Dark Souls 3 Q&A Responses from Bandai Namco
Feb. 29, 2016Dark Souls 3 Q&A Responses from Bandai Namco
Hello everyone! Thank you for all of your questions and a special thank you to the Fextralife team for organizing this. We are not able to answer all of your questions and some of them may never be able to be answered! FromSoftware loves to create worlds where you can create your own stories, so it’s hard to answer some of the specific lore items. Also, with Dark Souls III coming, we believe that a large part of what makes the game unique is discovery. With that being said we have to be pretty tight-lipped prior to launch. Hopefully you all understand. Starting today you’ll see a large amount of Dark Souls III footage surfacing from the first few areas in the game. Thank you so much for being a part of this community and we definitely appreciate your support. We’re so excited for April 12th and I personally look forward to consulting this community as we embark upon our question together.
J. Kartje
Community Manager | Bandai Namco Entertainment America |@jkartje
A:Heavier equipment will affect the player’s movements and will definitely have an impact on the roll maneuver. Equipment load is currently tied to the Vitality stat which also affects Defense and Resistances.
A:Poise is present in Dark Souls III. We can’t discuss any of the specifics at this time though.
A:Weapon upgrades will be performed with various Shards and Embers, similar to previous games, but not exactly alike.
A:Covenants will be making a return in Dark Souls III. We do not want to name a specific number or detail exactly how they work since we believe that is exciting information to discover upon the launch of the game.
A:The starting available gifts are a Life Ring, Divine Blessing, Hidden Blessing, Black Firebomb, Fire Gem, Sovereignless Soul, Rusted Gold Coin, Cracked Red Eye Orb, or a Young White Branch.
A:Some Weapon Skills require you to 2-hand a weapon. You will see a wide variety of tactics and weapons in Dark Souls III and you will have an even greater challenge ahead within the world.
A:Dark Souls III will be crafting its own story. There are various characters and tales to discover. That’s about all that we want to say before the launch, since we wouldn’t want to spoil anything!
A:You will meet a female Fire Keeper at the Firelink Shrine that will help guide you and level up.
A:Weapons Skills differ from weapon to weapon.
A:Weapon Skills offer a variety of new maneuvers and attacks that will assist all different types of characters.
A:The Level 1 Deprived class is back!
A:There is a Season Pass available with Dark Souls III. We’ll have more details on upcoming DLC soon!
A:There is much to discover in the world of Dark Souls III. We’re excited for you to explore it on your own! We don’t want to spoil anything for you!
A:There is an area at the beginning of the game that will test you to see if you are ready to move on. We wish you good luck against Iudex Gundyr.
A:Each shield will have an icon letting you know whether it can be used in conjunction with Weapon Skills or Parrying.
A:Yes. You will see more Spells, Miracles, and more. Each wand/weapon will have a Weapon Skills as well to give you even more options.
A:You can warp between bonfires at the beginning. That being said the world is very interconnected and you’ll find various shortcuts.
A:Different abilities will consume different amounts of FP.
A:My favorite Weapon Skills haven’t been revealed yet!
A:FromSoftware actually reads lots of feedback on their games. They want to create their own stories and projects, but look to the players to improve that even further. Hopefully people can see inklings of that in the post-launch support on Dark Souls II, whether through the different DLC areas or the balancing delivered in patches.
A:This is a great question. I honestly don’t know the answer, but just wanted to say thank you and that is a very interesting concept. I will research this.
A:I feel that players have understood what FromSoftware wants to create and have run with it. FromSoftware are overwhelmed with all of the support they have received and want to create even more stories and memories.
A:Dark Souls on Xbox 360 will be playable on the Xbox One soon! That’s about all the information on that front at the moment.
~ J. Kartje
Want to know more and specifics? Read theDark Souls 3 Resource Articlefor details on Classes, locations and more!
JKartje
Community Manager at @BandaiNamcoUS. #NarutoStorm4 & #DarkSouls3 all day long.
It’s not impossible that they read the threads here from time to time. That’d kind of be a requirement for “keeping in touch with the community”, actually. But if they have accounts, I’ve not seen any.
I don’t know, it’s just a possibility.
Hey, which one ?
Dang, I wished I asked a question. I didn’t know this was happening.
Possibly….and one of them could be in this very thread. duh duh duuuuuuh
Are Fromsoftware developers also in this forum?
i hate not being able to level up from the bonfire.
Poise exists, but they don’t wanna say in what form
ominous music
Binoculars with extra adjustable zoom would be a dream come true. Actually isn’t it about time?!
Oh wow, an actual Namco representative. Welcome to the forum.
Did I miss this Q&A session? That’s so unfortunate! Can I still ask a question, or is it too late?
We wish you good luck against Iudex Gundyr.– I can almost hear them chuckling.
Awesome interview. Can’t wait to see how those new starting gifts are.
