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Tuxedo Catfish posted:slow souls games, fast souls games, and armored core and the half is Déraciné
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John Murdoch posted:Everybody always latches onto the DS1 callbacks (usually to complain), but nobody ever talks about all the DeS references. I don't get any of the demon's Souls, or Bloodbourne references, and I doubt I ever will. Not unless Sony gets real cool about a bunch of stuff.
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Can you still get to the top of fire link shrine without the tower key by using the tree jump method? Having a hard time jumping up and wondering if they changed it.
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Apr 5, 2024 02:33
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Still doable.
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Apr 5, 2024 02:43
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Best I remember they tried to patch it once but only half-heartedly, so instead of being insanely easy you need to put a little effort in. I was shocked at how readily I was able to do it despite being on KBM. ...Then quickly doing it again because I got confused about something and dropped down wrong. 
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The only thing necessary to see player summon signs is be in ember form correct? Just wondering since I don’t see any, though it’s an old game so makes sense.
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it's impressive that they managed to make a prison with enemies even more anxiety-inducing than the squids in tower of latria
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theblackw0lf posted:The only thing necessary to see player summon signs is be in ember form correct? Yes. If you can see NPC summon signs, you should be able to see player signs. Except for Anri at Aldrich’s and Gael at Friede’s, but those are exceptions. I’m on PS4, and there are some areas that get very few signs. Where are you looking?
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Apr 5, 2024 22:07
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Anri's is also unique in that you load into a new instance, you are the summon in their world. Meaning your flasks are halved, you lose any embering. And you also get embered if you were not beforehand, which is honestly quite handy. They explored this mechanic further in Yura's questline in Elden Ring.
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axolotl farmer posted:Yes. If you can see NPC summon signs, you should be able to see player signs. Except for Anri at Aldrich’s and Gael at Friede’s, but those are exceptions. Aldrich. At the bonfire and at the gate. Edit: now at Dancer: still no summon signs theblackw0lf fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Apr 6, 2024 |
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Elden Lord Godfrey posted:Anri's is also unique in that you load into a new instance, you are the summon in their world. Meaning your flasks are halved, you lose any embering. And you also get embered if you were not beforehand, which is honestly quite handy. Sirris at the Irithyll bridge is also a summon into her world, right? And Sellen in ER
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theblackw0lf posted:Aldrich. At the bonfire and at the gate. I don't think either of those are big summon hotspots to begin with. At least they weren't for me on PC years ago, I can't imagine they're any busier now.  Even Twin Princes could be spotty, but if you're gonna get hits it'll be for them. Or maaaybe Dragonslayer Armor? It's also possible you're at a slightly wrong level range and just not matching with whatever few players are around.
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theblackw0lf posted:The only thing necessary to see player summon signs is be in ember form correct? i saw a few signs here and there but like 98% of the player interactions i had were in the ringed city, where it seems like most people congregate.
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Anyone else doing earlygame having problems with the summons timing out? Idk if it’s just a Steam Deck/PC Dark Souls problem (I did my last run on the PS4) or just my internet, or maybe even the international summons being on. Also maybe the wrong thread for it, but is there any way to make the controller properly show the PS4 inputs if I’m using one?
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Last Celebration posted:Also maybe the wrong thread for it, but is there any way to make the controller properly show the PS4 inputs if I’m using one?
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Ugh, thanks.
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I like how they never bothered to fix the freezing issue, and it seems worse than ever. Must have happened half a dozen times or more just in reaching firelink just then. A search result said to disable in game overlay, but its already off. This is unplayable.
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codo27 posted:I like how they never bothered to fix the freezing issue, and it seems worse than ever. Must have happened half a dozen times or more just in reaching firelink just then. A search result said to disable in game overlay, but its already off. This is unplayable. giZm posted:Old af post but I finally found a solution to those freezes (also fixes them in Elden Ring):
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Apr 7, 2024 18:41
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That did it alright
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Grinded for the Lothric Straight Sword because the scaling is supposed to be good and it’s one of the best 1H weapons in the game, and this thing…feels really, really good. I guess the dex requirement is a bit steep on a pyro build but I’ll make up for it eventually.
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Whenever I listen to the song "All along the watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix it makes me think of Dark Souls and IDK why precisely. Its just got that vibe IMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY
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FYI you can safely just use a Fire or Chaos or Dark Longsword (that's right, the same one the Knight class starts with) and have 90% of the same functionality as an LKSS. LKSS really shines in pvp, where spacing matters and that extra length really helps with spacing and roll-catching.
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Counter argument: Longswords are just long daggers, functionally they can't stagger anyone who's not naked in PvE and provide no benefit to the the knight's poise. But they sure to buzzsaw through things fast, which might be all you care about.
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codo27 posted:I like how they never bothered to fix the freezing issue, and it seems worse than ever. Must have happened half a dozen times or more just in reaching firelink just then. A search result said to disable in game overlay, but its already off. This is unplayable. I just knocked off Gael last night after starting Easter weekend with my high faith Jesus character, I should have checked the thread because the graphic freezeups were loving interminable. I remember the same thing happening the first few months Elden Ring was out and it was nigh unplayable there, but for some reason I just powered through on this one, probably because it was the last Souls game available on PC that I hadn't played. Foul Fowl posted:oh yeah and the other really cool thing about the ringed city was that i actually got invaded like three times, and i had no problem finding a human to fight for the halflight fight. pvp in these games is still super fun. i beat two people and got absolutely smoked by this one player. I got pretty regularly invaded any time I was embered all through the game on PC, and got summoned to get killed by other people's invaders pretty constantly as a blue sentinel. I was actually relieved when I finally got a round at Halflight where a human DIDN'T get summoned, because I'm terrible at pvp and they thoroughly destroyed me every time.
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Spears of the Church is my favorite. My crowning achievement was dunking the same player 3 times in a row. Round #4 they came back with a small army of summons and steamrolled me. They technically won but that player will have to live with the fact they couldn't handle me and got so tilted they summoned 3 extra players to get past me.
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raditts posted:I got pretty regularly invaded any time I was embered all through the game on PC, and got summoned to get killed by other people's invaders pretty constantly as a blue sentinel. in retrospect i may have completely wrecked my soul memory or whatever it's called in DS3 by doing dancer first and picking up the fat knight twin axes in the castle.
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Ds3 doesn't have soul memory. Matchmaking looks for your highest upgraded weapon and then tries to match you vs players with similar equipment & character level.
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It’s cool replaying DS3 after Elden Ring and Sekiro, because a lot of poo poo just plain doesn’t bother me as much. Some of the generic enemies still feel like a bit much in terms of effort, but I’m not really dreading dealing with a lot of stronger ones like I used to, just mildly annoyed when a glowing red eyes giant man with wombo combos shows up. This is still a real good game in general, but I liked it a lot when I played it, which means I remember a lot and kinda wish I could erase my play through of my first run.
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Last Celebration posted:I remember a lot and kinda wish I could erase my play through of my first run. Nothing like the first time full of "what the gently caress is THAT?!" and "how the gently caress!?"
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I always held 3 over 1 as my favorite/best IMO but I'm finding it a bit of a slog this time around. I just got done with Breath of the Wild, and I was always cursing its many flaws like the absolutely insane weapon durability system, lack of enemy variety, too many bland open areas and the final castle section being a wet fart to end it off. But going back to something more linear right after is making me eager to just ditch it and finally NG+ Elden Ring, I'm missing the adventure aspect. It starts pretty slow, High Wall isn't terrible but it doesn't compare to the Undead Burg, and the Undead Settlement isn't all that great either. I dreaded the giant crabs but I know things are going to pick up after that. Invariably, in every game, I wind up going with big 2H gently caress off sticks but I want to try and get a grasp on parrying while also using something with faster response for a change. I'm using the tired old axe of the deep but its still too slow for what I'm looking for. Even the uchigatana isn't doing what I want. Seeing big chunks come off the life bar scratch a certain itch and I'm already a bit frustrated at taking 3 hits to kill rank and file peons but I need to try and overcome that. I tried the red hilted halberd I found but the R1s are still too slow. Guess I'm gonna have to give in and try the damned dagger.
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Try a rapier for a fast and fun weapon. I really liked the frosty Irithyll rapier that you get from the outrider knight at Lothric Castle. Big Hat Sage’s soul can be turned into a magic rapier that embiggens item discovery too. Then there’s the vanilla rapier at the High Wall.
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lol that the Crystal Sage clones have like 1 HP so the cheap as poo poo throwing knives every build can use make them way more manageable than probably intended. Also I remember the watchdog minibosses being a lot harder, I still cheesed one (curved sword guy) but that’s because Muhammed Ali came and almost killed me while i was fighting them. Man, summons are great sometimes, I almost miss how Elden Ring made it nearly impossible to be ambushed by some weirdo.
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Last Celebration posted:It’s cool replaying DS3 after Elden Ring and Sekiro, because a lot of poo poo just plain doesn’t bother me as much. Some of the generic enemies still feel like a bit much in terms of effort, but I’m not really dreading dealing with a lot of stronger ones like I used to, just mildly annoyed when a glowing red eyes giant man with wombo combos shows up. This is still a real good game in general, but I liked it a lot when I played it, which means I remember a lot and kinda wish I could erase my play through of my first run. The most infuriating enemies for me were the penishead snake men at Archdragon Peak and the thrall guys in the ringed city who can throw lightning bolts and completely ruin your day when you have to dodge multiple of them at once and keep an eye out for those fat Harald fucks who are desperate to pound you into the ground as soon as they get a glimpse of you. The big guys at least telegraph their moves enough that they're easy to dodge or get some distance. axolotl farmer posted:Try a rapier for a fast and fun weapon. I really liked the frosty Irithyll rapier that you get from the outrider knight at Lothric Castle. I don't know what I was doing wrong but rapiers in ds3 felt so slow to me. I loved them in ds2 because you could poke someone like it was a prison shiv, but there must have been something different about the way you're supposed to use it in 3 that I never had the patience to get the hang of. raditts fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Apr 16, 2024 |
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Last Celebration posted:lol that the Crystal Sage clones have like 1 HP so the cheap as poo poo throwing knives every build can use make them way more manageable than probably intended. Also I remember the watchdog minibosses being a lot harder, I still cheesed one (curved sword guy) but that’s because Muhammed Ali came and almost killed me while i was fighting them. Man, summons are great sometimes, I almost miss how Elden Ring made it nearly impossible to be ambushed by some weirdo. The throwing knife trick turns a boss that would otherwise be a complete nightmare at high NG cycles or at SL1 extremely doable. Also trying to hit the clones with an UGS is also extremely annoying and would otherwise lead to a huge number of chain punishes.
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