Dark Souls 3 1.7 Patch Gets Additional Details On Balance Changes, Official JPN Website Updated With DLC Screenshots

Night Souls three, the latest entry of the series developed by From Software, recently received a new patch which introduces several changes and tweaks to the game'south residue. As information technology usually is, not everything is revealed through the patch notes, and so it's up to players to discover some of the additional changes.

A few hours ago, Reddit user d_bert91 posted his findings on the Nighttime Souls 3 subreddit, confirming some rather interesting changes. The new patch, as expected, adds an selection to buy DLC.

I started testing the update exactly when the patch went live. Here are the results.
Darkdrift now has shield piercing for its running attacks and rolling attacks.
Harpe, shotel, Carthus shotel, and Homo Serpent hatchet now take shield piercing for all of its attacks (I forget to check jumping attacks and then information technology would be good to double bank check this). I did non examination the crescent moon sword due to the spilt harm simply I would presume it is the same. The homo ophidian hatchet shield piercing damage seems to have increased quite a bit to have the best shield piercing backdrop in the game. The damage is still lower than in previous games.
The Perseverance buff poise and the defence force boost appears to have just affected keen hammers and has no change to the hammer form. I am at present able to get 2 swings off earlier the effect goes away. Seems very mortiferous with Morne'south Great Hammer as the result persists after the wrath of the gods set on has been unleashed.
I didn't know exactly what to test on medium shields just I am suspicious that the stamina cost for parrying has been increased but I am not sure if this already existed as is.
Issues that withal stand up: Astora's greatsword 2 handed rolling attack doing the same damage as a two handed strong attack, 2 handed charged whip attacks does the same harm as uncharged.
Edit: There is now an option to purchase add on'south in the master menu but it tells you lot the content is not bachelor yet.

Yesterday, the first screenshots of the Nighttime Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC have emerged online through magazine scans. Today, the game's Japanese website has been updated with better quality screenshots, which highlight the unique atmosphere of the new locations and more than.

Dark Souls 3 is now bachelor in all regions on PC, PlayStation four and Xbox One. The Ashes of Ariandel DLC volition launch on October 25th in all regions and on all formats.