iRAWRasaurus
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No soul memory.
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Dark Souls III [Import OT] Kindle the fire, one last time
- Thread starter Yoshichan
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No soul memory.
d00d3n
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masterkajo
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Is dark magic in? From the op I kind of got the impressions that pyro is the new dark... but the faith stat seems to grant dark resist so I don't know.
How does pyro work then?
Deciding if I should go dex katana pyro (as I did in all my first playthroughs) or strength miracle (was always my second playthrough).
How does pyro work then?
Deciding if I should go dex katana pyro (as I did in all my first playthroughs) or strength miracle (was always my second playthrough).
Facism
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i've seen dark magic spells
No, just PS4. PC version releases worldwide on the 12th
d00d3n
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That seems like the perfect system. I wonder if unique powerful weapons will have higher baseline reinforcement levels? If not, maybe they will go for a bloodborne system with parity in power between different weapons, including ones you find later in the game (but all have strengths/weaknesses in move set, equip load and so on)?
Darryl M R
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Hoping to watch Yoshi or Rawr streams if they have one 
Aha, OK. I noticed some mention of Steam in the first page and got excited. I'd import this if it wasn't for the knowledge of the upcoming season pass.
Hope the weapon reinforcement level only applies to duels/pvp and not coop
Wow, that looked really bad.
Apparently, pyromancy is like DS2 where it scales from your combined intelligence and faith, but upgrading the glove still gave you much more damage than levelling either. Hopefully it's the same in DS3, otherwise it's going to need a huge investment in stats to make a decent character.
I'm also hoping that dexterity only has a very small impact on casting speed, or it only takes effect at very high levels like DS1. I want to make a strength-based pyromancer and not be penalised for choosing that over dexterity.
It should only work for PVP, but if you summoned someone with a high weapon reinforcement level then the door should open for everyone up to that level. This way, if you summon a powerful friend you risk getting invaded by stronger players and it also serves as a way to stop low level ganking. Hope FROM took this into account.
Dude thought he was about to fight a boss and asked chat "are your ready!?!?"...It was just a NPC. HA.
Time to stop watching streams again.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Fantastic work Yoshichan. Knew we couldnt go wrong with you at the helm
Jesus Christ... that slowdown, hope this gets patched
Yeah, this would probably be the best way to approach it. Keep coop restrictions as small as possible, but summon someone strong and you risk getting invaded by someone strong too.
But still, even if that wasn't the case, seeing how the level ranges are usually pretty flexible when it comes to coop, I'm sure the same applies to weapon reinforcement levels. I'm just glad to see SM gone.
Pegasos123
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how is the area variety so far? Are the areas as diverse as in DK1/2 or is it like bloodborne where the areas looked mostly very familiar?
DrROBschiz
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How does this keep happening
I dont remember Bloodborne having many issues in the DLC area
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Please tell me that slowdown is the stream and not the game? oh my gosh everyones talking abnout it in a twitch stream. FPS is ruffff on ps4
I seem to remember bloodborne doing this very rarely...But this is bad
I seem to remember bloodborne doing this very rarely...But this is bad
Because this is a real souls swamp area it seems. Also BB was exclusive to one console so they didn't ahve to split their attention between versions.
Yup, it's shocking in both how frequent and how severe it is. By comparison Bloodborne rarely got this bad. Here's to hoping for a massive Day 1 patch to fix this.
Like i said BB was exclusive to one platform, optimization is easier that way. Maybe this will compel you guys to wait three weeks so japanese beta testers can improve the game for you
ldcommando
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are you guys really surprised that a console version of a souls game has slowdown? Come on now
Zera_Bloodwinter
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So jelly yet so happy for those who are importing. Rock on fellas!
Found in the DS3 subreddit:
So they get rid of the worst PVP-related DS2 feature (Soul Memory) but implement something that can be considered even worse, 100% chance to encounter a gank squad?
DS1 system was perfect, you want to summon - you go human, but then you are vulnerable to invasions. And what's the point of the Blue covenant, if the person being invaded will be in 2:1 advantage to begin with?
Disappointed
So they get rid of the worst PVP-related DS2 feature (Soul Memory) but implement something that can be considered even worse, 100% chance to encounter a gank squad?
DS1 system was perfect, you want to summon - you go human, but then you are vulnerable to invasions. And what's the point of the Blue covenant, if the person being invaded will be in 2:1 advantage to begin with?
Disappointed
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Like i said BB was exclusive to one platform, optimization is easier that way. Maybe this will compel you guys to wait three weeks so japanese beta testers can improve the game for you
BB did have slowdown as well. It seems to bea streaming issue, when loading in the next area. I guess because it is a big open world?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I see classic FROM Software janky hitboxes are alive and well
inb4 "earthquake/AoE" defense
Diprosalic
Banned
nah but there's always hope they figure it out for the next one.
i just hope it's not worse than Bloodborne.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
thank you lord miyazaki san for another polished and fair video game
I currently have no idea how big the areas in this game are. We are just here to bid our time and take on anything that comes with a souls launch including unlimited bitching and moaning and simultaneously wanting to play the game.
DrROBschiz
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They should really just stop putting in grab attacks