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The Iron Rose posted:okay what weapon is this because That's the Storm Curved Sword. You make it from a very late-game boss soul, the Nameless King's.
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Jimbot posted:So I finally started to play earnestly, how viable is magic later on? The casting times look to be a real bottleneck on its effectiveness but it seems like the game encourages you to play hybrid classes this time around since Dex looks like it reduces casting time (I always went Dex/Int anyway so it works for me) but I can't tell by how much it reduces the casting time. Coming off of Bloodborne it took me a while to stop being incredible aggressive but once that wore off I started getting back into the rhythm, stopped dodging into enemies' swings and started using my shield more often. I'm still on the look out for a weapon that clicks with me so I defaulted to my usual pick of the longsword. There's also a ring that decreases casting time
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Harrow posted:Also, don't play offline if you're only doing that to avoid invasions. They're pretty rare if you're not summoning help, and even if you do get invaded, you can join the Way of Blue covenant and a member of the Blue Sentinels covenant might be summoned to help you. I mostly say this because Blue Sentinels is a really fun covenant and sometimes doesn't get enough to do because people who never want to be invaded would rather play offline than join a covenant, but it's really cool! Please everybody wear the way of blue covenant symbol if you're not bothering with another covenant at the time, like sunbros. BlueCops need all the active duty they can get, and watching BlueCops and RedWraiths fight for your amusement is fun stuff. Two phantoms enter, one phantom leaves! Jimbot posted:So I finally started to play earnestly, how viable is magic later on? The casting times look to be a real bottleneck on its effectiveness but it seems like the game encourages you to play hybrid classes this time around since Dex looks like it reduces casting time (I always went Dex/Int anyway so it works for me) but I can't tell by how much it reduces the casting time. Coming off of Bloodborne it took me a while to stop being incredible aggressive but once that wore off I started getting back into the rhythm, stopped dodging into enemies' swings and started using my shield more often. I'm still on the look out for a weapon that clicks with me so I defaulted to my usual pick of the longsword. There's a ring that speeds up casting time a good bit, and miracles have a bonus effect to stack poise while casting so you can cast in people's faces. Sorcery has huge range and heat-seeking so that its better long range. Pyromancy is the medium range. Not sure about dex reducing casting time, I would assume attunement if anything. Also see the above, please join way of blue as soon as you can and leave it on most of the time (its in the end of the first major big zone, before the boss. You have to get it to progress I think)
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I've been checking out the optional areas I missed and is it just me or is Nameless King way cooler than the actual final boss
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quote:BlueCops need all the active duty they can get, and watching BlueCops and RedWraiths fight for your amusement is fun stuff. Two phantoms enter, one phantom leaves! Invading Purple Pals will immediately go away if they can defeat the Blue Sentinel too (I think, I didn't defeat the host or his phantom, just the blue), so just always be Way of Blue when summoning white phantoms.
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Help Im Alive posted:I've been checking out the optional areas I missed and is it just me or is Nameless King way cooler than the actual final boss I'm trying to clue up as much as I can before going through with the final battle but this is cool. Mainly I was just happy to duel with an old friend...
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Jimbot posted:So I finally started to play earnestly, how viable is magic later on? The casting times look to be a real bottleneck on its effectiveness but it seems like the game encourages you to play hybrid classes this time around since Dex looks like it reduces casting time (I always went Dex/Int anyway so it works for me) but I can't tell by how much it reduces the casting time. Coming off of Bloodborne it took me a while to stop being incredible aggressive but once that wore off I started getting back into the rhythm, stopped dodging into enemies' swings and started using my shield more often. I'm still on the look out for a weapon that clicks with me so I defaulted to my usual pick of the longsword. Dex reduces casting time by quite a bit, but you can kinda sidestep needing Dex at all by wearing the Sage's Ring, which is available relatively early. Sage's Ring with base Dexterity puts you at almost max casting speed all on its own. If you want to see detailed tests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1WOTfCc05E Magic is fairly viable later on but it takes a while to get there, much like Bloodborne. Early on you should be prepared to mostly melee things and use spells only when you have an opening to do so. You can get non-scaling infusions like Raw, Fire, and Dark fairly early to help make this easier if you don't plan on leveling physical stats much. One important note: magic stats soft-cap at 60, not 40. So it's a lot harder to be a true Dex/Int hybrid this time and still have strong casting. While weapon scaling soft-caps at 40 like in DS1, spell scaling doesn't really hit its stride until after 40. You kind of have to really commit to it. (For pyromancy, this is still true, but it uses the sum of your Intelligence and Faith, so 30/30 is a good pyromancer build.)
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Can you trade more than one item of the same type with the crow? I hit backstep after I finished a trade and fell off the rafters and died, and the item was gone when I respawned.
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SunAndSpring posted:Can you trade more than one item of the same type with the crow? I hit backstep after I finished a trade and fell off the rafters and died, and the item was gone when I respawned. No. I wouldn't be surprised if they accommodated you though seeing you didn't pick up your item codo27 fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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So where do I go after the Curse Rotted Greatwood Be as descriptive as you like, I don't care about spoilers, I'm here for sweet fashion and sick moves.
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Harrow posted:Yep, NPC invaders. This. Don't be a fun hating bitch and wear way of blue so I have poo poo to do when I want to cop. I tend to always wear the way when I'm embered for that reason. Besides, it's nice to have a quick replacement when a phantom falls while fingering.
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How many titanite scales do you need to upgrade boss weapons? Is it the same progression as with normal titanite (2 for +1, 4 for +2, etc.)? I've only got two so far but I'm going to actually want to try out a boss weapon soon, not sure if I have enough to get it to a usable upgrade level. Annath posted:So where do I go after the There's a whole other side of that area you can explore. Remember the big fire with the worshipping hollows and the fat preacher lady? Go there, but turn right while facing the fire and cross the bridge. There's a lot more to explore. Undead Settlement is a really big area.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Wait till you see the boss. Whaaaat Also I like how immediately after I posted that I actually went to the top of the staircase and was greeted with ANOR LONDO in case I'd been thick enough not to put it together by now.
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Best blue cop place is the Pontiff bonfire because you get autosummoned whenever an Aldrich follower is summoned. I entered into a three invader scuffle with two sunbros and then a purple guy showed up. It was an 8 phantom free for all
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CJacobs posted:Yes the area where they just stacked 12 of them right on top of each other walking in a line like they're trying to do a conga and said "yeah that'll be fine" is real good enemy placement man. Giving them a tracking grab attack that is guaranteed to kill you in 1 hit because of their health reduction is also great. I killed that entire room with melee. It was incredibly easy.
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Regy Rusty posted:Whaaaat The item descriptions explain it
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Bwhahaha I love this game. It's just basically "The Greatest Hits of the Souls Series" turned up to 11. For reference, I just got to The Catacombs
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codo27 posted:No. I wouldn't be surprised if they accommodated you though seeing you didn't pick up your item gently caress my life 
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Best blue cop place is the Pontiff bonfire because you get autosummoned whenever an Aldrich follower is summoned. I entered into a three invader scuffle with two sunbros and then a purple guy showed up. Irithyll is definitely gank city. Tons of pvp going on here.
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Sorry if this has been asked, thread moves fast. Anyone had luck with nvidia surround with triple displays? Rather not abuse the steam refund system to test.
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Zaphod42 posted:Irithyll is definitely gank city. Tons of pvp going on here. Yeah Pontiff bonfire is basically old iron keep bonfire from DS2
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I like now Nameless King is so hard they leave your souls outside after you die. Or maybe its a glitch cause the game cant register where you died cause of the clouds I got the ashes there in Archdragon Peak which allow the purchase of twinkling titanite and other great crafting materials. Got too free over it and went ahead and burned a slab upgrading a bow I dont even plan to use. Also have a habit of burning through NPC dialog in firelink and went right through whatever Andre said before he gives you the swordgrass. poo poo.
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How do you determine how much a weapon disrupts and staggers poise? Is there a stat that shows it?
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theblackw0lf posted:How do you determine how much a weapon disrupts and staggers poise? Is there a stat that shows it? Past souls games never told us, I dont' think DS3 does either. More poise on yourself is better, but you have no idea how much this or that weapon does poise-damage. Big weapons like claymores definitely do more per-hit, not sure if its equal PPS (poise per second) to other weapons or what  You could reverse-engineer it with a TON of testing, I guess...
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codo27 posted:I like now Nameless King is so hard they leave your souls outside after you die. Or maybe its a glitch cause the game cant register where you died cause of the clouds
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Got to the final area last night; definitely not the pvp hub I was hoping for, seems like 20% real fights, 40% host starts boss, 40% 1v3. What should I be doing before I complete the game? I have a couple areas I need to go back to (smouldering lake, untended graves), several NPCs to go back and find, and a few respecs to try out. Anything else?
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Zaphod42 posted:Ironically this is the one game where Patches is a good guy Patches is a good guy in every game.
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theblackw0lf posted:How do you determine how much a weapon disrupts and staggers poise? Is there a stat that shows it? Like a lot of things in DS3 nope you just have to guess. I'd assume it's probably roughly the same across each weapon class with some variations (e.g. dark sword and carthus curved sword are bigger than most weapons in their class so maybe do more poise damage?)
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turtlecrunch posted:Patches is a good guy in every game. According to another goon I was actually wrong about that  But hey yeah good guy Patches whatever.
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Man, buying this game ASAP instead of waiting for the GOTY-esque edition w/ DLC included was a good decision. WAY more multiplayer action than I'm used to. One thing that's annoying me - getting invaded and having to make a mad dash to an area I know I can die in and be able to get back to my souls without dying again. Is there going to be a second merchant anytime soon that I can buy useful items from so I don't have to carry around a huge load of souls? Just beat Crystal Sage with another sun bro. Level 25, not wanting to level up and risk not being summoned to help people with Vordt.
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codo27 posted:I like now Nameless King is so hard they leave your souls outside after you die. Or maybe its a glitch cause the game cant register where you died cause of the clouds Lhet fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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Kiggles posted:Has always worked like this. If you die quickly enough they plop the souls outside the fogwall. No, no matter when/where you die on NK or Wolnir your souls go outside the boss arena.
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So can I still join the mound makers covenant if I fought the big tree, but didn't kill it? I did manage to get to the phase where it busts through the floor though.
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Boosted_C5 posted:Man, buying this game ASAP instead of waiting for the GOTY-esque edition w/ DLC included was a good decision. You should have multiple merchants already, you missed something
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Are the primordial serpents in the game at all? With all the callbacks to 1 I'm kind of expecting to see one.
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Zaphod42 posted:According to another goon I was actually wrong about that He's got these urges that overcome him, it's not his fault. 
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DarkAvenger211 posted:So can I still join the mound makers covenant if I fought the big tree, but didn't kill it? I did manage to get to the phase where it busts through the floor though. I think so. If you can't, you can potentially join the mound makers at the end of the game, although its just as obscure. RBA Starblade posted:Are the primordial serpents in the game at all? With all the callbacks to 1 I'm kind of expecting to see one. maaaaaaaaaaaaybe
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What kind of play styles are you all finding fun? I started as a knight but I think k I want to respec once I'm able to.
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