Time is convoluted

#101

Blocking is low skill?
Oh boy here we go, another player who hates defensive styles.

You know this shit is so stupid,
And one of the reasons I love playing defensively.
Cause people love to bitch about it and they get frustrated.

Its fucking hilarious watching people get pissed at it.

Theres guard break, which you gotta watch out for. You cant block all day cause eventually stamina.
Not only that, you also gotta watch out for buffs. Cause some players will try to damage you through your blocks.

And no, that’s not what killed shields in ds3.
It was that stupid ring that made it so stamina would drain at unreasonable amounts if you were guarding.

Because stupid little bitches complained about not being smart enough to create an opening, and had to be given one.

In light of this I wish you had ds2.
I’d say let’s Pvp so I can annoy the shit out of you with blocking.

Tho unless you’re good at parrying or pvp in general in souls, youd die in like 5 to 6 slashes.
Unless I decide to heal you.

Cause I tend to do that a lot with warmth.
I dont like short fights lol.

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#102

No that’s wrong

I actually think DS1 so better for it’s better build variety including tank builds

But shields are easier to use and as such they should be less rewarding than rolls which are harder to use which are also universal compared to shields

Okay so

Your going on a whole PVP thing here

But Dark souls at it’s core is a PVE game

Sure PVP is important but even PVP is an expansion of PVE

Again players

PVE

Thanks for helping my argument

#103

-_- if we’re talking pve, then you tripping balls because it’s barely worth blocking against bosses cause most can fuck you through gaurds.

And now you want them to be less rewarding?
How?
Why?

And uh no…
Not really.

Dodging is pretty easy to use.
Both are on par with with each other,
But rolling has like no down sides.

Blocking tho you gotta take several things into consideration.

Knowing how to effectively use a shield takes more skill than dodging.

:P

Seriously tho I wanna fight you on the bridge xD

#104

THANK YOU

DARK SOULS HAS NEVER BEEN A GAME ABOUT BLOCKING

You were saying they should be on par to dodging

I was saying they shouldn’t

So as is

From my perspective you were asking for a buff since you were talking PVP while I was talking PVE

That’s essentially the whole dark souls is easy conversation since dodging is at it’s core

Nuh uh

I’m not going to say dodging is a master skill but holding a button and timing a button are two separate things no matter the difficulty

You just manage stamina

Like a more punishing dodge

You’d probably win

Never been one for PVP

Then again the only PVP players I fought have been twinks and gankers so maybe I’m under selling myself

#105

Damn you.
You deny me match on the bridge!
Coward!!!

No, honestly tho, they are on par with each other.
You gotta know how and when to use both.

You always Talk like if you go hard in games, how do you not see that both are good and require the same amount of skill?

Dodging is easier tbh.

And Nah, blocking is just as much a part of the game. Just since dodging is easier to use, that’s what it’s more known for ;D

Btw I Only got into the pvp I’m ds2 simply to get my dragon armor.
Which was beyond sexy.

Then it turned out I was really good in ds 2 pvp.

At a certain point no invader could kill me xD.
Good times.

I think wed have a fun match tho.
Probably a few.

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#106

Then how do you use a shield?

What’s the intricacies?

#107

Yet another thread where you feel you need to say this. You’re overcompensating for your guilt over being a furry.

Just accept it Fire. James Cameron will help you.

#108

Actually time is pretty straightforward. The time displacement device is not convoluted at all. Someone has to be terminated? Send an infiltration unit to the correct temporal coordinates, boom, job done.

#109

To think we got proper dual shields in DS2 after

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#110

You know you keep trying to be funny by repeating that, but you just end up sound like a retarded broken record.

At this point it’s like you’re trying to tell me that you wish I was a furry, so i could be like you.
Sorry broski, not a furry like you.

#111

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#112

Make sure it’s not an attack that can break your gaurd or your fucked.

Keep an eye out for pen damage, like bleed, dark, ect.

Dont keep your sheild up because your stamina recovers more slowly when you do.

You can lift and drop it quickly To make it look like your jacking off cause that shits funny.

You can also keep your gaurd up then roll to make them think you’re going to block.

This is pretty much what comes to mind, tho it’s pretty basic but shit you gotta keep in mind or you will end up losing.

Dodging however?
No real skill involved, press the button when somethings coming.

Nothing else to it.

Dodging is easier and less skilled.

#113

Hes trying to be funny, but hes getting desperate, so he just comes off retarded.
It’s just sad.

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#114

Your right

I’m different

DEUS VULT JAMES CAMERON

#115

I will admit I didn’t think about holding the shield up as a mind game

But that’s a PVP thing

And getting bleed or poisoned through a shield isn’t likely in PVE and is more of just a downside

Managing stamina is just common sense

Considering the significant wind-up of attacks, timing a dodge is more difficult than holding L1

#116

Youre too focused on the pve aspect.
In pve its just do what you want for the most part.

But everything I said still applies for the most part.
Dot damage through blocks happen in pve too.

Ok so, blocking only really works against minions and like one or two attacks from Bosses.

Considering Most bosses wont get recoiled off your sheild, they’ll just keep attacking until you your gaurd is broken.

That being the case, it isnt worth trying to always block at bosses.

But dodging?
An attacks coming hur hur dodge out the way.

Theres no down side to dodging.
At all.

Dodging takes less skill.

You seem to forget.
I frames.

SHIELDS DONT GIVE YOU I FRAMES THEY ONLY BLOCK ATTACKS.
ALSO MOST SHIELDS DONT EVEN BLOCK ALL THE DAMAGE.

lol I may sound like I use shields more, but I dont really favor one over the other.
I use shields and dodging pretty evenly tbh.

Il say it again tho, it’s a shame you dont have ds 2.
All this ds talk makes me wanna have some duels lol

#117

That’s what DS is

PVP is second

Not to mention this entire conversation started from a conversation about PVE

Not enough of a threat to actually have to bother

Besides what are you going to do?

Play keep away till your meter goes down? That’s not hard.

An attacks coming hur hur block it

That just makes them worse not harder

If dodging only negated 50% of the damage it wouldn’t be harder to dodge

There’s a merchant that sells 100% shields at the start of the game

Unless it’s the grass crest shield you don’t really have an excuse.

#118

In ds 2?

Do they sell it right at the start?

Cause as far as I remember the best sheild is the kings sheild.

You give dodging way too much credit lmao.

No, it’s not more skilled than blocking.
It’s easier.

#119

Not DS2 but DS1

DS2 has some shields that get pretty close though early game

You don’t give it enough

#120

Ok

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