never played a Dark souls game before and having a hard time deciding if I might like dark souls 3. reviews are just meme-tier jokes about how "ttly hard XXDD" the game is and not about the actual content. is it a good rpg?
Hudson Thompson
I'd consider playing through DS1 first.
DS1 good but it has it's ups and downs. The first game becomes a fair bit worse after you get the lordvessel, and areas like lost izalith feel downright unfinished, bosses and all. The PvP is fun but unintuative, and while it has depth it has pretty much no width since higher level play is just tapping with a light swing and rolling away plus having a good understanding backstabs and counterbackstabs and counter counter backstabs and so on.
DS3 is a little more ironed out but seems to have "missed the point" of the prior games to a degree. Lots of bosses basically ignore your positioning completely, so you can't space their attacks at all and instead just do nothing but time rolls for 10 minutes against their flurries of anime slashes until they throw you a bone and use their one stupid "just fuck my shit up" move.
So looking at the numbers, a Sharp-infused weapon will get really shitty (but still existent) scaling from 40 Dex up to 60. On average, you'll be getting something like 1 AR per level, unless it's some shitty weapon like a dagger or whip. But once you hit 60, scaling suddenly jumps up to the neighborhood of 2-3 AR per point of Dex, with varying fall-off curves. Some weapons will start falling off once they reach 70-75 Dex, others will continue to get decent scaling up to 85. But in general, once you get past 85 Dex you're going to be getting diminished returns, down to 1 AR per level or 1 AR per 2-3 levels.
For katanas, I opted to toss in Frayed Blade as well, since it's supposedly the "penultimate" Dex weapon in the game and I had one Slabbed anyways. It actually gets pretty shitty scaling between 40 and 60, but after that it starts getting linear scaling all the way up to 99. Keep in mind, it looks impressive on that chart only because of the extra Dark damage, it becomes much less effective when you factor in split damage.
All of the above numbers were crunched with either 16 Str (base Str on Warrior class), or the base Str requirement of the weapon in question, whichever was higher.
Elijah Moore
Nth for Black Knight Sword is better than Gael's
Juan Richardson
wanderer with master key and grab yourself some chopsticks (estoc/tin banishment catalyst)
Michael Moore
great work
Easton Anderson
>is it a good rpg?
These games are action RPGs. DaS3 is closer to your standard ARPG which may or may not be something you want. If you want something new, start with DaS1. If you care about stories in video games start with DaS1.
Leo Powell
>all these weapons with the same moveset and weapon art but are just inferior to its clones fuck DS3
Caleb Clark
...did you test this at rosaria? You do know mugenmonkey actually shows accurate AR now, right?
I appreciate the graph
Jack Fisher
rate my cathedral helicopter build
Brandon Brooks
memehacki does it again
Christopher Lewis
>79.94%
Joshua Ward
Yes and he's quite a looker if I do say so myself.
Parker Diaz
You say that as if all the other games aren't like that too except dark souls 2
Easton Lee
>fire infused for what purpose
Colton Stewart
>that everything
Colton Johnson
Yes, I tested all of this at Rosaria's. I don't care that Mugen has the information, I wanted to confirm the numbers myself.
Gavin Ramirez
2 fat
Elijah Watson
Why does Gael always die to Friede's second phase?
Hudson Carter
>fire-infused
But you'd unironically get more effective AR at Heavy while it can be buffed.
Hudson Roberts
post messy kills
Also, why does morne's look so good on women? Really brings the butt out, like an office skirt. I guess it has it's got that "boyfriend's clothes" appeal to it as well maybe.
Dominic Moore
Which armor looks the most like a tracksuit?
I want to make a Gael the Slav Knight cosplay
Blake Brooks
You got something on your face.
Austin Jackson
Wait no, I'm literally retarded nevermind
Adrian Murphy
What is the best weapon to infuse with lightning on a STR/FAI build
something with a good return of investment and doesnt get outscaled too easily
Tyler Lopez
How can anyone say Ds3 bosses are good when every single one is just spamming roll during chain attacks and trading hits with 15 chugs ready to tank through everything til Ng++
Remember in Ds1 when had to actually had to time your rolls and heals? lol no I started with ds3 Abyss Watchers are the best!! :^)
Aaron Gomez
Lothric Knight Greatsword or Dragonslayer Axe, if you don't plan on using weapon buffs.
Lincoln Watson
So I've killed everything but the DS3 final boss (I think) and thinking about snagging the DLC because I don't want the ride to end.
What soul level should I be shooting for? (currently sl69 since that's what I vaguely remember beating DS1 at and it seemed appropriate given how this game loves copying 1 )
Joshua Morris
DS1 also had more bosses which were irredeemably bad though
Brayden Moore
...
Zachary Phillips
Appropriate level is around level 100
Oliver Harris
you're expected to be around SL 90 at the end of the game, give or take 10, which is fine for the DLCs. Slab your weapons.
Caleb Russell
For The Ringed City, that is. For AoA you should be fine at somewhere around 80.
Charles Ward
>he didn't just run for the fog door
Brandon Richardson
He was a good sport I guess, though I'd honestly probably have killed him before then if I weren't using a blood infused barbed sword, which sadly doesn't really prevent greatshield turtles from just running away once they realize they aren't winning.
Justin Allen
Can someone please drop me a lothric knight greatsword?
Pontiffs playground just past the bonfire, SL 99, PS4 password is candy
Tyler Morales
just buy one off of greirat
Kevin Martinez
Anybody got a friend's greatscythe they can drop me on Xbox?
Ethan Green
whats irredeemably bad besides bed of chaos triple stray demon?
Noah Johnson
something fucked up and he hasnt come back
Andrew Rodriguez
how do you even sin in ds3?
John Gray
>get summoned as a blue after like an hour of waiting
>host and phantom is embroiled on steps in ringed city
>they're fighting two reds, two Harald Knights, and have like 5 of the fucking lightning hollows running around underfoot
>everyone gets squashed as the reds clap at us
Why are hosts so fucking stupid? Why wouldn't he fucking fall back to the cleared areas? We could have fought on equal grounds. But no, hand them a free win. They didn't even have to attack, just keep us distracted and let the knights kill us.
Samuel Kelly
when you piss off an npc
Joseph Ward
Either you haven't beaten a boss since sending him off or he died and his ashes are at either Irithyll or grand archives.
Matthew Watson
do millwood knights make anyone else think of chaos warriors from whfb
Jaxon Bell
>on Xbox I've got bad news for you son...
Literally just piss off an NPC.
Brayden Young
dam I need to do this
Leo Williams
Im at irithyll dungeon and havent seen him so probably archives
which Id like a better weapon for hence why im asking for someone to spare me one
Nolan Moore
someone willing to drop me a follower javelin +10 for +5 gael gs pc at tower on wall pass dsg
Aiden Butler
whats a good amount of stamina to have for a great hammer build?
Adrian Hughes
>be host >watch blueberries get summoned in >gesture at them to stay and wait for the invader >but no, they rush into an area full of mobs >darkmoon blade Dumbarse has died >it happens again >blue sentinel Knobhead has died
Luke Hall
If you sent him off to Irithyll his ashes will be in the sewer with the bone centipedes, near where you get emit force from seigward. If you sent him to Grand Archives his ashes will be about midway through grand archives on the roof with the corvians that you have to drop down to.
Angel Perry
What did he mean by this?
Bentley Hughes
amazing chest ahead
Tyler Jenkins
can also drop souls
Brandon Jackson
So is OnlyAfro really a full on hormones taking trap or is this just the character he plays?
Cooper Torres
What did Miyazaki mean by this?
Dominic Williams
Should I just give them my shekels for a PC copy? I've been waiting for it to go back on sale but who knows when that'll be.
Jordan Reed
A little of column A, a little of column B... He's playing it up for his viewers because they eat that gay shit up. But he's also a big gay homo.
Joseph Hill
Never buy a souls game on PC.
Matthew Scott
Never take advice from Lucifer.
Elijah Johnson
no steal set...
Andrew Gutierrez
There's always at least one Steam sale a month. The last DaS3 discount was a few weeks back, so it might be a while. Unless you get lucky with a Bamco publisher sale that is.
I wouldn't recommend buying the same game more than once in any case, even on sale you'll still be paying close to $60 for the full package.
Logan Morris
Never take advice from Lucifer. BUT also never buy a Souls game on PC, because it's chock full of cheating CE users.
Elijah Gutierrez
>chock full Bullshit, I've encountered like 2 cheaters in 250 hours.
Jack Gomez
>because it's chock full of cheating CE users I don't get it, do console players imagine every PC player is using CE cheats in pvp?
Michael Ramirez
I literally just saw my first one in 300 hours.
He had a big head. That was it.
Nathan Hall
It's funny how cheaters constantly spout that same bullshit, but every stream tends to encounter them, the threads regularly feature videos of cheaters, and the OP even has cheat tables included in it.
Cooper Sanders
Is the white birch bow good as far as bows go? Looking for one that scales well off of str.
David Anderson
>summoned as blue >find invaders >host BC's me (i think)
>summoned again >"unable to join session"
end my life
Landon Walker
Are faith builds OP now and if not what's the most OP build in PvE? Just want to rush through ng++.
Jack Ross
Sunlight SS. Gets around 370 AR on a pure faith build with minimal str/dex iirc and almost ends up in GS territory on a STR/FAI build
It fucking melts bosses in pve with LB/DMB. In pvp, bait people into rolling into you with L-arrow then smack the shit out of them with your sword.
Thomas Russell
>Looking for one that scales well off of str. M I L L W O O D I L L W O O D
John Roberts
going off the previous thread: Build a dex/int twink by doing the following sequence break:
Start: Banishment Catalyst + Eagle Shield + Power Within >sorceror with master key. >New londo then blighttown >heavy soul arrow, tin banishment catalyst, crimson set >farm green titanite in blighttown while you're there >optional: grab power within and eagle shield >Quelaag is your first boss.
Part 2: Fire+5 Lucerne + Gravelord Sword Dance >back to firelink >catacombs, vamos, >Fire+5 weapon (recommended: Lucerne) >kill pinwheel, grab seance ring, join gravelord covenant >back to firelink, grab talisman from chest
Part 3: Great Heavy Soul Arrow + Bellowing Dragoncrest + Dusk Crown + Magic Shield + Previous >undead burg >use jump skip to get to lower undead burg >rescue griggs, buy good sorceries >back up to regular undead burg >havel, darkroot basin >hydra, rescue dusk >Oolacile ivory catalyst, dusk crown >Sif is your Second Boss, pinwheel doesn't count >backtrack up through to the blacksmith >sen's funhouse >kill gargoyles for demon titanite
From there it's just a linear curb stomp for the whole game.
Grayson Martinez
Anyone on PS4 assist with an item transfer?
Christian Johnson
Pyromancy is most OP in PvE. Just use P. Mercury for Midir and dark pyromancy for the demon princes.
Carter Russell
A friend of mine has DaS3 on PC. He installed CE just to see how many were cheating. Something like 70-80% of the people he encountered in multiplayer has stats that didn't match their SL. Duels, invasions, co-op... the vast majority of other players he met had either grossly inflated stats or were more subtle about it, like 50-60 in every stat or some shit. This, of course, led him to be tempted to inflate his own stats to "get back at them"... It's a vicious fucking cycle, man.
Julian Ross
join a real covenant, bitch boy
Landon Wilson
So I'm currently at a military school to learn Arabic. In an effort to immerse myself in the language I'd like to watch some decent streamers/uploaders who speak Arabic, preferably Iraqi. Doubtful anyone would know but if you've got a suggestion I'm all ears.
Chase Diaz
look man I'd rather be invading but there's no power on heaven or earth that will make me farm those knights
Connor Torres
>This, of course, led him to be tempted to inflate his own stats to "get back at them"...
It's been my experience that Mustards will use any excuse to justify cheating or so they don't have to admit they are bad/casual.
>the vast majority of other players he met had either grossly inflated stats or were more subtle about it, like 50-60 in every stat or some shit. Wait, couldn't you use passwords to have your SL120 friend help our your new character?
>This, of course, led him to be tempted to inflate his own stats to "get back at them"... literally the loser's logic, you get back at them by being better and slapping their shit with longsword +3
Angel Bailey
>didnt put my request for dagger and winged spear on the list when you had already said you would user im dissapointed in you
Adrian Russell
>confirmation bias Forget it, I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you. You don't play on PC, so stop pretending you know shit about it.
Logan Long
Looking for a punisher and quicker bow honestly
Millwood is super fun though.
Robert Martin
>all this real evidence of cheaters doesn't count because I don't like it