Dark Souls thread.

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It's like that for everyone, I'm afraid. Parrying in DS PVP is almost all about prediction and timing. There's only a handful of attacks you can parry on sight and only certain parry daggers actually parry fast enough to catch the attack as it's happening. Took me quite a while to get used to, but it's well worth it.

The advice that helped me a lot was just to assess your opponent's fighting style. In DS1, the easiest attacks to parry are people who spam R1 (just block a hit or two and then parry right as he's about to attack a third time), and the roll/sprint attack. If you see your opponent pull a few of those, just anticipate on him doing it again and parry as soon as he's getting out of his roll or sprint. Easy going.

I find parrying a little harder on DS2 because of the delay on almost all of the shields and parry tools, but the same principles appy. Sprint/roll attacks and spammers are very predictable and can easily be baited into a parry. Also worth mentioning is the greatsword double R2. I'm sure you've seen it countless of times, where you first stab the greatsword and immediately follow up with this horizontal 360 spin attack? Block the first stab and parry right afterwards, people almost always go for that exact same follow up.

Oh it's not so much the attacks themselves, like I can parry fine in PvE. When I'm talking about lag affecting my ability to parry I mean because like my internet is so bad people run up to me and the attack animations aren't even playing and I'm being hit, they are just staring me down to death. Or backstabbing me from the front. Or hitting me from ridiculous distances Or pretty much anything under the sun. I know these things happen to everyone at some point, but to me they are every single match. Like I cannot even bother with the PvP covenant, since it requires consecutive wins to rank up.

The point being, I get how to like time it with the animations and all that, I just mean it's not worth me trying, because on my screen it will look like they are about to swing so I'll time the LT press, but then to them they are on like their 3rd swing stunlock and then it catches up and I die. Things like that.

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Ah, I didn't realize it was that bad. I assumed you were just talking about the usual latency that makes parrying more of a prediction thing than actual reflexes, but this is a lot worse.

Do you still try to PVP? I can't imagine it being any fun when the connection is just that bad.

Nah I almost never ever try, it just isn't worth it. 'Cos I'll be like oh maybe if I invade I can surprise them and win, but no it fails haha. And I only ever win duels against completely new people that have no idea what they are doing haha. Even just yesterday I started a new Dark Souls 1 playthrough to tide me over till Crown of the Old Iron King. And this guy invaded me multiple times, and he would just run literally straight at me and not attack, phase through me and then be insta-back stabbing me, I was defenseless to it.

Strangely, Co Op actually works almost flawlessly for me, like even if it has a little lag it's ignorable. I have no idea why, but my Sun bro status wasn't really much of a choice haha, as much as I enjoy it.

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That is strange, I have no clue why your invasions lag so much more than summons. They're both about the same for me.

Haha, yeah I don't get it either, I just don't question it since at least it's 1 aspect of player interaction I can actually do. I dunno maybe it's because the game doesn't have to worry about you being able to damage each other, so it just has to keep track of both of you damaging the npc's.

Spitfire Spear needs another buff.

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better alternative to the decapitate gesture

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How I miss "Well, what is it?".

Yeah, "Welcome" just isn't quite the same

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DLC tho

Created a magic based character today. Good for PvP

Created a magic based character today. Good for PvP

Tell me when you get to around lvl 100

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Magic based characters are very viable at almost every level. At least, in DS2 they are.

Haha well they seem to be determined to change that fact as far as miracles go lol

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I have no issues with offensive miracles, but the buffs really do ruin PVP to some extent. It's very common to find yourself opponents who start every single fight by consecutively casting sacred oath, sunlight blade, numbness, resonant flesh and great magic barrier to become basically unstoppable. I'm glad they're going to do something about that.

Oh right yeah I forgot about that since I never pvp hah

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The controls in those games look kinda weird.

You look kinda weird

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You do not mean that.

Of course not, you're actually pretty

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weird

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I'm sorry, I couldn't resist

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Excuse me This is about darksouls

Excuse me This is about darksouls

Noelle started it

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Do you forgive me? :'3

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See you don't like it do you

Haha in Crown of the Old Iron King they

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put in a Nitro Smelter Demon with blue flames and slicked back horns

Noelle started it

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Do you forgive me? :'3

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See you don't like it do you

Why... What.. Did I do bad, why would you troll me...?

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So I'm a little stuck on my sorcerer build. I don't really know what weapon to use, I'm going to get my vitality and endurance to 20, att to 19 and dex to 16 and then however high I can get my intelligence. I hear rapiers are ideal but I'm not too sure. Any recommendations?

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