re: Dark Souls (Remastered) Thread for replay discussion and first timers

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Just buy the buckler shield and learn to parry. It'll take just a bit but DS1 is ridiculously easy to parry in and the buckler has a slightly bigger timing window for forgiveness. Once you get the rhythm of it, you'll be criticaling enemies in no time and slaughtering them left and right.

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While parrying is extremely important, I limit it to strong, midsized enemies like silver and black knights. Most bosses either can't be parried at all or can't be riposted (Gwyn being the massive exception), and most smaller mobs just aren't worth the aggravation. As an example, I never parry hollows. Much simpler to just equip a 100% physical shield and let their attack bounce before attacking.

indeed. you were playing on hard mode

Upgrading your weapon at a blacksmith is the most important way to 'level up'

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I think part of my problem was when leveling I upgraded a little of everything for a well rounded character. I saw later that this is a mistake and you have to stick to a certain build so it probably didn’t help my character sucked

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you definitely identified your main issue.

My strategy for leveling, which might get blasted for whatever reason, is as follows:

load a ton of early points into strength or dex for 10 or so levels (just made that number up because each game is differently). If i'm going pure strength or pur dex build then I might bump these up even more. If I'm going balanced then I might do 5 strength, then 5 dex, then 5 and 5 again or something.

After I bump those attack stats up, I'll worry about health and stamina.


This is all assuming I'm playing a game for the first time and have no clue when and where certain weapons/weapon types will make an apperance. If I cheat and look them up, or if I am playing a game for the Nth time, then I might be able to strategically level up based on what I need for weapons that might be available early or whatever.

My thought process is that I am able to protect myself and not die much easier by hitting the enemies as I hard as I can and kill them as quickly as possible vs trying to build up my health early and trying to survive.

If you are doing a spellcaster build then you can swap str/dex for int/faith. If I come across a particular spell that I think will be useful for my STR or DEX builds then I might build up that particular stat to the minimum needed to utilize the spell but usually I just don't even bother since it's not my preferred way to play these games.

Yeah, that's the hard part. My tendencies are the same way, seeking balance. But it pays to be unbalanced in these games a lot.

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Can I get help for DkS3 in this thread? I just started and have questions.

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Not my thread, but I would think so. No need to stretch the conversation so thin.

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Is there really no map? How do you travel between bonfires? Jumping seems to suck, is the jump attack not possible in this one? Are guard counters not possible in this game? Is there really no map?

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Really no map.
I’m not at my computer, but it should be super obvious to my recollection. With that said, you can’t level up or fast travel until you reach the hub area. Jump attacks have never been my cup of tea, so I’ll defer to others. Guard counter… expound?
Really no map

No map, but you don't need one since it's all pretty linear. There are secrets areas you'll have to find or look up though.

When you activate enough bonfires you'll see the option to fast travel.

No jump attacking. Yeah, we know. You can hit a button and jump. You have to for some stuff. But yeah, it's a limitation of the older games.

No guard counters.

You really don't need a map. Just get a feel for the game and explore.

You got to time your heals with him. You have to get some big space to breathe to heal.

You can get it to +15???

How do you do that? Lol