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I've been playing the game on Xbox One due to the whole early release exploit, and for all the complaining I was hearing about console performance, I thought it actually ran pretty well... until I got close to the end game. It's gotten pretty chunky, sadly. Not sure if the PS4 version has similar issues, but it's become a real problem.
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I've decided I am going to play this offline when I start, like I did with Bloodborne and DS2. I like being able to take it slow without people's specters causing me to jump out of my chair because I think there's a ghost attacking me every time I see one. I also want to be able to enjoy a new blind play-through without being terrified of invaders.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:13
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:ppl still aren't agreed on that because DS2 went so far into obscure for obscurity's sake, but eh, I still liked it and I'm not gonna be the guy starting a DS2 argument on this most sacred of days. Besides literally having Ornstein in DS2, a character from DS1, as well as tons of items with references in the text, there's kinda the fact that the lord souls from DS1 are there, which is huge. The only way you can ignore that is if you never got to NG+ in DS2. Also "so obscure" in the souls series?  Par for the course. The story and setting are always obscure, nothing is explicit. But named great lord souls is pretty drat explicit, as much as any other part of the story or setting.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:13
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Apr 11, 2016 20:15
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The Skeleton King posted:I've decided I am going to play this offline when I start, like I did with Bloodborne and DS2. I like being able to take it slow without people's specters causing me to jump out of my chair because I think there's a ghost attacking me every time I see one. But being terrified of invaders is such a key part of a new blind playthrough! And right now is probably the time to be least afraid of early-game invaders, because people haven't yet figured out the most efficient way to twink and create low-level destroyer invaders. (Plus, the new weapon level matchmaking helps avoid a situation where someone invades you at SL20 with a +10 god-weapon.) I did see some people post ideas for "be a dick, but in a really funny way" invasion builds on Reddit, though, but if I was invaded by any of those I'd laugh more than anything. Zaphod42 posted:Besides literally having Ornstein in DS2, a character from DS1, as well as tons of items with references in the text, there's kinda the fact that the lord souls from DS1 are literally in DS2 named as they were. The only way you can ignore that is if you never got to NG+ in DS2, which explains a bit. At least before they were revised, a lot of the item descriptions were vague/obscure in a more pointed way than they were in the first Dark Souls. Like, Dark Souls leaves stuff out--Dark Souls 2 draws attention to the fact that it's leaving stuff out. I found that kind of fatiguing, myself.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:15
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Anyone know any good streamers/LPers that start today? Specifically blind. I'm planning to watch Lobos Jr. since he clowns on these games so often, is there more people skilled like that?
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Apr 11, 2016 20:16
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Invaders are scary but there's never going to be as much invasion and pvp activity in souls games as there is in a new release, and if From holds to their word and this is the last souls game, that means this is the last new souls release ever. Embrace invasion. Its a big party 
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Apr 11, 2016 20:16
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HGH posted:Anyone know any good streamers/LPers that start today? Specifically blind. I'm planning to watch Lobos Jr. since he clowns on these games so often, is there more people skilled like that? Elajjaz might be entertaining to watch. He's mostly a speedrunner but he streamed blind playthroughs of the previous games before he got around to routing/running. He's pretty good at the games.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:17
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TheQat posted:is Durante still mad at the souls scene or whatever He did a performance write up for PCGamer a couple of days ago. I wouldn't say he's mad, but SOTFS gave him some issues when it detects basically anything like DLL injection and supposedly got a bunch of people soft banned for using GeToSeTo or whatever his generic tool is. Who knows what FROM's stance will be with DS3. I would personally assume the same, so I'm not going to be bothering with pretty much anything. Fortunately, there isn't really any 'need' for it like there was with DS1, and unlike DS2, it doesn't look like garbage out of the box, so even if you have the overhead to make the game look any better, it's not nearly as big of a deal.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:17
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The Skeleton King posted:I've decided I am going to play this offline when I start, like I did with Bloodborne and DS2. I like being able to take it slow without people's specters causing me to jump out of my chair because I think there's a ghost attacking me every time I see one. Please play online and join the Way of the Blue. I desperately want to protect people like you from the dickwraith hordes. 
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Apr 11, 2016 20:18
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Zaphod42 posted:Besides literally having Ornstein in DS2, a character from DS1, as well as tons of items with references in the text, there's kinda the fact that the lord souls from DS1 are literally in DS2 named as they were. The only way you can ignore that is if you never got to NG+ in DS2, which explains a bit. The names don't necessarily mean it is the same location. Those souls are portable and can be given from one to another and even split. Dranglake is still possibly a different location. But whatever, I don't care too much, since it makes little difference in the end.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:18
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TaurusOxford posted:Agreed, but I think my first playthrough will still be the Claymore, if only because of its amazing battle arte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBXHboymFsI Holy poo poo I'm going with the claymore too. It looks amazing and was my favourite weapon on DS1, not so much on DS2 since it added a lot of other contenders and useful axes.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:18
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Captain Oblivious posted:Please play online and join the Way of the Blue. I desperately want to protect people like you from the dickwraith hordes. Yes, do this. Please don't play offline because you're afraid some jerk wad will screw with your experience. You're only screwing with your own experience by flipping the switch!
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Apr 11, 2016 20:20
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Captain Oblivious posted:Please play online and join the Way of the Blue. I desperately want to protect people like you from the dickwraith hordes. I forgot about that! Yes, if anyone is afraid of invasions, please play online, stay Embered as much as possible, and join the Way of Blue covenant. I'd love nothing more than to come in as a blue phantom and fight invaders off with you all.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:21
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TaurusOxford posted:Agreed, but I think my first playthrough will still be the Claymore, if only because of its amazing battle arte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBXHboymFsI Yes please quote:Besides literally having Ornstein in DS2, a character from DS1, as well as tons of items with references in the text, there's kinda the fact that the lord souls from DS1 are there, which is huge. The only way you can ignore that is if you never got to NG+ in DS2. Ivory King just makes it explicit too.
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They made a mechanic specific for people who are afraid of invasions and it seems that it works fine this time, join the way of blue covenant and just chill while hordes of blue cops come to your rescue
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Apr 11, 2016 20:21
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ultrachrist posted:Any quick tips from the JPN release about not loving up the NPC quests? Do not worry about it your first time through the game. Trust me. ZZZorcerer posted:They made a mechanic specific for people who are afraid of invasions and it seems that it works fine this time Yeah it's called summoning up to three players to babysit you from bonfire to boss-bonfire in every zone gently caress invading Japanese players
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The Skeleton King posted:The names don't necessarily mean it is the same location. Those souls are portable and can be given from one to another and even split. Dranglake is still possibly a different location. Yeah its possibly a different location, you can look at it either way, fair enough. That's how I see it though, and I even see DeS as being connected although vastly separated by time. And even if its not the same location, they're still the same souls and so they're still directly connected in the same universe either way. It just might be down the road a bit. DS3 is less subtle about that. Captain Oblivious posted:Please play online and join the Way of the Blue. I desperately want to protect people like you from the dickwraith hordes. Yeah I really, really hope that bluecops actually work in DS3 unlike DS2 and that becomes a thing. Please everybody set your covenant to way of the blue if you're not actively trying to progress in one of the other covenants! (or if you just really want to fight invaders by yourself)
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Apr 11, 2016 20:22
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Captain Oblivious posted:Please play online and join the Way of the Blue. I desperately want to protect people like you from the dickwraith hordes. Protect? I can protect myself from the Dickwraiths quite well. It's just that I scare easily. I also have dark memories of Belfry Luna back during the early months of Darksouls 2.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:25
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Captain Oblivious posted:Please play online and join the Way of the Blue. I desperately want to protect people like you from the dickwraith hordes. My friends and I are going to beat you up
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Apr 11, 2016 20:26
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I am the reading the online manual on my PS4 and it starts like this: "Most games try to take you through a specific narrative, introducing you to the world and its characters at preset moments. The narrative in Dark souls takes a different path, the story and history this bleak world is one you must uncover yourself. Hints gleaned from item descriptions, optional conversations, and exploration of the detailed environment create a picture of the world. Trying to understand the lore and and story of Dark Souls becomes a kind of game within the game. You are never required to invest in it, or to care about the past, but there is a rich reward if you are willing to put in the time and effort piece together your own narrative". *Gasp* Did they just tell you how to play a Souls game? Worst game ever.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:26
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goddamn I want to play this game so bad but I am on tour for two more weeks
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Apr 11, 2016 20:26
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Anyone know if dual-wielding is viable this time around?
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Apr 11, 2016 20:27
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Dr. Carwash posted:Anyone know if dual-wielding is viable this time around? more specifically than ds1 but less generally than ds2
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Apr 11, 2016 20:28
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Dr. Carwash posted:Anyone know if dual-wielding is viable this time around? Yes and in particular some weapons are almost like bloodborne weapons where two-handing them instead pulls out a second one. So some weapons are innately dual wield, which is kinda funny but works. (You can still manually dual wield two different weapons if you want) Sword arts give you all kinds of attacks which are similar to DS2 power stance shenanigans.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:28
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In a cruel twist of fate, I have to clock in at work right when this game unlocks. Just wanna stay home and act a fool in Dark Souls.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:30
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Harrow posted:I forgot about that! Is it even possible to join the Bluecops that early?
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Apr 11, 2016 20:31
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It's like time is going slower as each hour goes by
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Apr 11, 2016 20:33
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A Magical Lamp posted:Is it even possible to join the Bluecops that early? The blue covenants are in the first/second area. Do we have a new Dark Souls group on steam or are we using the Dark Goons PC ?
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I saw a (sort of not-spoilery) thing about the three big ending things and I don't know if I want to do the easiest or the hardest first. And I just realized I'll be out all weekend so I can't play as much as I'd like.b0red posted:It's like time is going slower as each hour goes by Space and time is distorted
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Apr 11, 2016 20:34
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A Magical Lamp posted:Is it even possible to join the Bluecops that early? The way of blue is like the first covenant, and guardians of the blue is like the second. Its pretty well designed. There's one covenant you can get before guardians of blue but its pretty drat obscure and easy to miss. The rest all come much later. From kinda messed up the covenants in DS2 but I think they learned from it and it'll actually be a thing in DS3
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A Magical Lamp posted:Is it even possible to join the Bluecops that early? Way of the Blue you can get in the first non-tutorial area, cops are in the third.
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If you're a bluecop and you: A. Are currently a not-bluecop summon or B. Have someone else summoned or C. Are fighting a boss Can you get bluecopped to somewhere else? I'm planning on helping a friend/getting help so we can steamroll to NG+ and while I would love to police the skies I don't want it to mess up my flow
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Apr 11, 2016 20:38
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RBA Starblade posted:I saw a (sort of not-spoilery) thing about the three big ending things and I don't know if I want to do the easiest or the hardest first. And I just realized I'll be out all weekend so I can't play as much as I'd like. you wont be doing the hardest first, as it requires massive amounts of foresight and a gross lack of caution
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Can't decide if I want to use my steam controller or xbox 360 controller. Probably go with the classic 360 but those back buttons are so nice for rolls. Anyone find any good community configs?
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Apr 11, 2016 20:40
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Petition to change the thread title to something less AIDS.
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Apr 11, 2016 20:44
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15 minutes left in the workday. 16 minutes before I go hollow. close one.
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Same except I dont even care since I'm just gonna go home and look at the clock for another 2 hours
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Apr 11, 2016 20:47
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Ornstein isn't actually in ds1, he's an illusion.
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