Dark Souls 3 - Fanfiction Edition

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:23 am #171550

Bottom post of the previous page:

I'm way too low to participate. Imma just be happy I got the pyromancy guy and am expanding my spell set. I'm moving along slowly but surely. I'm enjoying the trip to be honest.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:11 am #171874

This game occasionally fucks up in the weirdest ways.

Reyouka · Post by **Reyouka** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:12 am #171900

I have a character that's beaten the last boss, around 100 SL. Would be fun to jump in on this.

Incomptinence · Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:34 am

I can't bring phantoms into boss fogs for whatever reason anymore, whatever got an estoc and this silly lothric knight greatsword.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:23 pm #172000

Yeah, I'm trying to get through things while keeping my SL as low as possible to host. I just need to get to Irithyl Dungeon for the Profaned Coal and then I'll be set for gear.

It's taking a bit of time just because of all the retries on things I keep running into. DEX/LUC doesn't give you much in the way of durability and my weapon setup only wears a shield on its back.

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:16 pm

I just made it back to Anor Londo at SL 89. Everything seems much easier the second time around.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 12:42 am #172044

NEW PATCH

The Regulation version 1.06 will not require any downtime and will include the following changes:

• The range of the matching level of the Blade of the Darkmoon and the Blue Sentinels have been adjusted.
• The efficiency of the following categories has been adjusted: Short Sword, Twinsword and Magic.
• Other game balance improvement and bug fixes.

OH BOY. Hopefully that's a buff for Magic. And "adjusting" the matching for Blueberries hopefully means more opportunities to come to the rescue. Fuck year.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 12:49 am #172045

The question is do they mean "Magic" as in all magic, or "Sorcery"? My suspicion is that by "efficiency" they mean the Stamina cost- IE, casting spells will be less of a rapacious stamina devourer.

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:34 am #172071

Getting used to it! He he. Jolly Cooperation!

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:04 pm #172122

...They made the Dark Sword unparriable. (If reddit is to be believed.)

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:16 pm #172163

You made the mistake of listening to reddit

They changed the speed on it, it's slower now and they haven't adjusted

FOR SOME REASON I HAVE TO FUCKING REINSTALL ALL OF IT
FROM WHAT DID YOU DO

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 7:37 pm #172178

>It's slower now

PRAISE MOTHERFUCKING JESUN

Incomptinence · Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:08 pm

Apparently poise isn't real?

Bestoc explained.

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:22 pm #172191

No, poise is apparently turned off

Whether that's an oversight or intentional is up to interpretation

So, we're back to Dark Souls 2 poise, where it says it's there but does nothing

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:45 pm #172206

Poise is not "turned off".

Poise is a measure of how susceptible you are to being interrupted DURING an attack (and possibly some other animations, not sure on that).

If you have a ton of poise and you just stand there doing nothing, any hit will cause you to flinch and you start getting combo'ed if you don't roll the fuck away.

If you have a ton of poise and you start swinging a gigantic hammer or something with a long windup, and Admiral Twinkenstein pokes you with his Estoc, you'll keep following through with your attack and clobber him without getting interrupted.

If you have a ton of poise and you start swinging a gigantic hammer, but someone either hits you with their own gigantic weapon or multiple stabs from a smaller weapon, you'll probably still get interrupted anyway.

If you want to test this out take a mace weapon or other club and use the weapon art. It temporarily gives you a fuckton of poise. Use the art and then bait mobs into stabbing at you, then try it while attacking.

If you're familiar with fighting games, it's the exact same shit as Super Armor. Poise is just Super Armor in DS3.

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:01 pm #172211

It's not Ds1 poise so it may as well be off

Hyper armor is lame, proper poise is where it's at

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 2:35 am #172260

I need metal to play Dark Souls to.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:44 am #172521

HOTTEST BEAT STRAIGHT OUTTA FIRELINK SHRINE

[youtube]7MlHmCpnJIU[/youtube]

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:51 am

An0n3 wrote:HOTTEST BEAT STRAIGHT OUTTA FIRELINK SHRINE

I want to blast this out of my caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:52 am #172523

>REAL PICKLE PEE HOUR

FUCK HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THAT BEFORE
IM FUCKING CRYING

Derpu · Post by **Derpu** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:51 am #172552

/tg/ fightclub when

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Mon May 02, 2016 3:58 am

Name a time and place and I'll be there to stab you. I'm goofing around at that place where all the PvP goes on, that area behind that Pontiff boss fight.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Mon May 02, 2016 4:34 am #172978

Ugh, I'm just not having fun with the PvP anymore. It's still horribly unbalanced, greatshields and the Dark Sword being the worst offenders. The Estoc is basically just a pub-stomp- really deadly to people not prepared for PvP and to certain builds, but pretty counterable with skill and has actual weaknesses (first and foremost being merely okay damage.)

The Dark Sword isn't super frustrating to play against, but it IS undoubtedly the best all-around weapon in the game- also, it's phantom range is obnoxious.

I'm just gonna go back to DS2 PvP until balance patches.

Zellion · Post by **Zellion** » Mon May 02, 2016 10:02 am #173010

I use gundyr's halberd and I have 0 issues fighting dark fags. It's also really good for taking out the host's sun crew. weapon art R2, toss hunter charm. You can either kill them or while they run, deal with the phantoms. hornet ring + knight slayer ring for turtles. easiest pvp of my life

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Mon May 02, 2016 1:33 pm #173030

How do you deal with greatshields? Even with Knight Slayers, I find myself routinely running out of stamina myself before the person with the shield does.

Tornadium · Post by **Tornadium** » Mon May 02, 2016 2:36 pm #173038

I'm getting pretty tired fighting 3v1, killing the host phantoms only for two more to be summoned by the time I start fighting the actual host.

3v1 is fine, being able to constantly summon reinforcements with no limit is fucking obnoxious.

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Mon May 02, 2016 6:16 pm #173085

Gotta bump my strength up to get an astora greatsword then somehow magically find a chaos gem. Then I shall be best pyromancer.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue May 03, 2016 12:17 am #173201

Drynwyn wrote:How do you deal with greatshields? Even with Knight Slayers, I find myself routinely running out of stamina myself before the person with the shield does.

Kick 'em.

ThanatosRa wrote:Gotta bump my strength up to get an astora greatsword then somehow magically find a chaos gem. Then I shall be best pyromancer.

Flex dat weapon art. Nobody sees it coming. It's hilarious.

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Tue May 03, 2016 2:24 am #173234

An0n3 wrote:
Drynwyn wrote:How do you deal with greatshields? Even with Knight Slayers, I find myself routinely running out of stamina myself before the person with the shield does.

Kick 'em.

ThanatosRa wrote:Gotta bump my strength up to get an astora greatsword then somehow magically find a chaos gem. Then I shall be best pyromancer.
Flex dat weapon art. Nobody sees it coming. It's hilarious.

It's actually apparently a legit strategy since the chaos gem will let the weapon scale for my better faith and int stats.

It's a pity early offensive miracles are garbage because I know those will help me fight back against assholes with fire resistance.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue May 03, 2016 3:05 am #173239

Fucking Force doesn't do dick anymore holy shit. I remember when that would send fuckers flying, now you can completely block it no fucks given, and even if you don't it just gently pushes someone backwards.

Drynwyn · Post by **Drynwyn** » Tue May 03, 2016 4:22 pm #173385

An0n3 wrote:
Drynwyn wrote:How do you deal with greatshields? Even with Knight Slayers, I find myself routinely running out of stamina myself before the person with the shield does.

Kick 'em.

They BACKPEDAL. Or cast Magic Shield, which gives them perfect stability and they take no stamina damage from blocking ever.

Zellion · Post by **Zellion** » Thu May 05, 2016 12:13 am #173893

The trick is to make the greatshield think youre out of stamina, wait for them to lower for the swing and then attack. That or kick them.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Thu May 05, 2016 1:59 am #173938

Thanks /v/

[youtube]1wTndUgskZQ[/youtube]

Zellion · Post by **Zellion** » Thu May 12, 2016 10:31 pm #176096

True legends... never die.

Okand37 · Post by **Okand37** » Mon May 16, 2016 4:55 pm #176908

Zellion wrote:

True legends... never die.

That is hilarious, and it seems to be quite effective this time around. Personally my favourite is this one

IcePacks · Post by **IcePacks** » Fri May 20, 2016 4:32 am #177961

i was literally just about to post that in this thread

why is everyone shit at high wall i've noticed that undead settlement is practically deserted

Post by **Armhulen** » Tue May 24, 2016 2:28 am #179402

Making a Nar'Sie Cultist build.

Gnaw and Black Greatsword ftw my friends

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:20 am #179563

Gnaw and Dorhys Laughter are really slow to come out, but they can sometimes fuck with people at range because they have a weird slow speed and track decently well. They hit hard and cause a lot of bleed, but again they come out REALLY FUCKING SLOW.

Comparatively Great Deep Soul gets the same cool scaling buff (INT and FAI both count!), tracks like a bloodhound, and casts as fast as a regular soul arrow spell so you can spam the shit out of it. If you're looking to PRAISE THE DARK I would strongly recommend you check that spell out instead. I've shit on a lot of people in PVP by just spamming it. They'll roll around the first one and right into the second one, the cast is so fast.

EDIT: Oh fuck you it seems they nerfed it. Now you can only have a maximum of two projectiles out at a time. I would spam the shit out of this spell so there was a goddamn shitstorm of these things flying at someone. Can't have nice things.

Post by **Armhulen** » Tue May 24, 2016 7:35 pm #179715

An0n3 wrote:Gnaw and Dorhys Laughter are really slow to come out, but they can sometimes fuck with people at range because they have a weird slow speed and track decently well. They hit hard and cause a lot of bleed, but again they come out REALLY FUCKING SLOW.

Comparatively Great Deep Soul gets the same cool scaling buff (INT and FAI both count!), tracks like a bloodhound, and casts as fast as a regular soul arrow spell so you can spam the shit out of it. If you're looking to PRAISE THE DARK I would strongly recommend you check that spell out instead. I've shit on a lot of people in PVP by just spamming it. They'll roll around the first one and right into the second one, the cast is so fast.

EDIT: Oh fuck you it seems they nerfed it. Now you can only have a maximum of two projectiles out at a time. I would spam the shit out of this spell so there was a goddamn shitstorm of these things flying at someone. Can't have nice things.

I was really excited about it and then I read the edit. fugg. well, there's a lot of dark miracles that could work and maybe even some pyromancies. Totally like the idea of corvian dagger and sacred flame. S A C R I F I C E B O Y S. Anyway, what armor would look like the cultist set? I've been running brigand and thief mask while I get through the game so far.

Zellion · Post by **Zellion** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:01 pm #179726

Deacon robes, no hood, play deacons of the deep theme while you purify heretics

Post by **Armhulen** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:11 pm #179730

Zellion wrote:Deacon robes, no hood, play deacons of the deep theme while you purify heretics

I was thinking thiefs mask for the no hood thing but maybe no hood is better.
I'll show pictures when i'm home
any good chimes that I should use? This is my first miracle build.
edit yeah also thank you for the deacon idea I love it

Okand37 · Post by **Okand37** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:27 pm #179739

Yorshka's chime at max upgrade is fantastic for miracles.

Post by **Armhulen** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:37 pm #179742

Okand37 wrote:Yorshka's chime at max upgrade is fantastic for miracles.

Okay, thank you! What about the saint tree bellvine, The faster casting time seems good.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:54 pm #179752

If you're using dark miracles you NEED Caitha's Chime. This is not optional.
Your catalyst should be Izalith Staff. Again, no contest.
Get one of these and put it in your offhand when your slanging them sorceries. It also has a pretty cool weapon art where you light the candles on it and get spooky.

IcePacks · Post by **IcePacks** » Tue May 24, 2016 9:02 pm #179755

yo fuck farron's watchdogs

Post by **Armhulen** » Tue May 24, 2016 9:15 pm #179759

IcePacks wrote:yo fuck farron's watchdogs

dead covenant boyyyys

Okand37 · Post by **Okand37** » Tue May 24, 2016 9:32 pm #179765

Ooh, dark miracles. I was meaning miracles in general. Caitha's chime is best suited for dark miracles, and can be found just around the dragonslayer's armour, as the wiki page would point out. Personally I'm a fan of high sorcery and a dusk crown in hyper mode myself.

Post by **Armhulen** » Tue May 24, 2016 9:41 pm #179767

Okand37 wrote:Ooh, dark miracles. I was meaning miracles in general. Caitha's chime is best suited for dark miracles, and can be found just around the dragonslayer's armour, as the wiki page would point out. Personally I'm a fan of high sorcery and a dusk crown in hyper mode myself.

Armhulen wrote:Making a Nar'Sie Cultist build.

Gnaw and Black Greatsword ftw my friends

Yeah, dark miracles. I want to kinda halt this build for pvp at *the* pvp spot, so I hope dragonslayer armour isn't too far.

Okand37 · Post by **Okand37** » Tue May 24, 2016 9:53 pm #179774

You can just kill the high priestess, beat up the dancer and yakkety sax through lothric castle up to the chapel portion. All you really need is to be 120 sl with +10 right outside of Pontiff's bonfire and you can PvP to your hearts desire.

Post by **Armhulen** » Wed May 25, 2016 4:00 am #179945

Okay, somewhat unrelated but I'm going to kill myself, I've been farming the deacons and I can't fucking get the robes, I have three skirts! THREE!
edit: FOUR! WHY.

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Wed May 25, 2016 7:20 am #179982

Been experimenting with mixing this Astora greatsword pyromancer build with dark miracles since i Just picked up Gnaw. It's kinda decent depending on resistances. Making some progress finally after taking a break for a bit.