Current Events > Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades playthrough thread

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Oh man, I have to get back to this game, finished the main game and first DLC, but only a little bit into the second DLC.
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bumo
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Is levelling way slower in this game than 2
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where are you at and are you embered
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Doe posted...

Is levelling way slower in this game than 2

probably.

I remember getting a character to level 120 in Dark Souls 2 for the first playthrough, while I have a character at level 132 in Dark Souls 3 in ng+2
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Doe posted...

Is levelling way slower in this game than 2

Not counting DLC you can get to 90 by halfway through the penultimate area without any major farming. Honestly it felt faster to me than leveling in any of the previous games.
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This is literally Backstab: The Game

I feel like it wasn't nearly this easy to backstab in the first and the second game had the weird grabstab so it's a moot point
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Crystal Sage spam was tough but I got him
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I feel like broadsword is really good
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The broadsword has the highest straightsword AR (as far as I can remember, anyway) but it's quite a bit shorter than other swords and doesn't have a thrust attack.
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Fuck this graveyard area with the respawning hollows

They're not the issue but the fact that like five gremlins drop from the ceiling every three feet and then these grim reaper guys that can't be stunlocked but can't be blocked due to massive bleed damage but attack so fast that rolling gets you fucked
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ThePieReborn posted...

Doe posted...

Is levelling way slower in this game than 2

Not counting DLC you can get to 90 by halfway through the penultimate area without any major farming. Honestly it felt faster to me than leveling in any of the previous games.

Hmm I'm 76 and I've almost finished Ashes with only Soul of Cinder left of the main game. It is my second play-through though so I knew what to skip and what to not bother with as well as mainly spending my souls on boss sets.
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Virus731 posted...

ThePieReborn posted...

Doe posted...

Is levelling way slower in this game than 2

Not counting DLC you can get to 90 by halfway through the penultimate area without any major farming. Honestly it felt faster to me than leveling in any of the previous games.

Hmm I'm 76 and I've almost finished Ashes with only Soul of Cinder left of the main game. It is my second play-through though so I knew what to skip and what to not bother with as well as mainly spending my souls on boss sets.

I guess I'm looking at it about 15 characters in where I've got my weapon selection and fashion already figured out ahead of time so there's no need to deviate from what I need. I always save AoA and TRC for last, and by the time I'm heading on to TRC I'm pushing past 100 pretty reliably. I can't really remember my first run through for any comparison though.
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ThePieReborn posted...

I guess I'm looking at it about 15 characters in where I've got my weapon selection and fashion already figured out ahead of time so there's no need to deviate from what I need. I always save AoA and TRC for last, and by the time I'm heading on to TRC I'm pushing past 100 pretty reliably. I can't really remember my first run through for any comparison though.

That makes more sense I guess.... I suppose I'm being foolish by trying to do everything on two different characters rather than just making specific characters for specific set ups.
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What do the golden people by the names of teleport locations mean? There's two by some and three by one

Should I be doing that poison swamp Farron Keep place before Cathedral of the deep?
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Doe posted...

What do the golden people by the names of teleport locations mean? There's two by some and three by one

Should I be doing that poison swamp Farron Keep place before Cathedral of the deep?

It's an indicator for how active the area is. The range is 0 to 3, and more sprites=more folks there. Basically an indicator for hot areas for invaders/co-op.

You can go either way between Farron Keep and the Cathedral.
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For reasons I cannot explain, I miss DaSII

I might reinstall and try the dlc
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Yeah. Idk what it was about ds2 but its my favorite of the series. I think I just miss my great club pancaking the fuck out of everything
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Should I fuck with this guy and his "Draw Out True Strength" stuff?
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Doe posted...

Should I fuck with this guy and his "Draw Out True Strength" stuff?

He gives you 5 free levels. But you have to kill yourself and make yourself turn into an undead ballsack if you want em. 20 deaths gets you the 5 levels.

It all leads to an alternate ending if you want it
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Does going undead have a disadvantage?

Why do the newer games make alt endings so complicated and unknowable? In 1 you could just walk the fuck away but in these games it seems like you gotta do a bunch of obscure shit to be able to do it So stupid that you have to kill Aldia if you want to walk away from the throne in 2
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Visual only (standard beef-jerkifying), though you can remedy that with a ring. Also Maiden in Black 4.0 will look away from you until you approach her.

Also it's only 7 deaths.
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ThePieReborn posted...

Visual only (standard beef-jerkifying), though you can remedy that with a ring. Also Maiden in Black 3.0 will look away from you until you approach her.

Also it's only 7 deaths.

Wat

Ive been jumping off the cliff in firelink 20 times each playthrough fuuuuu
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Touch posted...

ThePieReborn posted...

Visual only (standard beef-jerkifying), though you can remedy that with a ring. Also Maiden in Black 3.0 will look away from you until you approach her.

Also it's only 7 deaths.

Wat

Ive been jumping off the cliff in firelink 20 times each playthrough fuuuuu

Why is this so funny to me

So would that mean a free extra 5 each playthrough? Seems like a big deal after a while
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Yeah, the hollowing goes as such with every number after zero taking a death:

0 (first "Draw out"), 1, 2 (second "Draw out"), 4, 6 (third), 9, 12 (fourth), 16 (fifth).

Stat scaling goes to absolute shit after 60 barring the occasional weapon, so after a point the only real value comes from Vitality stacking because fashion.
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Touch posted...

ThePieReborn posted...

Visual only (standard beef-jerkifying), though you can remedy that with a ring. Also Maiden in Black 3.0 will look away from you until you approach her.

Also it's only 7 deaths.

Wat

Ive been jumping off the cliff in firelink 20 times each playthrough fuuuuu

do the suicides at the tutorial boss fight, cliff is right next to the bonfire
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What are these fucking fat fucks with the bigass sticks and spellbooks with the stupid fucking voice lines? They're literally everywhere and half the time their clubs hit me even though my roll looked perfect, and I can't shield because they drain my whole stamina bar. Jesus christ it's literally the only enemy I've died to in the past three hours of the game.

I don't know what to do in the cathedral after killing the deacons. I hear the sound of hammering way above in the cathedral but I can't find anything at all that I'm yet to explore.
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So apparently it's a dead-end boss?

I SWEAR the guy in Firelink Shrine said one that one of the Lords of Cinder was stuck in the cathedral
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Doe posted...

So apparently it's a dead-end boss?

I SWEAR the guy in Firelink Shrine said one that one of the Lords of Cinder was stuck in the cathedral

There used to be, but he was moved post-resurrection.
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you only need to fight the deacons for the doll, but besides that, they feel out of the way for all of that.

but when you were in that swamp, you had two routes - the one that led you to the Cathedral, and the other one that leads you to the first lord of cinder boss
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Cathedral also has one of the sickest ultra greatswords in the game if you farm for it
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Doe posted...

What are these fucking fat fucks with the bigass sticks and spellbooks with the stupid fucking voice lines? They're literally everywhere and half the time their clubs hit me even though my roll looked perfect, and I can't shield because they drain my whole stamina bar. Jesus christ it's literally the only enemy I've died to in the past three hours of the game.

HOHOHOHO

s
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Crystal Mage or whatever was a super lame boss btw

Literally run up to him and hit him until he disappears and goes to another part of the field so you runover and him more and after a while he makes fake copies

It was like a bad Zelda boss.
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yea, I wasn't a fan of that fight.

that part of the game, from to Crystal Sage to the Cathedral, is probably my least favorite.
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So this guy locked me inside the tower in Firelink

What the fuck is his plan

Homeward Bone exists

Miracles exist
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you're not familiar with Patches?

he was in: Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and this.

Edit: his thing is to screw you over so he can rob your corpse.

always forgive him, though, so he can be a vendor.
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Have not played Bloodborne or Demon's (don't own consoles)

Is Patches the guy who raises the bridge back up in the graveyard in the first game?
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it's been a while since I've played the first one, but when you go to the Tomb of the Giants, he's the one that kicks you down the hole
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Oh right

I wonder who was it that raised the bridge

Well hes annoying, I had to pay like 15k to get Siegford's armor back

Who's Geirart or whatever? Is that the pyromancer or the sad thief guy or the rapey "draw out your strength" guy
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Greirat is the thief
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I finally learned Pyromancy at this game but mine does little damage, I assume it scales with the stat which I haven't levelled at all

I fell into the usual trap this is my third game with STR build
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Pyromancy scales with INT and FTH
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Bruh I tried invading for the first time and he had a friendly phantom with him that fucking crushed me
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what area are you in you should go ember too
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Farron Keep

Dude had the armor that's on the game cover and his phantom helper had knight armor and either a bigass club or a Dragon Tooth
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Fucking Twinks in High Wall

Imagine having a penis so small you need to beat up on unassuming new players just to satisfy your ego
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Touch posted...

Fucking Twinks in High Wall

w-what
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Touch posted...

Fucking Twinks in High Wall

Imagine having a penis so small you need to beat up on unassuming new players just to satisfy your ego

I wish the Way of Blue equip came earlier. I had an anti twink character in DS2 that I was fairly fond of and I like being the Fun Police.
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One thing that I appreciate about 2 in retrospect is that the openness let's you beeline the armor and weapons you want for your build


I guess it's more expensive to upgrade weapons since you can't upgrade armor anymore? Until I find Elite Knight or the cover armor I'm gonna use this Mirrah Armor I think it's called (it has a sick Cape), Herald Legs because they look better, and a sick mask

I'm not sure if I can pull off Elite Knight in this game though. I haven't put one point into VIT, I've basically just been supercharging STR after getting a lot of VIG at the start

Tfw bought Siegford's armor for him but fucking Patches didn't have the decency to steal that delicious Zweihander, piece of shit
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Upgrades vary in cost. Unfortunately, large weapons cost more. Infusions are also fairly expensive early on.

I think Greirat sells a Zweihander after sending him out to loot the first time.
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