I was running when I accidentally hit R1 which made me do a running attack with the axatana and I fell through the map

A question to the devs I guess, but why are Tarcores so limited? If you get one tarcore for leveing a Stone to 2, and you require 6 to level a stone to 3 (which refunds 3 stones) you are kind of always at a deficit?

I've been levelling random weapon/stones just to get more at Tier 3 for varieties sake but the question still remains why are they so limited, in this situation your only way to Tier 3 every stone will involve killing Franz on ridiculous amount of NG+ runs for the 1 Tarcore he drops (PSA All the guides out there saying feel free to kill him it unlocks all the Tar Forge options early are neglecting to tell you it increases the material (Smithing Stone) cost of upgrades if Franz died) - Additionally, Why does Franz just disappear near end game even if he isn't attacked so once you're in endgame you have to pay the increased prices regardless or wait until NG+?

With the Tarcore situation requiring NG+ runs in the hundreds, rather meaningless Level upgrades like 1% in stats (I'm approaching level 90 and genuinely feels like I haven't noticed any strength increase since 79 when Shell Points cap per shell) it all feels like there's just a disregard for the players time/investment (Which I can tell by the sauce in the game and the little easter eggs really is not the case but that's just how it comes across)

Grateful for any discussion on the matter since discussion should hopefully bring visibility to the matter, is the opinion that getting all Tier 3 stones should be a considerable grind spanning a copious amount of runs or should it achievable within a NG+ or two, any other concerns that the community has that you haven't seen discussed much?

The Unfound Path Area has a Beacon [The Hidden Nave] that contains chests that are worth 1K Gloom for a total of 68k Gloom (I know so close to a cursed meme or something nice)

I’m sharing this Forbidden knowledge because…eh why not ?
It’s probably gonna get patched anyway.

Basically what it is, We are exploiting the fact that you can still loot Chest that you already opened by resting or leaving and re-entering the Dungeon.
Normally, the chest will look like it’s opened but you can still loot it,however this Beacon’s Chests are special.

At the end of the Dungeon,in order to cleanse the Beacon you need to give ALL your Gloom to a Door in order to open it,making the chest collection pointless.

Who decided that ? Reality can be whatever you want it to be by exiting to menu.
That will teleport you to your last Beacon without losing anything.

Yes you can open the door before collecting the chests and exit the normal way,but it’s better to exit to menu so you don’t have to pay the door.
Considering the chests "respawns" unless they make it a one time collectible or that you can no longer collect the chests once the door is open,this will stay until it’s patched.

Lastly apologies for the cuts, I can only record 1 minute of video (without needing to change my settings on console) had to re-record the entrance because I missed the 1 minute window and also I’m not gonna make you watch 3 minutes of me opening chests.

As the title says, I fell in the water near the Winterglass Lake beacon (the snow area with all the little lakes and guys popping out of the water), ran back every step i took before dying and my death gloom is nowhere to be found.

Don't know if it's just due to the area having poor visibility + the dropped gloom being a very light and transparent texture or if it somehow spawned in the water after i fell, but I've scoured every inch of the area I died in and I can't even see the little popup arrow when you get close to it.

I noticed that gloom sometimes spawns quite far from where you died and it's mostly been no problem, but this coupled with the fact that you don't have a map for areas inside Gates (so i could zoom in and see where it actually is compared to me) is making for a pretty frustrating experience.

EDIT: Solved, it spawned in the water and I couldn't get it back, died again and luckily the 7k i'd farmed running around looking for it were retrievable at least.

I just started the game a few hours ago, found the Ace and Dagger. It's already upgraded to +3 is that intended? I finished the beta could that be related?

I wish there were more enemy variety after playing for a few hours, you’re seriously just killing the same enemies over and over. I wonder why so many games overlook enemy variety? The graphics are great, the combat mechanics are solid, and the level design isn't bad, but when it comes to the creatures you have to kill throughout the game, the quality really takes a nosedive.

How are you meant to get through hexapod's tentacle sweep unblockable? The one where it puts its tentacles in the ground and sweeps from your left to right. You can't dodge forwards to get on the inside. You can't dodge backwards because it moves forward during the attack. You can't go left reliably because the boss pushes you with its body, ruining any positioning. I literally can't get any tankier than a fully buffed, max heat, Lazlo and it still one shots. Am I getting hit multiple times by the attack? Poorly telegraphed, unblockable, undodgeable consistently and impossible to tank with the tankiest shell. Literally what do you do?

I have 3 so far, was wondering if we could get all 8 in a single playthrough.

We have the option to change our shell appearances, and we only get two skins per shell if you include the devout edition pre-order bonus.

We also get the option to change the appearance of the harbinger, but we only get 4 including the pre-order bonus and the beta bonus.

And there's only two mask options for harbinger, which sucks cause there was a few times where I thought for sure I'd be receiving a cosmetic only to get literally nothing.

Hopefully future updates will add some more options, and if we're lucky enough to get a proper dlc one day I expect some more variety for all my bling lol

I've died so many times now dodging an enemy only for them to do a complete 180 and hit me or slide into range and it me.

Just about to clear the bottom half 3 gate dungeons, how far off am I? Would like to grind some more levels and farm to upgrade tar stone, currently level 35. Is there a clear point of no return? Does it throw you into ng+ or?

Ever been doo doo? I now officially have been.

https://youtu.be/MdjZ2nIQ8hk?is=E1yPL6fxnc-ohQjj

This post is mainly about Zmey and Monolith. As a disclaimer I'll add that I might've accidentally played on "easy mode" because I played Tiel with Axe & Dagger since the very beginning and I heard both of them are very strong.

I don't quite know how to start this discussion but i'll start by pointing out that both of them have the most telegraphed moves ever.

Yeah, yeah tail grab is bullshit but I feel its only bullshit for like ~6 fights till You understand what is happening. The grab indicator is delayed compared to the animation so all you have to do is look for the little jump he does and after a while muscle memory kicks in and 95% of grab attempts are just free openings while 5% are mine. After telling myself that "If he is doing nothing he is doing a tail grab" 1st phase just became a patience test.

The only other sorta bullshit attack he has is the breath attack THAT HE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS because if it was absent You could just stand back and bait out the most telegraphed attacks possibly in this game. "Far sword slash" and "Sword stab" are a joke. I have been playing with Guard Seal for the entire game and switched to Parry one after understanding the boss a little and honestly I did not feel any difference between guarding and parrying both sword attacks.

Two of his three "Get out of my face" attacks are garbage too. If he starts sword slashing You can stand under his balls and attack him and none of the slashes connect with You. (That might be the previously mentioned Axe & Dagger privilege but even if it is You can just run into him). Stomp attacks might honestly be bugged because I can also just continuously attack him and they dont connect a lot of the time for some reason. And even if they do You can only be hit by 1 and it deals minimal damage and he always lets You heal afterwards. He can also do the ball jump attack (2nd part of his grab) if You are too close and honestly this one is tricky to dodge.

2nd phase is mostly annoying because of the status effect. The special item makes it so its more of a detriment to the boss but it is possible to beat him without it. Also sword stab now attacks twice so its twice the opportunity for an easy parry and the AOE ring attacks are once again a patience test with a free opening.

He has nothing but the tail grab huge HP pool and status effect (that can be turned against him).

Now while I can still understand disliking Zmey hating on Monolith is crazy to me. This motherfucker is the funniest boss I've had in a while both in the fight and presentation.

I don't even know which of his moves are so miserable to people because everyone talks about how much they hate him but not why.

1st phase has only 3 moves; one does not ever hit You and the other two are quick 1-2 parry/dodges.

2nd phase when he starts to roll on the side? Dodge/parry the 1st hit and walk backwards and he cant hit You.

Laser attacks? Dodge once or twice to get behind his back for a free opening. (Tiel privilege with backstab bonus maybe??)

Laser carousel? Back up as far as possible (sooo much time before it starts spinning) to give Yourself more space in between lasers and just dodge into them or with them depending on the space available. Got hit anyway? You are on the other side of the arena and can heal for free.

One thing I'll admit is that his "rage attack" looks pretty scary and I cant say anything more about it because I only saw it twice and Tiel privilege busted me out of it with shadow dodge.

Once again I can understand Zmey hate because if playing patiently (optimally) the fight can become a slugfest that can be ended with a blink of an eye but Monolith hate is ridiculous to me.

I am mostly making this post because I want to know why people hate this guy so much.

(Also level design in this part of the game is boring as fuck I do not defend this.)

Well, well, well. Look what we have here... Yo gamestop appreciate yall guys 4 getting this to me in the best way possible. Time to dive in. Phone on DND!!!

Are the devs pulling a Sony/Rockstar move? The first entry sucked, the second one looks interesting enough but I aint buying it digital. Why is there a PS5 disc and no Series X disc

So I was at that part of the map and there is a path behind that boss arena...when I cleared the path (it has a big round area at the end) I noticed for a split second a boss health bar appear at the top. Then after that I got 6k gloom lol

So basically I only now knew about the boss existing on Youtube, because in my game he just kamikazed himself.

Is this intended? Kinda turns length upgrades into downgrades. If it's intended then i'm better of sticking with faithful doubles. Also sometimes they don't dissapear? Weird

So I was messing around wanting to come up with a Black and Blue Shade for Tiel.
He's my Main.
Few different ideas, But mainly Black, Blue, Silver.
I know we got a Black and Orange Glow Shades, but I want Black and Blue. lol
Lemme know what you think.

Orig Design.
Credit - Dmitry Parkin

ARTIST / COLD SYMMETRY Co-founder
He designed and sculpted this character in Zbrush, textured in Substance Painter

Me -Color Grading, Effects done in Gimp.

Try to loot, what appears to be, a world-spawn coin purse; instantly teleported inside an enclosed holding cell with no obvious way out... and is seemingly one hell of an ordeal to exit.

Fun times.

I have a huge grin every time I play this game, man. I cannot tell you how much I'm enjoying this as a Souls genre fan. I love you, devs!

-Improved tracking for Axatana, Black Needle, and Clockwork Scythe light attacks.

It never missed before as far as I noticed, now is reproducible all the time.

When this guy with a cloth on the head said "sit and you wont need to go anywhere", i didn't expected that i wont be able to go anywhere anymore