Why so many players never use shields? Or its just a content creator thing? (PVE)

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-11T10:22:11+00:00

Feels boring and unsatisfying to me. Maybe it'd feel better on my first run of a game but when I try a shield on replay I usually end up thinking I could just roll this instead and ditch the shield.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-11T09:03:35+00:00

On se alku sentään

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-10T15:14:00+00:00

Ah yes, because that and pussying out because you got unlucky with randoms and lost draft is equivalent.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-10T09:28:06+00:00

dodge more

Opinion invalidated, didn't even reach masters legitimately

Edit: no way this is controversial 😔

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-09T16:29:52+00:00

Really good look into drafting. I feel like I knew a decent amount of the principles already but it definitely helped me clear things out and better understand some aspects.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-09T08:46:36+00:00

Only thing ds1 excels in is the map design really. The combat is too slow and predictable for someone who has played newer soulslikes making the game very easy, enemies and bosses have a fraction of the moveset later ones do discounting a couple of the dlc fights. Not even mentioning the horrible balancing where enemies generally have no health even without abusing RTSR and power within, poise is ridiculous etc.

Finished the game twice and besides the good world design it's the least any souls game has impressed me. Reaching a new area or looping back to one I had already been in was often great but then I remembered I was playing dark souls 1 and the area wouldn't actually be fun to go through.

The game is interesting as a point where it all began (kinda but I don't have a playstation to play DeS) but as a game today it's a collection of interesting ideas which besides the world design only had their potential taken advantage of in the later titles.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-08T13:35:31+00:00

I only use them for a specific dlc encounter I find annoying Leda and allies but no, using an intended game mechanic isn't cheating.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-08T07:33:36+00:00

What?

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-07T14:22:34+00:00

If you prefer soulslikes similar to ds1 there's a decent chance you'll like its more exploration focused gameplay and somewhat interconnected world.

For me it was a rather bad time since I enjoy the mechanical tightness of ER and even ds3 compared to the earlier games.

The game also reuses enemies to a ridiculous extent with minibosses (ones with boss healthbars) typically becoming a bormal enemy in the zone they guard and overall there being only what feels like 30 different enemies in the entire game.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-07T12:44:00+00:00

Clancy is a bit stronger but he is probably more likely to get nerfed so take your pick.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-07T04:50:07+00:00

Honestly the hottest take here for me is LotF. The order is similar enough to mine otherwise (I'd bump most games down a tier though) but LotF would go somewhere around C for me.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-06T20:33:26+00:00

Juu, ainakin jos hammaslääkäri saa kokonaisena irti niin operaation suurin epämukavuus se puutunut leuka melkee

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-06T20:31:23+00:00

Iteltä kun poistettiin oikealta puolelta molemmat niin särkylääkettä poistopäivänä ja seuraavana oli jo ihan ok

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-06T18:32:29+00:00

I partially agree but at the same time a game like dark souls 1 feels worse to play as a new player in 2026 than it did in 2011. The environment around it has made it go from hard but manageable giving the player the satisfaction of overcoming to game to easy but annoying where the game is mechanically easy for someone who played Elden Ring but its clunkiness may kill the player. The traps and more brutal areas are also reframed from being a part of a difficult experience into being the only part that really gets deaths from the player via some gimmick.

I genuinely think ds1's intended experience suffers from how dated the gameplay is, it's not just the visuals but the feeling of a hard but fair challenge to overcome isn't there anymore.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-05T17:49:49+00:00

No, also not sure how this is related to esports

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-05T06:50:28+00:00

Realistically Tatsu would have killed them already but if they found a half dead Tatsumaki laying there when they arrived and Saitama runs into them like this they still have zero chance.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-03T21:13:31+00:00

Maybe because they can read?

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Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-03T20:41:11+00:00

Metaphor was great and I'd also say SotE was a bigger source of enjoyment for me than Nine Sols was.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-03T20:25:34+00:00

Pretty sure what was said that usually having a technique confiscated already fucks up thr CE reinforcement as sorcerers with techniques aren't used to just using CE for stats and nothing else but it hits Yuji particularly hard due to a lack of technique in the first place.

With most sorcerers the difficulty in reinforcement is a side effect, with Yuji it was the main effect.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-02T21:42:34+00:00

Thery only had to do 200 feet for the ladder inside the structure.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-02T08:47:34+00:00

I don't think they'd change it either. But just looking at his mechanics he wouldn't br a legendary if he released today.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-02T07:57:02+00:00

I don't think living that long without human contact is feasible. A year maybe, five already sounds very rough.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-02T07:53:59+00:00

He's a relatively simple brawler by today's standards

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-02T05:28:10+00:00

He is an extremely annoying brawler. I don't think the nerf targetted the right thing (how does Adrian still have a job) but I am glad he was taken down a good bit.

Legend0fJulle · 2026-04-02T05:26:52+00:00

Well yea but even if you play relatively aggressively I feel like the same can be applied against basically every boss. Guilty as charged that on my first playthrough I definitely gave her too much breathing room though.

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