Platypus Farm posted:

You don't have to kill the mimics. Just punch the sage until he ports again.

Manatee Cannon posted:

kinda wishing I hadn't picked a mage for the moonlight greatsword right about now. I'm sure it'll be cool, but it is taking ages and I don't really have a good primary weapon for my magic stat yet. also I really don't like the catacombs so far

Help Im Alive posted:

I never really bothered with the PvP/covenant stuff in the other games, is it at all likely that From will patch that stuff to make the covenant items any easier to get? I need 30 of the Concord Kepts and 30 Wolf's Blood Swordgrass both of which seem borderline impossible to get summoned for at a high level (and I've had zero luck trying to farm them)

DontMindMe posted:

Any tips for farming Shackles for mounds? I need 24 before I'm done with covenants forever.

Internet Kraken posted:

Even with my bets fire resist gear on, profuse sweat, and red bug pellets, I die right after picking up one item. Fun

I know about the lava pool behind the illusory wall, but where's the second one? I've never seen Tsorig down here.

Vargs posted:

I'm not enjoying DS3 as much as I was expecting. I just finished Lothric Castle and the game kinda feels like a slog at this point. Almost every single enemy is such a pain in the rear end to deal with. They all have enormous combos that fake you out into believing they should have ended (with almost no recovery time when they do end), they all delay their swings to gently caress up your dodge timing, they all kill you in two hits, they're all insanely aggressive, they all have infinite poise, and even if you do stagger them it only ends up being a 0.25 second animation that doesn't even let you get in another safe swing. Just about all of the bosses in DS1 and 2 are easier to take down than your average 8-foot tall knight that litters every inch of DS3.

It's like From looked at the past 2 games, tried to figure out all of the tactics that players used to actually kill things, and then gave every enemy a counter to every method without really giving you any good or satisfying alternatives. Instead they compensated by adding a lot of bonfires and giving you a poo poo ton of estus flasks that heal for a ridiculous amount of health since you are apparently expected to just be getting hit all of the time by all of this unavoidable garbage coming your way. Every battle feels frantic and sloppy and it's a far cry from what I liked about previous games where they seemed tough initially, but as you got decent at the combat you started to feel like a badass as you dodged through 95% of enemy attacks and kicked the poo poo out of them, but could still get wrecked if you slipped up.

It's also tough enough that I feel like I am required to use a very specific subset of weapons rather than just picking whatever I think looks cool or has a good moveset. If it's slower than a longsword I dunno why you'd ever bother because half the enemies don't stagger even when hit by an ultra greatsword and will punish you every time you swing. I loved the Zweihander in DS1 because it was about carefully picking your moments and then delivering a massive stunlock beatdown when the opportunity presented itself. Now enemies just shrug off the hits and it barely does more damage than a broadsword.

I'm making progress well enough, but unlike previous Souls games I am not chomping at the bit to boot up the game every day, and I have little desire to go through this all over again in another playthrough. I don't think the increased difficulty serves the game well. It just makes it exhausting to play. There are other things I don't like about DS3 but this stands out the most.

Platypus Farm posted:

I don't know about the MLGS in this one. The scaling is terrible, the damage isn't that great, and you can't lay fuckers out with god waves like you could in bloodborne. Seems like just another greatsword in a game loving full of them, only this one is sort of better if you're a wizard.

edit: oh weird, I've never seen the mimics not disappear with the sage. That's a good one. Only bug I've seen was a crash to the PS4 menu when I was finishing the last boss.

Manatee Cannon posted:

lol I looked into it a little and there are a billion lightning and fire weapons compred to like three for magic, one of which requires faith and one of which I can't get until later because I missed the invasion that drops it

Monomythian posted:

Yep.

The flow of the game is different, it's MUCH more aggressive and actiony as opposed to dungeon crawly survival now. Unlike the previous entries, being cautious is not rewarded, in fact doing so will often just give the mobs the opportunity to use their hyper poise infinite stamina hit box tracking combos that practically one shot you. There are countless times you will win not because of your skill but just because the mob decided to stop swinging long enough for you to stagger it to death.

actionjackson posted:

How do you only aggro one of those Aldrich covenant guard dogs?

The Shortest Path posted:

I have thus far found zero lightning or fire weapons, please enlighten me

Manatee Cannon posted:

lol I looked into it a little and there are a billion lightning and fire weapons compred to like three for magic, one of which requires faith and one of which I can't get until later because I missed the invasion that drops it

actionjackson posted:

How do you only aggro one of those Aldrich covenant guard dogs?

Orv posted:

You don't!

Obligatum VII posted:

Ok, I give up, I'm completely at a loss on this one, question regarding Ithryll Dungeon:
How the heck do you reach siegward to let him out? I found the old cell key, but I can't find a path to him. All the locked doors I encountered won't open with it. Also why can't I use the dragon torso stone I found? It's always greyed out.

Monomythian posted:

il serpente cosmico posted:

large STR weapons are no longer viable

deadlyrhetoric posted:

is there a goon discord for this game and/or franchise?

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DS2 especially was about timing, skill, and build. DS3 is about getting in the first quick hit then spamming R1, or about spamming roll to avoid getting stunlocked for 3-6 hits. Quick attacks have been sped up, but parries are delayed, so they're very difficult and not worth the risk except against the most predictable slow attacks. That's not fun and skill based, it's button mashing. Ganking is more encouraged in pvp, and is the hallmark of enemy placement. That's terrible. It just leads to more roll spaming or kiting or rolling with a possy. These are not skilled techniques. I'm very disappointed and think a patch bringing back poise and limiting stunlock is essential to save the game from casuals. At least the movesets have been expanded.

BobTheJanitor posted:

Also did not like the way that it punts you directly into the Dancer fight. I boned out of there to go spend my souls and then realized I had no idea how to get back. Thankfully google saved me, as soon as I started typing "dancer of the" it suggested "dancer of the boreal valley location" so apparently I'm not the only person falling into that trap.