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Dark Souls III: The Ringed City |OT| One Last Journey
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DrunkShogun
Member
That wasn't what happened.
enemy summoned and just froze in place
JetSetRadio
Banned
So DS2 scholar really is the best entry now.
For 60,000 you can reset that boss.
BizzyBum
Member
I think I read a Heavy Exile Greatsword +10 is the OP weapon right now.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Heavy great Axe is 683, ledos Hammer 681. Yhorm 707.
DrunkShogun
Member
That's fairly cheap. Will google it since things have escalated in the dlc that tells me I'm near the end.
ashes is lovely, it's just slim on content for the price tag. I think that's the source of most of the criticism.
RandomSeed
Member
I'd be fine with a much harder boss that was a real boss fight and didn't suck. Too bad as of now it's not hard or fun.
I thought we could go an entire thread without posting that overused gif.This entire first area, swamps, endlessly respawning blue pieces of shit, and those fucking angels. All I could think of the entire time:
Seriously so far this DLC is fucking wack as shit
Lux R7
Member
Nope, it's still a matter of taste.
This entire first area, swamps, endlessly respawning blue pieces of shit, and those fucking angels. All I could think of the entire time:
Seriously so far this DLC is fucking wack as shit
I kinda feel the same about the first portion. I haven't played the whole thing yet.
These are situations where Souls games are at their weakest:
- facing multiple hard enemies at once
- enemies that grab you and do a 10 minute animation
- environmental threats where a thing is going to kill you and you have to do a thing to not die
And the whole first sections of the DLC were nothing but this shit
- enemies that grab you and do a 10 minute animation
- environmental threats where a thing is going to kill you and you have to do a thing to not die
And the whole first sections of the DLC were nothing but this shit
DrunkShogun
Member
I'm with you. The fact you had to either play stealth or run constantly dodging at the start wasn't what I expect dark souls to be. The later half was fine but overall dlc seems to be a step down from dark souls 1 and bloodborne dlc.
You're god damn right.
Yeah the run by everything and stealth sections are so antithetical to the way the souls series gravitates towards slow exploration. I don't mind the mob enemies but typically the series counterbalances it with enemies who do little damage or have little hp-neither is the case in that first area.
The last boss in this DLC tho.....so good. That alone makes the dlc a must play through for me.
Killer Queen
Banned
Yeah no.
Spacejaws
Member
Just beat
fuck me that was a rush. As a dex/faith did it inthe end with a sharp Carthus Curved Sword which I found good for getting in a few extra hits, swapping Lightning Weapon for Blessed Weapon as I found using the buff I'd only get a few hits before it wore of anyway so I reckoned getting the small heal out of it was worth it along woth great heal equiped.
Really thought I had messed it up as at the end I accidentally swapped weapons to nothing and shat myself. Was expecting a death with him on like double digit health.
Phew!
Midir
Really thought I had messed it up as at the end I accidentally swapped weapons to nothing and shat myself. Was expecting a death with him on like double digit health.
Phew!
BossDarkseid
Member
Yeah. I get the feeling they've wanted to hit that mark, but largely failed. I don't think they've completeeeely missed it, but it feels like O&S were lightning in a bottle for multi-target bosses in Souls. Which makes my pipe dream of a multi phase fight against the Four Knights of Gwyn chaotic and impossible >_>
BossDarkseid
Member
The final boss of the Ringed City has a quality build weapon that I've just started using on a cosplay co-op run and it's reaaaally fun. Especially vs invaders, because it deals a ton of damage (it's pure physical, iirc) but it's moveset/animations are lovely.
Okay, From, honest question: What were you thinking with the camera on the optional boss fight?
I feel like if I'm in front of him, my camera fucks up when he moved forward. If I'm below him, the camera is unusable.
Edit: Locked onto head, boss moves slightly, lock on lost even though head is clearly in my field of view, sunlight spear sails into nothingness
I feel like if I'm in front of him, my camera fucks up when he moved forward. If I'm below him, the camera is unusable.
Edit: Locked onto head, boss moves slightly, lock on lost even though head is clearly in my field of view, sunlight spear sails into nothingness
Played a bit more after killing the
. Jumped to the first boss. Got them 1st try.
I really hoped the bullshit of the first part does not continue, but it gets even worse. I'm really disappointed so far. Feels like "run around, try and die until it works" the game. I love fighting, learning the patterns, but this is just not fun.
Too bad, I love the look of the DLC and want to enjoy it so much.
angels.
I really hoped the bullshit of the first part does not continue, but it gets even worse. I'm really disappointed so far. Feels like "run around, try and die until it works" the game. I love fighting, learning the patterns, but this is just not fun.
Too bad, I love the look of the DLC and want to enjoy it so much.
Orochinagis
Member
Played a bit more after killing the. Jumped to the first boss. Got them 1st try.angels.
I really hoped the bullshit of the first part does not continue, but it gets even worse. I'm really disappointed so far. Feels like "run around, try and die until it works" the game. I love fighting, learning the patterns, but this is just not fun.
Too bad, I love the look of the DLC and want to enjoy it so much.
The next are have
ghosts
test_account
XP-39C²
Yeah, taking down that boss first makes the 2nd phase easier, at least it did for me.
You can't manually aim Sunlight Spear.
neoism
Member
If you have the ringed city dlc
Third bonfire in the city at the swamp their is 4 ringed knights they have a low chance to drop church fragments and on ng+ I get 22k each so over 100k in less than 5min
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Cannot...beat...optional...boss.... :'(
Bl@de
Member
Same here. But only 5 tries so far. Last thing to do in the DLC. And then it's over
Fantastic add-onDorkLord54
Member
Well if Killer Queen ain't kidding us, E3's gonna be a good one for From fans, and their next ARPG, while applying lessons from Souls, is something different. While I'm sad the entire series is done, I'm excited for post-Souls From.
Lux R7
Member
Same here. But only 5 tries so far. Last thing to do in the DLC. And then it's over
my advice: stay close, dodge physical attacks, block fire breaths, hit the head. that's how i did it.Just try to stay in front of him.
Killer Queen
Banned
I don't know about E3, I also don't know if 2017 was for an ARPG or just a Fromsoft property in general. But yeah everything else is what I heard. I'd assume that E3 would be a safe bet if that's what's being shown this year or TGS. But I feel like Armored Core is closer.
Bl@de
Member
Yep. Doing this. Had him down 50%, but saved the fight for tomorrow. Already beat
Judicator Argo and Gael
Lux R7
Member
yeah, also, doing that, he never used the laser attack.
Someone here mentioned it but the fact is everything has been done already in these games. We pretty much seen it all. You can't get that same OnS feeling again like the first time
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Same. Final DLC boss was easier than this.Same here. But only 5 tries so far. Last thing to do in the DLC. And then it's over
Orochinagis
Member
RIP casters, also you gain a little speed while evading
Felt that this was an okay expansion at first but the optional boss and the final one really elevated the experience. Not as good as the other Soulsborne DLCs but still good.
Managed to beat the final boss on my first attempt with zero Estus remaining and my life bar barely visible.
For those who have completed it:
Managed to beat the final boss on my first attempt with zero Estus remaining and my life bar barely visible.
For those who have completed it:
Is there nothing else than just a few lines of dialogue from the painter? That's disappointing..
Killer Queen
Banned
Double Demon fight is pretty weak tbh. Level 86 almost beat it on first try. But I've got like 40 vigor and 35 endurance along with +5 wolf sword and black Knight shield.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
This isn't true.
I read that on some guide, went in the swamp, used the branch, I turned into a pot. Tried again, turned into that circular-cross stone thingy. Only on like the 4th time, with my feet planted firmly in the swamp the whole time I tried, did I turn into that humanity sprite.
Besides, even if it worked first try,
how are you supposed to know that you have to use the spell/item in the swamp and then slooooowly make your way to the secret door? What is the significance of being in that swamp that'd give you that hint?
I played on the same build. I can post my video of me beating Midir (used only 4-5 estus or so) if you want, I finally got his pattern down and found a way to (mostly) handle the camera as best as I can. I'm not a godly no-damage SL1 naked-type of player, just a normal, experienced Souls player, but maybe that can help?
How high is your shield stability? I used a regular medium shield (Shield of Want or Lothric Knight Shield, IIRC, about 62-65 stability when maxed out) with 100% physical block and I found it very helpful, though I mostly focused on dodging as the hitboxes are fairly generous for dodging. Still, he's fast at times, so emergency blocking helped me. Sometimes his heavier attacks would insta-drain my stamina, but fortunately they usually had a long enough recovery that I wouldn't get immediately hit by another attack.
I don't know why people say this. Using stealth (thief ring, anyone?) and running-past-the-enemies have been common strategies for difficult sections since Demon's Souls.
I swear, every time people complain about something being "the antithesis of Souls", they're naming something that's been present since day 0. xD
oh boy... just finished
of NG+3 and what a fight... I'm amazed at how good it is...
Also, it took me longer than it should to realize the
.
I finished that, and I gave the
to the
, do I have anything else I should check?
Gael
Also, it took me longer than it should to realize the
thunders always fall the floor the skulls hits
I finished that, and I gave the
pigment
girl
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Hands are still shaking. Some player called "I don't like you" was summoned and I thought it was a troll player but he had a giant hammer and fucked that optional boss up in the face.
And now it's over... :'(
And now it's over... :'(
No you don't.
Source: I used he white branch like six or so times while figuring out an easy strategy to take down the swamp giant. Became a crystal or ringed cross each time.
I'd be fine with the puzzle if there was some indication that
you could turn into Humanity in the swamp. Like some Humanity floating around the area. Every other object you can turn into with Chameleon is something found in the area. Being able to turn into Humanity even though there's no Humanity as far as I can see in the swamp doesn't make sense.
running past enemies have always been apart of the series but was never necessarily mandatory. This DLC almost makes it a necessity rather than allowing you the option of both. There is a huge difference between saying you can always play this way and forcing you to play this way.
Gael is so so good. That fight alone guarantees I will play through again with my other builds.
I've been co-oping the optional boss for a few hours, and I don't think I've seen as many hosts die this much to any other boss in the Souls games. Although I haven't played Bloodborne yet. O&S and Aldrich are up there for killing hosts, but this guy takes the cake. It's usually the
that gets them.
Also for some reason the NPC summon has a habit of dying immediately upon entering the boss fight.
I'm having fun though. It's really satisfying when the host adapts and survives.
tail swipe or the laser beam
Also for some reason the NPC summon has a habit of dying immediately upon entering the boss fight.
I'm having fun though. It's really satisfying when the host adapts and survives.