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[Augemitbutter]

Yeah there is definitely a more pronounced counter / stagger attack, it makes a thumping sound almost like shield parries used to in the other Dark Souls games. It's hard to say what triggers it, but I think it comes when an enemy is considered "off balance" - whether it's mid-attack or whether the guard has just been broken. Also managed to do it to a player one time, but I couldn't repeat it on command or anything.

okay i was confused after i got the hornet ring. i heard that sound multiple times randomly before and never knew what caused it.

 

[darkjedi187]

Spent the entire night roaming around the Cathedral of the Deep. What a great area, this game has more depth both in level design and npc quests than the previous entries. Really enjoying it and I got a long way to go.

 

[SomTervo]

Holy shit so many posts!!!

 

[MichaelEM3]

You can go back and turn it on. But no, that's the only location for *that* specific ring.

Awesome, thanks. Just did that and got it.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Spent the entire night roaming around the Cathedral of the Deep. What a great area, this game has more depth both in level design and npc quests than the previous entries. Really enjoying it and I got a long way to go.

Felt like a game on its own, it has lots of secrets and the shortcuts are rather brilliant, thus eliminating the need of bonfires everywhere. This is closest to classic souls.

 

[BossDarkseid]

Anyone know how to get

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Sirris

to spawn if you haven't joined

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Rosalia's Fingers?

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

Fucking finally beat the

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Princes

.

 

[Fakeknowledge]

What level are you?

I was getting a few summons at

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Ithryll

around level 50.

76, i tried there earlier but had no luck. I've been trying

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Lothric Castle

and haven't got anything here either.

I was getting counter invaded by blues in Smoldering all day thus far.

Cheers, i'll give there a go next.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

76, i tried there earlier but had no luck. I've been trying

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Lothric Castle

and haven't got anything here either.



Cheers, i'll give there a go next.

With that level I would go to

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Archdragon Peak

, you're probably too high for most places.

 

[Zeliard]

And on a side note, The Dancer of the Boreal Valley is probably the most beautiful boss fight ever. Just an amazing enemy.

Thematically I really loved the (late game spoiler)

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Oceirus boss fight. His constant anguished cries and longing for his child, even holding an invisible one in the first phase of the fight, and his enraged turn when he goes feral at the half-way point. Great music too.

Might be my favorite fight in the entire series, thematically.

 

[deoee]

WHAT?! Shop keepers reset on NG+ cycles? What is this bullshit?

How is that a surprise?

You also loose key items.

 

[SunBroDave]

Thematically I really loved the (late game spoiler)

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Oceirus boss fight. His constant anguished cries and longing for his child, even holding an invisible one in the first phase of the fight, and his enraged turn when he goes feral at the half-way point. Great music too.

Might be my favorite fight in the entire series, thematically.

It's a fantastic boss fight, and very reminiscent of

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Bloodborne.

 

[Obliterator]

I have killed so many NPCs in this game on accident good lord.

Gonna have a lot to do on my NG+ run because I've slaughtered a lot of innocents

 

[LiK]

Thematically I really loved the (late game spoiler)

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Oceirus boss fight. His constant anguished cries and longing for his child, even holding an invisible one in the first phase of the fight, and his enraged turn when he goes feral at the half-way point. Great music too.

Might be my favorite fight in the entire series, thematically.

I didn't like that boss, tbh. The room was a cluttered mess and he reminded me of a Bloodborne boss in his design and demeanor. Thankfully, he wasn't too hard.

 

[Brohan]

Patch 1.04 still not live for EU psn?

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

Oh uh. Looks like I skipped 3 bosses...wtf. Did I just skip to the last boss or something?

 

[Ferr986]

I'm stuck on the G

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rand Archives

and I'm to idiot to figure where to go

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I'm basically past after the shortcut. There's a room with 4 ot 5 candleguys and some stairs that takes you out to the roofts, with some gargolyes and shit, but seems like it's only for loot. I can't see where to go to proceed.

 

[KingKong]

I've been watching streamers since I finished the game and it's crazy how many people are using greatswords. They're not even OP this time! and so much less fun than pretty much any other weapon except for magic. old habits die hard I guess

 

[SunBroDave]

I'm stuck on the G

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rand Archives

and I'm to idiot to figure where to go

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I'm basically past after the shortcut. There's a room with 4 ot 5 candleguys and some stairs that takes you out to the roofts, with some gargolyes and shit, but seems like it's only for loot. I can't see where to go to proceed.

Up the roof

 

[SunBroDave]

Oh uh. Looks like I skipped 3 bosses...wtf. Did I just skip to the last boss or something?

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After the Princes, there is only 1 more mandatory boss.

Edit: Double post sorry

 

[Ferr986]

Up the roof

lmao, see? told ya I'm dumb. Saw it now. Thanks!

 

[LiK]

Oh uh. Looks like I skipped 3 bosses...wtf. Did I just skip to the last boss or something?

You probably skipped the optional bosses

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

You probably skipped the optional bosses

Yeah, I'm going back to do those.

 

[Nameless]

NPC guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aNcI7Pt7HZW240xnckAXS29ucNFmpm2lDEu9Ch29hzI/pub

goddamn what a convoluted mess it's going to take 4 playthrough's to do all of this
😤

Thanks for this. Staying blind for the first run but bookmarked for my Pyromancy play through.

 

[LiK]

Yeah, I'm going back to do those.

They're pretty hard. Enjoy!

 

[myco666]

How is that a surprise?

You also loose key items.

Because Bath Messengers in Bloodborne don't reset. Having to go through all the game again until I can buy all materials etc. again is bullshit when I don't have any other use for souls. Key items sure since you could do stupid skips if you got those.

 

[Vince DiCola]

Yeah, pretty much. Watching DSP do this boss almost had me pulling my hair out.

I can't watch DSP anymore, it's too annoying.

"I didn't equip the coolant" Grr

 

[Citadel]

At work, and won't be able to play for another ... 8 hours. And I just got to the C

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athedral of the Deep

, too.

NPC question: I had summoned

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Eygon of Carim

for the C

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rystal

S

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age

fight, and just as I landed the killing blow, I got a prompt telling me that my NPC ally had also died. Does this mean that he will no longer be alive/available for future bosses?

 

[nismogrendel]

I was told to use firebombs on the transforming zombies in the first area. I cannot one shot them with a firebomb... is there a stat that will raise firebomb damage?

 

[Fancy Clown]

Beat the

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Pontiff

! He was absolutely impossible yesterday but today I was dodging all his attacks and getting to his second phase most of the time. Dark Souls is funny like that, how taking a break can be the most beneficial strategy of all. Still, definitely one of the harder bosses in these games, your dodging has to be on point the whole time, especially the second phase.

 

[Brohan]

So it says that patch 1.04 should have went live yesterday for Europe aswell but i have not been able to download it at all.

If i do check for update on the ps4 it says that it has the most recent patch installed but this is simply not true because i'm still running app version 1.03.

Does Anyone else have this problem?

 

[MichaelEM3]

Ending question:

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Is there an easy way to back-up your save on PC to get the two basic endings? I already messed up the Yuria quest in this first playthrough so I know I can't get that third ending without New Game Plus.

 

[LiK]

I was told to use firebombs on the transforming zombies in the first area. I cannot one shot them with a firebomb... is there a stat that will raise firebomb damage?

nah, set damage me thinks

 

[Vince DiCola]

I was told to use firebombs on the transforming zombies in the first area. I cannot one shot them with a firebomb... is there a stat that will raise firebomb damage?

Int and faith I think and one shotting them won't happen lol

 

[SunBroDave]

I was told to use firebombs on the transforming zombies in the first area. I cannot one shot them with a firebomb... is there a stat that will raise firebomb damage?

Are you referring to the enemies who

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transform like the first boss

? If so, the easiest way to deal with them is to

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kill them before they transform.

I don't believe there is a stat to raise item damage.

 

[rtcn63]

I was told to use firebombs on the transforming zombies in the first area. I cannot one shot them with a firebomb... is there a stat that will raise firebomb damage?

You can kill them before they transform. Or just run past. Running is a good skill.

 

[krakov]

nah, set damage me thinks

They have scaling stats if I'm not misremembering but I never used them outside the early areas.

 

[SunBroDave]

Ending question:

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Is there an easy way to back-up your save on PC to get the two basic endings? I already messed up the Yuria quest in this first playthrough so I know I can't get that third ending without New Game Plus.

Yes, your save file is located in the %appdata%/Roaming/DarkSoulsIII/<Steam id>/ folder

 

[LiK]

They have scaling stats if I'm not misremembering but I never used them outside the early areas.

Oh, really? I didn't look too closely at the scaling stat.

 

[E92 M3]

So it says that patch 1.04 should have went live yesterday for Europe aswell but i have not been able to download it at all.

If i do check for update on the ps4 it says that it has the most recent patch installed but this is simply not true because i'm still running app version 1.03.

Does Anyone else have this problem?

My xbox version says 1.03 too - it's very weird.

 

[MilkBeard]

Man I had the craziest laggiest match ever. The boss and host were literally sliding and me and the other phantom were whamming on him without ever getting hurt or anything. Then at the end after killing him he finally attacks us even though he's already dead.

lol. I had something like that yesterday too. The boss never attacked, it just stood there, but then teleported around like normal (it was

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Aldrich

). And the sliding around looks hilarious.

 

[Shmuppers]

I'm stuck on the G

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rand Archives

and I'm to idiot to figure where to go

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I'm basically past after the shortcut. There's a room with 4 ot 5 candleguys and some stairs that takes you out to the roofts, with some gargolyes and shit, but seems like it's only for loot. I can't see where to go to proceed.

As long as you're walking up staircases, you're going the right way. Look for the nearest set of stairs.

 

[MilkBeard]

So it says that patch 1.04 should have went live yesterday for Europe aswell but i have not been able to download it at all.

If i do check for update on the ps4 it says that it has the most recent patch installed but this is simply not true because i'm still running app version 1.03.

Does Anyone else have this problem?

The patch is still 1.03 technically. You have to log online to get it. I heard people talking about it, but never got it. I didn't have ps plus. So I bought it to play multiplayer and logged online, then I finally got the patch. It doesn't download through the OS, but through the game while signing in.

 

[LucidMomentum]

I just realized I've been missing story / NPC summons because of all the soapstone signs in front of every boss.

 

[Auctopus]

Can someone link that gif from earlier of the sunbro running from the mimic in the corridor?

 

[Primethius]

Maybe I wasn't into the lore as much but the final boss was kinda boring.

 

[MichaelEM3]

Yes, your save file is located in the %appdata%/Roaming/DarkSoulsIII/<Steam id>/ folder

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is it as easy as copying that save file, beating the game, and then replacing the current file with the old one?

 

[Brohan]

My xbox version says 1.03 too - it's very weird.

Yeah it's so weird. Even in the menu screen of dark souls it says: Regulation version 1.04 but App version 1.03. Which means that the game has not been updated to the latest version yet. So is it because the update has not yet been released in the EU?

 

[Razzorn34]

The only thing missing from this game is the twinblades from DS2. I wish they had made a return.

 

[Shmuppers]

They have scaling stats if I'm not misremembering but I never used them outside the early areas.

If it scales with anything, it might be faith. I'm pretty sure the damage is static though.

The only thing missing from this game is the twinblades from DS2. I wish they had made a return.

I'm sure they'll be in dlc.