Dark Souls 3 GANK SQUADS

This is Sup Forums in a nutshell.

I won't be surprised if this is how you guys actually play the game.

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I really don't get triggered by the typical taunt gestures like point down or welcome but any player doing legion etiquette needs to die in a fire.

Then don't invade you stupid fuck.

gank squads were a horrible idea, and I don't even invade

basically every invader now fights for the killreward with clenched teeth if you are alone, and if you have a phantom, you let them duel and they ALWAYS start jugging during the duel, making me attack too in the process. every encounter feels like this now, with the only variety after pontiff fight, where you will always get 2 invaders, no exceptions, thanks to superb balance covenant

>invade
>Phantom's name is the name of mai waifu
>can't kill him
>let myself get killed
I can't do it, Sup Forums. I can't lay a finger on anyone named Aoi. ;_;

Legion Etiquette isn't even a taunt, it's the most polite gesture. Shitters should be allowed to use it though.

*shouldn't

I use Etiquette as a greeting when I greet people at all and repeatedly slam my Greatsword on the spot where they died, unless it was a very good fight and I go with Rest or Sleep instead.

Gank squads clapping, pointing down, or squatting is fine with me. But that legion gesture with gank squads doing it? What the fuck.

I remember doing this once in one of my Bloodborne playthroughs, and then we all simultaneously used the "make contact" emote over his corpse.

Good fun.

it's the dark souls equivalent of saying 'gg' after a complete pubstomp

go Aldrich then, you'll find lots of fair pevepe to your liking

>inb4 finger
>inb4 invaders cant invade solo players

I always have this small feeling at the back of my mind that I look like a massive faggot while doing it to people.

I should keep doing it.

Holy shit, seriously?

Ganking is the new "being a dick" move. In the past invaders werethe dicks.

As someone who relished ruining other peoples fun, i have started to join gank squads as opposed to invade.

Well at least youre dedicated
Why not think of it as them impersonating them, shouldnt that make you want to kill them

Remembers when you had the power over everyone?

NOT ANYMORE.

Enough with preying on the weak, we all gathered, we are stronger together than you will ever will be.

I love your tears, twink babies, it just shows that the only reason you won was because you had your odds stacked against us. Doesn't feel good now, does it?

I can't wait for all of you to send me love mails about how I am a ganker or shitter because I use the estoc or dark sword.

GIT GUD, SKRUBS AHAHAHA!

>implying ganks werent around since the beginning
thats why gank spanking is so satisfying

what's this fashion i like it

Not with 4v1, they weren't.

fuck, meant to reply to

Yeah but that doesnt make a difference really when they still suck.
Like that one guy in the catacomb sewer area with that host that kept summoning his friends back over and over

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I bet whoever this invader was came and cried about it on Sup Forums.

Invaderfag tears are the most delicious kind.

>dark sword

>Like I give a fuck

It was a NG++ trophy run, what the fuck else am I gonna use with 40str 40dex. High level Souls is fucking retarded, if you invade at that level you should expect it to be retarded.

Invasions are so stacked against invaders now. I guess that's why shitters are feeling a bit more bold.

>Do Havel build
>"fuck yeah i'm just going to run straight into the middle of gank squads and fuck them up"
>can't swing without getting staggered

That wasnt situational enough user

Working as intended

MORNE'S HAMMER BITCH GRAB IT WHILE IT'S STILL HOT.

I fucking hate IronPineapple or whatever for popularizing this weapon, it was my nice cozy niche. I guess WotG with Poise cast is still pretty uncommon.

>The poise stat is working as intended and is not ‘turned off’ as some fans have theorized,” a spokesperson for Bandai Namco told me. “The stat works differently than in past games and is more situational, which seems to be the reason for the confusion.

>They're never going to turn on poise

>trophy run

Looks like you are helping your gay lover to me.

Good.

Yeah, get trophies. You want to see what I usually do, look at my other videos. I spent hours invading the swamp at like level 25 with a fucking Int rapier build.

Everything is working as intended, why not try using a straightsword? :^)

>I hate build diversity
Enjoy the straight sword/estoc meta

>NHK manga
jesus christ i had managed to forget about this now i remembered how soul-crushing it is thanks user now i am considering ending my own life

I've seen a lot of variety in SL100-120 so I'm perfectly fine where I am thanks.

>mfw every time I get killed by some bullshit I think to myself "maybe they'll upload this to Youtube to mock me and feel proud of themselves later" and laugh it off
>mfw your post

It's the little things.

>made a character specifically for havel
>93 vit
>fast roll
>staggered by literally everything
>can barely hit anyone because of I frames


Such is the pain of Havel the Rock.

>plenty of variety
HAHAHAHAHAHA

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>Implying I feel proud of pressing R1

I uploaded it to youtube because it was hilarious.

Yep. All I've seen in these SLs are GS/UGS users, Whip, Bows( I don't understand but ok), Pyros mostly, doesn't work but whatever. And lastly a few Sorceries, but they always have ganks squads with them.

I'd invade some Dark Sword and Estocs users maybe around 2 out 10? Seems like they learned they just get parried anyway by just using those weapons so the opt to use UGS 2handed so they can't be parried.

hey man just hang in there user

>use witches locks
>spam weapon art and the wide heavy swing
>watch as shitters still try and parry it with the caestus
>feel joy again as they all burn

It's tricky to learn to use it properly, but it's uncommon enough they never know what to do about it. Supplement with some freeaim pyromancy and it's legit as hell

The only way you're going to walk into the middle of gank squads is with perseverance and iron flesh.

Nah Iron flesh wont work, Theyll just back away until its gone. Or if theres 3 theyll just surround you and keep swinging until youre dead.
Perseverance on the black knight sword is really good though, It helps me handle ganks pretty well

What torso ? I like the fashion

Hyperarmor is what creates build diversity, without it everything you will see is dark sword users in full havel poisetanking anything.

There's usually good fight clubs held just after the pontiff bonfire in the small courtyard.

Been having fun watching dark spirits duel and then jumping in to take on the victor

It's literally the fedora tipping of dark souls

i can't help but laugh at that

That's great to be honest.

>invade as a grapist
>kill 3 phantoms or host for shackle
>everytime
>kill dark spirit
>kill aldrich faithful
>the ganksquad finally finds me as I'm rumbling with a darkmoon
>murder me instantly

Getting shackles is suffering

Don't do it for the shackles, just embrace being an agent of chaos. Even if you can't win, just take pleasure in being the wild card, man.

Nothing wrong with it, other than taking 5 minutes to complete. Legion etiquette and by my sword are the best greetings, way better than some weeaboo bowing.

>Not teaming up with the guys against the host and then picking off anyone that's weak in the chaos

>mfw there are people who think doing this is fun
>mfw there are people that spend all day doing this thinking it is fun

>Lol xd we totally won against this guy who had no hope of even fighting back xd we are so good at this game

>Invade a host and run up to him as another invader kills him before I get there
>Face towards the host as he collapses and do legion etiquette anyways

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most are below 18

I'm lvl 35 with +4 weapons, can I get any Blue Sentinel/Dark Moon action with these levels? Is the auto summon bound to the area where your character currently is?

It's the same with twinking.

I don't know how people can enjoy invading people and one-shotting them because they have way better gear.

Posts like this are the reason WHY it's fun. Stay buttmad.

People thing you are an idiot is fun to you?

Someone ?

Auto summon I think prioritizes your area but you can get summoned anywhere, I've been summoned to fight off aldrich loyals while I was going through the irithyl dungeons.

Just treat blue sentinel as something you leave on while progressing, sitting there and waiting will take forever.

No, the fact that it bothers you enough that you have to come and cry about it on a forum is fun to me.

it's not the satisfaction from winning

it's the satisfaction from them being mad

wow what a badass

I just did Aldrich and it's really tedious doing PvE with this low level character. I just want the covenant rewards without farming silver knights 6h like I did with my first character.

Doing a faith character is pure fucking suffering in DaSIII.

cmon son it's the same thing as invading in DS1 you only do it to be a dick and ruin other peoples fun.

I embrace the gank squads because there is nothing more satisfying than killing a hosts phantoms and seeing him flee like a little bitch back to the bonfire to summon more and dying while "unable to summon" pops up on the screen.

Nobody even tries teaming up with a purpal. Everyone attacks them on sight in my experience. Go for the lone invaders, the ganksquad will just kill you.

What I was saying was make friends with the invaders while when the time's right turn on everyone, well I haven't had too much grape invasion experience so I don't know how it goes, the only experience I had doing it was just me invading into ganks.

Why is DaS3 full of ganksquads while DaS1 and 2 didnt have them? Invasions work the same game. You can get invaded if you are in ember(human)form.

Its retarded because people with computers have found its turned off...

It prioritizes hosts with phantoms I think, you won't often get solo invasions unless the host decides to use the finger.

Honestly? Because FROM made sure that the host has all the advantages when someone invades. That's it really. As early as undead settlement, you can have 3 summons available for you.

changes to healing and summoning, and a shift in attitude in players possibly?

Not to mention the detail where hosts use the finger so they can summon more phantoms thus prioritizing themselves.

That webm is so damn satisfying, nothing gives me more joy than to see invaders getting BTFO.

When will poise be turned on?

Nice build homie. I'll sub if u link me 2 the guide you used.

The absolute funnest way to play is summon 1 (ONE) phantom and pop dried fingers and run through the level like normal. If you're in watchdog or Aldrich territory, equip way of blue or summon a second phantom and leave it at that. I went through Cathedral with a single bro and we wrecked several invaders in 2v2s. I use seeds when invaders waste our time and hide or try to use enemies against us even when it's 2v2. I actually sometimes go through areas solo with dried fingers with way of blue to let them get some action but I don't get invaded as much.

>dick ass invaders
>having hard time
>ABLOO ABLOO
>instead they could just be a dick ass gank squadder
you choose the wrong path, lonley internethero

What is the best melee ring combination?
I'm using ring of favor, Champ gundyr chain, ring of steel protection and Carthus milkring.
It works fine for my Lothric knight greatsword but uh.
Should i swap RoSP with a lightning clutch ring and use lightning blade to boost it further?

Atm i just use carthus flame arc because it's cheap, and the split damage is nice against shields.

>Equip blessed gear
>Go to swamp
>Dry finger
>Curl up in a good open spot
>Watch invaders run past for hours while i sit and eat my lunch
>Meanwhile help Darkmoons and Blue Guardians so they have something to do

>Invade an innocent ashen one
>Want to fuck his shit up and ruin his progress
>He summons a phantom
>Stagger the shit out of me while he chugs estus like crazy

>WOOOOOW FROMSOFT WHAT THE FUCK DaS3 SUCKS, THIS SHIT IS FULL OF GANKSQUADS.

This is how dickwraiths moans sounds.

What are the odds that this is just damage control and that they'll patch it in?

>ruin his progress
>most summon signs are at the beginning of a zone.

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What's better, Executioner's Greatsword at 40 STR or Flamberge at 15/14?

The Lothric Greatsword lighting damage is just a bonus, Dont concentrate on it, Get a bunch of resins instead, They're only 500 a piece.
>Carthus Milkring
>On a greatsword build
Use Cloroanthy ring or Knightslayer Ring, Alternatively use Hornet and oneshot bitches who try to r1 spam you.

thanks for giving me work desu senpai

>C scaling in DEX
>Use grass crest shield
Forgot to add that.

>Mad spirits profit from this as well
you
i like you

yeah, for me it was more like
>first playthrough
>gave all tongues to rosalia
>none left for leonhardt, he gone, no red eye orb
>only cracked ones
>want to collect more tongues
>start to invade with cracked orbs
>give up after 5 ganksquads

they really should bring back being invaded while hollowed, just with lower priority

What a shame, that sounds like a huge Hassle.

It's stupid how you can completely negate poison with passive regen. Poison worked best in DaS2/BB where it did high damage but didn't last very long so it was an immediate threat that needed dealing with.