I can't be the only ni66uh excited for DS3. Get in here and share your epic stories from DeS, and DS 1 and 2!
I'll start:
>be me walking along the grass and noticing some spooky smelly skellies.
>oh shit where does this path off to the left lead, bet there's a hidden item or something.
>huh? A hippo? Wonder if he is friendly.
>approach hippo, immediately get picked up and my head bitten off
>achievement unlocked: this is dark souls!
>mfw
>>673659538
i am looking forward to DS3, but you are a faggot
>>673659538
Dark souls 2 was better than 1 in my opinion. Demon souls was ok. I know its a long shot but i hope its more like the original than the sequels
>be me
>in bell tower trying to kill gargoyles for first time
>get ganked 1000 times
>this is dark souls
>be me
>get killed by laggy ice rapier nigger
>this is dark souls
THEY'RE MAKING ANOTHER DS???
I literally just got the 3ds XL
>>673659538
>First time playing a souls game
>just still the first boss in demon souls
>red guy shows up
>wut?
>gets shit one
>mfw its a player
>mfw i realized players can invade my game at any time
>be me
>ds2 just came out
>trying to get past dumb bitches with soul Spears
>you literally can't dodge them
>there's also faggots that run at you
>die 1000 times
>this is dark souls
OP here, I just hope they fix the servers. I love every game in the series. Tie between DeS and DS 1 for my favourites, but the fucking servers ugh. Just fix them and I'll be so happy.
>>673661352
I only played ds2. It was alright, mostly played for PvP.
>>673660672
Fucking ice rapiers. I got really good at spell parry for this exact reason. Oh and for faggot pyros
>>673661641
If you wanna play for pvp get into dark souls 1. Dark souls 2 pvp sucks because the only two builds anybody plays are dex and hex. Because they are op and gay as fuck
>>673661641
DS2 pvp was still laggy but god if I didn't love the covenants, rat king and gargoyles were so much fun.
>>673661864
And this is supposed to be better than ninja flipping washing pole backstabs from the other side of the map with frozen HP?
>>673661864
News flash, dark bead was fucking broken in ds1. Fuck hex builds in that game.
Also I hope the fix lightning and make it not shit like they did in SotFS....
>>673660146
OP usually is.... also my cutie azn wife pegs me so. Not going to disagree we you there.
>>673659538
Can't afford a ps4
>>673662364
>>673662180
But thats the thing at least in dark souls one every build have some bs op thing to play with. in dark souls 2 only 2 builds dominate pvp, playing anything else is retarted
>>673662606
its for pc and xbone too
>>673662606
Oh noes, OP here I work for gamestop, do you have trades, they're reasonably priced for used. But if you get an xb1 and buy a digital copy of DS 3 you get a backwards compatible copy of DS1 for a preorder bonus.
>>673662724
Can't afford xbone either (wouldn't buy one if I could) and computer is much too old to run ds3
>have 893720 souls
>fuck yeah nigga gonna bank dis
>on my way to tele to majula
>wuhh da fuc?
>shit aint working
>"fuckle has invaded your world"
>bow
>he runs around and back stabs me with dragon tooth
>AGGGHHHHH
>well I mean I can get em back, right?
>run to my bloodstain
>fuckle has invaded your world
>start whipping my woman slayer at him
>bitch too good
>bouta die then realize I cant retrieve my souls during the fight
>roll out to tap dat stain
>fuckle shuckle leap attacks me
>UUUAAAaaaaaghhh...
>MFW welcome to dark souls
>>673663019
Minimum requirements
OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500 3.1 GHz / AMD® A8 3870 3,6 Ghz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 50 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
>>673663233
Gah sry mate still have a month to save.
>>673663227
Nigga my comp is like ten years old
>>673662602
Ha-ha jokes on you I'm in a poly relationship and both my ladies take turns pegging me
>feels good man
>>673663447
RIP im sorry brother we will tell tales of you and your valor
>>673663581
Praise the sun
>>673663019
Starving kids in Africa will never feel a truly painful feel like this brother
>>673659538
Finnley?
>>673660202
fag
>>673663784
>>673663844
intelligent comments like this is why i love this place and all you anons
>>673664019
Nigger
>be me
>playing ds1
>invading in the forest
>get into some fuckboys world
>cant find him
>forgot i was invading
>see item on edge of cliff
>go to retrieve
>its fucking rubbish
>i hear the twang of a bow and I know that i'm fucked almost immediately
>mfw it launches me off cliff to my death
>>673664264
kek
>>673664221
Anyone else here couldnt get into Multiplayer or is just me?
Did a shit ton of repeats of the story in ds1 and only played 1 run through on ds2 and demon souls
>>673664398
>>673663784
amazing chest ahead
>>673664751
>>673664537
I have over 500hr into Ds2, after playing it a lot and using boring builds so i could win in PvP without much stress, the PvP Sucks man
>>673664888
checked
>>673664888
Soon brother
>checked
>>673665113
>>673665173
>Be playing ds2
>At high SM
>Go to bridge for some nice and honorable pvp
>Buffing
>Get Hit With Climax
Gotta Love Hexes
The DS memes in this thread are real iloveit
>>673663821
Nyet.
>>673665842
>>673665842
>>673659538
>be me
>always confronted with problems
>never find solutions
>need others to solve my problems
>run up debts
>constantly question the kind of man I am
>family doesn't understand me
>hard to be around them
>not the best in my field
>watch as better people surpass me
>do nothing but stand around and daydream
>mfw
>>673666669
I came here to laugh not to feel.
>>673666940
Does anyone have that gif of the dude in anor londo that falls off the bridge after doing an emote?
>>673667274
Better lol
>>673667683
No, but I have this
>>673667883
>>673668276
>>673667949
haha thanks
>>673664781
fuck man, I lingered for a few moments in that chamber. I was awestruck by her...giant tits. So round.
>>673668583
>>673666199
>not having sunlight maggot before the Tomb of the Giants
please.
>>673668917
>>673667274
oddly adorable.
>>673669247
Hhhnnnnggggg
>>673669375
Dark souls 1+2 pvp is the most dissapointing thing.
>Game offers an awesome, complex, and polished combat system
>Pvp is handled on a peer to peer basis, basically condemning every possible invasion to some degree of crippling lag
Pvp could be so fucking cool and fun if Fromsoft actually invested in some servers. Oh well.
>>673669533
this one's less oddly adorable, since they've been made super adorable.
>>673669247
I'll say this: I fucking love bloodborne too, that said my unnecessarily high level Paladin (level 315) would just tear any and all things in Bloodborne apart. Even my best hunter using the chikage and doing almost 600 damage in the transformed state.
>>673669627
It's easier enough to get used to the lag. PvP becomes a lot more fun when you stop taking it so seriously
>>673670016
Is there any point in leveling up that high? I always see people saying they're good at 95-125. Am I missing something?
>>673670131
Moon Presence or Manus, Father of the Abyss? Which is more badass?
>>673670016
>>673670131
I just find it so frustrating to not have the game respond to my inputs the way it has been in pve. I've spent around ~10 hours doing pvp, and I love fighting people, but I just really hope that DS3 won't have mile-long backstabs or shit like that.
I feel DS1>DS2>Demon souls. Dark souls 3 is gonna be what everyone loved most about them all.
>>673670252
95-125 is prime pvp levels. Any higher and its really a novelty for pve. He does just fine in like new game+ 6 still.
>>673670305
As previously stated, can't afford ps4 so I haven't played bloodborne
>>673670252
Not really. Leveling up in souls games does surprisingly little. It all breaks down to the player learning how to fight efficiently. The only real game-altering thing you can do is upgrading gear, and getting to levels in the ~100 range.
>>673670369
Its all in the shield though. Fully block all the physical and blood damage, and then stunlock with a longsword+15. If they happen to get out of it they'll heal, but they can only heal for so long.
>>673670378
You'll find it surprisingly satisfying when you're able to predict someone's move and get a cheap shot off yourself.
>>673670626
yeah, you can have 300+ levels and all the lightning spear miracles you want, if you can't block properly or dodge if necessary then you'll die regardless.
>>673670844
Don't get me wrong, I fucking love the pvp system. I play fighting games a lot, and I really enjoy the mind-gamey pvp mechanic. Getting a good read is fucking amazing and almost makes it worth the lag, but getting killed and feeling like it was unfair because of latency really ruins it for me.
>>673670943
really it was more for being able to move quickly in silver knight armor. with the silver knight armor, and the longsword, with the black bow of pharis for sniping those douchers in Anor Londo with the dragonslayer bows. You know the spot right? the one corner you can stand where their impossibly large arrows don't hit somehow.
>be playing DS1
>Oolicile PvP
>all these years after still be The GiantDad
>rek the shit out of flipping faggot niggers
>butt-fucking-stab magic users
>finally meet my match
>small shield, Richards Rapier, I know what's 'bout to happen
>2'nd left change to a small shield
>Havels to H-Hornet Ring
>who needs rolling anyway
>act normal
>try to get him
>get parried the shit out of me
>literally 100HP left
>get up, guy tries to finish me
>parry that fucker
>get behind
>backstab him back to Oblivion
>can't handle this +5 Chaos Zwei baby
>victory
The Legend never dies ladies and gentlemen.
>>673671087
tfw when I loose every battle with lags
but I win 90% of all battles with perfect connection
mindgames all the time use non meta tactics supprise them every time
>>673671228
I meant silver knight armor with silver knight shield. sorry.
one of the things I dislike about bloodborne over dark souls, is the specialized weapons, and how few of them their really are.
>Be me
>Questing in Sunken City
>Sword and board PvE build
>Guy invades my world
>Not that good at PvP
>Duel and lose
>Go back to bloodstain and get souls back
>Same guy invades again
>Do "Have mercy" emote
>Good guy invader leaves
>>673671786
Most people think that since Fromsoft spent a lot of time making sure every weapon was unique and completely viable, there weren't a lot of weapons in general. In my opinion this is fine, since the other souls games have a ton of weapons that are completely pointless and outclassed by better weapons.
>Be me
>Invade someone's world
>Spawn at Bell tower
>Three guys having dance party with Prism stones
>Join them and spam gestures for several minutes
OP here off to bed thanks y'all let's do this again sometime
Ps make the thread hit limit using jolly cooperation
>>673672543
sweet dreams
>>673672217
I like the weapons better in bb. Idk its very convenient to have a sword that can turn into a bigger sword in one slot
Any of you faggots have an Xbox 360 and Wanna do shit on dark souls?
>>673673355
Exactly. The weapon design in Bloodborne is so fucking cool and intelligent.
Now if only they would fucking port it to PC so I don't have to buy that shitbrick from Sony.
>>673663027
This didn't happen. You can't be invaded right after another without a dried finger. Fuck off faggot.
>>673673615
The casual might have taken 10 minutes to get back to his bloodstain. Maybe took his time re-clearing every enemy in the area cause more souls.
>>673659538
>Playing Dark Souls
>I has not get gud yet
YOU HAVE BEEN INVADED
>Be confused as to wtf is going on
>Red guy shows up, waves and drops a +10 electric rapier waves again and backflips of the bridge
>wtf just happened
>Don't care this weapon is fuckin sweet
>Later in the game
>been playing for a while saving all dem sweet, sweet souls
YOU HAVE BEEN INVADED
>I wonder what kinda shit I'm gonna get
>Red guy shows up waves
>Finally figured out how to wave back so I do
>Red guy proceeds to walk up and fucking rape me
YOU DIED
>mfw I thought red guys were good guys
>>673674011
kek, probably tried to summon someone in the mean time for back up
>>673672827
>mfw when I remember that section
>having Vietnam flashbacks
>Charlies up high! Hit'em with the orange
>>673660465
>be you
>too fucking stupid to use an effigy at a bonfire
retard
>>673674103
Ive had so many people invade me then just give me shit like that. +10 weapons, lots of titanite and just random stuff.
>>673674103
Reds in DKSI were good guys. You had to watch out for fucking blues man, those are the real ass holes. Fuck the forest. Biggest cesspool of a pvp community to ever exist.
itt: people who are inexperienced about the game complain about things instead of looking up strats
>>673660202
>Dark souls 2 was better
>hope ds3 is more like the first one
>>673674837
I'm a blue (DMB tho). Most of people I invade are gravelords or dirty spammers. To these, I have no mercy. But I also have my honor, mind you.
>Forest doesn't count, that area is MADE to be no-honor-allowed
>>673674862
no one is really complaining that much....
>>673675196
Can't find invasions as a blue anymore, forced to be a red. PC pvp is particularly dead. Tried invading anor londo for level 50-60 pvp and I couldnt find shit for over an hour.
>>673668917
I also perved out on her tits for a while
>>673662364
Roll bs nigga
>>673672827
I was stuck in this area for so fucking long
>>673675369
SL 140 here, invading is some days a miracle, but getting invaded is not so hard, just wait a few seconds in Oolicile or Forest
>>673659538
>be me
>watching bro play DS2 on PS4 (because yes that is a thing)
>bro spends 4 days on Persuer
>smirking because i read up on the fight the first night
>finally broke down and explained fight to bro
>bro wtfpwn persuer
>bro never touches DS2 again
meanwhile im stuck in the room with the massive crossbows and 4 smelly whateverthefuck they are.
>>673662606
Git gud nigga
>>673664019
That's one salty message
>>673670369
Kek
Jesus are you all faggots that never played dark souls 1?! Where the fuck are my veteran Sun Bros?
>>673678730
DS1 is vastly superior to 2
>ds1
>invade in anor londo
>host starts summoning in second bonfire room
>stand outside door waiting for the pussy
>doesn't come out
>decide to see how much of their time I could waste
>sit for a solid 10-15 minutes
>one of the summons must have got bored, all three rush out of the room at me
>start fighting all three at once
>host dies when I stunlock all three with my Lightning Tail Axe
>feelsgoodman.png
I enjoy using stupid weapons and killing stupid people that don't know their moveset.
>>673678730
i've played Dark souls 1 and yeah its far better than 2
Be me playing ds1 beat the game around 7 or ten times make a new guy get rekt by gaints in anor londo get mad get real mad hit bed with remote battery back Flys out of remote I was smashing the screen on my phone with my remote.
>>673679488
Have you been to school? Like, at all?
What I just read is far from a sentence.
>>673679017
That's what i was looking for thank you.
>>673679017
I'm glad there are still some sane people who live on this planet.
DS2 had some neat mechanics, like powerstance, but its faults like crap enemies/bosses/enemy placement wrecked it.
>>673679696
I not is know what you saying about thin spent incentives what's wrong with our gram crackers
>>673679866
what specifically? i've played through dark souls 2 and scholar of the first sin for about 100 hours each
>>673679892
>>673679892
what in the actual fuck
>>673679866
Miyazaki had nothing to do with that game, tis' the reason for stuck faults! Alas, good news though! He had returned for this games making though! Huzzah!
>>673679866
Fuck off with that shit. Trying to tell me ancient dragon wasn't a fun fight?
>>673680225
DS2 had a lot of cool, mechanical ambition, but was directed by someone different. Dark souls 1 is great because of intelligent, telegraphed enemy placement that made the game not only hard, but very fair. Dark Souls 2 misses that mark by quite a bit and tries to create difficult scenarios in more unfair ways, such as hiding a bunch of enemies in unpredictable, uncounterable ways.
>>673680526
>ancient dragon wasn't a fun fight?
>fun
waiting for an enemy to do the exact same fire attack for the eightieth time so I can hit him for the eighty-first time isn't fun. It's a chore.
>>673659538
Got buttfucked by the Fume Knight on NG+ a few times a couple nights ago. On NG++ now.
>>673680225
The game had one trick up its sleeve, and that was "more enemies than meets the eye." It was mostly the DLC areas that pissed me off, because it was just blatant, copy-paste high poise enemies everywhere, hide them in the ground or behind corners etc.
Dark souls 1 challenged you with competent enemies by twos or threes at most. Dark souls 2 said fuck the rules and would just dump the equivalent of 8 Silver Knights on you at the same time.
>>673680526
Oh just as fun as these two fine gents here.
>>673680676
uncounterable?
how is anything even truly uncounterable?
git gud
>>673680940
Saved
>>673680948
uncounterable wasn't the best word. look at >>673680932 and how the game just shoves barrels of copy-paste enemies everywhere. It was unintuitive.
For DS2, fuck any of you that put "Illusory Wall Ahead" where there isn't one.
>>673680932
i actually really enjoyed the DLC's and thought that were much better than the main game
>>673681185
You obviously didn't pasty ds1
>>673680526
I never fought it, since I didn't care about Vendrick and I am a dragonbro at heart(so why the fuck would you kill a neutral/friendly dragon).
I do know it is an easy as piss fight though, you just stand in its back toe and dodge a stomp. That's it. Seriously, google ancient dragon toe method.
>>673681109
Because 12 "copy paste" hollows and a channeller is much better enemy placement, right?
>>673680932
what about powerstancing?
an amazing story?
the PvP covenants?
The game isn't perfect, and there are points like in the dragon aerie with enemy spam, but why would that make the game bad?
>>673681238
Fair enough, but FUCK the ice dessert bullshit in Ivory King. Literal trash.
>>673681250
I platinum'd DS1 but don't remember those messages everywhere. It was mostly just like "Amazing chest ahead".
>>673681382
With the lightning horses? Yeah, that blows.
>>673681307
At least with that area you SEE the room with the hollows before they are aggro'd. Also, the game gives you a tight hallway you can use to fight the hollows in a more 1 on 1 basis. In DS2 you go to Forest of Fallen giants and there are literally 3 seperate areas where it is just a big area with 20 dudes thrown in. That shit is boring. At least the hollow room in DS1 makes you think and be careful.
>>673681382
The worst parts about the ivory king dlc are the fucking twin tiger boss, i can't manage to kill both before one finishes me off with some bullshit, and the fucking wasteland you have to go through to get to them that takes 15 minutes of your life away every time.
>>673681630
>takes 15 minutes of your life away every time.
There hasn't been a lazier, more worthless area in any souls game.
>"Guys, this DLC doesn't last long enough"
>"I know, let's add a completely empty, hard to navigate desert with two of a boss we already made at the end!"
>"That sounds great!"
>>673681370
>insinuating no pvp covenant in ds1
>gravelording
>darkwraith
Ohok
As for the story, get the fuck out of here you obvious casual.
>>673681630
Solo them with brightbug, becomes a whole lot easier
>>673681589
Sorry, but your argument is shit bro. Enemy placement is just as good/bad as ds1, same with enemy diversity.
>>673681370
Convenants in dark souls 2 are mostly broken and pointless. Also, the story is complete anus compared to DS1. DS2 completely ignores the first game and regurgitates a copy-paste "chosen one" story.
>people here think ds has a good "story"
>>673682047
>same with enemy diversity.
toppest of keks
That's real nice bait, bro. Enemies in DS2 are so bland and uninteresting.
>>673681809
It's artificial difficulty. Like the area would not be so bad if you could actually see for more than 10 seconds every two minutes, and the longer you take the more of the fucking lightning reindeer you have to deal with.
I really disliked the second and third dlc's, the first one in the sunken temple was really good, with the most annoying thing being those npc gravewardens or w/e being fucking ethereal.
>>673681370
I don't call it bad, I still have like 150 hours spent in it. It was just a bit of a let down coming from dark souls 1. Powerstancing was brilliant, so was scaling damage on elemental weapons based on stats(it made being a cleric feel like you were blessed with lightning or something).
The networking really broke it for me. Zero poise and crap latency meant blow trades for days. Name of the game was bring the stronger weapon or bring more health. That or I could just never adjust from my 500 hours of ds1 pvp.
Still made it to rank 3 dragonbro though. Fight clubs on the iron bridge were still fun, despite the latency stuff.
>>673682047
I second this notion, ds2 is Jay a bit more shallow than ds1. Has nice upgrades, such as the engine or certain mechanics but alas still will never be as good as ds1.
>>673681809
>>673681382
>>673681630
yeah i agree. i was able to beat them since the fight with aava was still fresh in my mind. but FUCK those horses. such straight up bullshit
>>673682047
>Sorry, but your argument is shit bro.
>continues to not offer any counter argument other than "you're wrong"
The least you can do is try to prove your point.
>>673681894
wow a whole 2 covenants with near to no rewards? sound great.
dark souls 1 isn't bad and dark souls 2 isn't bad.
>>673682087
>broken
that makes no sense.
>pointless
they all give good rewards expect maybe the brotherhood of blood
kill me op
>>673682266
Right. I bet that bandwagon rides real nice.
>>673681370
Story was kinda all over the place. It was sort of interesting especially when they patched in Aldia, but even after that it kinda goes nowhere. I think the story in DS1 was better
>>673682047
brightbugs cost me 48,000 souls each, they don't last that long, and you can only use them when solo.
I can't solo two bullshit tigers at once, i can't even do it with summoners assisting (mainly because the summoners are npc's which are retarded)
>>673682399
the fight with aava was easy, after running into the room not expecting a boss at that atage, only to find out the fucker was entirely invisible cus i didn't have the eye, going back to that area and killing aava is a piece of piss, its the twin tigers which suck balls.
Run from one, get attacked by the other, and they always love to do that leaping lunge shit when you need to run or heal, and lets not forget the huge slash attack which stumbles and fucks up anyone with less than havel tier stance numbers.
>>673682412
>demanding evidence of an opinion
Ahahahahahaahahahahahah
>>673682606
Some would say that is good boss design, since it's offering you a challenge that makes you think about how to beat them. I just wish that they didn't just copy-paste a boss from earlier two times over.
>>673682606
im not saying the fight was good in any way. its really dull. and when youre fighting the two tigers you just gotta wait, roll and attack when theres an opening then repeat until one dies. its pretty fucking boring and takes forever especially cuz of that shitty soul mass attack they do
>>673682582
story isn't amazingly clear but we're not at metal gear tier story yet.
but i mean that's the point of dark souls is that ultimately, you can sacrifice yourself to kindle the fire longer or you can let the world fall to darkness. either way the world goes dark. That's the point. dark souls is not a happy game. Aldia has me really excited for what im going to see in DS3
>>673682840
>attempting to present your opinion as fact without expecting it to be questioned.
You just blow in from stupid town?
>>673682606
If I can do it, you can do it. I'm shit at ds and did it on ng+2.
>>673682939
>metal gear tier story
That fucking trash game has a backwards story you shit taste fuck
>>673682998
Nigger you're the one presenting the criticism, the burden of proof is on you. Now prove how enemy placement is bad in ds2, and then prove how they're all copy-paste boring.
Fucking idiot
>>673682939
I feel like the biggest issue from DS1 to DS2 is that DS2 lacks character. I can describe all my favorite NPC's from DS1 and talk about their personality and story. I didn't get any of that from DS2. It feels so unpersonal, so uninteresting.
Like, you have Artorias. The game offers a really heartbreaking story arch that sticks with you. Does any character have that in DS2?
>>673683312
yeah that's what i was saying.
the story is DS2 isn't all that clear, but not as unclear as metal gear.
>>673683094
I refuse to even attempt that optional boss fight now i'm at ng+8, it's just too much for a shitty reward i don't even need.
>>673682858
i liked all the other multi boss fights as they seemed to fit together, but as you said it's the same boss from the first part just doubled up and a few spells changed along with the name.
fuck that shit.
>>673682897
i got bored of trying after the 8th attempt, running the frozen wasteland takes up too much time and having to deal with santas rejected reindeer is a pain in the ass.
>>673683378
Nigger.
>>673683378
see>>673683591
You're a fucking moron
>>673683395
i do agree with you there, closest is like Pate and Lucatiel but niether match up to Solaire
>>673683658
Double Nigger.
>>673683378
Honestly, I'm not that great at articulating why I don't like DS2. If you actually care, there are dozens of well educated videos describing the games shortcomings. No need to be a prick about your opinion, prick.
>fuck you
>when /b/ is better at discussing video games than /v/
>>673683722
we double nigger now
>>673682939
Nah, I get it. Honestly, I really did think Aldia's entry was really cool and so was every plot that involved the first game (ex. Ivory King DLC and Brightstone Cove Tseldora in general). I just wasn't really sold on the ending. It didn't feel like the first one did.
>>673683780
i don't get exactly what you mean by enemy placement, can you give specific areas maybe?
>mfw i still can't beat the Taurus Demon in undead burg
>>673683780
>mad because anon is being prick
>but this is 4chan
>what u expect nigger
>
>>673683715
Pate and Lucatiel were the closest DS2 got to any sort of really cool NPC interaction. But god damn if that game needs something, it needs a reason for the player to care about the world. Literally all the game gives you is "Youre the chosen one, link the flame because you should".
DS1 makes you fucking want to link the fire because you want people like Siegmeyer and Big Hat and Solaire to live and prosper.
>>673683780
You've made it painfully apparent that you don't like it because other people don't like it. That's fine (I guess), but I'm just calling you out on your bullshit criticisms...because they're bullshit.
>>673683953
I was stuck on that fucking prick for way to long. You just have to make sure you get a few hits in from leaping off the tower you came from with the crossbowmen. Literally kills the nigger in 3 drop attacks if you play deprived and use 2 of the 3 golden pine resin they give you. The rest is easy dodging and just making sure he doesn't get cheeky and knock you tf off the ladder like a fag.
>>673682429
Ohhhh, boys we got a special one. Seems that payches kick you down that hole too hard for ya'.
You do recurve rewards for the covenants boy, just as ds2 gives you those shitty rewards from your red cov I'll be invading as a dark wraith getting all the fucking humanity. Now then let's see the rewards in ds2 covs, "oooooh boy look, i finally maxed out my way of the blue cov. Weekday did i get? :o?"
>wrath of the gods
Neat, let me just go find that shit from my good cleric chic here
And how could i forget the spider cov, not necessarily apvp cov bit since it requires humanity it kinda relies on it. As for its rewards, look it up s scrub.
Honestly did you even dark souls? The convents don't only "reward you" they buff your ass up.
>>673684150
>you don't like it because other people don't like it
A bit untrue on that point. I don't like it because I find the game fucking dreadful.
>>673683953
>quit playing DS1 for months cuz I kept getting shit on by taurus
>come back and realize theres a fucking ladder to those fucking archers
>murder them and still get raped
>quit for another few months
I thought this game was actually impossible at one time
>>673684194
Yea i usually use the pine resin too early so it burns out AS I'm FALLING. Then there was that one time where i thought he couldnt jump...
>>673684059
DS2's story tries to imprint on you the player that you're part of a cycle that is coming to an end as cursed hollows such as yourself try to gain as many souls as possible to link the fire and beat the curse. Even if you fail and hollow, someone else will come along and try to link the fire to keep the remaining embers from fully extinguishing.
The only characters you should care about are the fire keepers.
DS1 gives you the choice of prolonging Gwyns age of fire, or starting the age of Dark.
DS2 tells you to link the fire so you and many others can finally die and have your souls be free.
>>673684059
Did you ever figure out that Pate was actually the serial killer and it wasn't Creighton? Creighton was just obsessed since Pate got him locked up. I thought that was a cool story. Also, I agree about the NPC's. There was no real interaction with any of them besides Lucatiel and MAYBE Benhart
.>>673684301
I climbed the ladder. I killed the archers. I jumpshotted with a gold pine resin. And i still couldnt beat the fucker
>>673684242
And yet
>I'm not that great at articulating why I don't like DS2.
>there are dozens of well educated videos describing the games shortcomings
In other words
>go look at other people's opinions on why I don't like ds2
>>673684355
Yeah you basically have to climb, then as soon as you get to the top use a pine resin. should last you two drop attacks, does for me, between that and avoiding him on the bridge. The fight is easy once you know exactly how best to do it (as are most of the bosses in this game tbh), and him jumping up can fuck you up for sure. One time he jumped as I dropped so we just kind of totally missed each other.
>>673683950
Go to the forest of the fallen giants, Cardinal Tower bonfire. Walk outside, look down. It's literally just a field with a dozen guys thrown in. It's completely uninteresting and fighting them feels more like a chore than a challenge.
>>673684198
how is that not the same if not better for dark souls 2?
everything you just said could be done in dark souls 2 with better graphics, more weapons, and more rewards
>>673684548
*whiff*
"You wanna give that another try?"
>GRAAWWWWWRRR
"Didn't think so"
I remember the first time i saw gaping dragon climb his disgusting ass into the arena, so much nup
>>673684536
>I decide I don't like the game by playing it
>Other person decides they don't like the game by playing it
>Obviously, someone MUST be stealing someone else's opinion!
Nice try m80
>>673684548
Wait don't you have to run to the middle of the bridge to start the fight?
>>673684502
>get a good shield
>get taurus to face you with its back to the gap in the bridge
>watch it kill itself via backstep
>laugh
>>673684735
Fuck I'm just glad, I am pretty sure he can't drop attack you from up there, but the day I wait around to find out is the day I shit a fucking sunlight maggot.
>>673684877
Run to the middle of the bridge, turn around and run to the ladder.
Honestly I never thought to drop attack him. Gold pine resin does so much damage that I just got him to jump on top of the tower and fought him there instead of on the thin ass bridge.
>>673684877
Yes, but as soon as you see his head peeking over you should turn and sprint, to climb the ladder and wait so you can drop attack his candy ass
>>673684936
Don't you lose the souls though?
And how to make it backstep?
>>673684604
Go to qualaag's sister bonfire. Walk outside, look down. It's literally just a field with a dozen Taurus demons thrown in. It's completely uninteresting and fighting them feels more like a chore than a challenge.
Your criticism is shit.
>>673685033
Does he climb up or jump down onto the bridge?
>>673684604
they're not really spammed, they come at you in 2's 3's
they're armored hollows which are one of the easiest enemies in the game
there's nothing worth getting down there and does not progress the story, so why even go down?
>>673685053
Nope, the loot/souls goes right into your inventory.
The backstep is just an rng reaction to your proximity to it. It could backstep right away or it might do it after like an hour(usually only after max of five attacks though).
>>673685190
He'll run off the tower opposite you as you make it halfway down the bridge, then he runs up to your tower, looking up and waiting until you allow him time to leap up there with ya. So obviously, don't let him do that.
>>673685064
I don't know about you, but seeing an army of Taurus Demons after being destroyed by him early into the game has a different emotional response that an army of grunts you've already been fighting for the past hour.
Either way, both of you guys are faggots.
>>673685372
Yea, learned that lesson the hard wayy. Thought i could just chill up there and throw firebombs at him
>>673685244
Idk about you mate but the fire longsword down there is neat and useful.
>>673685347
SWEET. Imma try this tomoro
>>673685505
You could, I personally reckon it'd be faster/easier to just drop him thrice with the club and maybe some pine resin, but if you're talking the black firebombs then you're probably right
>>673685418
Anyone enjoy Bloodborne as much as the souls games?
I thought it was really great and at the very least on par with dark souls 1. If it was 60 fps I would probably piss myself.
>>673685564
I'm not sure if you can block his overhead though (without having a massive stamina bar), so try to dodge that attack if you can.
>>673685744
I played BB on a friends PS4 and loved the shit out of it. Reminded me a lot of DS1's world design.
The day Fromsoft ports it to PC with 60 fps is the day I build a shrine to Miyazaki. God I want to play that fucking game so bad but I can't. Fuck Sony's publishing bullshit. Let me play vidya damnit.
>>673685744
It's really interesting to me, as an installment of the Souls series (at least a spiritual installment). It reminds me of each of the previous games in varying ways, but ultimately what I like is how your role is kind of reversed; the Souls games prior you are trying to survive these massive bosses and ruthless enemies, but Bloodborne, you are slaughtering prey. It feels more visceral too.
Here's my good guy invasion story
>be me
>DS1, lvl 15 or so
>decide to invade someone
>invade
>why am i red?
>see player
>he's waving
>silver knight armor and a freaking katana made if light
>runs toward me
>ohshitnigga.jpg
>he waves
>drops shit for me
Including
>black firebombs
>black pine resin
>titanite
>etc
And finally
>Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
At this point I'm freaking out. Bowing, sending him messages, grabbing everything.
Someone else joined in and ran toward me.
Left like a bitch, later realized Richy McNiceGuy was chill with him. Probably wouldve given me more loot.
All this and i STILL couldnt beat the Taurus Demon on the bridge
>invade mcduff
>host uses seed of giants
>U dun goofed
>put on redeye ring
>gather posse of about 8 royal soldiers
>lure them to him, run back and close the iron door behind me
>I watch his hp tick away as keeps getting stunned while trying to open the door
I dont think ive ever played another game series that i have so many actual memories of and it seems that alot of other ppl are the same.
>>673686091
Another story
>be me
>first time playing DS1
>play rogue
>choose black firebombs as starting gift
>don't know about side exit, so bullshit my way through asylum demon fight
>end up kicking his ass
>recieve demons great hammer
>cool, equip it
>"your strength is too low to properly wield this weapon"
>idgaf, use it anyway
>chilling at undead burg, just beat the crap out of the weird dark lancer things guarding the shop
>with my demons great hammer
>walk outside
>dark spirit has invaded
>wtf does this mean
>see red guy
>swings at me, halves my health
>panic
>somehow bludgeon him to death
>later
>recieve message
>"why the hell is a level 12 rogue using a goddamn great hammer?"
>>673685372
am i the only person who never thought Taurus demon was easy? literally just pine run to middle of bridge, roll behind do 2 2handed attacks he stumbles do it again dash in rolls as need dead in like 8-9 seconds? i didn't even bother with the crossbowman
>>673686486
I remember when I took on gargoyles for the first time. It probably took me 4 hours before I finally beat them, though i refused to summon for the fight.
>be me
>playing dark souls
>gay as fuck
>go back to skyrim a real game
Dark souls is for autistics that mistake their simple game for hard shit because their brains are fucked
>>673686966
It wasn't too bad, Capra took me longer. The camera is the true boss in that fight.
>>673687113
gr8 b8 8/8 m8
>>673687066
Kek same here, but i didnt know you could summon yet
>>673687208
This. Fucking tiny ass room with fucking bullshit dogs nipping at you as those machetes slap your shit
I'm just curious what is bad etiquette, personally I:
>don't heal unless the other player initiates
>don't gesture, since there is usually enough time for buffs in arena/wild to kos
>especially don't gesture mid match, I'll crystal out 50% of the time
>don't summon phantoms like a weakling for assistance
>focus on host while invading instead of setting up warmth tournaments (?)
>And more important than anything else I don't clog up other people's inboxes with my bitching about bad etiquette
>>673687478
Only pussies use etiquette, do what the fuck you want and if nerd doesn't like it tell him to fuck off simple as that
>>673687478
You talking about invading, or being invaded, or general PvP? I know that if a fuckin dark spirit come's swinging some heavy implications I am healing myself nigga
>>673687648
I'm slowly learning this, but people bitch so I wonder
>>673687729
I didn't know there was a difference, but it makes sense seeing as the invadee is probably ill equipped
>>673687478
It's all up in the air. I just watch what the other player does and do the same. If you chug during the fight though, expect your ass to get backstabbed.
>>673687964
Yeah of course people bitch its dark souls its full of angry nerds just tell them to fuck off I do all the time
>>673688057
I've had it so many though that a player bows and everything like some katana wielding edgelord samurai only to throw all honor out the window as soon as they hit half health.
>>673688292
Yup. I fight as a full fledged dragonbro with the torso stone active. No poise, no armor. People still pop humanity, kite to mobs, try to backstab during emotes, all that shit. Just makes me laugh more when I waste them anyway.
>>673688811
Bloodbro myself, but shits cash when you see them try to heal after being lloyded. The dumb ones try to search their whole inventories for lifegems as they get stabbed to death
>>673689190
Yeah it amazes me how stupid and or scared some people are. I still play ds1 mostly (hence the no poise or armor in dragonform) and I fight in the forest usually. I've lost track of how many people are so focused on me that they accidentally roll off the cliff edges. I do roar some off for shits and giggles though.
>>673683395
Yeah. Like, in Majula you have the armourer guy who starts out sort of interesting because he gives some lore on the Blue Sentinels. But that's all there is to him, and his story arc is just that he forgets all that stuff he told you. He doesn't do anything, and (as far as I'm aware) it doesn't even end with him going hollow and you having to kill him.
Laurentius, on the other hand, starts off basically just giving pyromancy lore. But as you progress as a pyromancer, he gets interested in the new, entirely foreign (to him) pyromancies you get from Quelaana. And if you send him to Blighttown he goes hollow because you gave him a goal he couldn't achieve.
Also I don't like having to buy a bunch of shitty shields I'm never gonna use just to get Maughlin's stock to include boss gear.
>>673687478
>>673687964
Etiquette is simple to learn, poses no hindrance to even remotely skilled players, and, most importantly, nourishes a healthy sense of respect and community among other Dark Souls players. To ignore etiquette to "Do whatever you want because it's fun" is to lower yourself to the level of prepubescent CoD kiddies, and it's one iota away from "Justifying" cheating and modding your way into winning online battles.
That said, use whatever measures necessary to defeat someone who flagrantly breaks etiquette. The idea is that you never be the first to forgo etiquette, but anyone else who does so deserves the most punishing response.
>>673690360
Then by all means enlighten me as to what is and isn't etiquette because I had some bitch complain to me that warmth doesn't count as a heal because "anyone can use it". Its gotten so confusing I just Lloyd and profound still everyone before they can do anything stupid.
>>673667683
check steam community ive seen it here
>>673691105
If a heal can be used by invaders, hosts, and summons alike, it's fine. Just look up some basic etiquette for online play for whichever game you're playing.
>>673685418
sweet
Preordered this shit 2 months ago and ive been thinking about it everyday almost 24/7.
>>673665407
>buffing
if a buff is part of your build its also part of your build to use it during your fight.
>>673685053
If you sprint at it it is more likely to jump backwards i think.
>>673660465
casul detected
>>673661864
wrong, DaS1 is the overall better game, but the new mechanics in DaS2 are better for PvP
>>673662606
go on techyescitys channel on youtube and look at his used PC build videos, you can build monsters for dirt cheap if you know where to look.
>>673664019
kek
>>673672802
gloriuos trap butt
>>673674103
>mfw ive invaded people who clearly had the same idea as you
>lead them all the way to the boss
>kill them before they can open the shortcut behind the horde of enemies
>>673675369
read up how to improve connectivity man, with the right settings i can summon and invade just as fast as DaS1
to start with, set your download server to LAN Europe or Lan USA and restart steam
>>673679194
at sl 90 i can effortlessly stunlock a group of people with my black knight UGS
>>673684301
lel, once id gotten past the asylum demon i was good to go
that fucking black knight on the other hand...
>>673687478
common ettiquete is to gesture before a match, allow buffs, then signal your readiness to begin. from there on, its all good as long as youre not trying to cheese a win. those "warmth tournaments" are called fight clubs, theyre a thing because people like PvP, so dont attack the host and wait your turn. violating ettequete in a fight club is a sure fire way of getting your ass ganked by 5 or so people
>>673684301
I never knew about the ladder either, but you can roll through its legs to avoid attacks
>>673691105
you dont heal in a fight, but outside the fight you can.
>>673659538
>Playing DS2 SotFS
>Be in Forest of Giants, literally early game.
>Be summoned into other world to fight the 1st pursuer boss encounter just outside the bonfire.
>Step outside and be invaded
>Dark spirit is disarmed and simply waving.
>Dodges all our attacks and proceeds to put down a ton of items.
>other players pay no attention to it. They just try pummeling him while he's dodging and rolling all over.
>I pick the items up and it's a bunch of +10 weapons, +5 armors and shields.
>Invader jumps off a cliff when he's done.
>mfw I have around several different sets of maxed out or near maxed out weapons and armors.
>Game is still hard, but +10 weapons do wonders in PvP and certain bossfights during this play through.
>I don't have to worry that much about armor and weapon upgrades.
>Based invader was based.
>Praise the sun.
>>673695190
you know those two special achievement rings you get from completing the game with no deaths and completing the game without resting at a bonfire? i had someone drop me those before. fucking things were OP as shit against mid game players.
> Be me
> Am no gud
> In Old Church, headed to boss room.
> Wanna summon.
> get invaded just outside of Channeler room.
> book it for Boss Fog
> Invader tags me on his way down from spawn point.
> Knocked off.
> Fuck, gotta fight now.
> Trying to get through hollows.
> Wtf happened I am now cornered
> Hollows surround me. All of them.
> Trying to shield, break guard instantly.
> Dodging just to stay alive. Panicking.
> Invader walks in the room.
> Watches me die.
> Welcome to Dark Souls.
Praise the sun
>>673695497
Oh yeah, those things are beastly. I was invaded by a guy who had no armor and weapon on but somehow one shot me with what looked like a backstab from a Great Demon's Club. I went to check out if that was some kind of hack but nah, turns out it's rings you can get from just kicking ass at the game.
You lucky hollow.
>>673696061
i know right? id been playing DaS2 for less than a year, and when he gave me them i was having like a week long fucking session of dark souls with a m8 of mine, so i gave him one. the end result was the most brutal gank session ive ever taken part in.
>>673696653
lol yeah me too. This was my 1st in Scholar (I had played DS2 before but was curious about it) and this happened. Felt lucky as shit 'cause this evened the odds to my side somewhat, especially when I had the necessary souls build for the weapons and armor builds I had.
>>673696653
I managed to beat the game in just short of two weeks when everything was set and I had the right soul level. Far cry from when I beat, hell, any other souls game. They pretty much take me about a month and a half to get to a point where I can power through to the ending. This was not the case this time. It was a steady march.
>>673697048
id wield something like a ladle to get their guard down, then switch to a +10 UGS when theyre not looking
>>673697492
that's exactly what I did. Not the ladle specifically, though. I'd have a shitty little weapon out whenever somebody invaded and would flail around with it awkwardly. When they fell for it I'd bring out my +10 giant weapon of go fuck yourself and bash their skulls in when I got the combo/stunlock going. Felt great. Can't wait for DS3.
>>673697824
oh man, im gonna play the everloving fuck out of it this summer
>>673659538
I just want to play the fucking game dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKl6umkwKfU
>tfw Still bumpin DS2
>>673698572
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3Or6eqIpI
