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Very slow, but steady progress - get a little further each time with Dark Souls 3. Thank heavens for Phantoms to help me out too.
 
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Very slow, but steady progress - get a little further each time with Dark Souls 3. Thank heavens for Phantoms to help me out too.

Where are you? Phantoms?

Just got to the Abyss Watchers - not sure what to do since they don't seem to register an HP loss when I'm hitting them. Maybe I should start using a shield. But so far everything is quite doable - except for these fat tree-giants in the swamp - no idea how to deal with them.
 
Where are you? Phantoms?

Just got to the Abyss Watchers - not sure what to do since they don't seem to register an HP loss when I'm hitting them. Maybe I should start using a shield. But so far everything is quite doable - except for these fat tree-giants in the swamp - no idea how to deal with them.

Your further than me. I've just cleared gential swinging tree boss.

Phantoms (good ones / mad ones / bad ones). If your playing online, use your ember you can invite up to 3 Phantoms into the game to help you out. Good phantoms help you unconditionally. Mad phantoms can help you or attack you. Bad Phantoms are attracted when you have a good one fighting on your side and they will attempt to kill you and your helper unless you kill them first.

They have helped me when I have hit a wall.
 
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Crystal Quest!

(too bad I only can play it on my iPhone 4 now, there is no audio on iOS 9.3 and the game is gone from the app store so I guess there is no hope for an update... 🙁 )
 
How would you compare the overall DS3 experience to Bloodborne?

I seem to be making steadier progress in DS3 than I did with bloodborne.

They are however very similar games obviously. I enjoy the pyromancer skill and it works great with my axe to offer close quarter and distant attacks. I am playing the game more like its bloodborne than other DS3 players I've seen who seem to rely on shield blocking and fierce attacks.
 
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Your further than me. I've just cleared gential swinging tree boss.

Phantoms (good ones / mad ones / bad ones). If your playing online, use your ember you can invite up to 3 Phantoms into the game to help you out. Good phantoms help you unconditionally. Mad phantoms can help you or attack you. Bad Phantoms are attracted when you have a good one fighting on your side and they will attempt to kill you and your helper unless you kill them first.

They have helped me when I have hit a wall.

Ok, thx. I don't play online so no idea. Sounds fun!

Pyromancer sounds useful, I got the talent but never really tried it. I two-hand my sword while pushing strenght and agility (?-the rolling/running/hitting one) only.

Btw. How do the rings work? I just equip them and that's it, right? Regardless the finger? Because I got that Pontifs left eye one (where you supposedly gain hp for a successful attack) but never get any hp back. Maybe a bug, really annoying.
 
Ok, thx. I don't play online so no idea. Sounds fun!

Pyromancer sounds useful, I got the talent but never really tried it. I two-hand my sword while pushing strenght and agility (?-the rolling/running/hitting one) only.

Btw. How do the rings work? I just equip them and that's it, right? Regardless the finger? Because I got that Pontifs left eye one (where you supposedly gain hp for a successful attack) but never get any hp back. Maybe a bug, really annoying.

Tbh it's not like multiplayer - it's more single player with assist and some of the phantoms are actually just AI and not other players. I'd certainly recommend trying it 🙂

I just equip rings too regardless of hand/finger.
 
Tbh it's not like multiplayer - it's more single player with assist and some of the phantoms are actually just AI and not other players. I'd certainly recommend trying it 🙂

I just equip rings too regardless of hand/finger.

Wait, I thought in case that I play offline (start the game's "offline-mode") but ember, I'd be open to invasions of other players?! I never embered due to that. But to ember doesn't mean phantoms, right? Not sure I want those in my first playthrough - maybe later in case it gets unbeatable for me.

Seems like Pontiff's Left Eye ring is incredibly less usefull than I thought it would be. Maybe I'll try playing with two straight swords (Raw + Dark Sword <3) instead of one two-handed. Playing as a pyromancer has the downside that I'd have to up my Attunement (? - the blue bar) as it is exactly where I started 45 levels ago. The Endurance (and strength) stat looks the most useful to me. Hit n' roll, what more do you want? 😀
 
I'm on my third playthrough (so I guess... NG++?) of Dark Souls 3 and I have yet to have anyone help me. I play all my Dark Souls as single player both to feel like I did it myself and to get rid of invaders.
 
I'm on my third playthrough (so I guess... NG++?) of Dark Souls 3 and I have yet to have anyone help me. I play all my Dark Souls as single player both to feel like I did it myself and to get rid of invaders.

I wouldn't want to since I prefer the desolate atmosphere which just gets more intense whe left alone. But I can imagine co-op being nice too - a bit like a modern age Golden Axe probably.
 
I switched from quality build to pyromancer build. A jack of all trades, master of none, but I like having some ranged combat even though I don't use it much. The spell weapon buffs are handy too. I'm through Ferron Keep/Abyss Watchers and on to Catacombs next.

I generally always play these games offline, as I like to beat the bosses solo no matter how many tries it takes. I don't even summon NPC helpers. I did, however, try co-op for the first time last night to help out other players. Put my summons sign down by Vordt, and ended up getting summoned to Dancer, a boss I haven't even faced yet in my first NG play through. Kind of spoilery to face that boss early, but I ended up having alot of fun co-op and netted quite a bit of souls out of it. So I learned that co-op is a way more enjoyable way to get souls fast vs. farming.

Per DS3 vs Bloodborne. I can honestly say I'm enjoying DS3 way more even though I haven't beat DS3 yet. I prefer the setting and wider selection of weapons/armor/magic, and also love the call backs to DS1. Jury is still out whether I like DS3 better than DS1, I need to finish DS3 first before I make that call.
 
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I wouldn't want to since I prefer the desolate atmosphere which just gets more intense whe left alone. But I can imagine co-op being nice too - a bit like a modern age Golden Axe probably.
Golden Axe, now there was a game. Not sure how much I spent at our arcade playing that.
 
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My Uncharted copy will unlock at midnight. I'm almost done with DS3 new game plus, I'm going through the optional bosses right now with my maxed out great axe. I use the summoning sign all the time because although fun I just can't bother going at a boss 200 times. I think I might make a dex build for multiplayer...I've never been interested in DS multiplayer but I'm going for it this time.

Anybody interested in Overwatch, think I might give it a go...seems very Team Fortress 2 like.

Bless
 
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My Uncharted copy will unlock at midnight. I'm almost done with DS3 new game plus, I'm going through the optional bosses right now with my maxed out great axe. I use the summoning sign all the time because although fun I just can't bother going at a boss 200 times. I think I might make a dex build for multiplayer...I've never been interested in DS multiplayer but I'm going for it this time.

Anybody interested in Overwatch, think I might give it a go...seems very Team Fortress 2 like.

Bless

I was looking at Overwatch, but I've so many MP games that I haven't even played (Star Wars battlefront & PVZ GARDEN WARFARE 2 - being last one) that buying another online game would be futile exercise ...
 
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