Dark Souls 3

Wipqozn

00:02

nd another boss down

I think I'm ahead of @Sterno now

since I think he's still in the swamp

that boss was really easy

Sounds like it does get more difficult?

Looks like I just killed him before the hard part started

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00:32

Throne Watchers dead

Parzival

@Wipqozn you were amped for this to come out! I havn't got it yet, how is it?

Wipqozn

@Parzival Excellent

Parzival

@Wipqozn compared to the first and second games how is it?

Wipqozn

@Parzival Excellent

Sterno

@Wipqozn I thought it was super easy. Did it on the first try

@Wipqozn Did you cheese the giants, or melee them?

Wipqozn

00:42

@Sterno I meleed one. Was pretty easy.

I didn't bother with the one with mobs near it.

@Sterno Most people seem to

I don't know why I had so much trobule

Parzival

@Wipqozn i will get it then, but i'm playing SWBF right now

Sterno

I melee'd both

Wipqozn

it was that second phase

they'd get the curse spell off, and I just died trying to spam the enemy to death

It wasn't too bad once I realized that that spell isn't just "happens after X seconds"

Sterno

Weird

Wipqozn

tookme 6 tries, I think?

Sterno

00:43

Broadsword has a sweep attack that was really nice for hitting like 4-5 at once

Wipqozn

The first four tries I didn't even notice those black spell dudes

so I thouht I just had to spam like crazy to kill that boss before some hidden time limit

Sterno

I must have disrupted them a few times without knowing it. When I did kill the boss, the curse meter was almost full

But those fucking knights outside the boss room. Gah

Wipqozn

@Sterno The time I finally killed them they just didn't get it up at all

I figured out what was happening and just kept killing them

@Sterno I just ran past them

or do you mean when you actually tried to kill them?

Sterno

@Wipqozn Yes

Wipqozn

The shield guys were annoying, but the greatsword ones didn't give me ay trouble

The first shield one I came across I killed super fucking easily

and then the next time I fight it it kicked my ass

First time it didn't even get it's magic buff spell off

the greatsword guys didn't give me any trouble.

Sterno

00:46

Shield ones weren't bad for me. The greatsword one gave me problems. His reach was always a little bigger than I thought, and his sweep would hit me after I dodged

Wipqozn

I see I see

Sterno

I also have shit for armor, so you know

Wipqozn

I usually just dodge into attacks,so reach isn't really a problem

Sterno

Maybe I was just dodging too early. I'd dodge and end up behind him, but the sweep would continue adn hit me back there

Wipqozn

also what seem to be the common mobs in this new area I'm in are insane

Sterno

00:47

I'm having a similar problem in PVP

Wipqozn

@Sterno yeah, probably dodging too early

Enemies with the shields all annoy me, since I like to strife around the right and I get shield based

I just need to break that habit, and go opposite for shield dudes

Sterno

I have about 2 hours of DS3 time left and then nothing until Monday night :(

Wipqozn

or make better use of my R2 move.

R2 move on my sword is good for killing shielded guys, but I don't use it enough.

It's a poke attack, which has a good shield stagger whatever going on

Sterno

I think I have the same one

Wipqozn

and then it seems after you do that it just follows up with a critical

@Sterno Lothric Straight Sword?

Sterno

00:49

Except maybe not the crit

Wipqozn

Think that's the name

Sterno

Same R2 move, I mean

Wipqozn

darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Lothric+Knight+Sword

that thing

@Sterno ah okay

It's the only straight sword I've found wher the poke is on both one handed and two handed

Sterno

Oh, wait, not R2

Wipqozn

@Sterno which sword are you using?

Sterno

00:50

I'm thinking the L2 + L1

frost sword or broad sword, depending which is better for how upgraded it is. Currently, the frost sword

They're basically the same moveset. Frost sword has better reach

Sterno

01:11

@Wipqozn Did you buy the Tower Key yet for the Firelink Shrine?

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, that's how I got the firekeeper armor set

which is super fancy looking

Also super light

Sterno

Oh, right

I'm pretty sure these "bonfire ahead" Messages were lies to lure me into a boss fight

Though I guess technically after you kill a boss, you get a bonfire

Wipqozn

@Sterno In the swamp?

well just after the swamp I suppose

Sterno

@Wipqozn Yeah, behind the big doors

"bonfire ahead sign" near the abyss watcher fight

Wipqozn

@Sterno There's a bonfire about 15 seconds away from it

Sterno

01:16

I bone'd out. had 20k souls

Which, sadly, is only 1 level

Wipqozn

@Sterno yeah levels are super expensive this time around

Sterno

you at 10 flasks?

Wipqozn

When you went up the stairs from the swamp, if you took a right there's a small castle hallway with a bonfire

@Sterno yeah

Sterno

Heh

This said "be wary of right" with another message, oriented towards boss, which said "bonfire ahead"

Wipqozn

@Sterno Sounds like someone didn't know how to properly place a gesture.Or was trolling everyone.

Sterno

01:26

Okay. So maybe it does matter how you level up a split scaling weapon

One point in dex gives me one attack, one point in strength gives me 2 attack, for the current level

Wipqozn

@Sterno In Souls 2 STR did give more damage per point

not sure it works in souls 3

Sterno

I check every time I level. It's been even until now

Or at least, once I started doing a split scaling weapon

20 vigor (health), 20 endurance (stamina), 13 vitality (equip load), 19 strength, 23 dex, everything else 10

Wipqozn

I think mine is...

14 vigor, 16 endurance, 20 vitality, 22 str, 21 dex, everything else 10

oh no wait

err 27 str

I ust hit 27 befor eturning the console off for the night

oh looks like magic isn't as UP as people were complaining about before, and is stil strong as heck

Looks like it's just the early game spells aren't that great, but after 7-8 bosses you start getting stronger spells and bosses melkt again

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01:53

I'm almost playing DS3 again!

Sterno

I'm not doing so hot on this Abyss Watchers fight

First try I got his 2nd form down to about 20%

subsequent tries I can't even get to his 2nd form

Wipqozn

02:12

@Sterno I had a similiar experience

I was bitching about that one last night

I did get that second form to the one or two hit sleft before getting killed

Sterno

I can do the first form now. I just need to be more patient for it.

Second form is WTFH4X though

Wipqozn

@Sterno tbh I foudn the second form easier than the first form, since you don't need to worry about the other things getting involced

Of course I'm also just not very patient.

Lack of patience causes me so many problems in souls games

Sterno

I keep wanting to punish him after his attack, and he just sort of ignores me hitting him and then hits me once for 50% of my life

I suppose armor would help

Wipqozn

@Sterno ah yeah

he doesn't stagger as easily in second from

in first form it's stagger city

Sterno

No, that's in first form even

Wipqozn

02:21

oh odd

must be your weapon

Sterno

He's just all "Oh, you're attacking me? Go fuck yourself"

Wipqozn

In first form all my attacks woudl stagger him

must be the weapon

or damage

not sure if it's specific werapon types, or the damage

I know it used to be all poise magic, but not in souls 3

Gwyn, Lord of Cinder

08:48

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Q: Can I increase chances of coop with friends in Dark Souls 3?

I am able to play with my friend - we both enabled matchmaking by password, we are both using Warriors of Sunlight covenant (so our cooperation could be jolly), our soul levels are in range, host has the power of the Lord of Cinder. But after failure (one of us dies) or success (boss kill) we ar...

dark-souls-3

Wipqozn

09:35

I wonder if @Sterno ever beat Abyss Watchers

Wipqozn

10:00

OIkay so looks like abyss watchers is a tough as heck fight

I don't feel so bad for taking as long as I did, and since it seems I beat it a lot quicker than a lot of folks I suddenly feel better about it

Looks like some people were stuck for hours on it

I managed to get it in 10 tries, I think?

Your weapon may play a key role.

Looks like @Sterno wasn't staggering, but I was, which would make a huuuuuuuuuuge difference.

I also fought them earlier than I was supposed to, I think

Since I was supposed to do catherdeal of the deep first

Sterno

13:03

I stopped last night on that fight. They'll have to wait until Monday

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I can't wait to pass @Sterno

Wipqozn

@twobugs That'll be great

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I'll be streaming it so essentially all of the bridge wil be further than @Sterno

Sterno

You'll probably only pass me if you can dedicate a full two days to playing.

I think I've probably got close to 20 hours in

I guess looking things up would speed that up greatly, though

Wipqozn

Yeah, I'm at 20 hours.

Sterno

13:13

I explore pretty slowly

and still miss a ton of shit

Wipqozn

Looking things up make you a coward though

and makes your victory hollow

Sterno

About all I've looked up so far is mechanics stuff, mostly

Or, after I did something, tried to look up what would happen if I'd done it differently

Like GiantBro

Wipqozn

@Sterno gianBro best bro

the best part about giantbro is that he still throws spears after, he just doesn'th throw them at you

I'm just glad I was ahead of @Sterno before the weekend of family happened

Sterno

@Wipqozn It really wouldn't matter. After Day 1, I was doomed. My daily play time cannot catch up.

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I haven't looked anything up for DS3

Sterno

13:20

Getting about 4 hours in during work time yesterday kept me the lead for a little while, but then I lost it all at night

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I didn't do it for BB either, at least first playthrough

Wipqozn

@Sterno Sounds like we're both at about 20 hours though.

SO I DECLARE VICTORY

and don't give me any of that "but my 20 hours include distractions by children" nonsense!

children are never distracting

source: I was a children once

Sterno

It does include a bunch of idle time while the game was running

But probably not more than 2 hours

20 is an estimate though. It might have been 25. It might have been 18. I don't know

I also did a restart about 90 minutes in, and redid that first 90 minutes in about 15 minutes, so saved time there

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If only there was some sort of way to track played time on Steam

Sterno

That would be even less reliable than their in-game time

I launched DS3 to the title screen a good 2 hours before I could actually play just to taunt @Wipqozn on launch night

3

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13:22

(If you check that I recommend you check my played time on Pillars of Eternity, a game I spent $250 on and greatly enjoy but have played for 5 hours)

Wipqozn

25 hours

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@Sterno Okay, I approve of this

Wipqozn

@Sterno Sounds about right

@Sterno I just turned my computer off as soon as you started downloading it.

Sterno

Actually, I could just look at my stream recording and see what the hours were when I logged out last night

Wipqozn

That 24 hours was for @Sterno

Mine is at 20.

Sterno

13:25

19.5 hours

Wipqozn

19.5, cool

pretty sure I'm at 20. I wil double check when I got home.

I'm at least 20 hours

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Pretty sure I'm at like 3

Sterno

LARGELY IRRELEVANT

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So I doubt I will be catching either of you

Wipqozn

@twobugs Your mom is at 3

Sterno

13:25

Imma go find the link of me failing hard at pvp

Wipqozn

@Sterno Sounds amusing

I shuld set up that twitch strem tonight

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No, I don't think my mom is at 3 hours played in DS3

Sterno

I got less than 2 hours in yesterday, at at least some of that was idling :(

Wipqozn

bt then I'm not sure if I want people to see me faliling in this new area I'm in

Sterno

I like that youtube records all my streaming

Wipqozn

13:27

I like that your mom records all your streaming.

I didn't ven realize you were streaming

Probably because I'm too busy plying myself

Sterno

Starts here, there are a few fights, of which I all fail horribly

@Wipqozn No one watches because I don't talk. I don't talk because I don't want to wake up the kids and can't always even have headphones on so I can hear them. So it's boring. But it can be fun for me to rewatch some stuff on my own. Like failing at pvp

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It's probably too late to archive this time I owned someone in DS2 pvp

Pushed him off a cliff in the rat king area after he summoned me

Wipqozn

That first guy reallky kicked your ass

Sterno

They all really kicked my ass

I kept trying to do power attack stuff which did not work out

or whatever you call those RT moves

The second guy did like half of my life per hit. He had nice damage

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Do you charge them much? I find the charge super great in PVE

Sterno

13:32

I mean, he could have done 10% per hit and still would have won, but

Yuuki

Farron Greatsword Moveset (Dark Souls 3) Boss Weapon

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Jeez, this moveset looks awesome.

Sterno

I'm going to try that weapon once I can get it (which I think is very soon). I want to try parrying

Yuuki

It attacks really fast for an ultra greatsword.

Wipqozn

@Sterno it is.

I might craft it and try it

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I'm making a personal resolution to parry more in 3

Wipqozn

13:40

I thn it's too heavy for me to use though

yeah 12.5

heavy as heck

id I used that it would need to be on abuild with heavier armor

Yuuki

It is still an ultra greatsword.

Wipqozn

if I'm going to get pushed into >30% then I'll want the armor to match

and for this playthrough I want to stick with firekeeper, because fashion

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I love ultra greatswords, I'm just not sure I want to invest enough time to really get good at them

Wipqozn

has C/A scaling at +5. Nicer.

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I'm doing magic this run anyway

Wipqozn

13:41

> At +5 with 40 str/40 dex, this weapon has 500 AR.

Sterno

@Wipqozn Dex scaling? Weird

I'm totally going to try using it.

(with probably the lightest armor possible to stay under 30%)

Yuuki

@Sterno Swords almost always have a little bit of DEX scaling, IIRC. It's clubs and axes that are pure STR. I think.

Sterno

I guess time to start putting points in equip load

@Yuuki Yeah, but that's mega dex scaling

I'm not clear if parry only works when single-handing it or when 2-handing it

Yuuki

@Sterno 2-handing.

Sterno

sweeeeeet

Yup, that's my boss weapon then

Yuuki

13:44

It's one of the Bloodborne-styled "dual" weapons.

It's designed to be 2-handed. You lose the awesome dash and sweep attacks if you 1-hand it.

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I want to replay Bloodborne but after DS3

I was disappointed by the lack of area diversity in Bloodborne though. It's pretty much all towns.

Sterno

urmom is a town

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No, she's a human.

Sterno

She's as big as a town?

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She is of average human size and is a very classy lady.

Sterno

13:52

Maybe the town is very tiny

MadMAxJr

14:03

I saw something I wish I hadn't seen on a stream.

There is another location returning from 1 that I wish wasn't there.

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The only location I know of from one is Anor Londo and spoilers you see that in the opening movie

MadMAxJr

Yeah. That's the one.

I saw a part of it. :|

I don't like what you have to do.

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It's also visible from the first bonfire after Firelink :P

I've had a lot of the story spoiled for me but I guess I don't really care about the story in Souls games

I recognize that a lot of people do care and I can see why getting it spoiled would suck

I don't like seeing areas or enemies before I actually get to them, though. That kind of ruins the sense of discovery for me,

Yuuki

> It's not Dark Souls untill you find retarded headwear.

So apparently there's a speedrun strat for a boss that involves just lying down on the floor until he uses a combo that can be easily parried.

MadMAxJr

Quite the chef hat there.

Wipqozn

14:35

@Sterno A lot of weapons seem to scale with dex this time around

Sterno

15:23

One of my favorite parts in DS1 and 3 (not so much 2) is stopping to look around and figure out how where I am relates to the places I've been

Wipqozn

15:41

@Sterno That's because DS2 stages weren't really connected in anyway that made sense

Kevin van der Velden

HELLO

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HERE. I JUST CLICKED THE WRONG STAR THING

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden Your mom's the wrong star thing

I think you're here because you want Dark Souls 3

Do it up @KevinvanderVelden.

Kevin van der Velden

Doubtful

To both things

I have dark souls 1!

I've played maybe half an hour of it

But now I suppose it is time to go home and do stuff related to eating and such

Wipqozn

Also I thought I had a concert tonight, but turns out I fucked up and it was last night soooooooooooooo dark souls 3 all night

Upset I missed the concert, but hey, darksouls 3

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn what concert?

Wipqozn

15:59

@GodEmperorDune This and this.

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn yeah you missed out bigtime

that was a great opportunity to hit me with friday

Yuuki

Hmm... one thing I wish they did with Dark Souls was let you re-fight bosses without having to go into NG+(+++++).

After beating Artorias last night, I want to fight him again.

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune Zeus damn it

I'm so ashamed

@Yuuki Place a summon sign down

Yuuki

@Wipqozn Dark Souls 1.

Wipqozn

Not sure how popular souls 1 is right now though

Yuuki

16:01

@Wipqozn It's popular but online is currently disabled.

Wipqozn

@Yuuki oh, didn't know that

Yuuki

Plus, fighting in co-op isn't the same thing.

Wipqozn

@Yuuki It's not, but better than waiting for NG+ if you want to do another round.

I frequently will drop a summon sign after beating a boss and do a few rounds helping out folks

I think I killed Abyss Walkers 5 or 6 times that way

Also the number of folks who summon help fo their first time against a boss shocks me

I'll know since the cutscene will play

I understand folks summoning help due to a boss being too hard, but I don't get not wanting to at least try it by yourself at least once.

Sterno

16:40

@Wipqozn That's terrible.

That you'll get to play DS3 all night, not that you missed the concert.

Yeah. Help is easy mode

And it seems like most people wouldn't play for ez mode

I wonder if I can watch twitch on my phone

If so, I might live vicariously through @twobugs tonight

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You should be able to, @GodEmperorDune listens on his way home

Sterno

It's too bad it doesn't say YOU DIED out loud in a Mortal Kombat voice every time you die.

It physically pains me to type "Kombat" with a K

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I can read YOU DIED out loud in a silly voice

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16:59

I'll probably be playing DS2 until I finish either today or tomorrow. Looks like I have a few base game areas left and all the DLC

GodEmperorDune

17:10

@Sterno yeah you definitely can

Sterno

17:21

Lame. Ds2 is lame. All the cool kids play DS3

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You're lame and also not cool. Or a kid.

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17:56

Patch 1.04 targeting Monday the 18th

Wipqozn

19:36

Dark Souls 3 will be so much funnier this weekend knowing that @Sterno isn't playiong

Sterno

20:04

I hate you

3

Wipqozn

@Sterno Excellent.

Wipqozn

21:20

I gotta say the area I'm in right now is probably one of my favourite areas in all the souls games

cc @Sterno

Wipqozn

21:50

Hoooooooooooly snap

got o a new boss

and my word

MY. WORD.

well thsy went to the wrong chat

OH WELL

Wipqozn

22:04

WELPO

so I thought "oh looks like that thing can't damage me"

but then it totally could

IT TOTALLY COULD

Wipqozn

22:53

@Sterno @MadMAxJr Have either fo you tried out Magic Weapon?

I haven't been bothering wit hit, but just tried it - it's really damn good

I never really used it in previous games, but I was always under the impression it wasn't all that handy

looksl ike I was horribly wrong

Yuuki

All of the weapon buff spells are great.

You can never go wrong with free bonus damage.

Wipqozn

@Yuuki In previous games, at least souls 1, I remember the boost being so small it wasn't worth it

but maybe I was wrong

Yuuki

@Wipqozn It depended on what catalyst you were using and your build.

Since it scaled to your MagAdjust.

They changed the formula in 2 so it was more widely useful.

Wipqozn

Yeah, it looks like your catalyst helps a lot more this time

Because right now I get a boost of about 80 damage

Yuuki

If they kept the formula from 2, they added some base damage.

So you're not completely reliant on a good catalyst and scaling.

Wipqozn

23:25

okay

that was porobably the best boss fight yet

my heart is bearting so blood fast

that was fantastic

Wipqozn

23:51

Just did a stat reset.

@Sterno 20 vigor, 20 vit, 14 endurance, 27 str, 22 dex. I took 2 points from faith and 2 from endurance and dumped them into vigor.

I had faith at 12, for HEal, and heal is super handy, but it takes up half your FP bar.

Not sure aboutyou, @Sterno, but I liked using heal aid to just top my HP off. Heal isn't really good for that.

I use lloyds sword ring, which is one reason I like having that HP top off

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