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Internet Kraken posted:For being the root of so much awful poo poo, the Pontiff doesn't really get much buildup as a boss. You could easily go through the game without ever noticing just how important he is. There's something special in how you look back and realize that 90% of the things you've been fighting up to Irithyl are his fault. The mental images of how the gently caress he got Aldrich out of the cathedral get pretty lol tho.
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There's also that Darkwraith in the locked round room for Leonhard's quest, but I don't know if he respawns
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Why does miyazaki like ambiguously queer, waify princes? I'm interested in were that archetype originates from. Edit: whalestory posted:gently caress off that's my outfit Sorry kiddo, I got it trademarked 
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Internet Kraken posted:For being the root of so much awful poo poo, the Pontiff doesn't really get much buildup as a boss. You could easily go through the game without ever noticing just how important he is. Eh, Souls has always liked that sort of poo poo. Like, in DS2 the Duke of Tseldora was a loving awful crazy person who worked his subjects to death and unleashed a plague of spiders so he could get gems/Seathe's archives (I forget precisely which), but the boss is just his soul-gorged pet and then you find him and he's just some lovely hollow that makes you wonder why they put one weak-rear end enemy in this tiny zone.
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Bombadilillo posted:I've never been good at parrying in any or these gamea. What's the timing. What am I doing wrong? After the apex of their swing, you parry.
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Mazerunner posted:Parry in pvp- there's nothing more satisfying than getting invaded, parrying the first hit and killing them in less than two seconds. Wrong neighborhood, pal. Speaking of wrong neighborhood, there are apparently some really weak people doing the Dancer glitch. On my newest character I farmed a +9 Lothric Knight Greatsword from the Castle before heading down past the Undead Settlement, and I was still invaded by a watchdog almost immediately after setting foot in the swamp. As he was running towards me, I started charging up an R2 and then... he died in one hit. The matchmaking should only put me against other people with a level range and upgrade around +9 right?
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With the nerf to Great Chaos Fire Orb there is now no reason not to use Chaos Bed Vestige instead. Before Great Chaos Fire Orb had the advantages of having a farther reach, shorter cast time, and the extra damage from the lava pool meant that even though Chaos Bed Vestige still did more damage than it, it wasn't by much. With the nerf however, even though Great Chaos Fire Orb still has the range and the cast time, the damage from Chaos Bed Vestige should now outweigh Great Chaos Fire Orb's pros.
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I've played every souls game, and Bloodborne, but this is the first one I've put more than ten hours into. I'm depressed that it's over, but the last few fights were pretty drat fun. I read back a couple pages, but am I missing out checking out on NG+? I'm almost at vordt, and it doesn't seem like much has changed to make it worthwhile. I think the most fun I had playing was cooping with a friend and dicking around with invaders while progressing through the game. The real question is which one do I go back and play now?
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Bombadilillo posted:I've never been good at parrying in any or these gamea. What's the timing. What am I doing wrong? I generally try to hit the button the instant I see the enemy's weapon-hand start to move towards me. Though I'm pretty sure that different weapons/shields do sometimes have different timings, so pick a shield or a dagger with a quick, simple animation to learn with.
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Is there any real point to swinging through Untended Graves at low level? Sprinting to Oceiros is a bit of a pain.
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Xenolalia posted:Why does miyazaki like ambiguously queer, waify princes? its Japanese tvtropes.
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Vermain posted:In general, it's best to parry when an enemy's downswing frames begin (when they're about to swing their weapon forward) with small or medium shields, including the buckler/target shield (as they have startup frames like in DS2). For certain enemies like Lothric Knights, it's mostly prediction: I know that, 9 times out of 10, the sword Knights are going to do a forward stab once they get within dash range of me if they're sprinting, so I simply hit parry when I intuit that they're getting within that distance. There are so many enemies in this game that attack faster than you can parry with a Medium Shield unless you start your parry before they start their attack, and if you get hit it deals a ton of damage which is why I said parrying is more punishing in this game than the previous games. If you use a parrying shield (Buckler, Target Shield) then you can mostly react to enemy attacks and parry them on reflex, but with a Medium Shield there are a lot of enemies that you simply can't parry without luck/prescience. Xenolalia posted:Why does miyazaki like ambiguously queer, waify princes? It's pretty anime, I guess? 
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So is the Dancer weak to fire or dark? I want to know, for..reasons
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I started a new character so my main wouldn't get too far ahead of my SO's, and I decided to do the Dancer cheese before it inevitably gets patched. Only, I forgot the step about quitting out and coming back. So I'm running around the edges of the room, waiting for the master to get his pokes in and I see the death message. I panicked. I've never quit out of the game without being at a bonfire before, so it didn't even occur to me. I killed her. lovely little longsword with no upgrades and I managed to whittle her down. One of the most exhilarating experiences of my gaming life and I'm fair certain I could never do it again. That said, I wanted to do what someone in the thread posted about earlier and get the Lothric Knight Greatsword early, but I'm not sure where the best place to farm it is. Do I need to dash through more of the castle past her bonfire to get the later ones?
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Just fought a guy running the luck/bleed/twinsword build and holy  it builds up like 3/4 of your bar with 1 L2.
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RBA Starblade posted:Is there any real point to swinging through Untended Graves at low level? Sprinting to Oceiros is a bit of a pain. Ashen Estus ring might be nice for magic users. Uh, I guess if you believed in yourself really hard, and beat the champ too, you could get prisoner's ring/his halberd really early, the priestess ring, and the alternate firelink music? e; also the blacksmith hammer, but I dunno if that's even a good weapon at all. Mazerunner fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Apr 29, 2016 |
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Melanion posted:I started a new character so my main wouldn't get too far ahead of my SO's, and I decided to do the Dancer cheese before it inevitably gets patched. Only, I forgot the step about quitting out and coming back. So I'm running around the edges of the room, waiting for the master to get his pokes in and I see the death message. I panicked. I've never quit out of the game without being at a bonfire before, so it didn't even occur to me. drat, man. I had enough trouble with my Trusty Megashotel and a buddy. Kudos. Edit: also, enough health to just barely eat a grab
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Funky Valentine posted:There's something special in how you look back and realize that 90% of the things you've been fighting up to Irithyl are his fault. The mental image of Aldrich traveling across the land with a posse of popes is pretty funny. His goo can really move! RBA Starblade posted:Is there any real point to swinging through Untended Graves at low level? Sprinting to Oceiros is a bit of a pain. Getting the hornet ring early is the biggest reason I can see to do it, as its a highly desirable item for invaders. But the idea of fighting the Champ again makes me cringe. Fighting him at a low level makes me weep a bit. 
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Sultan Tarquin posted:Just fought a guy running the luck/bleed/twinsword build and holy Doesn't that have the potential to one shot people with a combo?
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Internet Kraken posted:For being the root of so much awful poo poo, the Pontiff doesn't really get much buildup as a boss. You could easily go through the game without ever noticing just how important he is. It's simply the nature of ambition within the cycle. Those who harbor self-delusions of dominion are left behind just the same as anyone. What was the first Lord of Cinder but the burnt out husk of a vainglorious liar? The Pontiff is no different, and I imagine he liked to work from the shadows to begin with. It wouldn't do to have it be common knowledge that he was behind so many dubious undertakings.
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Funky Valentine posted:There's something special in how you look back and realize that 90% of the things you've been fighting up to Irithyl are his fault. Actually, I've never been entirely clear on what caused the mass deaths of Lothric Knights in the bottom of the Highwall. It being a repelled Pontiff attack doesn't entirely make sense, since he was able to establish garrisons uphill and Dancer is at least kind of on board with the Lothric Patriarchette's plan to send you to your inevitable demise, but what else could it have been? Edit: Also Addar, I like your interpretation. Double edit: also, how did Aldrich get from the Settlement to Irithyll? Did the Abyss Watchers A) not go nuts yet and B) just stand by and let Team Pope escort an extremely omnivorous slimeblob through their turf? Was the geography in a different configuration at the time? Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Apr 29, 2016 |
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Cirofren posted:It's fine in both once you have 50-60 int. So pyromancy for the early levels (read: all of your first playthrough) as pyro is good from the get go and be sure to get 20int/10fth so that you can cast Chaos Bed Vestiges. It owns. Word. Thanks.
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Melanion posted:I started a new character so my main wouldn't get too far ahead of my SO's, and I decided to do the Dancer cheese before it inevitably gets patched. Only, I forgot the step about quitting out and coming back. So I'm running around the edges of the room, waiting for the master to get his pokes in and I see the death message. I panicked. I've never quit out of the game without being at a bonfire before, so it didn't even occur to me. That's me  The first place to farm it would be just past the dragons. You start at the Dragon Barracks bonfire, and run past the dragons. There will be a huge locked gate behind them. Go through the side path to open this gate, then jump down and pull the Lothric Knight and run through the now open gate. The dragons will start breathing fire, so run to safety while they kill the Knight for you. Takes a long time, pretty costly. The second place to farm it is past the first Knight (behind the gate), where you run past him and get the shortcut elevator to the Dancer bonfire. After that, you need to climb the ladder and run past the roof to open the door past the Sunlight Altar. Once you've done all of that, you can then: - Start at the Dancer bonfire, go up the elevator - Pull the Lothric Knight standing in front of the Sunlight Altar out to the plateau before the Dragonslayer Armour - Run up the ladder around the corner If all things worked out right, the Lothric Knight will have his sword buffed and for some bizzare reason this makes it so he can't climb ladders (  ). You can now stand on the roof and pelt him with Firebombs until he dies while he keeps trying to climb the ladder (the best way to damage him other than parries, and it carries no risk). If you wear the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring he drops ~5500 souls so you more than recoup your losses on buying Firebombs.If you got any questions, just ask. If you pick up the Chunks lying around on your way, you'll have a +9 Lothric Knight Greatsword before killing the second boss and the entire game is hilariously easy. e: was figuring all this dumb poo poo out worth it?  LOOK AT IT Your Computer fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Apr 29, 2016 |
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Tenzarin posted:Doesn't that have the potential to one shot people with a combo? I invaded the guy 3 times, the first 2 he beat me and the 3rd a second sunbro invader came and I watched them fight. He did like nearly 900 damage with 1 L2 + R2 combo to the guy and he was on a sliver of HP afterwards.I Beat him after though. Sultan Tarquin fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Apr 29, 2016 |
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Sorcery, Miracles, and Pyromancies are always outclassed by weapons. I hate that they need rings to be effective. I tried Dark Flame with my 30/30 build, and it's beat out by Great Chaos Orb. Deep Soul Sediment is beat out by like 80% of the other sorceries, which are beat out by a guy with a sword. They require a ton of items and they're not properly explained. Use a longsword and be happy, as that's the only real way to play DS3
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that's some bitch talk lol not the magic part, magic blows, the longsword part
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NGDBSS posted:Apparently if he killed you he would continually make the gesture, which is normally fine because he's killed you. The edge case they've corrected for is that using Tears of Denial beforehand still would trigger your "death" (and instant respawn at low health) causing Tsorig to unintentionally loop the gesture even while you stabbed his rear end. you could pull him into the lava to fight you, die in the lava and he'd sit there gesturing in the lava until he died. it was actually really funny. Tallgeese posted:Uh... Soul Stream?! on the other hand it wildly trumps all other spells in the coolness ratio by exponential factors Fereydun fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Apr 29, 2016 |
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I did some testing with the fire attack from dragon head stone because I was bored and you can actually do more damage with it using the fire clutch ring (went like 184 to 215 on one of those man-grubs with my base 15/15 int/faith). I re-specced my int/faith to 12/40 and the damage went up to about 330 for every instance of fire breath damage. The cast animation on the dragon head is so long however you'll be stun-locked before you ever get it off though (someone used throwing knives and stopped me even with armor on!) 
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Xenolalia posted:Why does miyazaki like ambiguously queer, waify princes? They're cool and he's creative.
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Freed Seigfried from jail, worked my way to yohrm. No onion bro help in the fight. Onion knight I thought we were bros.
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Turtlicious posted:Sorcery, Miracles, and Pyromancies are always outclassed by weapons. I hate that they need rings to be effective. I tried Dark Flame with my 30/30 build, and it's beat out by Great Chaos Orb. Deep Soul Sediment is beat out by like 80% of the other sorceries, which are beat out by a guy with a sword. They require a ton of items and they're not properly explained. Use a longsword and be happy, as that's the only real way to play DS3 The game is too fast to throw spells in pvp haha, and they really lovely fast bad guys.
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Tenzarin posted:its Japanese tvtropes. UP AND ADAM posted:They're cool and he's creative. Your Computer posted:It's pretty anime, I guess? Yeah I think it's a really cool character design, I was just wondering if he was referencing some historical or cultural archetype.
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About what point in investing in a stat(s) is it worth doing a Sharp/Heavy/Refined weapon? Also, which is better: Carthus Curved Greatsword or Exile Greatsword?
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Harrow posted:Bring back the Scraping Spear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc
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Sword master is the most worthless summon, especially for the dancer What are the real downsides to holding a shield or greatshield without meeting the required parameters?
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BillmasterCozb posted:Sword master is the most worthless summon, especially for the dancer Sounds like someone hasn't unlocked his true potential. 
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BillmasterCozb posted:Sword master is the most worthless summon, especially for the dancer If you block with it, you are immediately staggered on the first hit.
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Mons Hubris posted:Wow I hate that Nameless King! I died a ton of times to him on foot, even after crushing his first stage getting hit just once or twice. I ended up burning a respec to dump all pyro stats, loaded up just str, health, and stamina, used my trusty Heavy Dark Sword +10, thunder stoneplate ring, and equip load below 30% for maximal rolling and great stamina regen. Killed him first try after swapping to lighter gear after already making those other changes!
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