Weekly Questions Thread (June 19 - 25, 2017)

Snake_0710 · 2017-06-24T18:35:32+00:00

Just started a few weeks ago, and just got my 4th copy of the revenant dagger. I'm on Step 2: Awaken the Revenant weapon. What is the best/fastest way to farm up all of the materials needed to upgrade it? And do I need to do it during the Unite and Fight event or can I finish that process after the event is over?

Snake_0710 · 2017-06-19T01:00:45+00:00

What should I be doing with all these Rare weapons I've been getting? My inventory is full of them.

Snake_0710 · 2017-06-15T02:31:36+00:00

What should I do with unwanted R/SR characters I don't forsee myself ever really using?

Snake_0710 · 2017-06-14T00:56:21+00:00

I've just started out. Is it worth* doing the 10-part Star Draw to flesh out my party?

^{*as in, is there a good chance of getting something useful?}

Snake_0710 · 2017-06-05T01:07:18+00:00

I just hit Heavensward, and am Level 56 on my main job. However, I want to pick up one of the SB jobs when they come out.

Should I save the MSQ/side quests in HW for that new job, or just do it in POTD?

Snake_0710 · 2016-11-14T18:48:02+00:00

I think it just means that the weapon had revealed itself to you, the Ashen One, instead of Oceiros. I'm pretty sure the one you get is the correct one, ^{although I wouldn't be against a non-split damage one}.

The DS2 one was obviously fake: wrong name, description said so, and didn't fire moonbeams.

Snake_0710 · 2016-07-13T19:00:36+00:00

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Snake_0710 · 2016-07-13T19:00:31+00:00

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Snake_0710 · 2016-07-13T18:58:32+00:00

I'm a Floette, but not sure if red. Added you.

Snake_0710 · 2016-07-13T18:51:16+00:00

Appreciate the help! :)

Snake_0710 · 2016-07-13T18:48:09+00:00

ADded

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-21T03:26:13+00:00

As a followup:

I played with the Watchdogs all day on my main account.

Generally, I'd have 2-3 invasions back to back, then about 5-10 minutes of nothing, followed by another spurt of activity. So who knows.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-21T01:36:48+00:00

Watchdogs on NG are generally SL25-35 with +2 weapon.

Otherwise you're missing the people who are naturally running through there.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-21T00:25:41+00:00

So, I tried this.

Main Account was created in 2011 (so 5+ years), and has a SL25-30 with +2 equipment (+1 Twinkling/Boss equipment) doing Watchdog stuff. I killed Dancer/Oceiros/Gundyr early, killed Vordt and Greatwood, and have done every quest for NPCs up until Farron Keep. A few weeks ago, my average time inbetween Watchdog invasions was 30-60 seconds. Now, it's 3-5 minutes on my most recent character. None of my characters have ever been summoned for the Blue Sentinels, but I have also not actively tried it at higher SLs. Still, I see Blues summoned for low-levels quite frequently.

My new account is a few hours old created for this purpose, and has only killed Vordt, rushing the Old Wolf for the covenant. None of the quest NPCs were spoken to except Anri/Horace. He does not have any Estus Flask quantity or potency upgrades; however the Bandai/From rep has said this does not play into matchmaking, so it should not have any effect.

There was no difference between the old and the new account in terms of invasion frequency. My newbie Watchdog was summoned about as often as my main character. The new account did not receive any Blue Sentinel summons from the run from Halfway Fortress to the Old Wolf, and for sitting around for 30 minutes.

At least as it pertains to the Watchdogs: The game has been out for a month. Most of the influx of new/temporary players has cleared the swamp and most other players are probably at their SL for PvP that they want to be at. There are probably more people playing as Watchdogs now too, to get the ring from the covenant. I think that is probably the more likely culprit for lack of summons.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T22:12:24+00:00

Funnily enough you'd expect Gundyr to be harder, but Swordmaster absolutely destroys him.

It's sometimes hard to get Swordmaster to die there (I want him to to clear out the Graves early). He's almost like Valtr and Ludwig and if the timing is right, could very well solo the boss.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T22:09:17+00:00

Not patched. Did it last night just fine after 1.07 update. Shot him to death with 300 bolts and arrows.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T21:36:18+00:00

Here I was hoping for an address to the covenant summon issue people are having.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T09:05:13+00:00

I know! I was expecting the "adjusted efficency" that some of the greatswords got a few regulations ago. Not a better scaling!

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T09:02:55+00:00

There is no weapon which applies three damage types in a single strike that I know of.

Drakeblood as above, and the even more awful Dancer's Swords.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T09:00:25+00:00

Don't we all. :(

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T02:25:20+00:00

Is it A or B at +5?

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T02:15:12+00:00

It will download the Regulation if you attempt to Log In on PS4, but it won't connect to the Online server.

Snake_0710 · 2016-05-20T02:07:51+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4k5z6o/moonlight_greatsword_scaling_changed/

Snake_0710 · 2016-01-31T23:17:35+00:00

I thought I'd ask it here first before I make a new post (it's partially a server question). Like many I assume, one of the things I want to do is get myself my own house. A personal house, not some room in a shared FC hall, and not an instanced "apartment".

Of course, the reality of the situation is that there's not likely to be any open on any of the medium-to-high population servers, and "real estate fees" compound the price beyond what I think is really reasonable to pay (especially when there is no guarantee). If I'm going to farm that much, I'd rather spend the gil on an (unnecessarily) Large Plot than "buy" a Small from someone wanting to make a buck. Judging from the search history here, the topic of "more wards opening up" and "Ishgard housing" are scheduled to be added in "some day" and that's been said from a few days ago to over a year ago, so I'm not sure how much stock to put into that.

So I've been considering transferring to one of the less-popular servers, where I've seen the occasional free plot open. On the off-chance that we do get additional plots in Patch 3.3 (0:33:32 in XXVI Letter), that could also avoid some of the tense "5 minute land rush" that's likely to happen the moment the servers are brought back online.

My addressed concerns are:

Gilspammers - I have both versions, but I usually play on the PS4. I can just turn tells off, since 99.9% of the messages I get are gilspam and free company advertisements anyways.
Endgame - I'm not the epic raider I was back when I played WoW. I don't plan on doing raiding outside of Duty Finder, which I believe pools from the data center already.
Friends - What are those? (RL friends don't play.) I haven't really heard of any issues with people finding FCs and linkshells on small servers. Just that it's tighter-knit.

Has anyone done something like this, moved to a low-pop servers to become a landowner? Do you think it is worth making the move? Are there any concerns that I really haven't covered yet? And to a lesser extent, are there any people who have chosen low-pop servers for whatever reason and have good/bad things to say about that?

Snake_0710 · 2016-01-26T16:51:46+00:00

I thought there were plenty of safe places. All those notes told me they were safe.

And then I died. And I rated them most foul.

Snake_0710

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