>Gift: Firegem>kill the swordmaster by making him fall of a cliff>reinforce my Uchigatana to +3 and give it my firegem>cleric gloves, cleric pants, cleric headpiece, master's attire for chest>fire clutch ringYup, it's Dark Souls 3 time!
>>730647553>Gift: FiregemNgmiAlways play deprived and no gift, no shield, no 2h weapons>an unimaginable fool in life...
>let's make the most linear game ever made more linear by doing the exact same chores at the beginning of each run
>>730647809It's objectively the most optimal way to play the early game.
>hear about the dark sword being broken>farm the darkwraiths at faron>its only busted in pvpThats about 20 mins of my life i would like back please
ds 3 so bad nobody even wants to play the best part of a souls game lmao
>>730647919I've already beaten the game why would I want the next playthrough to be even easier?
>>730647919>most optimalOn what metric? It's not the fastest (that would be whatever speed runs do), and not the easiest (that's summoning two friends at which point your gear doesn't matter)
>>730647553>Not deep battle axe
>>730648141Summons are easy mode for permanent noobs and game journalists.>>730650281>slow as fuck>dark damage (lmao)
>>730650310So it's objectively optimising your strategy for least difficulty.
>>730650915is it really that good?
>>730650281thisif im not battlemage INT larping in a souls game im not playing properly