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JetsGuy posted:So maybe I'm just not getting it from this being my first DS game, but when I beat the game, I still have no idea what I did or why. The Dark Souls experience EDIT: Take about two hours of this and call me in the morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=user?VaatiVidya
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Alabaster White posted:Pro-tip: use this backup tool until some anti-cheat has been patched in. Bamco officially endorses the use of save backup tools. Does performing a local file backup in Steam also backup the saves? I don't really feel like using any additional third party tools if at all possible. Obviously this isn't automatic, but that doesn't bother me too much.
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Tokyo Sex Whale posted:Pickaxe in PVP is fun and I've never seen anyone else using one and a lot of time people seem to react like it's a joke weapon. I'm sure it's never optimal but it's not that bad. While it's nowhere near as cool, have you had any luck with the War Pick, or is the lack of hyper armor not enough to make up for it even if you've tried because it's only Normal Hammer style for both PvP and PvE?
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Farming the warden twinblades sucks. Especially since I have to do it in the Cathedral.
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RBA Starblade posted:Farming the warden twinblades sucks. Especially since I have to do it in the Cathedral. I got them the very first run. I thought that last Warden always drops them.
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RBA Starblade posted:Farming the warden twinblades sucks. Especially since I have to do it in the Cathedral. I got them on the first one I fought with them  But I've yet to get any of their Shotels I want because they look cool to drop  Such is the way of souls drops.
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RBA Starblade posted:Farming the warden twinblades sucks. Especially since I have to do it in the Cathedral. If you have the Grave Warden gloves from your farming I'll trade you my twin blades (PC)
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Section Z posted:While it's nowhere near as cool, have you had any luck with the War Pick, or is the lack of hyper armor not enough to make up for it even if you've tried because it's only Normal Hammer style for both PvP and PvE? I have not found it. My guess is without hyperarmor it'd just be like using a mace or something though which is not that good.
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net cafe scandal posted:If you have the Grave Warden gloves from your farming I'll trade you my twin blades (PC) I got the wraps! I can hop on now if you can. LAZERTAG password at Cleansing Chapel bonfire? e: Actually can't summon there, how about Lothric Castle?
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Jerusalem posted:Huh, so depending on what side of the platform you jump off to get to the Nameless King, that'll be the side your souls are on if (when) you die to him.
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May 2, 2016 23:27
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Internet Kraken posted:Having to use specific weapons just to counter parry spamming isn't an ideal solution. I already picked up a shotel in my offhand to throw their parry game off and its working for the most part, but its just annoying that sooooo many people are spamming parry now. I don't remember parrying ever being this prevalent, baring the period of time in DS2 where the monestary scimitar was hilariously broken. I haven't tested but I heard that curved / great curved sword L2s are unparryable, I keep forgetting about this when it would be useful of course
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Tokyo Sex Whale posted:I have not found it. My guess is without hyperarmor it'd just be like using a mace or something though which is not that good. You just straight up buy it from Greirat after his first outing. Though it's basically just "Lower damage 'hammer' with Pierce", and still has the same way too short, way too weak Stamina buff weapon art as the Pickaxe. So I guess I answered my own question? I wonder if it at least still puts a good dent in shield stamina like a mace is supposed to according to their description? I've managed to make a guy with the pursuer shield+vordt hammer black crystal out using +0 Morningstar before, at least. Puts down red sign. Runs away to crystal out when the guy wearing Deserter armor learns to avoid it's massive hitbox but still hasn't quite killed them after 6 minutes.
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Quick question: what and where is the boss in Irithyll? Because I didn't find anything vaguely boss shaped either there or the dungeons. Also, where's Siegward, now that I've given him his armor back? I don't want to go kick Yhorm's arse without him. edit: While writing this, I read somewhere that Siegward's quest breaks if you go to the dungeons before meeting him in Irithyll proper... please tell me that's not the case. edit 2: FashionSouls  Fallen Knight Helm, FireKeeper Robes/Gloves, Black Knight Pants Blaziken386 fucked around with this message at 23:36 on May 2, 2016 |
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BillmasterCozb posted:I'm still trying to find it in my heart to forgive them for the Iron Passage. I found Iron Passage entertaining the first time and easy to run through the subsequent few times it took me to remember how to fight Smelter Demon 2, blue flavor boogaloo. The frozen outskirts, however, were... well, not unforgivable. I'm willing to forgive them now. Please come back and fix the PC netcode!
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Blaziken386 posted:Quick question: what and where is the boss in Irithyll? Because I didn't find anything vaguely boss shaped either there or the dungeons. Go back to the Manor bonfire and backtrack to the watery area you went through. Look to your right, along the wall. See that open sewer entrance?
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Blaziken386 posted:Quick question: what and where is the boss in Irithyll? Because I didn't find anything vaguely boss shaped either there or the dungeons. Pontiff Sulyvahn is the boss.
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Vermain posted:Go back to the Manor bonfire and backtrack to the watery area you went through. Look to your right, along the wall. See that open sewer entrance? Dammit, I was hoping to avoid those creepy bug thingies. Why must all Fromsoft games have creepy bug things.
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RBA Starblade posted:I got the wraps! I can hop on now if you can. LAZERTAG password at Cleansing Chapel bonfire? I can hop on real quick. First Lothric Castle bonfire? My guys name is Sun Watcher
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net cafe scandal posted:I can hop on real quick. First Lothric Castle bonfire? My guys name is Sun Watcher Yep, I'm Scrublady Io. Used to have Scrublord but decided to make a female character. 
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Anyone want to hop on the PC version in a bit and help me mule over the pickaxe to my SL20 guy? I want more labor tools for Farmlord Wheato I don't plan on using the leo ring or beefing it up super high, I just want some weapon variety. Despite that webm of low level pvp I made earlier I still want to try and get enough footage for a video.
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RBA Starblade posted:Yep, I'm Scrublady Io. Alright, sign is down
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net cafe scandal posted:Alright, sign is down Thanks!
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Pleasure doing business with you.
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RabidWeasel posted:I haven't tested but I heard that curved / great curved sword L2s are unparryable, I keep forgetting about this when it would be useful of course If you mean the weapon art then it absolutely is parryable for curved greatswords, I've gotten parried using it. AFAIK for CGS the 2h R2 is the only unparryable attack. I'm pretty sure curved swords are completely parryable but the timing on the rolling r1 and the weapon art is funky and people generally miss it.
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I'm also looking for stuff like the blacksmith hammer and the soldering iron, just gimmicky non-weapons in general.
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Section Z posted:You just straight up buy it from Greirat after his first outing. Though it's basically just "Lower damage 'hammer' with Pierce", and still has the same way too short, way too weak Stamina buff weapon art as the Pickaxe. Trading Loretta's bone to the crow was like the third thing I did in Firelink and I didn't find Greirat until after I beat the game and looked up why I couldn't buy crossbow bolts. I have no idea where you meet the pyro trainer but maybe I did and he sits somewhere in Firelink that I never visit e: blacksmith hammer is one of the better mace class weapons but they're not very good.
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Babe Magnet posted:I'm also looking for stuff like the blacksmith hammer and the soldering iron, just gimmicky non-weapons in general. I'd be happy to give you my Blacksmith Hammer and Soldering Iron, I have no intention of using either and I'm probably going to NG+ this character eventually.
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Sick, I'll be home in a bit and I'll hop onTokyo Sex Whale posted:e: blacksmith hammer is one of the better mace class weapons but they're not very good. if you're talking to me, I have a low level gimmick character I made called The Peasant King who invades in undead settlement, wears the worker clothes, and tries to stop your inevitably NG+ overpowered rear end with nothing but farm tools and gumption
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Internet Kraken posted:Parry fishing in PvP is pretty awful with the hornet ring. You can spend 5 minutes pounding on some guy while he missed dozens of parries, then he finally lands one through sheer luck and takes you from 100 to zero Tears of denial solves everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcO0lJrc_Cs
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Obligatum VII posted:Does performing a local file backup in Steam also backup the saves? I don't really feel like using any additional third party tools if at all possible. Obviously this isn't automatic, but that doesn't bother me too much. Nope. That only backs up the game data, so you don't necessarily need to redownload the entire game on another device/drive. You can do backups manually, by copying the hashed (random number/character) folder located in C:\users\_WindowsUser_\Appdata\Roaming\DarkSoulsIII\ The reason you probably want to use a backup tool however, is you want to be making very frequent backups, given A) how frequently the game saves, and B) the "anti-cheat" system being used seems to like to detect inconsistencies in the save data, and if you roll back a couple of hours you may get an 'invalid game data' warning, where a minute or two doesn't seem to have any particular affect.
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Part of the reason I abandoned my last character was frustration over getting the Warden Twinblades to drop. So, naturally, the very first warden I fought on this character dropped them. Because Dark Souls. The RNG knows.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:BTW, connected to nothing, but can we take a moment to appreciate how great Woljnir's death animation is It is pretty loving great, agreed. Also love his big goofy smile outta nowhere when you first see him 
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You have invaded the world of 'Ur Waifu is poo poo' No....no! 
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Winning a duel using only items and a shield. Kinda proud of the editing of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxz2CZk494U&t=50s
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JetsGuy posted:So maybe I'm just not getting it from this being my first DS game, but when I beat the game, I still have no idea what I did or why. I relit the flame (and just watched the other endings on YouTube). Is the implication that the end boss was a previous guy who linked the flame (Still don't know what that means) and eventually that'll be me when the flame needs to be rekindled by someone else? Playing this one first isn't a good idea, in my opinion. It's a nostalgic sequel to DS1 and relies on personal experience with it for context. For example, the different moves the Soul of Cinder was using were popular player builds in DS1. You were fighting a manifestation of all the previous players who linked the fire in their playthroughs. Without familiarity with DS1, there are major moments in the game you probably didn't realize the significance of.
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Wanna try me a true two handed sword build now that I found the beautiful mother of rebirth. I got Astora's Greatsword and want to use it. I *think* I want to make it DEX/FTH and refine it, but I hear it gets S scaling with Faith and B with DEX. Please help me to make an Astora build.
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Toady posted:Playing this one first isn't a good idea, in my opinion. It's a nostalgic sequel to DS1 and relies on personal experience with it for context. For example, the different moves the Soul of Cinder was using were popular player builds in DS1. You were fighting a manifestation of all the previous players who linked the fire in their playthroughs. Without familiarity with DS1, there are major moments in the game you probably didn't realize the significance of. Counterpoint, most people probably have no clue what's going on in any of the souls/borne games. "I have no idea what I did or why" was pretty much my reaction on finishing my first Dark Souls 1 playthrough. Playing through and just having fun with dress-up and stabbing zombies is not only viable, but probably normal for the majority of players. But for anyone who really wants to dig into the lore and plot there are literally days worth of youtube videos to watch that would love to tell you about it.
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What's a good level range to be at to get summoned for Aldrich covenant? It hasn't happened for me yet.
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BobTheJanitor posted:Counterpoint, most people probably have no clue what's going on in any of the souls/borne games. "I have no idea what I did or why" was pretty much my reaction on finishing my first Dark Souls 1 playthrough. Playing through and just having fun with dress-up and stabbing zombies is not only viable, but probably normal for the majority of players. But for anyone who really wants to dig into the lore and plot there are literally days worth of youtube videos to watch that would love to tell you about it. The ambiguity of the Dark Souls story is both a strength and a weakness. It does a hell of a lot to energize the tone of the game, but it is also rather frustrating. Sorta like Donnie Darko. It's all about the tone, not so much the details.
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If you want an interesting greatsword to build around, one I don't ever seen anyone use or talk about is the cathedral knight greatsword. It's Strike/Thrust which is pretty cool, and its weapon art is a spin-to-win.
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