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Dark Souls III |OT+2| Why Can't We Poise the Game?
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Greatest Ever
Member
Heavy Exile Greatsword +8 is wrecking right now. Can't wait to get some Vitality for some more rings.
Zelenogorsk
Banned
Moved!
Nah, Kimmundi said DLC is on the 28th. 4 days is different than some hours.
edit: reposting from the other thread
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RandomSeed
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I'm avoiding details on the DLC, but just based on the initial promo, I wonder if the
ending will be the one that offers the most story/lore. Seems like that is the one that offers up the most content in the base game.
Usurper
Zelenogorsk
Banned
Man I'm bad at the search function. Thanks for the heads up!
Stevey
Member
I find that google is better than the search on any vbulletin forum site.
BossDarkseid
Member
Atm we have no idea, but I imagine there will be something there, for that ending.
Anyway. I finished my Friede + Vilhelm co op cosplay run today. All bosses down...Nameless King kicked us around two or three times, but then even the Firstborn was powerless before the might of Dorhys' Gnawing. Soul of Cinder remains a really good boss, mechanics, music and all. I want a lore boss, a surprise boss, and a holy shit how does Miyazaki expect me to beat this boss from Ringed City...
Zeouterlimits
Member
First playthrough finished!
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Soul of cinder was an interesting surprise. Not my favourite duel, but good enough.
For the ending
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Soul of cinder was an interesting surprise. Not my favourite duel, but good enough.
For the ending
I summoned the fire keeper. Purely because she mentioned that the embers will return in the future.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Agreed.I still say Sister Friede is the hardest boss in any of the Souls games thus far (for a STR build)
I think Friede is worse tbh. OoK and S&O are tough, but kind of overrated in their toughness.
Friede becomes a lot easier once you learn her combo patterns. My typical strategy is to just wait at mid range and then either rush in if she doesn't do a combo or keep my distance if she does a combo until she goes for the ending strike.
I'd honestly say Nameless King is hardest if you're not using projectiles. Why? Because he changes the timing of his attacks. So your muscle memory will fail you.
I'd honestly say Nameless King is hardest if you're not using projectiles. Why? Because he changes the timing of his attacks. So your muscle memory will fail you.
Farron Keep or the Catacombs should be your next destination.
Hikami
Member
Looks like it's Farron Keep, thanks. No I wonder I stopped here, never liked going through this swamp.
DorkLord54
Member
So apparently they added Ornstein's plume. My question is why did they take so long to add it after three games?
Garrett Hawke
Member
I don't think it looks better... unless you're using a 4K TV?
For me using a 1080p TV it is clear they just unlocked the frame rate, which is bad news, because it mostly hovers between 45-60 which feels jerky and looks very distracting.
Look at the sky and then look across the buildings of High Wall of Lothric for example and you can see how looking at the sky gives 60fps while looking at literally anything normal messes it up.
For me using a 1080p TV it is clear they just unlocked the frame rate, which is bad news, because it mostly hovers between 45-60 which feels jerky and looks very distracting.
Look at the sky and then look across the buildings of High Wall of Lothric for example and you can see how looking at the sky gives 60fps while looking at literally anything normal messes it up.
DorkLord54
Member
So now it's basically DS2 on 360, because I hated the unlocked framerate.
I mean... I didn't expect much. But come on... FFS. Why do devs keep doing this shit with PS4 pro patches.
And yes, I'm using a 4k OLED (TV reports 2160p), I swear it looks better. Runs even more shit now though.
I'm going to try forcing to 1080p and see what happens.
Edit: Changing the res did nothing. Same shit performance.
I loaded a few different areas prior to the patch just to remind myself how bad it was on PS4 and after the patch I almost couldn't be more pleased.
It does appear to be unlocked and varying a bit, but the improvement is dramatic. I don't have enough underlines for the font to make the point sufficiently. I can't understand how some people would be negative on this change. The game absolutely came alive with this patch (if you have a pro).
After getting the PC version for the launch of the previous DLC, I came to find the PS4 version unplayable because of how far superior the PC experience was (which was a shame, because I like playing at my PS4). Now it's definitely playable and I think I'll be returning home to PS4 for the new DLC.
Incidentally, during my tests I got summoned as a blue phantom and noticed that there's a glowy spirit realm effect on the world now when playing as one.
edit: here's a pro patch FPS video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdD5d4L-zow
I find it amazing anyone would complain about a pro patch making a game transformatively better. This is the among the best examples of pro support.
It does appear to be unlocked and varying a bit, but the improvement is dramatic. I don't have enough underlines for the font to make the point sufficiently. I can't understand how some people would be negative on this change. The game absolutely came alive with this patch (if you have a pro).
After getting the PC version for the launch of the previous DLC, I came to find the PS4 version unplayable because of how far superior the PC experience was (which was a shame, because I like playing at my PS4). Now it's definitely playable and I think I'll be returning home to PS4 for the new DLC.
Incidentally, during my tests I got summoned as a blue phantom and noticed that there's a glowy spirit realm effect on the world now when playing as one.
edit: here's a pro patch FPS video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdD5d4L-zow
I find it amazing anyone would complain about a pro patch making a game transformatively better. This is the among the best examples of pro support.
BossDarkseid
Member
Could someone with the patch kindly checked how much Friede's Great Scythe frostbite buildup has been increased by?
Greatest Ever
Member
Hmm?
Red Liquorice
Member
Funny thing about Rapport; I always thought you had to be touching the enemy to use. It wasn't until DS3 that I found out you can just target enemies with it. Doh! It is a fun pyro for sure, even more so when you know how to use it properly! :3
Nice
BossDarkseid
Member
Either datamining or leaks on Reddit but daaaamn some of it has me insanely hyped.
Wish it was Tuesday...
Wish it was Tuesday...
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Apparently dlc is now out today?
BossDarkseid
Member
I think it's available to some "influencers" etc and for reviews today, but it's like the Old Hunters where there is an assets patch the week before with rebalances, then the DLC the week after. So Old Hunters was like 10gb and apparently Ringed City is the tiniest bit larger, but by 10s of mb, not GBs
GwyndolinCinder
Member
I think it's available to some "influencers" etc and for reviews today, but it's like the Old Hunters where there is an assets patch the week before with rebalances, then the DLC the week after. So Old Hunters was like 10gb and apparently Ringed City is the tiniest bit larger, but by 10s of mb, not GBs
I'll check my x1 since its got season pass on it, but its apparently 24th if you own it.
24th is only the new arenas for owners of Ariandel and Season Pass.
The DLC itself is 28th for everyone.
Also, almost everything is getting spoiled right now so watch out lol I'm avoiding areas and bosses but saw some new weapons.... DAMN!
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Ah okay....and yea but the cost of media blackout is not even knowing how this thing is releasing!
RandomSeed
Member
Just loaded up a save to look at armor weight...and I guess I was expecting too much. I thought there would be a moderate reduction in armor weight, but it's more like I can tweak one piece of gear to stay under 70%. Maybe the tweak was more to the heaviest armor, to stay under 100%, so I probably read it wrong.
Some of the heavy infusion numbers did get a nice boost, though. The best looking weapon in the game, the Cathedral Knight Greatsword, finally does good damage on the strength build. The Lothric Knight Greatsword now does more damage with a heavy gem, as opposed to (some reason) doing more previously with a refined gem on a strength build.
Some of the heavy infusion numbers did get a nice boost, though. The best looking weapon in the game, the Cathedral Knight Greatsword, finally does good damage on the strength build. The Lothric Knight Greatsword now does more damage with a heavy gem, as opposed to (some reason) doing more previously with a refined gem on a strength build.
Greatest Ever
Member
Any note of the changes?
Tweak was indeed for heavy armors.
Reddit is going crazy about the friggin plume lol
Yeah some weapons had their scaling changed when infused. Sharp infused Corvian Scythe is now S scaling with DEX.
RandomSeed
Member
Some nice changes to strength weapons, but FUGS stays losing. Maybe next patch they'll increase the AR by 5, and up the weight to 300 pounds.
Yeah, I think I found a weapon to use with the next DLC lol
It's so going to be nerfed lol