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Internet Kraken posted:Okay ringed knight greatswords is definitely the new meme weapon. The number of people I've seen using it is ridiculous. being a dick to people by using them as a Spear of the Church is extremely fun Johnny Joestar posted:I feel like the series has done worse and worse at subdued boss fights ever since des and ds1 so mostly I'm amazed they didn't go super goddamn crazy with it like they could have since it's literally the last bit of dark souls content I dunno this felt pretty pointlessly flashy and ridiculous and self-indulgent, and it didn't hit its mark on me at all. Like, the Nameless King was intimidating to me. Midir was pretty intimidating. This guy was literally flying at me and having lightning strike everywhere and I just felt like "oh well that's kinda annoying I guess, better get to mashing O". It was just way too much going on at once and cluttering the screen to leave an impression. It's not a terrible fight but I wasn't really having fun at this point. I had fun for the rest of the DLC, including the parts everyone else complained about, but this boss battle just killed my enthusiasm.
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Mar 30, 2017 04:21
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Nuebot posted:The age of fire is dead, done and dusted. What more do you want? Would adding biographies to every single name change anything I want another series based in the age of dark but, with a working blue cops covenant and better invasion stuff.
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Mar 30, 2017 04:23
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Is the best Dex weapon still the Carthus Curved Sword is I'm trying to get through the DLC? I've got a +10 Sharp CCS, a +10 Sharp Uchigatana and a +10 Refined Lothric Knight Sword in my inventory, as well as some other stuff that's pretty high up there, but I dunno what the ideal weapon is. I have like 20-25STR and 40Dex and the rest of my points are in VIT or health or endurance and I have a bit of Int too because Spook is a cool spell and Magic Shield is secretly a super good spell you can use at Int 10 that lets you block a lot of things really easily.
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Mar 30, 2017 04:24
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Augus posted:being a dick to people by using them as a Spear of the Church is extremely fun I can definitely get all that for sure. I think if nothing else this dlc has been another pretty good sign that the series is worn down, good or no
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Mar 30, 2017 04:26
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Azuth0667 posted:I want another series based in the age of dark but, with a working blue cops covenant and better invasion stuff. Better invasion poo poo is all I want. Also ten more slabs in my current file 
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bewilderment posted:Is the best Dex weapon still the Carthus Curved Sword is I'm trying to get through the DLC? going pure dex is a waste of time since youll get more damage out of just going quality. very few weapons actually get enough scaling from sharp infusion to be worth going 60 dex. 40/40 refined will out perform most sharp infusions basically. from memory the two dex weapons from the first dlc and the chaos blade are the only ones worth going 60 dex for. othervise consider refined infusions and 40 str and 40 dex. Iretep fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Mar 30, 2017 |
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Being a spear is completely ruined by summons. The loving monks are so useless and you can't trade hits because of no healing. SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:Better invasion poo poo is all I want. I really don't get why they let you revive a boss but he doesn't give you a slab every time. It would encourage people to interact with it more which is good due to its PvP mechanic. As it stands I'm not sure who is gonna be reviving it other than gank squads looking to torment people.
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Mar 30, 2017 04:35
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Internet Kraken posted:Being a spear is completely ruined by summons. The loving monks are so useless and you can't trade hits because of no healing. Not a big deal when you can just spin to win with your pair of greatswords 
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Mar 30, 2017 04:43
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Well maybe not a slab each time. Also you get the cov item if you kill the phantoms as host I heard.
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Mar 30, 2017 04:48
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Johnny Joestar posted:i'm actually kind of excited for what they do next, because there's only so many games that can be spun out of the same idea before it gets a bit stale. a new setting with vaguely similar gameplay would rule. Maybe it's been posted already, but I liked this bit from an interview of Miyazaki on the release of The Ringed City http://gematsu.com/2017/03/dark-souls-iii-director-not-concerned-whether-not-next-game-resembles-dark-souls posted:
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Mar 30, 2017 04:59
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Ok so are there any hints that direct you to turning into a statue thing specifically in the swamp? Between messages on the ground I understood using the Fragrant Branch but how was I supposed to know it was in the swamp?
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weekly font posted:Ok so are there any hints that direct you to turning into a statue thing specifically in the swamp? Between messages on the ground I understood using the Fragrant Branch but how was I supposed to know it was in the swamp? No there aren't. The only hint is the white tree in the swamp but that's not much to go on.
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Internet Kraken posted:No there aren't. The only hint is the white tree in the swamp but that's not much to go on. And even then it's not guaranteed that you'll turn into a humanity. I spent 15 god drat branches in the swamp before it turned me into one of those. I had to go back to Firelink to go buy more branches because I ran out. This "puzzle" is hilariously bad and it's a wonder anyone figured it out at all. 
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Mar 30, 2017 05:13
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Am I seriously the only person who uses chameleon in every area to see what you turn into?
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Mar 30, 2017 05:14
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Nuebot posted:Am I seriously the only person who uses chameleon in every area to see what you turn into? Turning into the sprite for that was literally the first time I have ever used it (well the equivalent item) across all 3 games
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Mar 30, 2017 05:22
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I only use fragrant branches when rolling deep with friends and we get invaded. It's super fun to have a guy run into a room and suddenly three pots are gang stomping him.
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Regy Rusty posted:Turning into the sprite for that was literally the first time I have ever used it (well the equivalent item) across all 3 games  Where is your sense of whimsy at turning into a flame spouting bull head and watching invaders get confused?
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Nuebot posted:
No one ever invades me. 
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i think that now that we have a full frame of reference for the series that dark souls 1 still has my favorite final bosses in the form of gwyn and manus after all this time, honestly. nashandra was cool but i kinda wish i had been able to just give her the throne because i literally could not have given less of a poo poo about it and the dlc final bosses were varying levels of alright. ds3's main final boss was pretty cool and i like it better than nashandra at least, even if i personally found its gimmick to be kinda overused in games. the ringed city final boss could have been executed better, but, when paired with the post-boss stuff i actually kinda like the implications in a weird way? i dunno. i'm conflicted on it. dark souls 1 still wins out without a doubt. honorable mention to orphan of kos since that was exactly the kind of wild bullshit i would have expected from that fever dream of a game. not included with the others due to being a different setting, though.
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Mar 30, 2017 05:36
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What is some cool armor that would pair well visually with the black witch trousers?
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So what's the fastest way to get Karla? Before going on my DLC expedition I want Dark Weapon at least because I'm a sucker for weapon buffs and I really hate having to through the profaned capital and back to the dungeon to get her. Also I'm just now realizing there's no deep weapon enchantment and that makes me sad.
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Nuebot posted:So what's the fastest way to get Karla? Before going on my DLC expedition I want Dark Weapon at least because I'm a sucker for weapon buffs and I really hate having to through the profaned capital and back to the dungeon to get her. Just take the shortcut from the first bonfire in Irithyll Dungeon down to the entrance to Archdragon. You can sneak by the Jailers if you walk behind the last one in their little circle. After that, there's just one Jailer to kill and you'll be at her cell door.
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Ok, so unless I missed something We never actually ran into the third londor sister? I'm actually really surprised. I'm also surprised they did absolutely nothing with kaathe who was blatantly still around. I am also upset we didn't get a bearer of the curse/aldia tag team fight, but they always seemed to do DS2 references rather begrudgingly.
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Vermain posted:Just take the shortcut from the first bonfire in Irithyll Dungeon down to the entrance to Archdragon. You can sneak by the Jailers if you walk behind the last one in their little circle. After that, there's just one Jailer to kill and you'll be at her cell door. guess not, then?Obligatum VII posted:Ok, so unless I missed something We never actually ran into the third londor sister? I'm actually really surprised. I'm also surprised they did absolutely nothing with kaathe who was blatantly still around. I am also upset we didn't get a bearer of the curse/aldia tag team fight, but they always seemed to do DS2 references rather begrudgingly. She's obviously Velka.
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So if I fought the dragon on the bridge, and that is as far as I have gone, could I have already been able to get to the shortcut elevator that leads to his actual boss room? Or is that shortcut for later on? EDIT: Oh it was like, right there, and I missed it .....
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Elman posted:That said I don't get all the hate he gets. I loved the fight, it felt like a Monster Hunter boss in many ways. He's relentless but has clear tells, your positioning is important since you want to hit him in the head, and he really rewards learning his moveset and being patient rather than DPSing him while praying you won't get hit. Good stuff. Funny you should say that, because my first impression was "god I wish I had chosen aerial style for this"  I really want to like the fight though, I was enjoying it a lot before I found out that you have to hit his head. Maybe I'll get used to it after I've killed him a few more times. 
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Mar 30, 2017 06:20
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the best dragon boss is grigori from dragon's dogma
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The Aquamarine Dagger can deal a surprisingly huge amount of damage with its weapon art form. It basically has the damage and reach of a straight sword but with the swing speed and stamina consumption of a dagger. The downside is that you walk slow like the weapon art for Friede's great scythe and it consumes fp with each swing but you can transition into a sprint or roll attack with the weapon art form so you can extend the blade into an attack quickly. I've been using it with the Spear covenant and a lot of people aren't prepared for the 1200 damage it can deal in like a second.
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I decided to try a brand new strength build using a Vordt's hammer and my god, this is easily the most fun I've ever had in a dark souls game. I've heard the Old Demon King's hammer is pretty fun too, so I may look at that later on. Taking into account equipment load, this thing makes cutting down bad dudes *fun* again.
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Johnny Joestar posted:the best dragon boss is grigori from dragon's dogma   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphAh-kfKVg Really wish one of these games had a dragon that you could talk to. The Stone Dragon from DS1 is as close as we got to that.
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theAcidQueen posted:I decided to try a brand new strength build using a Vordt's hammer and my god, this is easily the most fun I've ever had in a dark souls game. I've heard the Old Demon King's hammer is pretty fun too, so I may look at that later on. Yeah I just blasted through NG with a Vordts strength build and despite experimenting with great maces/clubs and some UGS I kept coming back to Vordts. So many enemies are frost vulnerable it's ridiculous, and it pretty much always applies it in a R1 combo. Good for catching rolls, stamina consumption is pretty generous now, plus perseverance is ridiculous on top of everything else. Good times.
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I wonder if people are gonna go crazy about the lore implications from Midir's soul transposition, the Old Moonlight. Not only does it talk about the Beginning (with a capital B) but it appears to be fashioned after the Moonlight Sword from King's Field  I'm calling it, Velka is clearly involved.
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Will I get more or less activity if I go from 100 to 120? I have no idea what meta level people actually agreed on for NG+.
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Your Computer posted:I wonder if people are gonna go crazy about the lore implications from Midir's soul transposition, the Old Moonlight. Maybe if you beat the game with the dreamchaser's ashes in your inventory on NG+10 you unlock a secret.
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Genocyber posted:
i'd also probably rate dragon's dogma's music on par or even better than the music from the ds series in places, honestly. i'm surprised it's not brought up more in discussions of good videogame music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1gqx0uRbQ
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One thing I'm surprised the souls games have never succumbed to is putting english (or perhaps japanese) vocalizations in the boss themes. They've used latin, to great extent in the boss music in Bloodborne, but that's it. It can be used to pretty great effect, see 1:30 onward in this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVZ6nxAGJZU
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Johnny Joestar posted:i'd also probably rate dragon's dogma's music on par or even better than the music from the ds series in places, honestly. i'm surprised it's not brought up more in discussions of good videogame music. Based on what I can tell, most goons get to the big city in dragon's dogma and then quit because you have to walk a lot. So no one talks about it because no one plays it. 
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CJacobs posted:One thing I'm surprised the souls games have never succumbed to is putting english (or perhaps japanese) vocalizations in the boss themes. They've used latin, to great extent in the boss music in Bloodborne, but that's it. It can be used to pretty great effect, see 1:30 onward in this song: it sounds like an anime I don't think it would fit in a souls game at all (not that specific song, but songs with lyrics in general) and would clash with the rest of the atmosphere. but it would be sweet to have a Sound Horizon album based on Dark Souls
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Your Computer posted:it sounds like an anime Yes, yes it does. But really that's just a Dragon's Dogma thing. It's also why I'm surprised the souls games have never done it as a "now poo poo is REALLY SERIOUS because there are WORDS" kind of thing.
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