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Dark Souls & other Souls-Likes
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By Pwolf Drkgawd 2017-02-07 15:35:01
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »Best part about the Bloodborne dlc was that it was meaty. Lots of bosses and miniboss hunters. Decent amount of zones, weapons, and armor. First DS3 dlc was pretty short. And what only 2 bosses? Three good bosses and one shitty boss, just like the artorias of the abyss DLC
You mean 4 good bosses and 1 shitty? Living Failures was the only poor boss in that DLC. For me anyways
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Server: Asura
Game: FFXI
Posts: 15804
By Asura.Vyre 2017-02-07 15:39:00
The Living Failures at least had a good music theme.
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And yeah, it was 4 good bosses and 1 lackluster boss. Though honestly, I didn't find Lady Maria to be very difficult, but man did she have an intense amount of style.
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-07 18:51:27
Eh. Just felt like poking in. Have a rather large chunk of free time since I'm on break from FFXI to take care of real life issues at the moment. Beat DS3 a week or so ago and waiting for all 3(?) DLC's to be released before I commit to spending dollars on them...
I'm in the minority of people that actually liked DS2. I'll go back into my dark corner now.
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-09 13:18:14
Well... I started Bloodbourne... Not having a shield to fall back on is frustrating.
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By Asura.Vyre 2017-02-09 13:49:22
Strike hard, strike fast, kill'em before they kill you! You're the hunter, not the hunted! RAWR
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-09 14:16:34
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »Well... I started Bloodbourne... Not having a shield to fall back on is frustrating. The rally system is really genius to gameplay, you just have to overcome your engendered pacificity
I saw the description on the wooden shield. It wouldn't be so off-putting if the lock on function didn't lock out rolling. The short distance sidestep is... lacking.
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-09 14:25:43
Guess it's just my bad reaction time then.
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-09 16:58:32
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »Guess it's just my bad reaction time then. Yeah It's a very fast paced game. Plus the fact they added ranged parrying can really make movement even more abundant.
Ranged parry? Well since I'm snowed in I'll check some videos online. See what other people are doing. Might help.
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-09 17:10:53
I'm gonna hop on twitch if anyone wants to watch me die a few times lol
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By Seraph.Jacaut 2017-02-09 17:45:46
randomly hopped on the site today and saw this forum. My friend kept talking about dark souls II while i was telling him about FFXV for weeks. Finally after hearing about it i loaded up Dark Souls and omg its so fun but such a *** >.< lol i finally beat the first one, but now i cant find a copy of DSII in town :/ not paying the 40 dollar digital fee so i guess ill wait!
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By Asura.Lokimaru 2017-02-09 17:53:53
randomly hopped on the site today and saw this forum. My friend kept talking about dark souls II while i was telling him about FFXV for weeks. Finally after hearing about it i loaded up Dark Souls and omg its so fun but such a *** >.< lol i finally beat the first one, but now i cant find a copy of DSII in town :/ not paying the 40 dollar digital fee so i guess ill wait! WOT
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By Asura.Lokimaru 2017-02-09 19:50:51
But it's not a fee, that's the price. Hahaha.
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-12 08:33:40
So just beat Blood Starved Beast and Vicar Amelia... Gosh these two kicked the piss outta me for the last couple days...
When in doubt, abide by the age-old RPG rule: Over level until they can't kill you so easily.
 Cerberus.Tidis
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By Cerberus.Tidis 2017-02-12 09:16:37
BSB is one of those you kind of learn over time I feel, generally speaking, even the me who hasn't played Bloodborne for quite a while now will still beat BSB taking minimal damage.
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By Asura.Ina 2017-02-12 09:41:16
Well... I started Bloodbourne... Not having a shield to fall back on is frustrating. Once you get over the instinct to dodge/parry everything that DS gives you BB becomes a much easier game than DS. Enemies stagger fairly easy so there are a lot you can just beat on so long as you have stamina and they'll die. Others have lots of low damage attacks which are perfectly fine for them to hit you with since you can just keep swinging and Rally the HP back. The more dangerous attacks tend to either have really noticeable tells once you've seen them a few times or are easy to parry (I say this as someone who struggles to parry dregs in Dark Souls).
Like 95% of the time when I die in Bloodborne it's because I'm trying to hard to avoid damage. Go balls deep into the mob on damage or go home is the name of the game in Bloodborne.
By Sylph.Cherche 2017-02-12 09:50:20
It's not really trying to avoid damage that is bad. It's trying to create space that's bad. Bosses can and will close gaps and punish back dashes like crazy. And will do so until you learn your lesson.
By Sylph.Brahmsz 2017-02-12 10:56:04
It's not really trying to avoid damage that is bad. It's trying to create space that's bad. Bosses can and will close gaps and punish back dashes like crazy. And will do so until you learn your lesson.
Yeah, that's a problem for me. I like having a buffer between me and an enemy so I can set up my next attack with more room for error. "Dodge or Die" mechanics have never been appealing to me. (which is half the reason I stopped playing FFXIV)
Even though I loved the Souls series as a whole, my thinking has always been: Why bother dodging if I can put on the heaviest armor and shield possible, eat a hit and smack the ever loving f*ck out of whatever is in my way and then keep moving forward.
Since there doesn't seem to be heavy armor so far I've just been sinking points into HP so I don't die as quickly lmao.
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This thread was created, by request, to promote discussion of Dark Souls. I'll be updating the OP with various resources, video links, upcoming news, character builds, PvP matching, and so on as users post.
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Resources
Videos
News
| July 14, 2012 - Dark Souls for PC Will Use GFWL After All
June 20, 2012 - Dark Souls discounted to under $30 on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
June 12, 2012 - Localising Dark Souls
June 7, 2012 - Dark Souls: PC version will have "minimal mouse and keyboard support," uses Games for Windows Live "to provide game as soon as possible."
June 7, 2012 - From Software "having a tough time" porting Dark Souls to PC, frame rate issues remain
May 31, 2012 - Dark Souls PC coming to Steam, consoles to get PC content
April 12, 2012 - Gamers rallying against Dark Souls PC using Games for Windows Live
April 7, 2012 - Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition coming to PC in August
January 13, 2012 - Dark Souls PC petition at nearly 70,000 signatures, Namco listening
Jan 8th, 2012 - Dark Souls admin suggests PC could happen with a petition |
Character Builds
Character builds can be either PvP, PvE, or both. You can specify which if you wish, but I'll be listing any builds posted in this topic here. Use the Dark Souls Character Planner linked above to create a link to your build for others to view.
Dark Souls Map
New ContentNew Bosses - Including Artorias of Abyss, Chimera of Tomb, and more
PVP Online Matchmaking System - Quick matching for co-op or PVP
New Areas – Including Oolacile Tomb, Old Ruins and more
New Enemies – Including Abyss Guard, Chained Prisoner and more
New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough and more
New Weapons and Armor – Equip some from the new bosses, enemies, and NPCs
I'll try my best to update the OP with any information posted in this topic.
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