Did something happen to make everyone stop playing Dark Souls III?

>There's a shitton of build variety in this game.
But this isn’t Dark souls 2 user.

I know. But I already did nine characters in that game.

>mage build

kek, enjoy your disappointment

You say that like it's a bad thing

Playing through solo for the first time atm. It's a bit annoying I can't fix my stats until I finish Sirris' questline.

I was unironically playing DS2 scholar earlier today before my nightly shitposting shift on Yea Forums.
Fume Knight is still a good fight after all these years.

It's not that bad after you gain some fucking spells. The first half of the game was a fucking slog but now I wreck everything except magic resistant bosses.

It's a big change since most of my characters are melee. Before this I just got done with a crow quills/talons build which was just a stamina rapist.

>Dark Souls 2
>Build Variety
Literally infuse everything with Dark or Mundane, max all stats and use the meme crossbows. That's the meta.

It’s not

Dude. Fuck the meta. We're talking about all the mad shit you can do. If we wanted meta we'd still be binocular spell-sniping with our broken Santiers.

It's still the most active souls game despite Dark Souls Remastered and Sekiro releasing after.

In this thread we list things Dark Souls 2 did that were far better than Dark Souls 3. I'll start:

>No bonfire and no death challenge where you can beat the game without resting at a bonfire or dying to gain a reward and bragging rights

>Non-linear first half of the game allows you to rush straight to the areas of the game that contain the items for your build

>Chugging Estus immobilizes you, and the heal isn't instantaneous meaning trying to chug while someone is sticking close to you will result in death

>Stamina regeneration is tied to weight, so a character at 10% burden will recover their bar faster than a character at 70% burden, giving an advantage and a reason to make a low burden character

>Poise exists and armor provides relevant, but not overpowering damage reduction, giving an advantage and a reason to make a high burden character

>Phantoms and Dark Spirits cannot chug estus, spirits can only heal via spell useage which is slow. This makes fighting outnumbered even without mob assistance possible since any damage you do sticks

>Can only perform four rolls before running out of stamina

>Can only perform 5 attacks of a rapier or straight sword before running out of stamina

>Parrying has longer recovery frames and consumes more stamina, making parry fishing riskier and makes parrying require higher skill

>Power stance allowing for unique combinations of dual wielding and unlocking an alternative moveset for weapons

>Being able to use the full moveset of a weapon in your off-hand including running, rolling, backstepping, etc. attacks rather than just being able to do a basic R1 swing and blocking with the weapon as it is in Ds3 (lmao who would ever want to weapon block)

>Bell Tower covenant providing two unique optional areas to PvP for Titanite Chunks, Slabs, and Twinkling, making farming for upgrades fun

>Bonfire ascetics to replay bosses you like and or gain items from NG+ and beyond without grinding through the whole game again

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Oh I know, it's great that it isn't ds2