Yea NG+ so far is a disappointment.
Only found a few rings +1, but that was it.
No new equipment so far (killed Crystal Sage). Bosses also have no new mechanics and die rather fast with the upgraded equipment.
Was going to make a NG+ playthrough with a few different decisions for the NPCs. But this is just boring.
// Only new equipment i got was the Firelink Armor and Firelink Greatsword- which are rewards from killing the endboss i guess.
I finished the mandatory content of NG+, there is a new sword from Twin Princes which is really cool and a bunch of new rings, but that's kinda it.
DS2 had a lot more to offer in NG+ (there were 4 new boss souls and weapons only available by playing NG+).
DS2 was the only one I played on NG+ and yeah, it's cool that they add enemies and all that, but I also found it way more annoying to play. Enemies are just absolute damage sponges. In a normal playthrough you can feel that progression, as your weapons get better, your character the same, your Estus the same, along with the enemies. In NG+ there isn't really any of that, you just need to whack a lot more times at enemies with the same weapons. So yeah, I wasn't a fan. So I'm glad this doesn't add much in NG+ as I like to miss as very few things as possible on a playthrough, in any game.
A new update for Dark Souls III will deployed on Steam on Thursday, April 28 at 8am CEST / 1am PST.
The maintenance will require approximately 2 hours of downtime (est. end 10am CEST / 3am PST).
Please find below the list of changes:
Item collection during multiplayer while accessing NPC and Covenant Alter is now working as intended.
Conditions for optional events is eased.
Conditions to get Rosaria’s Finger is eased.
If they haven’t visited the Untended Grave, players will not be teleported there.
Kicks cannot be parried.
The Crystal Sage will appropriately re-appear even after he has warped.
The Dragonslayer Armour won’t die before the battle.
Knight Slayer Tsorig will no longer gesture unintendedly.
Siegward of Catarina will now be able to properly rescue Greirat once conditions are met.
If the player is equipped with a ring that increases Max HP, stats will now be properly reflected when opening the equipment screen.
The voice chat icon will now be displayed properly under the covenant panel.
Items, bonfire and the “Quit Game” option are now appropriately active even when disconnecting online.
If the game disconnects during a multiplayer session, it will no longer crash and return to the title screen.
Other issues causing crashes and returning to the title screen have been fixed.
Adjustments of the balance of game, improvements of performance and various bug fixes have been made.
After the update is completed, the details will appear on the title screen as follows:
App Ver 1.04
Regulation Ver 1.05
We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your support.
A new Regulation version will be updated to adjust the game balance on Dark Souls III on Thursday, April 28th. It will not require an additional maintenance.
Main Adjustements:
The range of the matching level of the Blade of the Darkmoon and the Blue Sentinels have been adjusted.
The efficiency of the following categories has been adjusted: Short Sword, Twinsword and Magic.
Other game balance improvement and bug fixes.
After the update is completed, the newest version will appear on the top left of the title screen as below:
App Ver 1.04
Regulation Ver 1.06
Is PvP level based? I'm not able to see any signs outside Pontiff bonfire anymore.
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
Finished the game. Loved it, both PvP and Pve. Invaded a ton and did many duels.
However it will never surpass Demon's Souls for me. Now that I am finished I don't have the feeling to start it again to do NG+. Maybe in a while.
I remember when I played DeS I started right away. Wish DaS3 had like a world tendency as well. It was wonky but I loved it, making the game harder in black world tendency in DeS and having new enemies and events added was great for NG+.
So far I love every Soul game and they never disappoint. Hope I can play Bloodborne someday.
Yeah from what I saw of a playthrough of Demons Souls the world tendency mechanic was very interesting but sadly it didn't carry over to the other games, also really liked the design of that game or how to say, would probably be pretty dated by now if it was just straight ported over to PC but eh maybe the exclusivity period will expire some time and then they could do a updated version for multi-platform release then, I doubt that's anytime soon though if they ever go back to Demons Souls.
(Should be before the Bloodborne multi-platform release though so hey that's something. )
EDIT: Seems From is interesting in doing a new franchise so probably they'll focus on that and perhaps a sequel to Bloodborne if Sony wants that.
(No imminent plans for a Dark Souls continuation as I understood it, years from now perhaps.)
Higher poise means you resist blows better but ultimately dodging is going to be the key factor or otherwise avoiding the attack as they changed the poise system for this game.
@Bob Barnsen Thanks. Played some PvP. Couple of matches were hilarious (falling to death and got 1 hit KO ), but the reward is pretty bad. Ended up doing some random co-op instead.
Anybody else faced the bug during Twin princess fight where he doesn't do anything? Just stuck in one place? Happened around 4-5 times today.
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
I guess I'd better take a note of most spells damage numbers to see how much they are gonna nerf it..again
They can't possibly make magic even more useless apart from some utility spells and buffs every dmg spell with the exception of Great Chaos Fire Orb (only PVE it's useless in PVP ) is totally shit if they nerf that spell as well i'm getting really pissed.
Actually damage wise sorcerers are better than pyromancer but only in the end-game and if sorcs use at least 4 (out of 5) +damage items. I'm not talking about PvP though It's a disaster except for sniping players from a distance with soul stream (obscuring ring is a must) lol
Take a look at this.
NG
SL=120
INT=60
Court Sorcerer Staff+10
I
Raw Magic Damage vs Lothric Knight(Lothric castle bonfire):
II
Buffed (Young Dragon Ring +12%,Crown Of Dusk +10%,Scholar's Candlestick +20%,Bellowing
Dragoncrest Ring +20%) Magic Damage vs Lothric Knight(Lothric castle bonfire):
soul arrow (7 FP) =411
great soul arrow (11 FP)= 506
heavy soul arrow (11 FP) =770
great heavy soul arrow (14 FP)= 869
farron dart (3 FP) =130
great farron dart (4FP)= 156
homing soulmass (20 FP) =594
homing crystal soulmass (53 FP)= 889
soul spear (40 FP)=898
crystal soul spear (55 FP) = 1095
white dragon breath (30 FP) = 952
soul stream (60 FP)= ~ 1200-1300+ (more or less..it oneshots these knights so the damage could be actually even better)
soul greatsword (28 FP) =711
However.. compare some spells damage & FP cost... It doesn't make any sense.
For instance,
Great heavy soul arrow (14 FP)= 869 (999 if I equip the 5th +damage item(ring) but I don't like having it on coz it severely reduces melee defenses)
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Oh, well, time to wait for DLCs.
Ended up doing some random co-op instead.
