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Whew, dark soul cheev done. For some reason I thought the master of rings just required the base versions, not all the various +'s. Probably wouldn't have gone for it if I wasn't mistaken about that but by the time I finished all the covenants I was into full sunk cost mode. That NG++ Nameless King is a mean bastard.
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Gobblecoque posted:Whew, dark soul cheev done. For some reason I thought the master of rings just required the base versions, not all the various +'s. Probably wouldn't have gone for it if I wasn't mistaken about that but by the time I finished all the covenants I was into full sunk cost mode. That NG++ Nameless King is a mean bastard. On my ++ playthrough right now. Not looking forward to NK.
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Gobblecoque posted:Whew, dark soul cheev done. For some reason I thought the master of rings just required the base versions, not all the various +'s. Probably wouldn't have gone for it if I wasn't mistaken about that but by the time I finished all the covenants I was into full sunk cost mode. That NG++ Nameless King is a mean bastard. You probably mixed it up with "it doesn't require the +3 rings from the ringed city"
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codo27 posted:He's still gotta hit you doesn't he? Out maneuver him. the concept of dark souls pvp is really enticing. It's just a shame the netcode and P2P hosting sucks rear end
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I have been doing a lot of the Spears of the Church today and I have denied so many people I almost feel guilty, I killed the same player 3 times in a row and at our 4th encounter they yanked their router. Vordt's hammer and 60 STR will 3-shot drat near everyone and you can abuse the hell out of the hyperarmor for some easy trades.
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until you run into someone who has a weapon that is fast enough that they can attack and then roll out of the end of their own attack animation before yours connects, and so they can easily harass you to death with their spear or estoc or whatever of course, you will almost never run into that player which is also why I was able to farm all the way up to the final spear of the church reward by exclusively poisecasting sunlight spear point blank because people just trade with you and die instead of rolling
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Yeah spearbroing made me feel like a real jerk sometimes. I weep for all those poor fallen knights that summoned Patches and weren't able to kill the first painting guardian before I got there. What a massacre.
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IronicDongz posted:until you run into someone who has a weapon that is fast enough that they can attack and then roll out of the end of their own attack animation before yours connects, and so they can easily harass you to death with their spear or estoc or whatever Does dunking halberd nerds count? Cuz I am currently undefeated wrt Spearchurching.
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halberds are way slower than spears and can't do what I'm talking about, but to be totally accurate purely from a frame data perspective spears can't quite either-but they're much closer, so if the spear is attacking even slightly before the greatclub user the greatclub will be too slow to trade. so a spear user who is harassing a greatclub user from the edge of their reach becomes extremely hard to do anything to, because basically the only way the spear user gets hit is if they just attack into the greatclub instead of being patient if you use a greatclub class weapon and fight someone who's using something like a rotten ghru dagger or curved sword and who is experienced in pvp 1v1 you can experience the true suffering of a). the opponent's attacks being fast enough that they can hit you and roll before you hit them back even if you both started attacking at literally the exact same time, and b). the opponent being able to roll your attacks and hit you before you can act if their timing is good enough because your recovery is so goddamn long(this is true of a larger number of weapons, including the aforementioned spears). this and many other things are good reasons why no one should take ds3 dueling too seriously
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I enjoy panning the camera all dramatic like and taking screenshots about as much as playing the game proper I had been looking forward to this fight in my first playthrough since launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvs9sdpSLZA codo27 fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Oct 25, 2020 |
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Holy poo poo miracles are good in Cinders. I just sprint around melting things with lightning arrows, this rules.
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Just beat Friede on my NG+ character. Such a good boss fight! When tank instead of fastrolling hobo with Lapp gear and a Black Knight greatsword. Thanks, Gael. Thael.
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Morality_Police posted:Holy poo poo miracles are good in Cinders. I just sprint around melting things with lightning arrows, this rules. The gnawing/bleed miracles are great too! A lot more things are weak to bleed than I had expected.
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Is there a better download link for Cinders other than nexus. Somehow it's so slow to download from there.
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axolotl farmer posted:Just beat Friede on my NG+ character. Such a good boss fight! I'm going to do a beeftank run for my next character and worry less about rolling and more about facetanking with greatshields. A lot of the good armor is so drat heavy. I've never gotten so much crap from a single Darkwraith, and it had to be on my sorcerer. I would have loved this sword on my melee guys. I know tongues are super common (because invading is fun) but they are technically a really lovely droprate from mobs. 
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okku posted:Is there a better download link for Cinders other than nexus. Somehow it's so slow to download from there. https://github.com/vawser/Cinders-DS3
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Thanks! With FP regen, and miracles, somehow this feels way easier than normal. Still pretty cool tho.
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Some people in the discord say that Cinders doesn't really start until NG+++.
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If there's one thing I've learned about PvP these past few days is that if you don't have a bigass 2hander just don't even waste your time. Everyone is packing a bigass 2hander, just hyperarmor your way to an easy win!
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And Tyler Too! posted:If there's one thing I've learned about PvP these past few days is that if you don't have a bigass 2hander just don't even waste your time. Everyone is packing a bigass 2hander, just hyperarmor your way to an easy win!
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And Tyler Too! posted:If there's one thing I've learned about PvP these past few days is that if you don't have a bigass 2hander just don't even waste your time. Everyone is packing a bigass 2hander, just hyperarmor your way to an easy win! Stop trying to trade damage with great/ultra weapons. Dodge and then punish when they whiff. Great/ultra attacks are well telegraphed and leave the user wide open if the hit doesn't connect. With some luck you can sometimes just roll through their attack and backstab.
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That sounds nice and easy but its too unpredictable with the lag. Almost as bad as old cs on dialup when my friend thought he was shooting me but on my screen I'm shooting him in the back
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I loved DeS and DS, was disappointed by DS2 and am currently being pretty blown away by BB. How did this game go?
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Ratios and Tendency posted:I loved DeS and DS, was disappointed by DS2 and am currently being pretty blown away by BB. How did this game go?
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Ratios and Tendency posted:I loved DeS and DS, was disappointed by DS2 and am currently being pretty blown away by BB. How did this game go? Sped up DS1 combat, enemies are MUCH faster than DS1. It feels more like a sequel to 1 than 2 does. That being said - if your favorite thing about DS1 was how interconnected the world is and the sheer number of options you have for routes to take - you're going to be disappointed. DS3 is the most linear of the games. You have basically 2 choices, and 1 of them involves beating a late-game boss early. Still a great game, but very very linear.
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DS3 favours Bloodborne-style builds, so if you're coming from BB, it'll be a smooth transition.
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And Tyler Too! posted:Faith is pretty solid in both PvE and PvP but I wouldn't recommend a pure faith build until you've really packed on some levels. I would go STR/FTH or DEX/FTH to get the ball rolling and give you some extra weapon options. Logan 5 posted:There are some good recommends here, but from experience running some Faith builds at SL60 to 90 in PVP, I got some thoughts to add that might be helpful (yes I've played way too much of this game while in covid-time): Thanks for the very detailed responses, those were really helpful and I'm quoting them here in full again because they deserve more attention! In the end, I decided leveling INT/FTH and playing as more of a pyromancer though (at least until I get my hands on Sunlight Spear) with the mace as the main weapon (also tried out the Wolnir holy sword which is quite fun and looks rad, though probably better if I respecced into STR/FTH). Pyromancy is disgustingly OP and you can still use miracles with it! In other news, I got my first (sorta) friendly invader in the catacombs of Carthus. He was clearly much better at PVP than me and toyed with me for a bit until I was almost dead, then killed himself on one of those rolling skeleton boulders. Maybe he had pity because I managed to parry him exactly once (the damage wasn't nearly enough though) and could tell I clearly wasn't equipped for PVP. I had fun though, so thanks random invader!
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The weapon art has 3 randomly chosen possibilities. Pairs nicely with Dark Blade and really shines as a PvP weapon.
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What weapon were they using? Pure STR musclebeasts laugh at shields if they're using Ledo's Hammer or the Dragon Tooth. I've flattened players with fully charged R2's.
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Some kind of pointy thing. Could be a swordspear or spear.
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I still much prefer Souls to Sekiro but I'm left wishing the combat was a little more like the latter. I just want to be able to move as fast as I can press the buttons. Basically I want to have my cake and eat it too, I want to have my giant gently caress off axe but be able to swing it as fast as you could a dagger
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axolotl farmer posted:Some kind of pointy thing. Could be a swordspear or spear. I mean that seems a bit suspect, although not entirely outside the realm of possibility. Were they naked or wearing super light armor, or already had low HP? If it was the Dragonslayer Swordspear, or something else maybe infused with a lightning gem, then the Knight shield doesn't block lightning damage that much so you would have taken some damage even when blocking. Although in most cases even that really shouldn't have taken away that much HP from the hit that broke your block. Was it their opening attack or had you been already fighting and/or rolling? If it was mid-fight then yeah, you probably did not have nearly enough stamina to block them and got instantly guard broken, and then got hit with an instability attack, which could wreck you if they had the Leo ring or a gimmicky damage build. NG+ level doesn't matter for matchmaking, just SL and weapon upgrade level. What level was this and what was your VIG at? Also there is no Havel in the Ringed City swamp, did you mean Ledo or something? KonvexKonkav posted:Thanks for the very detailed responses, those were really helpful and I'm quoting them here in full again because they deserve more attention! In the end, I decided leveling INT/FTH and playing as more of a pyromancer though (at least until I get my hands on Sunlight Spear) with the mace as the main weapon (also tried out the Wolnir holy sword which is quite fun and looks rad, though probably better if I respecced into STR/FTH). Pyromancy is disgustingly OP and you can still use miracles with it! Happy to help, I'm not the best, but I'm one of those unfortunate people that still likes PVP in this game so always ready to share if it keeps others playing too. If you've gone into a pyromancy build instead I can give a similar breakdown of what can be helpful PVP-wise. Although both Faith and Pyro casting builds can be fun, imho pyros mostly work better in PVP, although both are very stat hungry and can be difficult to make work at SLs lower than like 80.
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The guy was wearing one of the knight armor sets, not Lapps, but full helmet, platemail and shield. I was wearing the Lapp set, and carrying a Knight Shield. I'm at level 137 or something ridiculous. First attack, I was just walking towards them with my shield up. Not really interested in PvP. s/Havel/Iron Dragonslayer/
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Without knowing any more about what exactly they were using or seeing footage, yeah that might have been cheating of some kind, although not anything I'm familiar with. The highest possible level that could even invade you is like about ~SL150, more likely you get invaded by meta level players from SL120 - 133 mostly. Although you aren't interested in PVP, if you are playing online on PC it can be a good idea to use one of the anti-cheat mods. They certainly aren't foolproof, but they can prevent a lot of the nonsense or at least give you a heads up that the person is cheating. Blocking their steam profile(s) also prevents them from ever connecting to you again. Even so, in general blocking repeated hits with a medium shield is... not a great idea. Knight shield is probably fine for most PVE, but if you get invaded and you want to be able to block some hits a fully upgraded Black Knight shield is probably a better idea for the stability on a medium shield, or at that level if you can spare the weight a greatshield of some kind. There are lots of tools that can be used to break your block though, even on the greatshields. If I invade at any level and the first thing I see is that the Host or phantoms immediately blocks with a medium shield and keeps it up while locked onto me, I'm usually not going to have too difficult a time taking them out.
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Logan 5 posted:If I invade at any level and the first thing I see is that the Host or phantoms immediately blocks with a medium shield and keeps it up while locked onto me, I'm usually not going to have too difficult a time taking them out. It's amazing how few people are aware that Stance+R1 (straight swords, some greatswords) is literally designed to guard break, it's a free gut-stab! Anyone keeping their shields up is volunteering to get dunked. (This is also super helpful against mobs with shields.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vFgVQAGZFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4P82TRY_oY
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I love limit breakers and I'm glad they're still making videos after all these years.
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So in an attempt to distract me from the Demon's Souls remake (among other things), I booted up Dark Souls 3 after having not played it for quite a few months. The last thing I remember doing in game was fighting a big demon with Siegward, and making friends with the giant who shoots the arrows from the top of the tower. Can't remember where I was going, or what I was supposed to be doing. I don't think I've made a huge amount of progress. My current stats: quote:LVL: 26 Apart from being lost on where to go and what to do, I'm also not sure how to build my character. Right now, I'm wielding the Halberd, which was my mainstay for DS1 (it also functions like it did in DS1, unlike DS2). However, I think about trying something different. At the moment, I thought about going for a greatsword or ultra-greatsword, since those look pretty cool. However, I'm also skeptical about doing that. It's an issue I've had with the other Soulsborne ganes, where I'm always hesitant to experiment with other weapons, because it seems better to stay with one dedicated weapon, and experimentation seems risky (in terms of spending upgrade materials).
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