Think that because so many people try to summon there that when you try to summon they've already been summoned. If you put down your sign there see how long it take for you to get summoned I guess? Have you tried summoning a friend using a password?
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Think that because so many people try to summon there that when you try to summon they've already been summoned. If you put down your sign there see how long it take for you to get summoned I guess? Have you tried summoning a friend using a password?
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So just finished killing P
and this was such an amazing fight. One of the best boss fights so far after A
. I think this boss fight basically reinforced by preference for humanoid one on one fights after BB. Orphan, Maria,Gerhman, Gascgoine and now these two. So fking good. Also the level design in C
and I
was fking on point compared to the rest of the levels so far which were supremely mediocre by Souls standards IMO. Actually C
is alright.
ontiff Sulyvahn
byss watchers
athedral of the Deep
rithyll of the Boreal Valley
atacombs
DorkLord54
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Same. I only had to tango with the A
byss
atchers
hampion
undyr
rystal
age
ceiros
I get summoned instantly. None of my friends are this far lol.
It's just annoying me now, I think I might have to skip this boss sadly :/
Fallout-NL
Member
People that finish this game in 30 hours have to be rushing through it btw. Impossible to exlpore everything that way.
theSlacker
Member
I know I'm around 50 hours in and just passing what people have said was the midway point...
I do everything very well except the Darkmoon never works. All other PVP stuff works swiftly.
Reverend Funk
Comfy Penetration
some people are really efficient explorers
lol, invaded a guy in C
. Anyways, a Blue showed up. So I then went after the Blue, since destroying him/her is worth more then the host. They are a more valuable reward. But before I could do anything, he spawned next to the G
. He was dead soon after. lol. The game basically fucked him over in the worst spot. lol
(Though, that enemy is so easy to kill and isn't around any other enemy, so could have easily killed it and not taken a hit)
athedral in the Deep
iant
(Though, that enemy is so easy to kill and isn't around any other enemy, so could have easily killed it and not taken a hit)
try co oping in a pvp heavy area with the darkmoon item equipped, and kill an invader. I think you may get one that way. Not sure though. I'm trying to test that now.
Freezasaurus
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I'm at
Grand Archives
With a pyro, he has no second form. I just use my AOE orb on him at all times, and when he tries to split the orb kills the clone instantly. Dodging his attacks arent hard if your goal is to keep him at range
Had lots of fun doing some coop on
last night. Not a super challenging fight, but the
makes it super fun. Especially since my own attempt I went in solo/blind, and
. I ended up just
and didn't figure out how I was "supposed" to do it until after.
Yhorm the Giant
return of the Storm Ruler
Siegward just walks in and starts laying down the shockwaves like a badass
tanking the boss for him
Char Aznable
Member
Yeah phase one sucks, u need to run the fuck out when the dragon starts breathing fire. also try to attacks its head, that's his weak point.
I had two extremely funny moments in pvp.
I'm a blade of the darkmoon. I don't get summoned often but when I do it's always a bit weird.
First I got summoned at the beginning of one of the last zones of the game. Just see my host here who doesn't seem to preoccupied. I see him use an item, then just lie down.
A few seconds later, I see them essage the invader died. He used a seed of the giant and the mobs did the work. I smiled like a dummie while just getting my darkmoon reward.
Second was a mess as I helped a guy in the same zone. He had 3 invaders, but one of them was a mound-maker and he was attacking other invaders, who in turn were trying to fight him off and find the host and me in the middle of this. It ended in a 2 v 2 v 1 (with the host using a greatbow from afar to troll) and it was great
I'm a blade of the darkmoon. I don't get summoned often but when I do it's always a bit weird.
First I got summoned at the beginning of one of the last zones of the game. Just see my host here who doesn't seem to preoccupied. I see him use an item, then just lie down.
A few seconds later, I see them essage the invader died. He used a seed of the giant and the mobs did the work. I smiled like a dummie while just getting my darkmoon reward.
Second was a mess as I helped a guy in the same zone. He had 3 invaders, but one of them was a mound-maker and he was attacking other invaders, who in turn were trying to fight him off and find the host and me in the middle of this. It ended in a 2 v 2 v 1 (with the host using a greatbow from afar to troll) and it was great
Fallout-NL
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Ok, well, with the exception of the clairvoyant savant crowd then.
Well this is kind of silly. After posting about not understanding how I'm supposed to reasonably beat
, I upgraded my Dark Sword from a +6 to a +7, re-attempted the fight, got him into phase two and rushed him just as he began summoning the copy while two handing my sword and was able to kill it before it was summoned. Then I just carried on the fight like normal and with about 10% left he started summoning again so I started wailing and beat him.
It was either a fluke and I got lucky, or that fight is ten times easier than I thought it was going to be after about five attempts and getting railed by the copy each time.
Pontiff
It was either a fluke and I got lucky, or that fight is ten times easier than I thought it was going to be after about five attempts and getting railed by the copy each time.
valentine71
Banned
I have been trying to beat him for the last night and i just killed him with two summons (I got lucky i guess). You can add me if you want to. abysswalker71 on PSN.
Char Aznable
Member
the Uchigatana carried my playtrough to the end, after the last lord of cinder I switched to a dual style katana u find late game
there also this covenant reard katana that is pretty cool
bobawesome
Member
Playthrough 2 essentially done. I'm not sure if I want to stop right here for my main character until dlc hits or not.
lol no
I beat Bloodborne in 22 hours and Dark Souls III took me a little more than 26 hours. I certainly wasn't "rushing" through the game. I missed only one area, which I'm sure is one a lot of others miss. I'm also not playing online so I don't have the benefit of seeing player messages to steer me in the right direction.
lol no
I beat Bloodborne in 22 hours and Dark Souls III took me a little more than 26 hours. I certainly wasn't "rushing" through the game. I missed only one area, which I'm sure is one a lot of others miss. I'm also not playing online so I don't have the benefit of seeing player messages to steer me in the right direction.
If you missed an entire area then you're rushing to some extent. To finish it in 26 hours means you're no way exploring all the areas, finding all the items, reading the lore, following the quest lines, etc, which is an integral part of the game. Definitely rushing, although there's nothing wrong with that if that's how you like to play.
Fallout-NL
Member
^
^
Fucking whatever man, I'm just not buying it.
^
Fucking whatever man, I'm just not buying it.
Yeah sounds like the demand is too high.
If you need to I can probably help. Done the boss myself and got summoned a few times (but they had two summons not one). Haven't fought him in a while.
Red Liquorice
Member
Hmmm, kind of wish I hadn't taken the NPC by the bonfire in to the A
W
fight, after seeing their name pop up frequently I assumed it was going to be a spectacularly difficult fight even with a summon - I was wrong, it made it a total joke. Not that I was that impressed by the design in general. I prefer big monster bosses I think. I even preferred the set up of the Cathedral boss that I did shortly before that I thought was fun and a similar idea to previous bosses like the ayy lmaos in BB and Rats in DS2.
Then I'm in the C
and still finding regular titanite shards as loot? WTF From Soft? What does it take to get past a +4 fucking weapon in this game? All the upgrade materials are so gated off.
This area is a nice upgrade to the similar area in previous games and all, it does remind me a bit of one of the Chalice Dungeons in BB, but these fast red eyed enemies suffer from what a lot of enemies so far have and it's long multi-hit movesets that exhaust your stamina bar and not much time in between where you can get in any damage before they start up again. If I have to roll 3 times to dodge a move chain, I've got the choice of either going in for to do a hit (and it's one hit because 80% of my stamina is gone) and them possibly hyper armouring through it and getting hit myself or waiting for another opening whilst the bar regains. It's rare I find an opportunity to backstab after a lot of these move chains because they often send them flying away from you or they recover rreally fast. It reminds me some of some enemies in DS2. I guess once I learn their movesets and get parrying down things will improve.
byss
atchers
Then I'm in the C
atacombs
This area is a nice upgrade to the similar area in previous games and all, it does remind me a bit of one of the Chalice Dungeons in BB, but these fast red eyed enemies suffer from what a lot of enemies so far have and it's long multi-hit movesets that exhaust your stamina bar and not much time in between where you can get in any damage before they start up again. If I have to roll 3 times to dodge a move chain, I've got the choice of either going in for to do a hit (and it's one hit because 80% of my stamina is gone) and them possibly hyper armouring through it and getting hit myself or waiting for another opening whilst the bar regains. It's rare I find an opportunity to backstab after a lot of these move chains because they often send them flying away from you or they recover rreally fast. It reminds me some of some enemies in DS2. I guess once I learn their movesets and get parrying down things will improve.
I think my first playthrough was around 55 hours and I found all the areas, fought all the bosses, found almost all of the items (all rings, most gestures, almost all weapons, and so on). I look in every corner of each room and also make notes when I'm playing as well which helps.
If you're finishing the game for the first time in the 20ish hour mark then you're definitely cutting corners.
Appreciate the tests!
It was pretty obvious to me? All the things there are doing what you need to do after you have the "key"
You mean the dragon area right? I think there may have been a sign there actually which hinted at something and then when I found the gesture I remembered it and returned.
AmethystEnd
Member
Are you talking about U
ntended
raves
In Dark Souls 1, there was a place with an illusory wall, then behind it, a chest, then behind the chest, another illusory wall which led to a gigantic area.
Since then, I check every wall behind every chest. Which has gotten me two illusory walls in this game.
Mechanized
Member
I think I've lost the required patience for this series. I guess I'll see tomorrow.
Thanks for the offer but I just BLOODY DID IT YAYYY!
Summoned a sunbro who finally knew what to do during the first phase so they actually survived, and we just traded aggro during the second phase back and forth and the other got some hits in while he was preoccupied. Feels good man! Now to finish the game.
Portugeezer
Member
What happened?
FF Seraphim
Member
Don't give up!
Dreadnought
Member
Or maybe DS3 is just really short? Compared to DS1 and DS2 especially it's really short.
The only leap I felt was present was going back to that specific area. That part I did completely on accident since I was looking to clean up something else and saw it and was like "oh right!"
StrongArmSteady
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A
byss Watchers
Freezasaurus
Member
I spent more time dodging in that fight than anything else. The range on some of that fire is crazy.
I don't find that to be the case. In the amount of areas and general time it takes to get through, I would say DS 3 is either the same size, or a little bit bigger than the original.
Once you get used to equipment and all the system it takes much less time to beat. I am still, however, one of the slower players. I like to discover everything, go back to areas and find all the items I missed, do all the NPCs. I try to do it all in one playthrough because I usually don't finish a second.
FF Seraphim
Member
Which area we are talking about here?
The one with the god damn dragons?
RandomSeed
Member
I'm having a bit more fun replaying the game now after giving up on miracles on my Herald, and just picking up pyromancy. Is 25/25 int/faith a good point to shoot for over the normal course of the game? I can always jack those up end game. It also figures that the first enemy that can drop the Dark Sword does, but I'm not sure if I want to spend the points to meet the str/dex requirements.
FF Seraphim
Member
Honestly no god damn clue how someone without a guide would find that place. I wish the game had a same day worldwide release because that would of been a great community find.
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