Host Samurai
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Dat feel when you have a boss beat in one hit and than pulls an insta kill outta it's ass.
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Dark Souls III |OT2| Welcome to NG+, Unkindled One
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Had a weird bug happen with an invisible wall :/ It went away once I died but still strange.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5CuYPZjVOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5CuYPZjVOc
Tarkus
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I love when someone heals in a club and everybody jumps them.
I mean it's just frustrating because he saw ALL the hints.
He saw the developer note about the bridge being weak, he saw the platform with an enemy on it directly below the bridge and he even saw Horace and the items down in the Smouldering Lake. Yet he didn't even TRY to cut it down, just ran across it a couple of times.
NK got 10 times more manageable once I quickly figured out that not going underneath him was the plan for the fight. If you do go underneath then the dragon will do the fire attack and you'll also have problems with the camera if you're locked on. Just playing it by standing back a bit makes the fight more fun and also easier. Get two birds stoned at once.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I was in the same boat, there's a good chance it's the one in the Demon Ruins, it's fairly obscure.
That was my strategy in other Souls games, but the way they keep 100% block shields with decent stability till later as well as have fast aggressive bosses meant I focused on twohanding instead. On my next play through, I'm going to try to make a shield viable earlier.
I don't think a shield is viable for Aldritch though. He fires at you WHILE the arrows are going, you need to be mobile.
hydrophilic attack
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Catacombs are a fun place to invade. The traps help even out the odds against the numerical advantage of the host a little bit.
I haven't yet started following the ENB playthroughs yet but, being a downer in what way? If it's in references to the previous games I'm actually really enjoying the ways they're doing it.
At the start he felt that it was too much fan service and was concerned whether there would be a good enough reason lorewise to be doing it.
He's been pretty positive recently, I mean he even loved D
eacons of the Deep
Early in the playthrough he is pretty down on all the references to other games and it sort of makes it less fun to watch.
GamingOblivion
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I know, I've already beaten the area. Doesn't stop it from being a bullshit area.
theSlacker
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There are a few things that you can do "visceral" attacks to from the front when you have hurt them enough that they get stunned. It's normally bigger things like the crabs or the wolf beast thing. This happens to bosses as well. Did it to both N
ameless
ing
Throw the NGAF password on and I'll be right there (just outside the door fine?).
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Just run past everyone and go straight for the lift.
That area is actually really small, just sneak around the guys at the start (or run past em), it's not worth taking them on unless you can deal fire damage. Just be sure to get the Estus shard on the lift down.
Eugh. I disliked the boss to be honest.
Glad he's getting better, one of my least favorite criticisms of Dark Souls 2 was people getting upset about the references to Dark Souls 1. I've been holding off on ENB because I've been hearing quite a few complaints but if he's better now though maybe I'll start checking out a few.
I felt it got easier as I progressed
Which part? I found the garden super easy once you find all the shortcuts.
Sure. Whats your PSN? I keep getting invaded in that area before doing anything.
Freezasaurus
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That was one place I never even bothered exploring very much. I grabbed the items and stuff and killed the boss but never stuck around to bother killing the enemies. Really not worth the effort.
What's troubling you there? Remember to have plenty of firebombs to deal with the dark monster thingies.
Elysium-777
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Thanks for the tips. I'll get back on later and see what I can do.
The sludge snake monsters (don't know what to call them) are just hugely difficult to kill consistently. They're so large and their movements are so erratic that they're difficult to successfully dodge all the time, and if they manage to land two hits, it's lights out.
I've been breezing through the game up to this point, but these snake things are wrecking me.
Should probably mention I'm playing a DEX build, so standing there and blocking hits isn't really going to work for me.
I think the Dark Souls parry sound might be my favourite sound in all of games. Especially when you get it in PvP.
I just cheese them with firebombs and fire arrows. Just can't be bothered fighting them 1v1.
I just cheese them with firebombs and fire arrows. Just can't be bothered fighting them 1v1.
Fire weapon sends them into a stagger dance.
I'm literally dropping a ring for another guy at the moment and then I'll be right there. My PSN is the same as my username here, SDR-UK.
Most people suck at it in PVP. And also don't realize that a lot of weapon skills can't be parried.
SkylineRKR
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Not only firebombs, pyromancy as well. And fire weapons. I usually threw a fireball, got a combo in, got out of range and repeat.
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How to easily own those guys.
Fire damage stuns them. But, there's a period of latency between the stun effect proccing successively. So for example, you shoot a fire arrow, then follow up with a few regular arrow shots while they are squealing. Wait a second or two, then repeat the process.
Works with melee strikes too. Fire hit to stun, then follow up with a volley of hard straight physical hits.
Works with melee strikes too. Fire hit to stun, then follow up with a volley of hard straight physical hits.
Literally impossible cause I keep getting invaded by multiple people. Like 2 at a time. I didn't even know you could get invaded by 2 people at once.
hydrophilic attack
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Haha, I just won a 3v1 in the Catacombs by making them follow me to the
bridge and let them get ganked by the army of skellies
Dance Inferno
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Hmm I guess that's doable. It's probably more tense to run through the zone than to fight through it, but I bet it's also less frustrating. I'll give it a shot next time!
Huh? Not sure I agree on your definition of cheesing. The game teaches you to use fire against these dark enemise in the very first level, firebombs is the easiest available source.
Alright my sign is down straight outside of the door with the password NGAF and Cross Region Matchmaking enabled. Hopefully you can pick me up and we can get you through this area.
My money is on the rolling skel ball in the Catacombs. That is the easiest one to miss.
Futurevoid
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Finished!
might be two of my favorite Souls levels out there to explore. Loved them both. The Nameless King was a complete pain in the butt as mentioned earlier but good lord he looked amazing and that was just EPIC!
was also a much better finisher than Gwynn. Similar in some ways but definitely a fun fight to figure out.
I apparently got the secret
which was pretty bad ass.
At the moment - game of the year. Bar none. This is everything I wanted and more from a sequel to Dark Souls and it helps wipe away the bad taste in my mouth left by DS2 which is a game that just never clicked with me no matter how hard I tried with it.
Miyazaki, I kneel before you. Now give me Bloodborne 2 please.
Archdragon's Peak and Lothric Castle
Soul of Cinder
I apparently got the secret
usurpation of fire ending
At the moment - game of the year. Bar none. This is everything I wanted and more from a sequel to Dark Souls and it helps wipe away the bad taste in my mouth left by DS2 which is a game that just never clicked with me no matter how hard I tried with it.
Miyazaki, I kneel before you. Now give me Bloodborne 2 please.
I suppose it ultimately comes down to how we find enjoyment with these games, but when you first encounter these enemies and you see the firebombs next to them, it felt like the game was telling you "Hey, these guys are REALLY tough. So tough, in fact, that you'll need to cheese them down with firebombs for now because you really aren't ready to take them on."
So coming across them much later on in the game, I felt like it was time for a rematch, but they're still just as much of a pain in the ass after all.
See below.
I think From actually botched the bridge a little bit, because
you can only cut it from one side. So what happens, you try the first side, nothing happens, and then people usually don't even try the other side. The should have made the uncuttable side attached another way, so that it has the desired effect without seeming like weird game logic. Epicnamebro tried to cut the uncuttable side and then gave up that idea.
It depends on the playstyle. If you explore thoroughly and die occasionally but always recover your souls, have the serpent ring or shield of want equipped in the later areas, and prioritize leveling over buying cosmetic items you can easily end up in the low-mid 70s at that point without it feeling strange
Though levels aren't the main issue here, since it's more how much damage you can deal by the time you're supposed to fight her that makes her so flaccid an encounter. If you have Carthus Rouge unlocked you can be level whatever and it won't change how fast she melts.
Yeah, I rarely waste Souls, I usually level up because DkS2 conditioned me to, and I was level 82 by the end.
And I never farmed, nor I used the 5 free levels.
well if someone here could help me cheaply farm then that would be awesome otherwise i'll just go to popular pvp spots
phoenix296
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Did they increase the drop rate of covenant items from pve kills? I was able to farm Proof of Concord Kept a lot faster after the latest patch.
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