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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash

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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
I really hate when I die over and over on bosses I know arent hard
 

schlew

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Picked up my Xbox One disc copy today and it came with a code for Dark Souls 1.

Anyone redeem the code and know if it includes the DLC for DS1? Thanks!
 

Xiraiya

Member
So Dark Souls 3 on a 970 can run okay at 4K, it runs great in character creation and looks fantastic, but in game it runs pretty average, about as well as the console versions at their low point, so not really good enough, but perfectly fine for messing around and taking screenshots.
 

Impulsor

Member
Yup.

First playthrough was Axes and Butcher Knife, but this time I started as a Dex build, but switched immediately to whatever this is once I equipped that Broadsword. Fantastic, well-rounded weapon.

How was your STR playthrough with axes and Butcher Knife?
 

Jyrii

Banned
Holy frak that first boss.

Beat it barely on my first try (good thing as I had bunch of souls killing the monster that dropped the titanite.

This is going to be Soulsbourne isn't it?
 

Auctopus

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Holy frak that first boss.

Beat it barely on my first try (good thing as I had bunch of souls killing the monster that dropped the titanite.

This is going to be Soulsbourne isn't it?

It's going to be torture if you only just managed to beat the first boss.
 

Mogwai

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I've opened an elevator shortcut in the first area. But then I met a pack of dogs and undeads and died... Where does this shortcut even lead to?
 
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E92 M3

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I am inclined to believe that they missed the fact that bloodstains brown lol. It's not a big deal, but surprising considering how well blood was done in BB.
 

Dr. Buni

Member
Vordt
(second boss btw) is giving me some trouble once
the music changes and it becomes far more aggresive.
I find myself unable to attack, defend or run away...
 
It's going to be torture if you only just managed to beat the first boss.

I died about 3-4 times on the first boss. I'm now in
Farron Keep
The first boss is a true souls boss. If you're rusty or were playing a lot of bloodborne, it could be a little challenging.

That being said, it's just a typical souls boss, nothing fancy or special, once you warm up, you'll beat it easily.. that's why it's the first boss. Still can very, very easily kill you, even the best of players.
 

Brohan

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Does your character look brown or red after battles? If it's RGB, I'll have to look into it. Because slices show red blood coming out, but stains on the ground look brown (from enemies).

Sry i must not have noticed, i was talking about bloodstains of fallen players.
 

Neoweee

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How was your STR playthrough with axes and Butcher Knife?

I thought the game was pretty straightforward. I wasted a bunch of points in Equipment Load that I didn't need to. Would have been better off pushing past the Health Soft Caps.

The game feels balanced around around being a Strength build with a Shield in the Medium weight range.
 
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Anno

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Pretty newb to the series here. Are there weapons that scale based on Faith? I like the idea of making some kind of holy warrior with weapon-enchant spells, but it'd be a shame if I pumped up faith just for that.
 
Man the guys in the first real area who
mutate
are really kicking my ass. Just avoiding them instead for now. Are they supposed to be this rough to tackle or am I just rusty?
 
I just killed the second boss. Loving the game so far! I got a question for those who are playing. Is there an early super weapon like older Soul games?
 

E92 M3

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Beautiful, mines is coming today.
 

Pejo

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Put in about 4 hours last night. This game definitely feels amazing to play. when I found out about the L2 moves/buffs, I almost lost my shit, especially on the Uchi. Shame they use MP though.

Like many others have said, the hardest part of this game so far is definitely the normal enemies. Those knights in the first level in particular are tough with their shields and poise. I'm having a hard time getting more than 1 hit at a time on them. Even the spear hollows recover after a single attack when you kick their shields away.

In Lordric, does the
Blue caped knight
by the church where you
join Way of the Blue
drop anything, or is there no real point to killing it? It's a lot of effort just to get to it, and i'd rather not waste the time if there's no reward.
 

Auctopus

Member
Pretty newb to the series here. Are there weapons that scale based on Faith? I like the idea of making some kind of holy warrior with weapon-enchant spells, but it'd be a shame if I pumped up faith just for that.

Yes! They're rarer but they exist. They're sort of end-game/PvP weapons if I'm honest.

You can also create a Divine/Holy weapon which will then scale on Faith.
 

Dr. Buni

Member
Man the guys in the first real area who
mutate
are really kicking my ass. Just avoiding them instead for now. Are they supposed to be this rough to tackle or am I just rusty?
They hit really hard. I just run towards them and kill before they do their thing... If I fail, then I just run away, lol.
Just an update for spoiler avoiders that PC Screenshot thread now has images of late-game/secret areas. Avoid.
Thanks for the warning.
 
Second boss down. Pretty good fight.

Not really struggling with the game so far. Guess previous experience is coming in handy for DS3 unlike BB for me.
 

E92 M3

Member
One thing I like is that they made invasions more "risky." Instead of having your bloodstain where you used the red orb, the bloodstain is now where you die. So you have to get it and not die lol.
 

d00d3n

Member
Anyone else who has been locked out of the boss room when being summoned to help in coop? The fog gate blocks entry and it is impossible to enter. It just happened to me for the second time on the PC version.
 
Playing as a pyromancer...
I'm just not getting the timing of parrying, no matter how hard I try. I had no problem with DS1 and the pistol riposting parry in BB, but the combat and parrying is much more similar to DS2 here, to the point where I can't make any progress.

Any suggestions? Are parrying time windows deliberately mistimed?
 

Neoweee

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Anyone else who has been locked out of the boss room when being summoned to help in coop? The fog gate blocks entry and it is impossible to enter. It just happened to me for the second time on the PC version.

They need to trigger the boss fight properly before you can enter. They are summoning before they even know a boss is there.
 

d00d3n

Member
They need to trigger the boss fight properly before you can enter. They are summoning before they even know a boss is there.

The boss was triggered properly and killed the host both times. Various effects from the fighting were clearly visible through the fog gate. It happened on V
oldt
and C
rystal sage
btw.
 

dmr87

Member
980 Ti and a 2500k oc'd @ 4.7 with 16gb ram upto the task?

PC version it will be. I am sure they will fix any performance issues.

Should be able to max out at 1440p, if not, easily at 1080p. I have the same but a 6700k and I played for 5 hours at a rock solid 60 at 1440p.
 
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