w1ntermute posted:

I wouldn't bother. That's why I purchased a used 360 controller at gamestop years ago for $10. I would highly recommend it.

Nathilus posted:

Yeah. It's also making me appreciate how relentlessly bright and cheerful the first two games were. Remember the chill nexus fire at the top of a shady, mossy tower? Remember bleak but beautiful Majula at the intersection of limitless ocean and sky? Now we have a lovely... dank and mouldering tomb. It's deeply depressing.

Help Im Alive posted:

There's a big hat and a logan but the logan is not wearing a big hat

Harrow posted:

You get a little extra damage on your spells while your staff is glowing--it's the weapon skill for most sorcery staves. R1 is how you actually cast.

Jose posted:

how do i get back ot the dancer if i homeward boned out?

Harrow posted:

Basically:

• Want to use a weapon without increasing Strength or Dexterity beyond what it takes to wield it? You want Raw. This increases the base damage but removes the scaling. In the early game, it's also a good call, because at low stats, scaling probably isn't going to beat Raw. The only way you should stick with Raw beyond mid-game is if you're playing a magic build and just want a physical weapon you can use a buff spell like Great Magic Weapon on.
  
• Want to be a pure Strength build? Pick a nice, heavy weapon with good inherent Strength scaling and make that poo poo Heavy. By the time you have 20-25 Strength, this'll beat Raw, and by the time you have 40 Strength, it'll be way better than Raw.
  
• Want to be a pure Dexterity build? Pick one of the few weapons with great inherent Dexterity scaling and make it Sharp. Same thing applies: once you have a good amount of Dexterity, this'll beat Raw for most light, fast weapons.
  
• Figure what the hell, let's just increase both Strength and Dexterity, why not? Then make your weapon Refined. That's going to lower the base damage more than Heavy or Sharp will, but it evens out the Strength and Dexterity scaling and increases both. Lots of weapons are fantastic Refined, and it's easily the best choice if you decide you want high Strength and Dexterity together.
  

Everything else is more specialized. Luck builds want Hollow, for example. Sorcerers who aren't buffing want Crystal, miracle-users who aren't buffing want Lightning, pyromancers who aren't buffing want Chaos (or Dark, but Chaos does fire damage which is more useful than dark damage). Fire and Deep infusions don't scale but are useful in the early- to mid-game for the same reasons Raw can be.

Harrow posted:

Was it? I saw that the stamina consumption was increased a little but nobody was reporting the damage being lowered.

If it was nerfed that badly, though, then scratch my comment about the Dark Sword and apply it to the Estoc instead

Harrow posted:

It is a very, very good weapon. Maybe the best PvP weapon in the game right now and versatile and strong enough to be good in PvE, too. Maybe it starts weak against Iudex, but I don't know, I haven't done an Assassin start yet. It's useful for its range and moveset more than its damage, but its damage is good enough to keep up for sure.

I'm not sure if it would be better Refined or Sharp, but you can preview its damage with infusions before you decide in the infusion menu.

Buschmaki posted:

Like, why would you summon a duel guy if you don't want to duel?

Vermain posted:

You want to use some kind of blunt weapon in the Catatombs like a Mace. Strike damage will cause skels to immediately shatter, and you can chain knockdown most of the tougher enemies like Carthus Swordsmen easily.

IronicDongz posted:

They're not trying to stop your progress if they're a red signer though. You have to activate it to let them in.

Harrow posted:

Yeah, but we're talking about red signs on the ground. If you activate one, you're inviting someone to come over for a duel, and people generally expect a fair fight in that case. If someone actively invades you, then drink all you want, because they're indicating they're gonna play dirty, too. If you summon someone through a red sign on the ground, though, you're saying you want a fair duel.

Optiquest posted:

TaurusOxford posted:

Then git gud. Until then, stop summoning dark spirits, because all you're doing is annoying yourself and the person you invited into your house for an honourable duel.

Jerusalem posted:

People weren't joking about Great Chaos Fire Orb, once I got it my pyromancy run became a hell of a lot easier. If this is the nerfed version I can't imagine how destructive it must have been before this - I took out Pontiff and Aldrich first try on this playthrough and even taking into account knowing them better now I think that's largely in part to the spell being so useful. That secondary damage is a godsend.

RatHat posted:

Give the Izalith tome from the Demon ruins to the pyro trainer.

Eldred posted:

So, Farron's Keep is kind of a shithole right? What were they thinking, designing a giant poison swamp that's even more featureless than Blighttown?

Eldred posted:

I meant the game design, it's just a giant circle. Maybe it's my own fault for hunting down all the items but rolling through poison swamp water is just tedious.

^burtle posted:

Spent 45,000 souls to level up and unlock the Wolf Knight's Greatsword and really all I learned is that I'm much better with a quick one hander.

Stormgale posted:

It can be a beast in PVP or against swarms of lighter people, use the dagger stab for alot of the LB/L1 attacks to hit confirm.

Stormgale posted:

^^ looks like the grave warden pair to me.


The dagger hits for all of the spinny moves do a tiny amount of damage but because poise isn't really a thing they can interrupt attacks, so you can use it to ensure you get off the spinny flashy part of the attack..

Harrow posted:

Yeah, a lot of bosses can bleed. Some of them get destroyed by it, too. The current speedrun strategy is a high-Luck build with Anri's Straight Sword and Carthus Rouge (adds bleed to your weapon).

Also, I eventually found that trying to block things was getting me pretty thoroughly wrecked in the mid- to late-game, so I dropped the shield and went with dual wielding Gotthard's Twinswords (or two-handing the Dragonslayer Swordspear). It made things a lot more fun and I did better, too. I just kept a Buckler around for parrying.