to think about what has come since the original. DS3 being such a direct sequel is worse IMO - we don't need to articulate more about the specific mythology that was already such a wonderful mix of known and unknown in DS1.
Yes, and that made sense as a sequel to DS1? Gwyn introduced order into an entropic world when he linked the first flame, and as a result there's a long battle to keep it going that is ultimately doomed to fail.
Maybe if DS2 didn't exist, DS3 wouldn't feel so creatively bankrupt. But DS3 came out in a post-DS2 world!
Empty Space
Member
Relying on the time and space is convoluted dialogue from Solaire has always seemed like a crutch to me. It seems like that line is there mostly to hand wave the series' multiplayer mechanics and nothing else.
Vic_Viper
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I've been stuck in the Irithyll Dungeon for awhile, this place is seriously pissing me off. Does anyone have any tips that will make this area alil easier to deal with? Does your level affect who can be summoned because I rarely see people to summon but I'm constantly getting invaded.
The reason it seems that way is because that's purely what that line is there for.
biosnake20
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Just finally beat the game. I can't really tell if this game was easier than Dark Souls or if its just that we're all better at souls games now. Nevertheless I had a blast, did pretty good on the bosses too. I beat Vordt, Deacons, Wolnir, Old Demon King, and Aldrich all on my first attempts. The only bosses that really gave me trouble were Abyss Watchers, Dancer, and Nameless King.
It's not a big area. I recommend offline and just getting to next bonfire which is pretty far away.
KittenMaster
Member
Yeah. I think it's just solely to justify why there are phantoms running around even though that is a mechanic tied to Demon's Souls world physics.
JadedWriter
Member
Thank God. It's probably not Bloodborne, Demons souls, Dark Souls good, but being better than Dark Souls 2 is good, it's just a chore to me.
I can't consistently backstab for the life of me. What am I doing wrong?
I've gotten really close, press R1. Normal attack
I walk slowly (never stopping), and press R1. Normal attack, sometimes backstab.
If i get any closer, enemy turns around. I don't have my shield up. I don't understand.
I've gotten really close, press R1. Normal attack
I walk slowly (never stopping), and press R1. Normal attack, sometimes backstab.
If i get any closer, enemy turns around. I don't have my shield up. I don't understand.
In this game it's harder to backstab enemies that are idly facing away from you for some reason. The knights that are kneeling down are easier to backstab: I wait for their shield to appear and then hit R1. For everyone else I stopped bothering, just going with the charged R2 attack. It's like you can't backstab until they're in combat.
Dr. Benton Quest
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It seems Miyazaki finds DS2 lacking, and chooses to largely ignore it. I agree with him.
Chiggs
Gold Member
Gotta up that Strength and Dexterity. Watching them drop after 1-2 hits is pretty rewarding--same for those fire guys who have more bark than bite when things get up close and personal.
I mean, is a possibility, but I understand that both teams speak between them when they are planning these games. But maybe not!
Take into account DS2 is hundreds and hundred later than DS1. Of course this is just opinions, but I liked the idea that every place in DS1 was forgotten in time. It made sense to me, considering each time the flames weaks shit goes down. Not counting wars and such.
As you said, Undeads went to Lordran because that was what the "legend" said (mind you, we don't have any info that says that all undeads went there). So if Lordran falls and it's forgotten it makes sense that Undeads don't necesary go there.
Also losing memory = hollowing. I know DS1 didn't said that, but it also makes sense , if you ask me. DS2 tried to expand the curse of the dead. What did DS3 did with that?
just forget about it
Mind you, I'm not saying DS2 lore was perfect, it had a lot of problems.
The soulvessel stuff wasn't very well done. But, like the soulvessel stuff was just done just because mistery, a lot of stuff is also done the same way in DS3 (already named them in my older post)..
Basically, yeah.
SkylineRKR
Member
I love that area. I noped a few times and wanted to bone out but didn't. It reminded me of Demon's so much. Excellent stuff.
Lack of bonfires but smart hidden shortcuts define DS for me. This area, and the cathedral as well as some others have it.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
I used my level 67. But from my understanding, the game scales me down to your level. Did you feel that it didnt or something?
Tarkus
Member
No, just wondering. What was that thrusting sword? It didn't look like an Estoc.
must be rapier
Good stuff. They are making it easier to trigger NPC questlines, for all the people having trouble with that.
Also it seems like the connection crashes were mostly Xbox One, but I did get a few on PS4, hopefully that won't happen after this.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Ah okay. I was gonna say it should have scaled me to your level. If it didn't Welp I feel I didn't win
I was using the bestoc heavy infused.
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