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Fuck I wish I checked to see if this had cloud saves before coming to work..!

 

[Orthogonal]

Spoiler

1: You get the key from an NPC in Firelink eventually, it's the guy who gives you the broken redeye orbs at first, leaning against the biggest of the 5 thrones.

2: You can buy the key required from the Handmaid in Firelink for 1500 souls, but the door you need to open is located in the sewers near the giant rat, then you loop around to the cell.

Awesome, thanks.

 

[toastyToast]

How far are you? There is a certain item in the game that allows Shrinemaiden to sell shards.

Just hit the woods

 

[super-famicom]

Quick question, did they fix that "jump on side of tree outside of firelink shrine" gitch yet on the latest ps4 patch? need to know before i spend 30 minutes trying to do it lol

I was able to do it a couple of hours ago, and again 10 minutes ago.

 

[G_Berry]

Having so much joy with this game, feels great to explore the unknown again.

You should've been there a few weeks ago when there were ZERO guides on the net. Full yolo mode lol. So cool.

 

[Doge]

So let me get this straight. Some areas only allow you to summon two players and other areas allow you to summon three? There is no consistency?

 

[TatteredHat]

Awesome, thanks.

Spoiler

You might need to hand in an ash item to the handmaid for 2, but I can't recall from the top of my head if you do or where it's located.

 

[Durrzerker]

Okay the

Spoiler

Nameless King

is a garbage boss fight. Aesthetically awesome, but the camera is the most challenging part, it's fucking completely spastic

 

[Jobbs]

Sitting in utter indecision about what to go with.

Anyone know much about luck? How good is poison? Is it a trash stat as I suspect?

 

[TEH-CJ]

Gives you stuff after you hit a certain level.

Thanks a bunch!

 

[Mutagenic]

There were 2 doors I couldn't figure out how to open in the first 2 area's.

1st:

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Under the 2nd bonfire you descend a ladder. There is a locked gate I can't open and a pat the Greirat cell. How do you open that locked gate?

2nd:

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At the end of the Undead Village area before you enter the chapel. Behind the NPC sitting at a fire with the giant hammer (I forget his name), there is a little cave entrance with a locked door. There appears to be an NPC inside.

If they are late game spoilers don't tell me anything, but if they are accessible now, please help. Thanks.

Spoiler

1. I found a key descending far down into the level. There's a lower level of sorts with a few axe guys and dogs patrolling.

 

[Noray]

Sitting in utter indecision about what to go with.

Anyone know much about luck? How good is poison? Is it a trash stat as I suspect?

don't level Luck

This should be a PSA, basically. Unless you have a very specific build in mind already, DO NOT LEVEL LUCK.

Also, wear armor. That shit gives a flat % damage reduction in every slot, regardless of the armor's defensive stats. It's something like 20% for a chest piece, ANY chest piece. Wear armor in every slot even if it's trash.

 

[Yoshichan]

Okay the

Spoiler

Nameless King

is a garbage boss fight. Aesthetically awesome, but the camera is the most challenging part, it's fucking completely spastic

Learn how to dynamically change the camera angle and know when to disable lock on.

 

[Durrzerker]

Learn how to dynamically change the camera angle and know when to disable lock on.

I'm not disagreeing, but that doesn't necessarily refute my claim that the camera is shit on this fight.

 

[TatteredHat]

Okay the

Spoiler

Nameless King

is a garbage boss fight. Aesthetically awesome, but the camera is the most challenging part, it's fucking completely spastic

Spoiler

It's one of those fights where you're better off not locking on for the majority of the time, only lock on when he flies off to strafe you.

 

[Jobbs]

don't level Luck

This should be a PSA, basically. Unless you have a very specific build in mind already, DO NOT LEVEL LUCK.

Also, wear armor. That shit gives a flat % damage reduction in every slot, regardless of the armor's defensive stats. It's something like 20% for a chest piece, ANY chest piece. Wear armor in every slot even if it's trash.

Picking thief starting class seems unwise if luck is as trash as we suspect

 

[Jamiaro]

There were 2 doors I couldn't figure out how to open in the first 2 area's.

1st:

Spoiler

Under the 2nd bonfire you descend a ladder. There is a locked gate I can't open and a pat the Greirat cell. How do you open that locked gate?

2nd:

Spoiler

At the end of the Undead Village area before you enter the chapel. Behind the NPC sitting at a fire with the giant hammer (I forget his name), there is a little cave entrance with a locked door. There appears to be an NPC inside.

If they are late game spoilers don't tell me anything, but if they are accessible now, please help. Thanks.

No late-game things there.

1.)

Spoiler

You get the key from an NPC in Firelink Shrine, near the top throne.

2.)

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You find some Ashes in the area where the Huge Arrows are falling down. You take the ashes to the Shrine merchant, and you can a Key which opens a door in the sewer with some small rats and 1 big one hiding in the mist. Open the door and proceed.

 

[fozzy]

Seems like a lot of people are getting crashes before that game can either start, or at bonfires.

I've tried verifying cache. All settings low. Windowed mode. Can't get in to the game after making my character.

I took time off work for this shit.

Edit - Seems I had an unstable OC on GPU.

 

[TatteredHat]

Picking thief starting class seems unwise if luck is as trash as we suspect

It's not just as we suspect, it is a useless stat unless you're very specifically going for the one weapon that scales with luck.

 

[Jobbs]

Knight is honestly such a solid pick for stat distribution into any type of char with only 7 luck and the best starting gear

 

[Jamiaro]

Just hit the woods

Spoiler

You are near, couple areas away. Keep in mind the following: Three snails around a ladder, up the ladder, look for hints for an illusion wall and you got the item.

 

[Rawket Lawnchair]

So is this good or what? I am reading something about crashes etc. at the Steam reviews.

 

[co1onel]

I'm loving the game so far. Lothric wall is absolutely beautiful. First two bosses were fun. Combat feels nice and fluid, more similar to dks1 than 2. I'm loving the spear again. Can't wait to play some more tomorrow.

 

[vocab]

Online is buggy. A guy summoned me and I couldnt enter the fog.

 

[mrklaw]

This still not unlocked in the UK? I bought it yesterday and it downloaded the theme and soundtrack - went into the store and it says 'purchased' but when I hit download it says 'we're sorry, this product cannot be purchased at this time (WC-40360-3)'

edit: Managed to push it via the web download list. Weird because that didn't work yesterday. oh well now I wait.

 

[Ruff]

Giving this a go as my first souls game

It's s weird to not have the slightest clue where to go. Hell, even the menus were harder than the average game because it labels everything with PS4 buttons when i'm on PC so figuring out that shit is a boss fight of its own.

:l

 

[Ogawa-san]

Farron Keep...

W-H-Y

Spoiler

I really could do with a Souls game without the obligatory zone that makes me want to kill myself. Poison, curse, slow walking, jumping enemies that can one-shot you... At least spread out the annoyance, don't pack them all together.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

So is it me or the start of the game where you see the bushes and trees show this very jarring ghost blur? I swear i see it when moving the camera at every time i see this

 

[fozzy]

Oof it looks gorgeous! Played it safe and went knight.

 

[Papercuts]

Farron Keep...

W-H-Y

Spoiler

I really could do with a Souls game without the obligatory zone that makes me want to kill myself. Poison, curse, slow walking, jumping enemies that can one-shot you... At least spread out the annoyance, don't pack them all together.

Sprint through everything, do what you need to, run out and never look back.

Surprisingly simple like this, actually, lol.

 

[moffattron9000]

Just as I beat the first boss, connection lost, back to the menu. Fuck.

 

[Ardenyal]

Learn how to dynamically change the camera angle and know when to disable lock on.

Doesnt help when you are forced to get under it to do damage.

Spoiler

Its near impossible to see what the boss is doing from underneath a giant wyvern.

 

[TatteredHat]

Doesnt help when you are forced to get under it to do damage.

Spoiler

Its near impossible to see what the boss is doing from underneath a giant wyvern.

Spoiler

Are you hitting the head? his moves are pretty visible if you stay in front of him.

 

[moffattron9000]

What exactly is "Retrieving latest calibrations", and why does it take forever?

 

[tskeeve]

It's not just as we suspect, it is a useless stat unless you're very specifically going for the one weapon that scales with luck.

Some of you guys seriously have no idea what you're talking about. Bleed builds are super OP right now.

Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYdD1gAR9Q

 

[Gr1mLock]

Is the

Spoiler

lothric knight sword

any good? Don't know what to commit to as my early weapon and it definitely is pretty.

 

[MUnited83]

Created a thread for peeps to show off their character!

 

[SlickShoes]

Fuck I wish I checked to see if this had cloud saves before coming to work..!

wait what!? it doesn't have cloud saving?

This is gash, I started it on my laptop and will be moving between it and my desk a lot, is the only solution to manually carry my save about with me?

 

[ssss]

Does anyone have the PSN USA version of this game? Could anyone confirm in you could play with Spanish subtitles?

Thank you very much!

 

[Rizzi]

I'm not disagreeing, but that doesn't necessarily refute my claim that the camera is shit on this fight.

The camera is shit in most Souls games.

 

[Notor!ousG]

Without spoilers, how is the difficulty?
I always found DS much harder than DS2 and I'm curious how this one compares to both.

(Gonna dive in tonight btw)

 

[Label]

wait what!? it doesn't have cloud saving?

This is gash, I started it on my laptop and will be moving between it and my desk a lot, is the only solution to manually carry my save about with me?

I guess so! Unless you setup some auto folder backup/update solution.

Played until 3am last night got into work booted it up and had to start again. Ah well I guess the temptation wont be there to play today I guess!

 

[Mandelbo]

So let me get this straight. Some areas only allow you to summon two players and other areas allow you to summon three? There is no consistency?

You should be able to summon a third phantom by using dried fingers, but that also allows an extra invader to come through too.

 

[Rizzi]

I have not figured out how to open illusory doors. I keep seeing messages with high ratings telling me that there's on in front of me, but neither hitting it or interacting with it works.

 

[aravuus]

Whooh, second boss was actually very easy. Surprising, I figured I was gonna try him once or twice solo and then summon help, but he went down just like that.

Not sure why it was so hard for me before.

 

[SlickShoes]

I guess so! Unless you setup some auto folder backup/update solution.

Played until 3am last night got into work booted it up and had to start again. Ah well I guess the temptation wont be there to play today I guess!

That's really annoying, I guess I can probably use in home streaming to solve this issue for me but I'd rather be playing it on the local machine then streaming it. Better take a USB drive home from work.

 

[Jobbs]

I have not figured out how to open illusory doors. I keep seeing messages with high ratings telling me that there's on in front of me, but neither hitting it or interacting with it works.

attack the wall to reveal

I wouldn't be surprised if people left the occasional troll message

 

[FF Seraphim]

Without spoilers, how is the difficulty?
I always found DS much harder than DS2 and I'm curious how this one compares to both.

(Gonna dive in tonight btw)

I find this one easier than DS1 so far. Only thing that has killed me is when I roll off cliffs

 

[Mandelbo]

I have not figured out how to open illusory doors. I keep seeing messages with high ratings telling me that there's on in front of me, but neither hitting it or interacting with it works.

They're probably bullshitting you then
You have to hit illusory walls to open them this time.

 

[TatteredHat]

Some of you guys seriously have no idea what you're talking about. Bleed builds are super OP right now.

Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYdD1gAR9Q

Oh snap, I didn't realise that bleed scaled with Luck as well. I don't know the exact circumstances to the setup shown, but that does make it a lot more appealing.