Wrongthink Tank - Jingle Deez - old

Prude 11-Apr-16 06:03 PM

This is for people who are a bit into the game to talk about shit as it happens if they want, cause some people will probably be much slower or wont start playing until a while later

Hazlen 11-Apr-16 06:03 PM

I'm just here for the violence.

Ritsu 11-Apr-16 06:06 PM

what is this ember thing

Prude 11-Apr-16 06:07 PM

if its what i think it is

its a state for your character that buffs your health and effects multiplayer mechanics

Ritsu 11-Apr-16 06:08 PM

i got it after killing the first big guy so you tell me then

although you'll prob be creating yourself for the next two hours so

💩

Taylor SWifTT 11-Apr-16 06:32 PM

Any waifus yet?

Ozmiander 11-Apr-16 06:35 PM

always waifu the leveling chick

any game

Prude 11-Apr-16 06:36 PM

hairstyle options are way better for women than men this time around

might just make my self insert bald

the most anime of new settings: being able to color left and right eye differently

Ozmiander 11-Apr-16 06:37 PM

make yourself Ladybeard

Prude 11-Apr-16 06:39 PM

also the translators mistranslated iris to pupil, lmao

"color of pupils"

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:40 PM

Here's a spoiler

Taylor SWifTT 11-Apr-16 06:40 PM

This isnt Denuvo right

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:40 PM

You'll die repeatedly

Taylor SWifTT 11-Apr-16 06:40 PM

So there will prob be a crack soon?

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:40 PM

bitch please

Dark.Souls.III-CODEX

Dark.Souls.III.Network.Fix-CODEX

Prude 11-Apr-16 06:41 PM

NETWORK FIX @_@

is that an online capable non-legit copy?

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:41 PM

Ozmiander 11-Apr-16 06:41 PM

it's a japanese game, so probably

Taylor SWifTT 11-Apr-16 06:42 PM

[DOWNLOADING INTENSIFIES]

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:42 PM

Taylor SWifTT 11-Apr-16 06:42 PM

God I hate you

SO much

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:43 PM

Did I mention my isp offers 400/20 now

Taylor SWifTT 11-Apr-16 06:43 PM

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:55 PM

oops

@Taylor SWifTT SPOILER ALERT

Hazlen 11-Apr-16 06:56 PM

Somewhere in mississippi taylor is having a stroke over your download speeds

not bad for copper

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:57 PM

Motherfucking eurodocsis 3.1

Hazlen 11-Apr-16 06:58 PM

oh hey, maybe sounds similiar to what we're using

Taylor SWifTT 11-Apr-16 06:58 PM

:negative;

Rejd 11-Apr-16 06:59 PM

Docsis 3.1 can handle 10Gbps downstream and 1Gbps upstream

Prude 11-Apr-16 07:02 PM

man what class do i want

there's the real question

warrior has the best overall totals for pure phys, minimizing attunement, int, and faith and with not too high luck

but herald has NICE looking starting gear, and is obviously the faith-spellsword type

which is my traditional first playthrough

Rejd 11-Apr-16 07:05 PM

fucking lmao

lectures tomorrow are cancelled

Prude 11-Apr-16 07:05 PM

wait no the miracles look fucking good as heck

Rejd 11-Apr-16 07:05 PM

"due to family reasons"

right

Prude 11-Apr-16 07:05 PM

ill play herald

Rejd 11-Apr-16 07:06 PM

Not due to DS3 release.

Ozmiander 11-Apr-16 07:08 PM

nekkid

Prude 11-Apr-16 07:08 PM

i would but im thinking of endgame

i dont like being prevented from min-maxing

i'm a pvp nerd

Rejd 11-Apr-16 07:16 PM

codex installer comes with kickin rad music

Hazlen 11-Apr-16 07:16 PM

@Rejd better get as far as you can in ds3 then, don't want the professor making more progression than you

Ozmiander 11-Apr-16 07:18 PM

threaten him with spoilers if your grades slip

Prude 11-Apr-16 07:27 PM

ludex has an impressive moveset for a first boss

lots of delayed attacks too, throwing me off after not playing a souls game in a while

Rejd 11-Apr-16 07:43 PM

hell yeah

my dude has pigtails

Prude 11-Apr-16 08:03 PM

NAILED MY FIRST PARRY

IM IN THE ZONE

the tall halberd hollows in lothric have good ai

they aggressively fuck your shit if you turtle against them by staggering your block

this is adequately challenging

i love it

feels like playing ds1 for the first time again

Ritsu 11-Apr-16 10:06 PM

2nd boss is a nigger

frostbite mechanic is cool

idk if that was in other souls games

Prude 11-Apr-16 10:13 PM

its new

Ritsu 11-Apr-16 10:14 PM

are you at the 2nd boss?

he raped me

Prude 11-Apr-16 11:59 PM

shortcut back to first wall bonfire from the ground area

is real nice

Prude 12-Apr-16 06:06 AM

the fat casters in the undead settlement are really good enemies but also huge pains in the ass

but i like that they get voice lines and shit

this game is just fucking rich with shit

it doesn't matter that the world is slightly disjointed in places (like going from firelink to the wall, or the wall to the undead settlement)

because each individual level has nice interconnectivity a la ds1

and just tons of shit packed in it

i keep finding stuff upon backtracking

and i've spent a GOOD number of hours just working on doing everything i can think of in the undead settlement

Prude 12-Apr-16 07:04 AM

Anri of Astora has a cute voice, cuter than the firekeeper, so she's my waifu

Prude 12-Apr-16 08:06 AM

so im listening to some of the OST while I eat

which, btw, contains some boss name-related spoilers(edited)

anyways the games music is way better than either of the previous two titles

though a couple tracks have some great leitmotif callbacks too

dang, road of sacrifices

there's a throwback enemy that i didn't expect to see

some manner of knight, if you will

Prude 12-Apr-16 09:16 AM

the AI is much better too

for like

player-like enemies

that being NPC invaders and enemies you encounter who are dressed up like players, like the dudes guarding the entrance to farron's fort or w/e

in DS2's DLC, they got them to the level of bad players who knew how to troll

now they play like pretty decent players

Ritsu 12-Apr-16 01:55 PM

HELL yeah

aurora borealis is down

Ritsu 12-Apr-16 02:02 PM

btw\

after killing the 2nd boss and flying down ot the next bit

you go down and there are all of these things

you can talk to one of them and they become your ally

Ozmiander 12-Apr-16 03:11 PM

gundyr FUCKED my ass

woah

naked katana hollow does NOT fuck around

Ozmiander 12-Apr-16 05:12 PM

oh man, bgot to the bonfire by the drake on the wall

and fucked the blackknight wannabe in the ass

Rejd 12-Apr-16 05:22 PM

I almost got the naked katana dude by the village down

then died

And then gave up

did you know you can get that extra souls ring in the first settlement

without spending 20k souls for the key

you can jump onto the roof from a tree stump vOv

Ozmiander 12-Apr-16 06:26 PM

haha

got to vordt with no flasks, and like ten hp

oops

Prude 12-Apr-16 07:44 PM

Anyone else take out cursed greatwood yet?

Or get to the road of sacrifices/farrons keep?

Prude 12-Apr-16 08:41 PM

also @Ritsu that guy you found there at the start of the undead settlement

does some stuff for you even couple times you die

it will have aesthetic and story implications though

Prude 12-Apr-16 09:14 PM

man these monsters in farron keep are fucking creepy(edited)

rej wheres that stump at???

BustrKc 12-Apr-16 09:55 PM

i just was raped by the 2nd boss as well

i thought it was a pretty easy fight up until he used that trample thing and one shotted me

BustrKc 12-Apr-16 10:55 PM

the fucking like skateboard mechanics are fucking with me, like how that trample attack will just carve around corners

i had the decoy chest spin kick me up the entire flight of stairs earlier

Taylor SWifTT 12-Apr-16 10:57 PM

I just beat Greatwood

Good boss

Prude 12-Apr-16 11:06 PM

he's up there with demon of song

in terms of fucked up shit

bosses that are basicallt "demon/skeleton man inside other thing" are a good way to instantly become creepy

but here's a real spooky thought

aren't we all just other things with skeleton men in us?

💀

Taylor SWifTT 12-Apr-16 11:20 PM

Jesus

Prude 13-Apr-16 12:24 AM

JESUS CHRIST

there's an undead on the path leading to the cathedral of the deep

that lights itself on fire and runs at you to do some jihadi bullshit

i dodged it but lmao i wasnt expecting that

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 12:32 AM

Jesus Christ

lmbo

What stat governs poise?

Prude 13-Apr-16 12:58 AM

poise is largely determined by armor

endurance and maybe another stat or two may increase your base poise SLIGHTLY, or at least they did in DS2

but its usually nothing compared to armor

though all the same, endurance is technically the poise stat still, since you'll need it and probably havels ring + favor ring to get really high carry weight to use the heavy armor and still have a fast roll

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:00 AM

if you wanna build in that direction

fastroll is sub 30%, medium roll is sub 70% equip

fat roll is anything above

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 01:00 AM

Ive just been going straight Endurance and Dexterity

I put a little in health stat

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:00 AM

its worth getting stamina or whatever the stat that raises stam is

lets you attack more times in a row

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 01:01 AM

Endurance

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:01 AM

oh sorry

vitality is the carry weight stat

then

endurance is stam, also important

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 01:01 AM

Im under half Equip Load atm

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:01 AM

doesn't softcap until like 40 this time too, so you can really pump it if you like not having to stop doing stuff

you should either go sub 30% or right up to like 69% since i think there around 50% is neither a fast roll nor using the most of your carry load for heavy stuff

Rejd 13-Apr-16 01:14 AM

prude

When you enter the fire shrine or w/e with the thrones

Walk up the longer set of stairs

on the right

that should lead you outside to a locked tower door

Walk up to the tower door, turn around 180°

You should see a tree on the right side and also a low roof

Sprint towards the tree and jump from it onto the roof

It takes a couple tries

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:15 AM

ah, i tried that tree earlier and couldnt make it work so i just did it the legit way

but i think doing that little sequence break doesnt get you the fire keeper soul and estus ring in the very tip top

Rejd 13-Apr-16 01:16 AM

But yeah then you'll get onto the crosswalks or whatever you call em in the throne room

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:16 AM

since you drop down from that top level to that roof anyways

Rejd 13-Apr-16 01:16 AM

In the throne room, where the birds nest is

continue forward straight

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:16 AM

yeah, got my silver ring already

from that part

Rejd 13-Apr-16 01:16 AM

There's an illusion wall

For stuff like that having the multiplayer crack is really nice

since you can read the messages people leave.

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:17 AM

does the multiplayer crack allow all online features

Rejd 13-Apr-16 01:17 AM

kinda limited

you can read messages and stuff

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:17 AM

or just the messages and stuff?

ah well still nice

Rejd 13-Apr-16 01:17 AM

but coop is limited to other people with cracks

which is why people put "RVT" at the end of their characters name if they use the revolt crack

alsoo

gonna have to fix my dualshock 3 controller now

If I grip the controller hard or flex it a bit some of the face buttons register button presses

Which is caused by a worn out piece of foam inside

The fix is to simply add 2-3 layers of tape to get it back to the original thickness

... should have just preordered ds3 with the steam controller

but muh vive money

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:20 AM

that controller deal was pretty decent

i'd have gone for it if i didn't already have a still working great 360 pad to use

Rejd 13-Apr-16 01:21 AM

ALSO

dark souls 3 has no cloud saving.

You can save scum.

It's call saved locally in %appdata%/darksoulsIII/

all

Prude 13-Apr-16 01:23 AM

HOLY SHIT the abyss watchers

not gonna say anything more about that

but god damn

Rejd 13-Apr-16 02:21 AM

Neat!

Fixed my controller

All it took was one piece of tape around a tiny piece of foam

The foam was pressing a ribbon cable against the board

They don't even have a fucking connector for the ribbon cable. It's just being pressed against the contacts

Like.. what the fuck, man?

Also I may or may not have a counterfeit ds3

or maybe another revision number.

Board looks different than what I've seen on the internet

Prude 13-Apr-16 02:39 AM

What lmao

Prude 13-Apr-16 03:02 AM

OH WHAT THE FUCK CATHEDRAL OF THE DEEP

arachnophobia alert!!!

Rejd 13-Apr-16 05:04 AM

fuck vordt

could have placed a bonfire closer to him

nvm

second try

Prude 13-Apr-16 05:54 AM

he's probably the easiest boss i've faced so far

also cathedral of the deep is quickly becoming one of my favorite souls zones

reminds me a bit of shulva from DS2 actually

its like shulva + anor londo from DS1

its basically just taking place in a single massive interconnected cathedral and you wind all throughout it and its fucking rad

Prude 13-Apr-16 06:22 AM

deacons of the deep

holy shit

funniest boss fight

not HARD but interesting gimmick

pro tip: bring something with a wide attack, that does decent damage and can stagger most human sized enemies, that doesn't take too long to attack

FUCK abyss watchers are hard

Prude 13-Apr-16 07:10 AM

took like 6 tries, shit

that got my blood pumping

catacombs of cathus: literally shitting myself from all the spook

there's a trap in the catacombs which is the most unintentionally hilarious thing i've fucking seen in a video game

y'all will know it when you see it

Prude 13-Apr-16 08:40 AM

smouldering lake: Metal As Hell, or; How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Dodgeroll

HOLY fuck the catacombs boss

this game is full of amazing designs

Prude 13-Apr-16 09:35 AM

AAAAAAND...

prettiest souls level goes to irithyll of the borean valley

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 09:39 AM

i'm still on the wall

jsut realized to put all my estus into hp flasks

now i have 6 ❤

Prude 13-Apr-16 10:00 AM

yeah, ashen flasks seem a lot more useful once you've built up a bit and either have a weapon art you like to use or cast spells

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 10:06 AM

hrm

i'm not getting any summon sigils for npcs

Prude 13-Apr-16 10:25 AM

are you in ember form?

also lmao, they're REALLY hitting the high notes on fucked up spider creatures this time

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 10:35 AM

derrr, gotta kindle

wow

swordmaster is a real non starter

Prude 13-Apr-16 10:43 AM

dark souls 3: not hard enough? add undead doggos!

- the miyazaki touch

im probably maybe halfway or a little short of it through the game

and im only level 50

i like how scarce souls are now

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 11:01 AM

I died after the swamp area

And the two giant crabs

I accidentally fell down a hole so I rage quit

Beat the two hellcrabs, lost to gravity

taygaming.txt

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:17 AM

god

just got into the undead settlement

and FUCK the cages

Prude 13-Apr-16 11:18 AM

what if i told you that the hellcrabs

have been entirely optional(edited)

in every instance i've seen them so far

also undead settlement owns bones

it's between that and cathedral of the deep for my overall favorite zone so far

in terms of overall design

though irithyll is easily the best looking in the most traditional sense

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:20 AM

i got a good chunk of the way through the settlement, but had one flask and no bonfire in sight and had 6k souls on me

so i ran like a bitch lol

Prude 13-Apr-16 11:21 AM

ah, the ol' risk vs reward thing

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:21 AM

alsoNEVEWR TOUCH ME AGAIN YOU GARGOYLE FREAKS

Prude 13-Apr-16 11:21 AM

i havent lost any boss kills worth of souls or anything, but i've probably lost up to like 10k or so from regular clearing of mobs whilst being bold

at one time

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:22 AM

7 estus now ❤

Prude 13-Apr-16 11:22 AM

yeah it was only a few zones in when i got up to 10, and havent found any new ones since

so maybe 10 is cap? dunno

takes much longer to get the undead bone shard or w/e shit

that makes them heal for more

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:23 AM

did you grab the one in the shrine, in the rafters?

Prude 13-Apr-16 11:23 AM

i'm 4 of those deep now I think?

yeah iirc i did

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:23 AM

gotta love naked jumping hax

haha

i was two villagers from a bonfire

fml

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 11:34 AM

Yeah I know their optional but I liked clearing out the whole area

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:40 AM

i like rolling through already completed areas like a methed out circus acrobat

Prude 13-Apr-16 11:41 AM

i made some solid progress but i think i need to sleep again ]

im in a good position to take out two lords of cinder later though

already having taken down the first

just a protip: don't join the Rosaria's Finger covenant till last, as it will lock you out of some stuff

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 11:46 AM

i never even join covenants

Prude 13-Apr-16 11:47 AM

in this one, you can technically join them all and just switch out the sigil in your gear

but joining that one in particular

locks out two others and effects a character storyline IIRC

but i dont think it matters if you pretty much complete the game, get all the other covenant tokens, and then join

which you'll wanna do eventually since it IS the way you respec in this one

i love that all the negative reviews on metacritic from users

are just people whining about the crashes some people had

maybe they should git gud

i didnt have none of that

https://youtu.be/i4VenyalTMA

a few things i didnt know about here

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 12:17 PM

Theres like 3 whole sets of armor in the swamp too

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 01:17 PM

Prude whats the LORE on these turtle guys

Ritsu 13-Apr-16 01:34 PM

i got som LORE for ya

Prude 13-Apr-16 08:33 PM

The pilgrims?

I think they come from Londor which I can only assume is modern day Anor Londo

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:34 PM

also, are the pilgrim from "londor" from like, far future anor londo?

haha

Prude 13-Apr-16 08:34 PM

They seek the gathering of the lords and the flame and shit i guess because the worlds kind of experiencing an apocalypse?

I mean reality seems to be getting distorted worse than ever

And they desire to die at the end of their pilgrimage? Im not sure why but it means this time either not everyone has a darksign, or its letting people die

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 08:37 PM

Future lands?

Some TES shit

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:38 PM

time wise it's like ds1, ds3, ds2?

maybe?

cocksucker. i had the greatwood down to like 1/12th and it stunlocked me

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 08:42 PM

~i git gud

TrumpBot 13-Apr-16 08:42 PM

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ft-LOumBOlA/hqdefault.jpg

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:45 PM

have you beaten him yet tay?

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 08:46 PM

Yes

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:46 PM

first try?

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 08:46 PM

Second, first time the poison at the end got me

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:49 PM

i love watching the tower giant crack off shots

Taylor SWifTT 13-Apr-16 08:49 PM

Wish Goons were that good of shots

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:56 PM

second try success

i just let him fall on his face repeatedly

Prude 13-Apr-16 08:57 PM

I think ds3 is last chronologically and linking the fire is the canon ending of ds2 just like its technically probably the canon ending of ds1

Cause the lore never tells us cycles will happen anyways if we choose dark

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:58 PM

ds3 has some cool ass bosses

Prude 13-Apr-16 08:58 PM

I imagine the third option in DS2 via aldia's quest was just a what if to further explain the mechanics behind the flame, or becoming that powerful via taking in all the kings powers was just a PERSONAL overcoming of the cycle (as you walk away and dont really choose dark either)

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 08:59 PM

and i got a skull that you throw on the ground and it says HELLO!

so pretty much goty

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 09:13 PM

lots of stamina + rapier = STABSTABSTABSTABSTABSTABSTABSTABROLLAWAY

god damn it miyazaki

"dead guy with a medium sized log" is not an appropriate enemy type,

Quornes 13-Apr-16 09:43 PM

rip accidently aggroed deserter shrine dude, had to kill him

BustrKc 13-Apr-16 10:01 PM

i found that naked finally, not his friend

but now ive got the uchiwaliwali

Prude 13-Apr-16 10:08 PM

At least the token crestfallen warrior guy is usually the least important npc

So no biggie

Ozmiander 13-Apr-16 10:11 PM

i can't wait to murder patches

Prude 13-Apr-16 10:12 PM

FUCK patches

But you might need to buy a few things from him first hth

Prude 14-Apr-16 12:50 AM

pontiff is fucking my shit up

Prude 14-Apr-16 01:08 AM

this is easily the hardest boss so far

in this one at least

but he feels like the fume knight on stimulants

Prude 14-Apr-16 02:05 AM

yeah so joining the aldritch faithful is gonna be harder than I thought...

Prude 14-Apr-16 03:32 AM

if you didnt expect this game to have a dune worm, you were wrong

Prude 14-Apr-16 06:09 AM

JESUS CHRIST

theres this blood curdling scream near the start of ithyll dungeon as you go to loot something on a ledge

and the rest of that ledge was full of ambushes and shit

and i about fucking jumped out of my skin

but i guess it came from below, not behind

this is a new one: an enemy that literally kills you by looking at you

WELP

PEAK SOULS ACHIEVED

BustrKc 14-Apr-16 06:12 AM

im not looking forward to that, if that is in fact a thing

Prude 14-Apr-16 06:12 AM

its a process

BustrKc 14-Apr-16 06:12 AM

im getting ruined by tree currently

Prude 14-Apr-16 06:12 AM

like they reduce your max health as you're in their line of sight within a reasonable distance

gradually

it comes back once you leave LoS or kill them, slowly

but the health you lost from the HP reduction doesn't return, so it costs a fucking estus to kill each basically

theres probably a pro trick i'm missing here

i can kinda plink at them with a bow sometimes(edited)

BustrKc 14-Apr-16 06:13 AM

hoboy

Prude 14-Apr-16 06:13 AM

OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT

i think this game might have enemies more fucked up than bloodborne

ithyll dungeon is a fucked up place

so is ithyll proper but at least the city is prettier, the dungeon is foreboding as hell

BustrKc 14-Apr-16 06:17 AM

yeah, thus far has been more bloodborney than anything

i had the torch in my left rotation for a sec

Prude 14-Apr-16 06:32 AM

welp found another estus shard, so 12 estus slots so far confirmed

Rejd 14-Apr-16 07:08 AM

HEY

tree hint

hit the arms/legs

Afterwards it just ends up doing nothing at all.

Just rotating in place.

"this is a new one: an enemy that literally kills you by looking at you"

UHHHH

STONE BASILISK!?

/ medusa or w/e

Prude 14-Apr-16 07:13 AM

this one isn't just a curse/petrify mist like the basilisks have

its literally just

anywhere in their LoS

invisibly

anyways the tree can bug out, it bugged out the first time for me(edited)

arm phase didnt start after ground crumbled

so i had to do it a second time

also this scream-related jump scares are killing me

this room has a few bloodstains in its entrance, so i expected some bad shit, looted a corpse, another terrifying loud scream out of nowhere

it was just whatever i looted dying apparently??

something in the profaned capital off in the distance is BASSIN' OUT

got this like sub bass tone comin' from somewhere

Prude 14-Apr-16 08:29 AM

lmao

so a 4 way battle can happen easily: red invader vs mound maker vs watchdog of farron vs host

i think the host can have some summons too

i think they're limited to 2 summonms and a blue on their side?

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 08:32 AM

you can summon three total with the monkey paw thing iirc

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 09:01 AM

gonna assume i killed that stray demon for reasons

an-d not for funsies

Prude 14-Apr-16 09:14 AM

God invasions are fun(edited)

Been fucking people up in the area near imo the hardest boss so far(edited)

Rejd 14-Apr-16 10:42 AM

http://i.imgur.com/qKwp6ez.jpg

Prude 14-Apr-16 10:44 AM

church of yorshkavahahahfdawfhhf whatever the fuck bonfire in irythyll

is a good soul farming spot

a number of big mobs nearby that aren't too hard to blitz one by one

one type gives nearly 2k per kill

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 10:46 AM

these crabs are PUNKS

i finally go back to kill some

and they run away and heal

Rejd 14-Apr-16 11:01 AM

w-hat

some guy just gave me a dragon knight helmet

err, black knight helmet

and then sent me back.

vOv

weird.

But I'm not complaining

Prude 14-Apr-16 11:01 AM

Yhorm - The Most Anime Of Fights

y'all will see what i mean when you figure it out

wow siegwards quest has me all fucked up

low key sad

vaati is gonna have a field day whenever he does Prepare To Cry character lore videos for this one

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 11:19 AM

i've only let him kill the fire demon with me so far

Prude 14-Apr-16 11:20 AM

his is hard to follow

character quests are one of the things ive actually looked up if i cant figure it out

since they tend to be really convoluted otherwise

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 11:22 AM

the darkmoon chick just killed yoel i think

Prude 14-Apr-16 11:26 AM

OH WHAT THE FUCK ALDRITCH

Prude 14-Apr-16 12:03 PM

https://www.vg247.com/2016/03/07/dark-souls-3-how-to-recruit-npcs-and-complete-their-quests/

this mightbe useful for anyone who cares

note that the occasional detail differs on exactly what it entails from site to site

but this one is focused on just the questlines to help avoid unintentional spoilers if you dont wanna miss those

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 12:06 PM

poor greirat

Prude 14-Apr-16 12:31 PM

when one of y'all beats pontiff, let me know

if we're in soul level range, there's a short bit we might want to exchange co-ops on

cause i can't see any other way to do it without hours of frustration

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 01:11 PM

apparently i play souls games a LOT slower than you guys

Prude 14-Apr-16 01:14 PM

ive put like 40 hours into this game in just a few days

i dont play SUPER fast as far as actual progress goes, since i tend to be completionist until I know the game well and know what I can essentially speedrun for my ideal gimmick builds

on a second or third playthrough

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 01:30 PM

i just tried the abyss walkers for the first time

Prude 14-Apr-16 01:36 PM

that fight is fucking rad

it's one of those ones that feels really hard but becomes bearable after failing enough

i mean i guess ALL technically are that way

but there's like

Alonne difficult

where you can slowly feel some progress

and then Fume difficult

where it it's such a tough curve that improvements could be mistaken for random variance

and I'd say abyss walkers are more the former, pontiff more the latter

Rejd 14-Apr-16 01:58 PM

WOW

the abyss watchers boss is a really fucking good boss

That fight was fucking rad

To boot, I had to kill an invader infront of the boss gate lmao

also lmao oz

yeah I'm right there.

Playing as pyro/dex dude

Rejd 14-Apr-16 02:00 PM

Not sure if having an int of 20 + that crystal rapier is the right choice

but ehh

first playthrough.

Also I learned to love rapiers. That stabbing speed is great

Attacks are hardly telegraphed

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 02:04 PM

somehow miss backstab on that blackknioght while he's unaware

he turns around and one shots me

thanks dark souls

Taylor SWifTT 14-Apr-16 02:10 PM

~i git gud

TrumpBot 14-Apr-16 02:10 PM

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ft-LOumBOlA/hqdefault.jpg

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 02:11 PM

also, how the hell do you kill the crabs?

they just keep running

Lancek 14-Apr-16 02:15 PM

attack the weak point for massive damage

Prude 14-Apr-16 02:16 PM

The Giant Enemy Crabs are best left alone

That was my chosen solution

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 02:16 PM

THEY

MKUST

DIE

Prude 14-Apr-16 02:16 PM

https://youtu.be/xiB_Sqf17vY

When i wake up im gonna do some watchdoggin'

Seems like the best covenant for owning mans often

As a regular invader, you tend not to get secondary invaders and instead run into a lot of hugbox-ganksquads atm

Its because its still new and the PvE only crowd is present i guess

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 03:26 PM

fuck the leech monsters

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 05:01 PM

ok, yeah

two giants in this room

fuck this room

Simplyjack 14-Apr-16 05:01 PM

yeah fuck women

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 05:17 PM

wormwaifu

Ozmiander 14-Apr-16 07:05 PM

wow

the deacons are a bunch of pussies

Taylor SWifTT 14-Apr-16 08:29 PM

Should I have killed the giants

Because they were easy

Kinda asking for it

BustrKc 14-Apr-16 11:13 PM

i let that icy fuck beneath the giant kill himself falling into the elevator shaft

Prude 14-Apr-16 11:22 PM

Lmao

Didnt think of that, beat it the hard way

Rejd 15-Apr-16 02:17 AM

drumsticks are super good dualwield staggering weapons

Prude 15-Apr-16 03:16 AM

"Farewell, Ashy One" - Firekeeper

oh my god the GOTTHARD Twinswords after the boss of lothric castle

hilarious name, ABSURD reach, great moveset both using just one (what I'd probably do mostly) and whilst dual weilding

looks cool as hell

might be MY WEAPON

Prude 15-Apr-16 04:22 AM

that was love at first sight

picked them up, equipped them, tried the moveset out

ran back to the bonfire, respecced at rosaria to use them, and upgraded + infused as much as I could at firelink

need some more titanite chunks now to finish that process

Prude 15-Apr-16 05:19 AM

AHAHAHAHAHA

this host totally plugpulled

as i lured them into a trap

with a sliver of HP left on host and me about to hit them "CONNECTION HAS BEEN INTURRUPTED"

archives are an AMAZING zone for invasions

cause right now a lot of people are just getting there

havent done the level at all yet

so you get low, bait them deeper and deeper

and then on this one part, ghostly arms sprout from the floor, snare them, and like 8 mobs pounce

Rejd 15-Apr-16 05:35 AM

Farewell,

ashy

TrumpBot 15-Apr-16 05:35 AM

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:07 AM

things keep on getting more spooky

moonlight greatsword spotted - it comes from consumed king's soul

wow archdragon peak look REALLY good

its a lot more vibrant and bright than about any other level in a souls game, the closest thing would probably be the dragon area from DS2

somehow dragon-places always seem immune from the darkness of the rest of the game

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:30 AM

https://www.ds3jolly.com/

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 05:05 PM

Yall see about the Sun KNight armor?

Rejd 15-Apr-16 05:06 PM

pickle-pee

Throw the siegbräu in the nest

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 05:07 PM

Fucking pickle-pee

Rejd 15-Apr-16 05:07 PM

pump-a-rum!

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 05:08 PM

Piclepee dlc when?

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 05:17 PM

why

why are the birds always invisiblre

Hazlen 15-Apr-16 05:19 PM

because birds are assholes

thats a fact

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 05:21 PM

also

the deacons are a buncha pussies

watchers dead

sharp rapier ftw

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 05:59 PM

Got all the way to the end of the archives

And died to curse

rip

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 06:10 PM

aw come on

tell me the catacombs arne't going to be skeletons

i fucking hate skeletons

parried by a headless sskeleton with one arm.

of course.

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 06:28 PM

Catacombs are ok

It's the dungeon that gets spooky

Prude 15-Apr-16 06:41 PM

Catas are skele city tbh(edited)

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 06:44 PM

Yo D

FUCK those LoS health guys

Prude 15-Apr-16 06:44 PM

Right

That was peak souls

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 06:47 PM

wtf

should i not kill this skeleton who just runs away?

i mean he's obviously trying to lure me into his buddies

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 07:18 PM

haha

oops

don't chestbump wolnir

Hazlen 15-Apr-16 07:24 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyYYxF3i5aQ

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 07:35 PM

Accurate

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:07 PM

Is Archdragon Peak mandatory?

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 08:18 PM

only if you're not a pussy

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:21 PM

And roll credits

Boom

Suck it

Oh damn I didnt do the ending right

I meant to do The End of Fire, but I interacted with the bonfire instead

oh well

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:40 PM

Yeah archdragon, consumed king, untended graves, and smoldering lake

Are the four optional areas

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 08:42 PM

i kill bitchnir, how far am i

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:42 PM

A bit under half

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 08:42 PM

nice

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:43 PM

I'd say somewhere around pontiff is halfway

Pontiff+ either yhorm or alrich, with the other + prince lothric remaining

Would be how i'd define halfway

If you are going to clear alllll the optional stuff and dont do any before this point, dancer or dragonslayer armor are probably halfway

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:45 PM

I did all optional except Archdragon

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:46 PM

You did that fast

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:46 PM

13 hours

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:46 PM

Werent you just in dungeons earlier?

How the fuck

Im like 40-something hours deep

Maybe the pvp and co-op?

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:47 PM

Yeah

And I run past a lot

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 08:47 PM

tays runs past everything and summons three dudes for bosses

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:47 PM

After the swamps I just started booking it past most mobs

Also I did some places out of order

And I was way past dungeons when i was talking about them

I was in dungeons around uh

3 this afternoot maybe

Also remember I dont have to deal with invasions at all

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:49 PM

Yeah ive also spent like 1/3 of my playtime in other people's worlds

And i guess i afk a bit while doing other shit

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:50 PM

Yeah and I didnt do any character quests or covenents

Just purely going through the story

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:50 PM

Im gonna give others a few more days before i get balls deep on it, but i have some theories about whats happening

Ah yeah

Ive kept up with all that

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:50 PM

Im saving most the indepth stuff for when I buy it

I just wanted to get through the story

Prude 15-Apr-16 08:51 PM

You know the spooky floating shits above lothric castle? I'm 90% sure those are the pilgrims that made it.

The one controlling dragonslayer armor is apparently called "pilgrim butterfly"

And the pilgrims arent hollows with weird bodies, they're the snakemen from archdragon pretty sure

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 08:58 PM

Id say that answers some questions

But it relaly doesnt

If anything it asks more

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:01 PM

Im also wondering about ds2

Ds3 has a lot of the canon maintained from ds1

Theres a items from ds2 and a fee things lore wise that validate it maybe

But im starting to wonder if the whirlpool at the start of ds2 could be construed as a parallel reality entrance

What with nobody recalling where they came from, and things from ds1s cycle reflected but altered

Like dragons and giants being a bit different and stuff

And in doing so, you "solved" the flames nature via aldia in ds2, but it didnt help the ds1-ds3 universe

Apropos

I like this theory

Because otherwise we're not totally sure about what the unkindled are

But maybe they stay human while others are becoming monstrous as shit happens in ds3 because they unkindled arent uplifted and then used as fuel by the flame in the cycle, so the side effects of dark dont do much to them either

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 09:10 PM

Heres my question

You can see the sun isnt going out, but being drained

Whats draining it

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

Its the sun going hollow basically imo

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

realized i forgot to explore like half the catacombs, walking around and find trwo npcs , twinkling titanite and a undead bone

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

Light, life, and fire have always been tied to the flame

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

wtfd

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

Right

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

The flame is more dead than ever

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

But you can litreally see the trail of the sun

Being pulled towards something

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:12 PM

Reality is going dark, literally and metaphorically

I think its supposed to be "bleeding"

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 09:13 PM

Yeah but if it was bleeding it seems like it would be going everywhere

It looks like its being pulled towards somethign

Kinda of like in the new Star Wars

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:13 PM

I think its semi-allegorical

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 09:14 PM

If you say so

Prude 15-Apr-16 09:15 PM

I mean i dunno what would be pulling the sun, seems out of setting's intent for that to be whats happening

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 09:54 PM

THERE ARE CORPSE WORMS SHOOTING LIGHTNING AT ME TAY

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 09:58 PM

Yeah shits fucked bro

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 10:01 PM

why did horace the hushed just attack me

is he mad because his girl wants to cuck him with me

oh dear

i don't think i want to be in the pit of demon corpses.

Taylor SWifTT 15-Apr-16 10:06 PM

Nah dude thats the place

Ozmiander 15-Apr-16 10:07 PM

hahha

he's a BEAAAAAAST

almost one hitted me from his opening fire

haha

the owlbears DID one hit me

Prude 16-Apr-16 03:24 AM

http://i.imgur.com/tGbm64c.jpg

panorama of undead settlement

Prude 16-Apr-16 04:06 AM

https://youtu.be/JJpTcFOAPD8

and so the madness begins

Rejd 16-Apr-16 08:41 AM

Oz what level are you

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 08:54 AM

47ish?

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 09:33 AM

i managed to join the fingers and keep sirris

Prude 16-Apr-16 09:34 AM

how so?

even after I did all else, including basically complete her quest, short of finding her dead body as the final step later on

she was pissed i joined fingers

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 09:35 AM

she was gone from firelink when i joined

Prude 16-Apr-16 09:35 AM

which i didn't care about, because i joined every other cov, including using her quest to get into mound makers (since i missed them in the early game)

and then joined fingers

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 09:35 AM

then i just found her sign on the boreal valley bridge and she summoned me to fight a finger

Prude 16-Apr-16 09:35 AM

and the only consequence was i got to kill her instead of wait for her to die out in the field

i think she might be still summonable even if she decides she hates you at firelink

since her pledge to help you is kinda like

beyond time

she can help you after she's physically died in your world, etc.

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 09:36 AM

i just spoke to her at fl and she gave me a sword and ring

Prude 16-Apr-16 09:42 AM

consumed king is like a fucking hilarious place for late-game sunbro token farming

one of the easiest bosses, esp. w/ 3 people wailing on it, and especially if you bring a lightning weapon

and people pretty much at the end of their NG run will still be going for him, so you wont easily level out of it

also a cool like 15k souls per pop

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 10:19 AM

wow

you can NOT get hit with those brands in the dungeon huh?

Prude 16-Apr-16 10:21 AM

you mean the max HP reduction thing or the literal brands they use?

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 10:21 AM

oh no

it's the mist

Prude 16-Apr-16 10:21 AM

i had no issue with the latter

it's actually

line of sight

in general

you need to avoid them or rush them

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 10:44 AM

fuck

died to the mimic

he gave me a one shot big boot

Prude 16-Apr-16 10:49 AM

https://youtu.be/tFRaZs6ri7s

this music in this one

is so far beyond the others

jesus christ

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 03:32 PM

EAT DICK MIMIC

PAY ME

Taylor SWifTT 16-Apr-16 03:45 PM

Theres way too many mimics in D3

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 03:48 PM

mimics rule

also, pro tip

if you let off the left stick the moment you jump

you'll plant instead of rolling land

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 05:00 PM

got a soul that makes your roll invisible for msot of it

that'd be pretty cool if i did pvp

equiped anyway lol

Taylor SWifTT 16-Apr-16 05:07 PM

Yeah I have that

Its pcool

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 05:36 PM

GIANT HAIRY HAND BABY

Prude 16-Apr-16 07:16 PM

Yeah those are pretty fucked up

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 07:17 PM

do the rats at the giant's feet ever stop spawning?

Ozmiander 16-Apr-16 11:18 PM

beat the pontiff first try

got gud

yeaaaah

fucked up the crocowolves

Prude 17-Apr-16 01:41 AM

Dual crocowolves was the hardest thing in the game for me so far tbh

Only after i learned a greatbow can pull one while trapping the other in the corner due to level geometry

And did one at a time

Did i get my favor ring(edited)

... Last night

Prude 17-Apr-16 03:01 AM

https://youtu.be/TJOS8IPS79w

this is actually a really cool comparison video

some big post-irithyll spoilers tho that you really shouldnt indulge in without seeing for yourself in game first

Prude 17-Apr-16 07:46 AM

Nameless King is easily the coolest fight in this series imo

didn't kill him that first try, but jesus everything about that fight is super rad

Prude 17-Apr-16 09:33 AM

FUCK YEAH

SUCK MY DICK BITCH

SUCK MY FUCKING DICK

it might've taken like 8 tries but i finally killed nameless king, solo

he's definitely one of those bosses where the hard factor crosses what i call the pubbie failure threshold

where the benefit of having more people as distractions and sources of damage loses out to the fact that they typically die pretty fast, and then the boss has buffed health

that's usually the case with the hardest of hard bosses imo

shit like fume knight, artorias, etc. were the same

O+S as well

at least, it's a good guideline if you're better than average, which I'm pretty sure i am

if you're worse, summoning may be worthwhile anyways, even on those bosses

im gonna do that boss whenever i want a co-op fix

that was a satisfying fight

Ozmiander 17-Apr-16 09:47 AM

summoning is good for just having an idiot to let you healh by taking aggro

Prude 17-Apr-16 09:55 AM

yeah but the reasoning behind that axiom is

on bosses where most phantoms just die like idiots instead of letting you get in DPS

or killing the boss themselves

its actually a bad thing to have them

since each phantom adds health

to boss

Ozmiander 17-Apr-16 09:56 AM

i don't think i've ever seen an npc kill a boss

in any gane

Prude 17-Apr-16 09:56 AM

oh you mean the NPC ones?

I don't usually bother with them unless I have to for a quest or something

also lmao the dragonslayer swordspear is hilarious

the weapon art literally oneshots enemies in archdragon peak

and i dont even have the lightning clutch ring on yet

thats like 920 damage in one blow

theres a windup but its ranged soooo

and enemies dont seem to dodge it very well

and my trickle of FP from my simple-infused shield is enough to use it indefinitely

hell yeah

Ozmiander 17-Apr-16 09:58 AM

and they don't stop coming

Prude 17-Apr-16 09:59 AM

ooo its normal attacks have more hyperarmor than a straightsword at least

actually poised through some enemy attacks(edited)

Ozmiander 17-Apr-16 10:00 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Yj_pCthek

best meta

Prude 17-Apr-16 10:01 AM

im pretty sure that curved sword is the OTHER weapon nameless king can net you

(also he gives a miracle but its lightning storm so probs garbage and 45 faith is too much when i'm already considering going down from 40 to 30 in favor of focusing on buffs primarily)

Ozmiander 17-Apr-16 10:02 AM

i just dump in dex with a few in vit/end/str

Prude 17-Apr-16 10:02 AM

up to 1058 damage w/ lightning clutch

this is much cheaper and better than lightning spears

also this thing has a halberd moveset, owns

my old soul battery, the consumed king

is weak to lightning

this is gonna make it ever better farming

Rejd 17-Apr-16 10:56 AM

HELL yeah

I just two shotted some guy with my heavy great club that's only at +2

To be fair, I only have enough stamina for two swings and barely enough for a roll

Rejd 17-Apr-16 11:04 AM

farron at sl30 is great, constant summons

My previous char I was already overleveled

Prude 17-Apr-16 11:19 AM

yeah farrons good till probably the 40's at the highest

after that, aldrich is poppin'

if you want a way to invade without being outnumbered 90% of the time

since it's pretty common to get at least 2 Aldrich dudes in there at once, maybe a red, and a lot of hosts there arent summoning

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/271715193882776608/204ABDC8188970F2A5CAEC983889A1CE72E9BED9/

this is how i beat the nameless king

ran out of estus and he was at like 1/10 health

so i was like shit, pretty much can't afford to get hit

and need to finish this fast

managed to dodge everything from that point forward and take him out quickly though after being really cautious the rest of the time

feels good to win a real close one like that

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/271715193882783400/6D77A26E25D2C7DF60E1ACE4A458376AACD0356B/

Taylor SWifTT 17-Apr-16 11:44 AM

nice

Bible Ian Black 17-Apr-16 08:34 PM

seeing the giant blacksmith's corpse made me sad

how could he let himself get bodied so fucking hard

Prude 17-Apr-16 08:43 PM

Yeah that was a bummer

Hes like the one old character you find like that

If you dont include aldrich wearing gwyndolins face

But gwyndolin was a shitter anyways

Imo once the average playerbase catches up, I think Nameless King is going to be the new artorias in terms of popularity

He reminds me of artorias, really hard but feels like a real duel between warriors

Substantial lore supporting his character, like artorias, etc

Really cool fight location and two good phases, etc

Bible Ian Black 17-Apr-16 08:52 PM

he's kind of like

the proto-protagonist of Dark Souls

Prude 17-Apr-16 08:52 PM

Ultimately he is kinda framed as noble in the series(edited)

Since theres the point in DS2 where the starting and perpetuating of the cycle is basically considered the first sin

And he was for the side against that

Prude 18-Apr-16 08:34 AM

https://youtu.be/cIqmURGJU

Prude 18-Apr-16 11:39 AM

https://i.imgur.com/tiEeqr0.png

http://i.imgur.com/UkesZJE.png

lmao

Ozmiander 18-Apr-16 12:53 PM

he was a bitch

"oh no my jewelry i am undooooooone"\

Rejd 18-Apr-16 02:06 PM

http://i.imgur.com/qrKrNN6.jpg

Yes. Yes, I'm a BadDragonDotCom

There's an invisible bridge.

It's kinda bullshit but it's dark souls.

Taylor SWifTT 18-Apr-16 03:41 PM

Wait is that the spining tower thing?

I knew it had some purpose

Because theres two exists at the top

exits*

And only one is used

Ozmiander 18-Apr-16 03:50 PM

use the lower exit

she gives me the weirdest boner

Rejd 18-Apr-16 04:53 PM

waifu souls confirmed

Prude 18-Apr-16 10:35 PM

Shes very heavily implied to be descended from Priscilla i think

Tho this ones arms are weird

So i dunno if shes a true waifu

Wish i didnt have to sacrifice anri, my literal waifu

But at least she lives on in her stupid overpowered sword

Prude 18-Apr-16 11:17 PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4fcxw0/indepthloreanalysisonalotofdarksouls_3/

Prude 19-Apr-16 01:27 AM

https://i.imgur.com/TG9sEN3.jpg

Prude 19-Apr-16 10:59 AM

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v0tQYxOQt2E0b3ct3SqvHffozG9kgmasmJdokWARU/edit#gid=0

handy

Prude 19-Apr-16 11:11 AM

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/168566-dark-souls-iii/73599466

also handy