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Dark Souls III |OT2| Welcome to NG+, Unkindled One
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Do it, you get some good loot.
Did they ever patch his inert state if you put down a summon sign, walk in while he's not aggroed as you're getting summoned, and then spawn back in? He just stands there because it breaks his engage sequence flag.
I really liked it. To make it more effective, up your Luck stat to increase Bleed rate chance.
I eventually went back to a Claymore with Chaos infusion (for better attack stats/scale) since I didn't plan to increase my Luck stat at all.
I think I'll eventually make a Bleed build and use the Flamberge again. Just not as a Pyro (or, maybe a 25/25 pyro instead of 40/40 or 35/35 pyro)
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Oh in that case i'm going to do it, cause so far the drops are a bit disappointing. But...it's early game of course.
Hmmm..maybe i can't kill that dragon right now,the merchant at the shrine only seems to have so many arrows.
Shotgun Kiss
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Just beat
. What should I do before wrapping up NG? I've finished all optional areas, but I'm wondering what collectables/quests I should go after before moving on to NG+.
When you move onto NG+, do the tallies of how many covenant items you've turned in get reset? I'm wondering if I should go farming for some stuff now.
Prince Lothric
When you move onto NG+, do the tallies of how many covenant items you've turned in get reset? I'm wondering if I should go farming for some stuff now.
True. What they could do to Lightning Spear is add kind of paralyzing effect or something like that. Make it unique rather than just another nuke to do damage.
The mechanic itself is DS2 with the simplified process, which isn't a bad thing but with the far superior builds. Heavy/Sharp/Quality/Blessed/Crescent. All these awesome upgrade paths from Demon's Souls are back. I think some of them still need some readjustment but the idea is there and the scaling OMG works a lot better than it did in DS2.
The thing with the lower part of Blighttown is that it's very small and you can run through it and pick up every item pretty quickly which is not the case in Farron Keep. But I agree with the rest.
I had the same reflex but after the cut scene -> quit -> reload. I guess we are so used to these games now haha.
Seriously? Holy shit. I didn't know that!
Ame
Member
All the covenant stuff carries over into NG+.
Oh awesome. My steam controller import arrived whilst I was finishing the game and deliberately held off plugging it in because I looked at it and thought "no way this works better than the xbone controller for dark souls"
Will have to try it with Dark Souls now
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Oh damn, they put a cap on the maximum arrows you can carry now? I can only carry 99 wood arrows now, so much for offing mister dragon early. 
Tarkus
Member
That's a fine weapon with totally fair hit boxes and great stun-locking ability!
Haven't even watched the video and I agree completely.
Nah poise like DS2 would be better. Also hopefully the damage and stamina usage on the spam weapons gets nerfed. And they do something for the axes and hammers that dont get hyperarmor weapon arts.
I really hate how they nerfed the ability to animation cancel with backstep. It feels like such a bad option now. You used to be able to play awesome mind games with it.
Oh damn, they put a cap on the maximum arrows you can carry now? I can only carry 99 wood arrows now, so much for offing mister dragon early.
Just get gerait freed and buy 99 standard arrows and run up to the door under the dragon and let him kill everything. Then shoot him in the talon thats clinging to the side of the building.
KCroxtonJr
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You could still get 99 of multiple types of arrowsOh damn, they put a cap on the maximum arrows you can carry now? I can only carry 99 wood arrows now, so much for offing mister dragon early.
Finally beat the game, not sure how I feel about it. It was good, but I guess I kinda felt like it was gonna be better? Final boss was pretty cool, really enjoyed it actually.
I've been playing with the Steam Controller the whole game as well, at first I thought it'd be impossible, now I can't imagine going back to sticks. The flaps on the back are crucial for me now. I use them to swap left/right hands during combat. Although sometimes I want them to be magic/item, or dodge/item like you said.
Yah I had no idea the buffs stacked that much. Crazy. I hope they don't patch it, though :/ It's fun to have weird crazy set ups or even,"OP" stuff. It's why I wish they didn't neuter poise. It was a different build opportunity that was made available.
Also the video reminded me again that I wish they didn't fuck over hyper mode as hard as they have. Demon's Morion Blade I will always remember you.
They had that in DS2. DS2 was made better when they nerfed the shit out of it.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
That's the person in the jail cell in High wall of Lothric? Haven't found the key to that yet but I also haven't completely explored this location yet.
You could still get 99 of multiple types of arrows
Finally beat the game, not sure how I feel about it. It was good, but I guess I kinda felt like it was gonna be better? Final boss was pretty cool, really enjoyed it actually.
Sadly she only has wood arrows and standard bolts right now.
I couldn't give two shits about PvP balance.
Adam_Vania
Banned
Was exploring IOTBV and wading through some water towards some distant shore when i heard something behind me. I started running and thought "Should i turn around and see what that is?" Just then i got eaten.
YOU DIED
OMGOL
YOU DIED
OMGOL
Like i said, there's a learning curve, you will hate it at first haha. The first boss while trying to get muscle memory to use the flap for roll made me feel like i had never played a game in my life.
Well thats probably what they will be patching around mostly, especially since its a mess right now.
Man, the hollow bleed build is easily the most effective of my 5 playthroughs. Some of the bosses went down so easy.
Final boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLnTElQYpA
Final boss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLnTElQYpA
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
So the Sword Master drops the uchi, but uses the
? On my newest character I wanted to do the
early so I used the summon trick, and
haha. At some point he was at half-health because it takes so long for him to kill the boss, but fortunately he used Estus.
early but holy crap her swords seem really crappy it's perfect for my cosplay idea though...), so I might re-spec and switch to that. How high was your luck, str/dex?
Chaos Blade
dancer
he lost 6 hp every time he swung
That's a really good idea!
Oh I don't completely agree with the bolded bit. The Blessed and Crescent equivalent are complete crap. Well okay, I haven't used Simple infusions yet, but Blessed just... sucks this time around. The damage is complete crap and the HP regen is too low to be worth the trade-off.
Yeah I didn't either. Huh...
Wow that is crazy good! Really makes me want to try it. Especially since I want to make a dual scimitars build for... reasons (it's why I got the
dancer
it's perfect for my cosplay idea though...), so I might re-spec and switch to that. How high was your luck, str/dex?Mister Megative
Banned
Whew. Morion blade with Fallen knight head/chest+alva leggings+black iron gauntlets=badass dark knight.
Wow that is crazy good! Really makes me want to try it. Especially since I want to make a dual scimitars build for... reasons (it's why I got theearly but holy crap her swords seem really crappydancer
Luck - 30 (up to 40 with hollowed +10 Warden Blades and hollowed +10 shield on my back)
Strength - 18 (to use the washing pole for PVP, no other reason to have it that high)
Dex - 20 (+5 with the dex ring)
It's a super fun build. I would definitely recommend giving it a try.
KittenMaster
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You know what. I wonder if the reason I have been doing so awfully bad against most bosses in the game is because I haven't been letting myself fast roll. I always heard the way defense was calculated means you get significant gains even if you have the weakest armor in each slot, but that makes it really hard to fast roll.
I like that they've given you even more options for infusion compared to DS2, but I really miss being able to infuse boss weapons and ones that upgrade with twinkling titanite. As a pyromancer, almost all of them are useless to me when they can't be buffed or infused.
I have zero idea on how the armor works in this game. I need help too.
I just beat the pontif and im still wearing the original knight armour....:S
Arjen
Member
Fashion souls is all that matters.
Wait is it a rare drop? I got it on the mimic in
Cathedral of the Deep
MagicWithEarvin
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KittenMaster
Member
Nevermind, I need my armor :/
I'm just so frustrated that I get stuck on bosses everybody only needs a few tries (or even just one) to beat.
I'm just so frustrated that I get stuck on bosses everybody only needs a few tries (or even just one) to beat.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
I think I just fought OnlyAfro.
Even If I was well aware It might not be him I was like fanboyism and nervous as fuck lol
Even If I was well aware It might not be him I was like fanboyism and nervous as fuck lol
Woohoo! Beat a boss. Nearly 100k Souls to spend. Lets just take a quick look at this next bonf.... It's not lighting.... Of course. Of course I'm being invaded. I should probably put on some more respectable PvP gear. I have a +10 Dark Blade I hardly ever use. I have plenty of resins to add damage.
Nah, screw that. Let's do this.
Wander into the first room. How do we play this? Time for head games?
Stoic. Easy to stand there looking unperturbed with a two handed Zwei. (very late game area??? The Invader was there for like 20 seconds and I didn't move. I just waited. Video cut for brevity.)
Weapon arts are fun.
Nah, screw that. Let's do this.
Wander into the first room. How do we play this? Time for head games?
Stoic. Easy to stand there looking unperturbed with a two handed Zwei. (very late game area??? The Invader was there for like 20 seconds and I didn't move. I just waited. Video cut for brevity.)
Weapon arts are fun.
Adam_Vania
Banned
Found myself in Ithryll Dungeon. I am really loving the art direction of this whole game. Sometimes this game is very, very colorful! The enemies that shrink your health are def a fright! I love it! Very cool design and the poker is a cool-looking weapon. I actually got one...
I love the sparks that emit whenever you hit a wall/stair! This game looks sooooo good!
I love the sparks that emit whenever you hit a wall/stair! This game looks sooooo good!
ArgyleGamer
Member
Anyone know if the Firekeepers mask/headpiece is obtainable? I could have sworn I saw a video with someone rocking a hood that had the mask but I cannot find it anymore.
KittenMaster
Member
Finally beat T
of L
(I don't think that's the exact name).
I was so salty at how bad I am at the game but it ended up being a fun fight once I finally learned it.
Now I have to beat N
K
win Princes
othric
I was so salty at how bad I am at the game but it ended up being a fun fight once I finally learned it.
Now I have to beat N
ameless
ing____
Red Liquorice
Member
Haven't played for a day or two since
and the final boss really turned me off, but having only the final boss to do I came back to it today and beat him first try, which was only about the 5th time I'd fought him any way. The first time, when he went in to his second form (duh, they all have second phases now!) I just turned it off, I needed a break from it all!
Doing these two bosses back to back at the end made it feel like such a slog and soured the latter part of the game for me. I got annoyed at how little time there is in between these (and other) bosses attack patterns. They'll do a huge long combo, then I barely had time for one R1 swing of the Claymore - more often than not I didn't have time and got hit mid-swing, it made some fights really drawn out and frustrating - I can't even imagine what these bosses are like with even slower weapons. Their relentlessness felt like a way of making familiar fights tougher for Souls vets and also an influence from Bloodborne, where the combat is familiar but of course quite different. Maybe I just shouldn't have started with a heavy weapon, not my forte, I just wanted a vanilla build for the first playthrough.
But now I've got that out of the way I feel a weight lifted and I'm itching to get on with a magic/rapier build and get all the trophies. I'm eager to actually do all the NPC questlines, I barely scratched the surface I think - The only questline I finished was Seigward and that was largely by accident.
I do know I have no desire to go back to my initial SL1 run, at least not to do an all bosses run.
at SL1? No thanks, I'll keep my sanity instead!
Overall, I think the game is great - a 'best of' compilation mixtape of the previous games. It didn't better any of the previous games for me except DS2 (obviously) but that's not to say it's second to last place in a race - They're all amazing games, it's just Bloodborne, DeS and DS1 all do something quite unique and special, where as DS3 is the fifth game, what it does it does great - it just wasn't the first to do it.
Nameless King
Doing these two bosses back to back at the end made it feel like such a slog and soured the latter part of the game for me. I got annoyed at how little time there is in between these (and other) bosses attack patterns. They'll do a huge long combo, then I barely had time for one R1 swing of the Claymore - more often than not I didn't have time and got hit mid-swing, it made some fights really drawn out and frustrating - I can't even imagine what these bosses are like with even slower weapons. Their relentlessness felt like a way of making familiar fights tougher for Souls vets and also an influence from Bloodborne, where the combat is familiar but of course quite different. Maybe I just shouldn't have started with a heavy weapon, not my forte, I just wanted a vanilla build for the first playthrough.
But now I've got that out of the way I feel a weight lifted and I'm itching to get on with a magic/rapier build and get all the trophies. I'm eager to actually do all the NPC questlines, I barely scratched the surface I think - The only questline I finished was Seigward and that was largely by accident.
I do know I have no desire to go back to my initial SL1 run, at least not to do an all bosses run.
Nameless King
Overall, I think the game is great - a 'best of' compilation mixtape of the previous games. It didn't better any of the previous games for me except DS2 (obviously) but that's not to say it's second to last place in a race - They're all amazing games, it's just Bloodborne, DeS and DS1 all do something quite unique and special, where as DS3 is the fifth game, what it does it does great - it just wasn't the first to do it.
StoppedInTracks
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Those beastly Outrider Knights that freeze you can fuck right off in NG+. Jesus they are harder than some bosses. And I was wearing FULL Outrider Knigth armor set with highest frost resistance possible, jeez. Killing them is a matter of luck for me luckily they do not respawn.
Can you imagine 2 of them at the same time as a boss?
Can you imagine 2 of them at the same time as a boss?
If only that weapon's arts weren't so painfully slow.
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