Elden Ring

[Fignuts]

Collaboration between George R. R. Martin and From Software. It's basically an open world Souls game.

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[Curtis]

Looks really awesome, even though Im not a fan of Martin and only played Dark Souls 2, but will deff pick this up.

[RP]

It gave me a huge boner


Did not care that G.R.R. Martin was involved.

I just cared that is was From

[drave]

That means the last act of the game is going to suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[Destor]

That means the last act of the game is going to suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
the last act in all of his books are great. Storm of Swords has one of the best climaxes of all time.


he didnt write the show.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, in fact the drop off in GoT happened after they ran out of source material, and the space cadets that sewed Deadpools mouth shut started writing everything.

[Destor]

TRUTH

[drave]

Never watched a single episode of GoT. Tried, but couldn't make it through.

[RP]

I'll be playing Day 1 ( 2-25) on PS4. I think Elden Ring is cross platform for PS4 PS4 Pro and PS5.


Who's playing where? Anyone thinking about Co-OP?


I think i'm rolling an Astrologer

[Fignuts]

Gonna play on series x

[RP]

well seriesly suck my balls

[Fignuts]

Only played for a couple hours. Starting area is gorgeous. Horse combat feels good.

[Sepholio]

I imagine this will be my next game after I finish Horizon, which is gonna take awhile methinks.

[Lock Jaw]

Hey George R. R. Martin, how about that next Song of Ice and Fire book? I wonder if he even still has any interest at all in finishing it....

[Fignuts]

I'm still very early in, but I'm not even really seeing any influence from Martin. Still feels 100% like a Miyazaki game.

[Sepholio]

George R. R. Miyazaki.

I can't remember where I read the article, but there was an interview with some of the creators of the game a few weeks back and they said that they altered A LOT of the characters in the game from the way George had envisioned them. Basically took his ideas and then gave them that uniquely twisted, mutated and exaggerated look they are famous for. Probably makes it a lot harder to see his influence.

[Ruien]

Is this game supposed to be done solo or multiplayer for the bosses? The intended way.

[Ruien]

Solo seems really hard. Takes forever to kill a boss. But the same is super simple with 2 people. No middle ground.....

[Fignuts]

What boss?

Some will be easy while others will still be challenging even with two people.

[Fignuts]

Killed about 5 bosses so far, by myself. Haven't gone up to the castle yet.

[Fignuts]

If solo seems really hard, here's a tip I discovered very early on, that the game doesn't tell you

git gud

[Big Vic]

Looks really awesome, even though Im not a fan of Martin and only played Dark Souls 2, but will deff pick this up.

Fuck I thought Curtis was back :(

[Extreme Angle]

This game is pretty wicked!
I found an awesome axe in a wagon with a 30 STR requirement. Finally put all my points and am now a Horse Guy and Dragon Slayer.
Yet to go up through the Storm Gate.

[Fignuts]

I am so happy they've put save points near bosses in this, similar to Sekiro. The long grueling run back to the boss you died at is the only aspect of previous souls games that felt more like an artificial challenge. It didn't necessarily add that much to the difficulty, but just made it so much more tedious. The run to Seath the Scaleless can go fuck itself.

[Fignuts]

I've put in around 8 hours so far. All of it has been in west limgrave. Given the sheer amount of content ive experienced, I figured it had to be a large portion of the map. Maybe even a quarter of it.

Just saw a pic of the full map and holy French fried titty fuck, no. It is most definitely not a large portion of the map. This is insane.

[Extreme Angle]

I've put in around 8 hours so far. All of it has been in west limgrave. Given the sheer amount of content ive experienced, I figured it had to be a large portion of the map. Maybe even a quarter of it.

Just saw a pic of the full map and holy French fried titty fuck, no. It is most definitely not a large portion of the map. This is insane.

I'm trying not to look at anything! I've now beaten the first boss and explored everything south/south-west of the castle.
Gone down a massive lift to the east and am currently fighting some cheeky clay nasties.

[Fignuts]

Fucking 10 bosses I've found in the starting area. And 2 AI invaders. Nuts.

[drave]

jesus, they've scaled up eh

[Fignuts]

Just found another one. 11.

[Fignuts]

12. I THINK that's the last one. 12 bosses in the first area of the map.

[drave]

what's your death counter look like.


I'm still stuck in Sekiro.

[Fignuts]

I dunno where to look for that stat but...a lot.

That said, after 20 hours in I finally went up to fight Margit and beat him in about 5 trys. Stormveil feels like a classic dark souls area.

[RP]

I've put 40 hours into this game. I'm not far. I've gotten my head beat in repeatedly. And... this is one of the best games i've ever played.



Everything feels worth it to me. Every boss, every mob, every thing i pick up.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, it doesn't matter what you're exploring, but whatever boss you're spending 20 minutes on is guaranteed to drop something useful. Maybe not specifically for your build, but I've not encountered any trash rewards so far.

There are even some items that I'd label a necessity for any build that are hidden away in optional caves. Everything is worth looking into.

[Fignuts]

Also, strolled into Caelid, and my God someone activated a behelit. Serious blight town vibes in terms of the tonal shift.

[Fignuts]

Walked out to one of the greatest views I've ever seen in a video game. You'll know it when you get to it.

[drave]

Also, strolled into Caelid, and my God someone activated a behelit. Serious blight town vibes in terms of the tonal shift.




Sounds like something a maidenless scum would do.

[Fignuts]

This maidenless scum took down Margit and Godrick with relative ease thanks to all that exploring.

[Fignuts]

Where is ECG? I thought he might make an appearance for this.

[drave]

Perhaps he was lured away by the maiden of touch.

[drave]

ugggghhhh...... hype starting to bite. Been watching clips and kinda wanna play.


Only From game I've owned is Sekiro....... still not done with it. Did not care for the "clunkiness" of Souls I and II - so I didn't play III.

[Sepholio]

I'm finally playing it on PC. It's kinda clunky because the buffering system they programmed is freaking whack and designed so low end systems can play it. No matter what I put the settings on, every minute or two its gonna hitch up for a couple seconds as it loads in new assets. So dumb restricting the amount of memory for the buffer, should have made it variable ffs. I should be able to use the extra RAM/VRAM I have like in every other game. Really fucking sucks when you're fighting a boss and oops rando freeze for a second and then you get mauled.

I'm still in limgrave at this point but it's ok so far. I don't get all the hype though. Controls still have that trademark clunky feel that all From games have (they do it intentionally or whatever they say), graphics are good but nothing special, just feels like every other souls game so far except I guess open world and not quite as hard (it has to be easier, I'm not great at these games and I managed to actually beat the "impossible" first boss all these games have). The score is really really good though. I'm assuming the game must pick up or something and it gets better because so far I just don't get the hype. It's a very good game, for sure. But that pedestal it's being put on seems a bit of a stretch at this point.

[Sepholio]

For anyone wanting to beat the tutorial boss and score the nice sword and shield I got that I cant even use lmao, just dodge dodge dodge and occasionally go in for a single strike. Took me some time but it worked.

For being the boss you are supposed to lose to, he wasn't shit compared to this other guy I ran up on like 30 mins later. Found this random glowing circle that took me to the gaol or something. Just an enclosed area with this one enemy who absolutely mauled tf out of me. If they seriously meant for you to lose the first boss battle they should have thrown him in the tutorial. Anyways, I'll come back there later. Way later.

[Fignuts]

The hype has to do with how the open world is designed, and how nothing is seemingly wasted. The geography and enemy placement are carefully thought out to present asmany unique challenges as possible. It breaks the mold from typical open world games where large portions of the map are just regurgitated assets used in the same way, over and over.

Im not sure clunky is the right word, because they are responsive and even smooth, once you get into the rythem of the dodge/attack/block dynamic. Its just a much slower, more tactical approach to combat, as youre locked in once you attack, so you have to be very deliberate.

PC got fucked when it comes to performance, no doubt. Glad I got it on series x.

[Sepholio]

I read somewhere that controls on PC can have wonky response times as well that don't happen on console. Delayed presses or presses not even registering. So I'm probably experiencing extra PC jank. Really did get shafted here for performance.

Haven't seen the greater open world yet so I'll have to wait until I get there to judge it. I swear to god the first area after I leave limgrave better not be a poison swamp >_<

[Sepholio]

Was wandering around the storm hill area and found a way to bypass the first castle and go to Liurnia I think? Big lake area. Was walking around trying to find some loots and enemies I could potentially tackle. Got violently pegged by a dragon instead. Neat.

Gotta say this giant castle sitting on the cliffs in the middle of the lake with the giant erd tree behind it is a hell of a sight though.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, I heard you can bypass the castle. Glad I didnt though, cause the view when you come out the other side is incredible.

And im pretty sure youll still have to go back to it at some point to fight Godrick.

[Sepholio]

Castle was surprisingly easy to bypass, just hugged the base of the rock face near the bottom and kept working around it while looking for little secret dungeon entrances. Ended up turning into this narrow path between 2 rock walls that opened up into a cliff path with a clear place to jump down at the end. Kept walking for awhile not even realizing I had done it until I eventually found some grace and opened the map. I kinda just rode up one side of the lake at that point and popped a couple more points of grace along the way and then teleported back to limgrave to wander around part of that I hadn't explored. Now I'm in some dry canyony area to the east in a little town next to what I think is a poison swamp :/ lol really need to prob go take on the castle and get some direction on where to go.

[Sepholio]

Also found an elevator that took me down to some wicked underground city that looks like its in space. Couldn't hang around there long though. Will most def have to go back later.

[Fignuts]

The further east of limgrave you go the stronger the Bersek influence gets.

[Sepholio]

lol damn these 1 inch wide ledges and crazy platforming paths luring me to my death in the hopes there might be a hidden item around the next corner.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I usually just spawn in one area and kill as many as I can and go back to home base to spend runes.

Grinding.

No idea how people are speed-running easy victories on this game.

[Sepholio]

running to certain areas while avoiding everything and grabbing specific gear/items that make things significantly easier. Look up the Sword of Night and Flame.

Also apparently several areas where you can speed farm high rune targets.

Also hacks really. I saw a video and caught a glimpse of the guys level and either he grinds this game 24/7 or he's hacking. Was level 598 I think.

[Sepholio]

running into some of that obtuse soulsborne chicanery

So I got past Godrick. Went back to the hold and talked to the person who deals with remembrances and then the guy who runs the place. Gave me info on some of the other demigods. First one on the list is Radahn. Well, this finally makes me feel better. You see I had gone to I guess Radahns castle while just wandering around already. And there was nothing to do other than fight and loot the place, no bosses. Just a guy at the end telling me doesn't have need of me right now.

Well, since then I found 2 NPCs that have both told me to go back there for some kind of festival. Have gone back both times. No change. Now the leaders list of targets has this guy immediately after Godricks, so sweet I think, I got to the threshold where maybe something happens there. Listen to his info on the guy. Head back to the castle in Caelid....and still nothing. Dude sitting at the end like "HI THAR PLZ CUM BAK L8r". Wtf? Why are people telling me to come here and there is nothing to do and the boss is off hiding? I wanna take a crack at this guy and see how bad he murders me.

And I know he's going to murder me because peons in that place murder me lol lot of running around and avoiding stuff trying to loot places around that area.

[Sepholio]

oh yeah def dont need to worry about the boss there, anything other than fodder still one shots me. The jobbers take 2 hits to yeet me to space.

[Sepholio]

Oh God it's even worse at the northern end of that area. Done with Berserk: The Game for now. Gonna see whats across that bridge to the south of Limgrave. Maybe I won't be a glorified sacrifice to the elder gods down there.

[Fignuts]

The weeping peninsula is south of Limgrave and is much easier than Caelid. I honestly beleive youre meant to explore it before going to Stormveil castle.

[Sepholio]

Well sounds like I'm gonna go czech that out

[Fignuts]

Thats it, this is my favorite open world of all time. Most other open worlds are fairly predictable. Even if they have varied enviornments, they're pretty standard like forest, tundra, desert, etc. With Elden ring, enviornments feel much more unique. Even areas that are closer to common tropes have details and atmosphere that make it stand out.

[Sepholio]

Randomly got teleported to a place called Crumbling Farum Azula.

Holy shit.

[Sepholio]

I just got sent to some little side area where you can see the proper place from a distance apparently. Just 2 enemies up here and a talisman to loot. No way to get to down to the main area. Damnit.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I farm runes Sellia Crystal Tunnel. There are a few heavy enemies though but as long as you don't go too far it's a great place to battle a few with magic blasts and gain runes for leveling.

It's just not really fun grinding like that. More like MMORPGs-post main story is finished.

[Sepholio]

I'd like to share my absolute disdain for these stupid giant assholes and their stupid giant stone arrows they shoot at me from 7.2 kilometers away with surprisingly amazing accuracy considering I dodged like 8 times to the left between them shooting it and it hit hitting me square in the face almost every time >_<

[Sepholio]

I'm gonna get to you one day you big bastard. I'm gonna sneak around you somehow and then stab you in the back of the knee. And then run really fast in the other direction.

[Fignuts]

Theyre actually pretty easy once you get in close. Gotta try and use whatever cover you can find to get there.

[Fignuts]

Was on a roll and beat three bosses in row on my first try. Would have been 4, but i got greedy on the Raya Lucaria boss.

[Fignuts]

Randomly got teleported to a place called Crumbling Farum Azula.

Holy shit.

Yeah I just found this place and noped the fuck out after seeing the piddling damage my giant upgraded boss ax did to the enemies there.

[Sepholio]

It honestly is one of the coolest looking places I've ever seen in a game, especially from that birds eye perch eye got from the teleporter.

Was knocking around in the Weeping Peninsula earlier and opened a chest and got teleported to the capital city I guess. Also a very pretty place, especially with the erd tree dominating the sky. Found the nearest grace and left though. I still haven't worked through Liurnia up into Altus (assuming thats next from the dialog). Something about some volcano or something.

[drave]

getting bit by the hype train a lil. Tried playing DS2 when it was out but it was a demo and the controls felt awful. I don't mean the deliberate, dedicated actions, got used to that with Monster Hunter World. Did not care for the controls at all.



It sounds like every fight is like a Monster Hunter World Black Dragon fight, which is awesome.



The visuals are AMAZING in this game and it ticks the boxes I love of character building and what not.....


Just worry about the little time I have to play and how it would probably cause me to enjoy the game less.

[Fignuts]

Well theres no live service bullshit here, so even if it takes you a year to beat it, you wont miss anything.

BuT ViDeOgAmEs CaNt Be PrOfItAbLe WiThOuT FOMO aNd MiCrOtRaNsAcTiOnS

[drave]

On a scale of 10 Sekiros, how hard is it, lol.


That's why I haven't finished it yet. There's only so many times I can be beat into oblivion and that soul sickness or whatever fucks you up so bad where it makes the game even harder :D

[Sepholio]

i dunno where I'd rank it on that scale, but it's the easiest soulsborne game imo just because of the freedom. You can always just go somewhere else where you aren't a puss in this game and get stronger and come back to whatever was mauling you before. And there's always other ways around if you are just plain stuck on something.

[Sepholio]

I think I've died more times to fall damage than combat. A lot more times.

[Sepholio]

The loathsome dung-eater.

[drave]

I gave in last night. Actually found the combat tutorial. Feels good so far, controls MUCH better than the older ones, so I'll dig it.


Buncha maidenless messages though.....

[drave]

Told my wife about the difficulty of the game.




She said "Good, you turn through them so quick, it'll be good for you to be challenged on something for a while."

[drave]

Erdtree Burial Watchdog aka Creepy looking fire breathing cat statue.






Fucker is fast.

[drave]

haha! shouldn't have went there first. got distracted by pretty lights from touching a statue.




Curious, what class did you guys start with? ALmost went warrior, but it was dual-blades and I figured blocking will come in handy. Figured I would be able to wear a shield but wasn't 100%.


I went with the first choice, vagabond I think?


Also tried an Astrologer, but didn't care for casting too much. Maybe when I get more comfortable with the games systems.

[Fignuts]

Starting class isnt a hard line for what you can use or build. It just gives you a boost to particular stats. I started out with samurai so I could balance between strength and dex, but changed my mind and went high strength and endurance so I could weild colossal weapons and great sheilds together.

You also can respec later on.

[Fignuts]

Fought General Radahn and god damn if that isnt one of the coolest boss fights of all time.

[drave]

Think I finally found the way I'm supposed to be going. Right after I got the horse, I had to go toward Stormgate. There was a fucking giant.... thing, that jumped down so I took that as the queue to mount up and GTFO.


Later, my wife saw me die to a "regular" mob and called me a noob as she walked by. She's happy there's a game I'm not steamrolling.

[Fignuts]

You can run past that blockade, and there are other ways around it as well.

[drave]

Ah yeah, I definitely trucked through there, fuck that, lol.




This game is fucking great man. I love that every encounter can go wrong any moment. Went through some barracks ruins and had these god damn goblin statue things ambushing me, making me bleed. That shit was hard, but I got through there.


I kinda wanna start over and play a bandit. I heard the knife builds up bleed damage, and I love dodging, striking, and evading. Been playing through the ruins right outside of that blockade a few times to get more used to combat and improve. I've gotten some decent pieces of armor from it too, which I either equip or sell and level up.


Figured I needed to level up because Margit fucking wiped me before I could even blink.


I love this game. It almost feels like the very first time I fought Nergigante on Monster Hunter World. I was stuck on that fucker for a couple weeks man.

[Sepholio]

lmao i managed to fast travel out of a fall death somehow. You aren't getting my runes this time random slippery cliff.

[slik]

https://i.imgur.com/Xxawvgu.jpeg

[drave]

lmao i managed to fast travel out of a fall death somehow. You aren't getting my runes this time random slippery cliff.




Was talking to Fignuts last night and learned the hard way that one of my controllers has stick drift. Had cleared a group of 4, walked away to help one of my kids, and then I hear SILENCE from the main room.


Character casually walked off a cliff - that was not cool.




Think I'm level 14? Messed around with Margit a bit, got him down to almost 50%, but definitely going to have to level up more and come back with better stuff.

[Sepholio]

Is there a trophy for dying a googol times? I feel like there should be.

[drave]

its crazy man. got my ass handed to me by a group of 4 mobs, multiple times. Then, when I beat them, I was like water man - they didn't touch me once.

[Fignuts]

And then you get cocky, and hours later, they randomly kill you again lol

[Fignuts]

So I reached the northern most part of the map, and its really tough, but Ive managed to hang with the enemies. Even beat a field boss. Then I unlocked the secret are nearby and oh god my poor asshole. It will never be the same.

[Sepholio]

NO! NO NO NO NO NO!
https://i.imgur.com/gf7eCuZ.jpg

[Sepholio]

Imagine spending hours throwing your battered corpse against an unsurmountable enemy, finally winning, and then immediately being tapped on the shoulder by that monstrosity like "Hey, you, I know you're SUPER excited right now but that was just the warm up honey."

>_<

[Sepholio]

LJFGLKIUJFSHJ:KSFH:OKJLSDF ONE MORE HIT

[Sepholio]

A pox on this bitches house.

[Sepholio]

Update: F a pox, I burned that assholes house down.

[drave]

this game is so god damn amazing. gets better the longer i play. took down a few bosses now, I'm lvl 27 I think?


Holy SHIT at the scale of this game man. Also, I found a mace, and leveled it. Blood damage is fucking lethal man. 3-4 shots on most things and BAM, blood explosion and death.


I cannot even imagine what its going to be like when shit gets real and I actually can live long enough to hang with the demi-god bosses. Lookin at you Margit, you ugly bastard.


Really enjoyed the Longboat boss in the flooded town. Just got my flask last night, after nearly 50 hours in, lol.


I keep getting the itch to start an alt. I found a whip. A fucking whip. No one told me I can go Simon Belmont on their asses. Kinda wanna make a dex build after mucking about with a dagger that had "sidestep" on it.


I can see an assassin type being VERY difficult to play, but also damn fun.

[Fignuts]

I have become Elden Lord

Going to fight the couple of super bosses and upgrade some weapons before I start a ng+

[drave]

There's a NG+ ?????


Fuck me, I'm not getting away from this anytime soon.


Fuck those giant dog things that spread rot. Those fucking things man! Barely got 2 shots in on the first one.

I did take the dragon in Sellia down to half health before he decided he was done toying with me, lol.


This game is ridiculous, and I can't possibly imagine what the "big boss" fights are going to be like.

[Fignuts]

NO! NO NO NO NO NO!
https://i.imgur.com/gf7eCuZ.jpg

Im fighting her now and I might need to respec. Pure strength build is way to slow to fight her with.

[Sepholio]

You mean to tell me that after all this time those stupid little stakes in the ground have a freaking purpose? >_<

[drave]

Took down Margit at 35 and Godrick at 40.


This mace man.... I just keep leveling it, and it just keeps bashing things. Gonna go try to find the place to activate Godricks rune or whatever. Probably get thumped again.

[Fignuts]

I did end up respeccing to beat Malenia. I just dont see how its possible with a colossal weapon. Just way too slow to hit and dodge, and even blocking restores her health. Went with a bloodloss dex build, and I dont want to say it trivialized the fight but I beat her fairly handily on the second try.

Did the secret boss at Crumbling forun azul and now Im just leveling weapons I might like to use on ng+. Might buy all the champions armaments too.

I did go back and do some previously undiscovered caves and catacombs. One shotted a boss in weeping penninsula with my weapon skill

[Fignuts]

I did almost get malenia once with the colossal sword, so maybe it is possible, but I feel like I would ended up fighting her 50 more times before finally getting it done and I just didnt want to. No regrets.

[Sepholio]

It is, I beat Malenia with a Colossal Sword. The Godslayers Greatsword is the name, but it is classed as Colossal. The one with the sick black flame attack.

It was trying af and involved absolutely precise timing on those attack queues to get in hits with the black flame.

[Fignuts]

I went to help my friends fight Mohg, despite having never faced him myself. They didnt care, as they had already died like 50 times and just wanted help

Ended up stepping too far into the door and triggering the cut scene before they could summon me and we're like "okay well I can at least see some of his attacks before I die and come help you guys"

Got him on that first try. Friends had a aneurysm and couldnt beleive I did it. Looking at some other peoples experience, I cant beleive it myself. I didnt even have the shackle or the special tear to make it easier.

Just walked in and slapped him in the dick.

[Sepholio]

The "spirit" version of Mohg (I think he was called The Blood Lord or something like that) or the real Mohg at the end of the palace at the top of the underground area? I remember finding the knockoff one just exploring one day and thought he was fairly easy and then got murderized by the real Mohg a couple times at a later date.

[Fignuts]

Real one.

Didnt even know there was a spirit version.

[Sepholio]

Real one.

Didnt even know there was a spirit version.

Spirit wasn't the right term, it's "Omen". And yeah, Mohg The Omen is the boss in the Subterranean Shunning Grounds under the capital. Same dungeon where The Loathsome Dung Eaters real body is located.

[Sepholio]

I have begun my 1000 year journey into darkness guided by the full moon.

[drave]

Meanwhile I'm just getting to Raya Lucaria going "DAMN".




The Sofria River is something too. That boss though......

[Fignuts]

Which one? Theres quite a few in sofria river.

[Sepholio]

Meanwhile I'm just getting to Raya Lucaria going "DAMN".




The Sofria River is something too. That boss though......

Which one? Theres quite a few in sofria river.

Have to imagine at his point he means the standard Ancestral Spirit from the first entrance into the region. Which yeah, that's a really cool boss.

Can't wait to hear Draves reaction to Mohg when he reaches the true end of that region eventually lol.

[Sepholio]

By the end I think I finally settled on my favorite weapon: Rivers of Blood. Absolutely love that Katana and the speed at which it's special attacks. Blood loss build up too. It's a peach. And it looks cool as shit.

Still carried the Sword of Night and Flame as well as the Godslayers Greatsword as well though. Night and Flame is beautiful for crowd control even after the nerf and The Queens Black Flame from the Godslayer might be slow but good god it does the most amount of damage.

Off hands included a seal, the luzat scepter (wasn't the best but it looked the coolest and I just needed it occasionally to pop a sorcery off) and the silver mirror kite shield (carrian shield is stronger at +25 to the +10 of the mirror, but again, looks way cooler lol).

[Sepholio]

Need to remember the name of the one dragon incantation I was in love with. Greyolls or something like that. It's just a freaking shout but it basically terrorizes enemies. You can roll up in a bosses (even a lot of major ones) face and use it and it will stun them and even potentially cancel them out of some attacks. Saved my ass a few times and even let me wreck a few easier bosses without them ever being able to really fight back.

[Fignuts]

Ruinous Greatsword is my favorite right now. Special ability sends a wave of gravity energy across the ground for quite a distance. Its wide too. I go to the farming spot at Moghwyn palace and can get 60,000 runes in about 20 seconds.

[Fignuts]

Any ememy is deadly in a group, but this sword makes fighting them trivial.

[drave]

Academy was awesome. Accidentally cheesed the knight right before the lift to the boss.


He chased me, I ran onto the lift, stepped on the switch and then ran off the lift. He jumped trying to get back to me. Easy shield.


VERY fun boss fight. When she summoned the dragon, it legit made me fucking jump, but also wasn't even mad I died like that. She took me 2-3 days, and when I beat her, she hit me only once.


Going through another river now, underground. Not sofria. Beat the guardian bosses ass there.


Something is wrong with the quest where I release the sorceress, Lynell or whatever her name is?


I encountered her early in the game at the waypoint ruins as usual. Got the quest to go free her, found her, but she won't speak. I have the scroll from the other dude at the manor (I'm horrible remembering the fancy names everyone has, sorry) that is supposed to introduce me to her, but still - nothing.


So I am trying to kill some giant fucking dragonkin knight underground instead.

[drave]

Beat the Dragonkin getting hit only once. Bitch.




Got a larval tear and STRONGLY thinking of respeccing to dex..... but wasn't 100% if I should or not, because my spiked mace smashes so hard. I def didn't put in enough endurance though. Can barely take 3-4 shots before stance break. Think I've put 3 points maybe? As I've progressed, dodging really seems to be "the way"

[Fignuts]

You probably also have a starting sheild with shit Guard Boost, which determines how much of your stamina bar guarding takes out.

I bumped up endurance a lot so I could carry a colossal sword in one hand, and a great sheild in my other while wearing high poise armor. I could eventually guard the biggest attacks in the game without breaking stance.

[drave]

I didn't even know what that was, lmaooooo. 100% using a "brass shield" from Limgrave.


Had a Lordsworn Towershield, but it became too weighty.


Went to Roundtable Hold and was all "why is it so fucking dark?". Killed the bitch-ass skull-wearing edgelord and now I am a skull-wearing edgelord. Too bad the stats aren't as good as D's Twin armor though.


I have the dagger from Blaaid's quest, and a few other "decent" dex weapons. I've not even been using weapon skills man. Just smack, block/dodge, smack some more.


Somewhat afraid to fuck with it, and make myself useless. At the same time, I feel like I'm gimping myself. I can't use any incantations at all, barely any skills. I can summon my wolves once and all my FP is gone.

[drave]

Oh yeah, and there's this entire section of Linuria I cannot figure out how to get to. It's in the SW corner and its like an elevated plateau or something.


I did go around that area and found the warrior NPC and got the half of the dudes' tree medallion, but that was still "under" everything.


Spoiler free how to, if anyone knows. Or if it very obvious later in the "story" - I'll figure it out.




Supposed to be going to the capitol right now, but god damn that's a hard road.

[Fignuts]

Theres a ton of larval tears out there, so if you botch a respec its not a big deal

[drave]

Except I don't wanna cheat and look online :D


Feel like I'd be forced to though, if I just started getting my ass handed to me.


Think the spiked mace is +9 or +12 at this point.

[Fignuts]

Oh yeah, and there's this entire section of Linuria I cannot figure out how to get to. It's in the SW corner and its like an elevated plateau or something.


I did go around that area and found the warrior NPC and got the half of the dudes' tree medallion, but that was still "under" everything.


Spoiler free how to, if anyone knows. Or if it very obvious later in the "story" - I'll figure it out.




Supposed to be going to the capitol right now, but god damn that's a hard road.

Do Ranni's questline. That will get you up there.

[drave]

That's what I've been trying to do. Though I did get some info about a hold in NW plateau from Ranni I think? There's a hold in the "mountains of the giants" or something. So I'll go faffing about there and see what I can smack.


I've made a go at a fort/castle in lower Caelid a few times, but can tell I'm not meant to yet...... or the flame sword wielding giant is just super fucking strong.


Plateau exploration is what's next, when I play again.

[Sepholio]

That skull mask is mad cool though, we all know it.

[drave]

Yeah. Had finished the D quest line LONG before that happened.


Think I will re-spec later with a better investment in endurance over so much dex. Initially put dex in for the badass looking Greatsword you get from killing the werewolf or whatever it was. Short term memory is fucked with names in this game man.


More endurance will allow me to use some of the better great shields I have, all while still using my spikey frosty blood-spilling mace. Glorious.


The way your entire garb gets blood coverd after a long session of slaying is a nice touch.

[drave]

Got into the capital last night. Epic battle with the boss guarding it. Had him poisoned and he died quite literally at the last second after he killed me. One time the animations playing out in full went in my favor! I saw ENEMY FELLED and when I reloaded he was dead and I got the badass looking dragonclaw shield. Hollllllly shiiiiit is the city beautiful. This game is a real work of art man.


Found the poison grounds / castle too and Volcano Manor, which gave me Resident Evil 8 vibes when I first entered. Got to the red letter quest but can't get to the area yet, I don't think. Mountain of Giants in the North East I thnk? I dunno, I didn't have a lot of time to explore.

[drave]

So I was messing around trying to progress the Ranni storyline again and I think it's broken somehow....


I looked up a step-by-step guide and this is the part where it breaks.



Head to the Waypoint Ruins in Limgrave. If it’s your first visit, you’ll have to make your way past a lot of poisonous flowers and defeat a Mad Pumpkin Head. After the area’s boss is defeated, you’ll get access to the Waypoint Ruins Cellar site of grace and meet Sorceress Sellen.


Speak to her and show her the letter of introduction. She’ll let you know that one General Radahn has to die for you to get into Nokron.



I have the letter of introduction. I have that site of grace and have beaten the ruins many times over. She is not present. I guess the only other thing I haven't tried and thought while writing this post is to "pass time" and try a certain time of day.


I have found her body at the poisonous ruins or whatever. Can't interact with her there at all either.

[drave]

God damnit......


Apparently I must have accidentally killed her at some point, probably accidentally hitting her the first time I found her at Witchbane.


Sooooo, I have to atone at a Church of Vows. Hopefully I have a Celestial Dew and just don't know it.

[drave]

Maaaaaaan, gotta invade 3 players world to advance a quest. Do not want pvp :(

[drave]

Just let myself get slayed. Made it to Mohgywn grounds. Went into the masoleum - oopsie.


Ran around the place for a while and got wrecked by an NPC invader. Made it to a site of grace that has a buncha those weird looking goomba-like guys. Some of them are red, and I learned quickly they have blood magic which wrecked me.


However, they give a FUCKTON of runes per kill too. I think one run of this very small strip of land netted close to 50k runes, and it is very fast. Think I went up 20 levels. Started using the Bloodfang Blade, and that skill is sick. No question I'd like to spec dex now, much more fast and fluid, and "sidestep" makes things real fun.


Still gotta go ask for forgiveness at that church, so I can get the sorceress to talk to me, but I got caught up leveling so quick I just.... didn't bother :D

[Fignuts]

That is the most famous farming spot in the game. I use a sword that unleashes a wode wave of energy. Has enough range to get all of them in 2 shots. On new game plus, I can get over a million runes in 5 minutes.

[drave]

That's nuts.


I can see why though, I spent about an hour there and I am level 85 now.


Took my lunch break to go through the capital a bit. MAAAAN that place is huge, and gorgeous.

[drave]

Fought both Godfrey and Morgott and ended up beating them after, I don't even remember how many tries. The trip to Godfrey was long and I didn't have a site of grace anywhere near him and didnt wanna make the trek through the maze that is the capitol city.


Getting a weird vibe from the NPC (Miranda?) who helps you level at the beginning of the game. She has all this power and shit, lets you summon her for the Morgott fight and now wants to set the Erdtree on fire???


Must be a weird event about to take place too, as a LOT of NPC's are "asleep" and I cannot talk to them, including anyone at Ranni's Rise.


When I next play, I will be making my way to the Mountains of Giants, which sounds hellish and amazing.

[Sepholio]

Oh man love the Ranni quest line lol

Did you ever find the guy howling at the moon in limgrave?

[drave]

No, he wasn't there. I went back to Sofria to extract revenge and explore and found Blaaid there instead.


I can see Nokron, and I can see an NPC standing far off in a stance that looks like "COME AT ME" but also looks kinda like Miranda? I dunno.


I love that I've been in this game for 60-70 hours and there's still so much unseen shit and places I have yet to even reach or get maps for.


Went back to my mace. I cause bleed damage in 2 shots now. Having endurance leveled has made a massive difference. I can face tank some shots but also effectively block much better.


Stomp has become a fun skill. When a heavy winds up, if I am using my mace with 2H, I'll counter with the heavy mod of it and smack the bejeebus outta them. Usually stance breaks them and then I go for the crit kill.

[Fignuts]

If youve met Blaidd at Sofria river, your next step is to go meet him at Redmahne castle before the Radahn fight.

[drave]

Yeah, Sellen alluded to that after I was forgiven for slaying her by accident. So I took a guess that it was the castle in South Caelid and headed there.


That's when I realized the world is being weird..... catapults weren't firing as I crossed the bridge and there were no enemies there at all, including the Flame Giant who has thumped me quite a few times. So I thought maybe Ranni had something to say, fast traveled there and she is sitting there, but sleeping.


Seemingly the world in some places has gone quiet in some areas. Assuming I need to take Miranda to the red spot she marked on the map before the world "progresses" back to where I can do other stuff. Kinda like when you are supposed to rest at a site of grace to advance stuff, sometimes.

[Fignuts]

Once you advance ranni's questline to that point, the festival at redmahne castle that alexander alluded to begins and all the enemies disappear. They'll come back later after you beat radahn, but for now you can join the gathering thats within the castle before the big fight.

Radahn is one of the coolest boss fights in any souls game. Or any game in general.

[drave]

Except last night, I was unable to get into the castle. The gates would not open.


I checked the teleporter which has been inactive the whole time, but it was off as well. Maybe just a bug, I'm saved at the Impassible Bridge site, so I should find out pretty quick.

Gonna take lunch soon. Gonna try then if I get the chance.

[Fignuts]

Front gate doesnt open. Go around the right side. Theres a ladder you can climb in the back that gets you in.

[drave]

Teleporter near the site of grace worked. I fought him at level 91.


Amazing fight, very fucking cool how you summon the champions and then the halfway mark when he jumped into space. Man.... awesome fight.


Thumped him.

[drave]

Well.... didn't thump him - there were many close calls. I did get him on my first go though, mainly because the champions kept him busy.


Those arrows at the beginning though..... crazy shit man.

[drave]

Nokron.....




Getting my face smashed in there :D Mountaintops of Giants has a LOT of enemies, albeit somewhat weak. Their god damn bleed damage from 3 mobs at once.... if I get stance broken I'm fooked.


Level 94 now. The mimic tear fight was fucking amazing. I kicked my own ass once before I ..... kicked my own ass again? It was very cool to see a mimic use all the skills and shit I had equipped. Sent me through the air a few times and even fought similar to how I do.


This game continues to be impressive. If they are planning DLC...... I just cannot even imagine.

[drave]

Fuck Castle Sol.


Haven't managed to get past the first two Lionguards. Gotta find a way to up my cold res man. He spews that frost breath and if he manages to hit me, I'm stun locked die.


Maybe need to level up some longer ranged weapons, I dunno.


Also at the last boss (I think) in Nokron. The two god damn gargoyles. Nearly had them on one attempt, but just get smashed every other time I'm in there.




Not enough FP to use most incantations, etc...... but I should re-spec so I can use more stuff. Am I doing hard mode by not putting ANYTHING into faith, int, whatever?


Sure feels like it :D

[Fignuts]

Yeah, magic/incantation builds can be a lot easier in most fights, but it isn't as satisfying as walking up to a giant monster and slapping it in the dick with a sword thats bigger than your character.

I cheesed the lions. They wont come out of the door, so I hit my big ash of war attack through it until one of them was dead, and then fought the other normally.

Have you gone back to Redmane castle and the boss duo thats in the area right before the festival gathering? You get a great colossal sword that has skill perfect for cheesing those lions through the door.

[drave]

I have not gone back to Redmane. Been meaning to, since I used the teleporter to go in there and not really explore. I was trying to use my weekend time to "progress".



Got knocked around by the Lions, went back to Nokron. I missed the fooking Mimic Tear because I didn't decided to jump to a roof earlier in the game. Have it now, and weeeeeeeeeee!


Then went to fight the God Devouring Snake and struggle with the last lil bit with the god damn flaming/exploding skulls. Outside of that, this boss is a pussy. Loved the whole feel of this manor though, feels a LOT like Castle Demetreaux in RE8. Have received a LOT of good gear too.


I think my basic ass BONK build has hit it's ceiling. Problem is, I need to go farm some lower level smithing stones to bring other weapons up to snuff before progressing further. To do that, I need to go farm and right now I dunno if that's even a thing. I know there are caves with lots of them, but I'm fairly certain I've hit all (or nearly all) of them around Limgrave and Weeping whatever. I have a TON of smithing and somber smithing at level 3 and up, its the 1s and 2s that suck.


Feel like I'm getting close, and loving it. I know Castle Sol is where I need to go for the campaign. Need to get to work on other shit before I try it again.

[Fignuts]

You need to get the ball bearings so you can just buy them from the twin maidens. The ones in the world are finite.

[Fignuts]

You don't actually have to go to castle Sol, but if you want to access the areas west of the mountaintops you'll need the item past the boss.

[drave]

You need to get the ball bearings so you can just buy them from the twin maidens. The ones in the world are finite.




Pretty sure I have that. But I cannot buy anymore standard stones, just the Sombers. Perhaps I am mistaken.


Now I gotta go to my living room and log in to check :|






BE ARBY

[drave]

Yeah, just somber and ghost gloveworts. No standard... damn....

[drave]

god damnit - there's 4 of them. gonna have to do some light reading

[drave]

So I'm reading "to get any weapon to level 9".


Is it supposed to stop? My stupid mace that I've used all game because it served me so well is like +19, lmfao

[Fignuts]

The special weapons that use somber stones can only be leveled up to level 10. Regular weapons can be leveled to 25 with normal smithing stones.

[Fignuts]

To hit max level you need an ancient dragon smithing stone or ancient dragon somber smithing. There are no ball bearings to allow you to purchase them, so whats in the world is all there is. Think theres around 8 or 9 in total. So be sure about what weapon you want to max.

[Sepholio]

And there are different ball bearings that will allow you to buy regular smithing stones or somber ones. You can get bearings that will allow you to buy as many as any of them or the different gloveworts as you want. The only exception are the varieties of the ancient dragon smithing stones needed to max a weapon, both types of those are finite.

[Sepholio]

lol Figgy beat me to it while I was reading, but yea, that.

[drave]

You don't actually have to go to castle Sol, but if you want to access the areas west of the mountaintops you'll need the item past the boss.




I'm fuckin doing it on the principle of killing those god damn lions.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant:

[Fignuts]

The lions huh?

Wait until you get to the boss.

[Sepholio]

lol oh he's gonna love it. I can't wait to hear of his adventures in the other side of the snowfield ahahaha.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I'm still horseshit at this game. Also, fuck these Hero's basements with the chariots of death.

[drave]

Went there once, got the t-shirt but couldn't kill the boss yet. Was getting destroyed 1-2 hits.

[drave]

Respecced dex. Carry a bleed katana in 1 hand, poison in the other and OH MY GOD.


Ridiculous.

[drave]

Beat the Fire Giant. Took 10-15 tries or so. Fun fight though, did not mind getting stomped. Had him at like | | one my 2nd try by then splosions happened.


Crumbling Farum Azula is...... gorgeous. The gigantor tornado, the fucking dragon I had to kill...... and then I ran outta time like TNA.


Can't freakin wait.

[Sepholio]

Did you find the secret dragon at the bottom? Basically Elden Ghidorah.

[Fignuts]

If you think drave should open a can of whoop ass on placidusax, gimme a hell yeah!

[Sepholio]

What?

[drave]

I did find that big ass dragon. Found him before going the right way, actually. Had him down to 1 fucking hit and he teleported then swiped me. I'll go back for him soon.


I am getting trounced by the Elden Beast at this time. I can get through the 1st phase without too much damage, but the beast man. Figure its the last boss of the game, at least it makes sense for it to be.


Killed Mohg too. This game has some of the coolest looking bosses man, seriously.


Ill give the beast a few more go's. Wanna do NG+ so I wanted to leave SOMETHING unseen in there.




By far, the coolest fight for me was Godfrey, when he Hulked up into Ulitmate Warrior. Wasn't even mad the first time he kicked me into the air and then powerbombed me from the sky.


10/10 this god damn game. Give me more, give me a fucking infusion man.

[Fignuts]

Godfrey is literally just Brock Lesnar in a berserker rage. Insanely cool boss.

[drave]

That was one of the best fights ever.




Also, that bitch placidusax has been felled. As usual, came down to the last sliver of health and he started with his apocalyptic fuckery. I had no heals left and not enough HP to survive one hit. I went for a jumping strike and had a near miss with his claw that was tekken hit-box-porn-esque to vanquish him. Almost yelled in victory, but my daughter was in class and I had to hold it in.




God damn his sword though :D


I have a masoleum down and will go get the incantation from him too, sounded awesome. That boss, the atmosphere, everything about it was so damn cool. 10000/10

[Fignuts]

I think one of the coolest attacks in the game is where he slams his lightning bolt into the ground and then hammers down on top, creating a giant red lightning explosion.

[drave]

Man, they presented Placidusax like he was the end game boss man. I mean, the cut scene, the way they did everything with it. The music changes, the fucking atmosphere, good lord.


When he gets low on health and starts breathing fire with both heads, while pillars of red lightning are beaming down, he's still calling other lightning down and teleporting around. Good god man.


This game and Nier Automata do bosses better than any other game I've played.






UPDATE!!!!


Castle Sol has been conquered. The snowfield after is a motherbitch. Ended up getting to the Haligtree though, which looks SO cool. Really tough place, don't wanna imagine what's at the end of it, hehe.

[drave]

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badass fight man

[Fignuts]

Man, they presented Placidusax like he was the end game boss man. I mean, the cut scene, the way they did everything with it. The music changes, the fucking atmosphere, good lord.


When he gets low on health and starts breathing fire with both heads, while pillars of red lightning are beaming down, he's still calling other lightning down and teleporting around. Good god man.


This game and Nier Automata do bosses better than any other game I've played.






UPDATE!!!!


Castle Sol has been conquered. The snowfield after is a motherbitch. Ended up getting to the Haligtree though, which looks SO cool. Really tough place, don't wanna imagine what's at the end of it, hehe.


Dont worry. The boss at the end will tell you who they are.

Then theyll tell you again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again...

[drave]

hahah! i have to get there first!


MASSIVE patch yesterday buffed nearly any FAITH... things. Faster casting, unbreakable casting stance and MOAR.


Seriously, there's a lot.




BIG BONK WEAPONS got buffffffffffed. Faster swings, MOAR DOTS.




Elden Lord has become my target. So funny though, sometimes Radadon goes down like a chump, other times he fucking obliterates me. There was one attempt where he was down in about 20 seconds..... but BIG SAME on the receiving end too.


Gotta practice this fight like I did my first Nergigante encounter on Monster Hunter World. On that topic, I feel like that game really conditioned me for this one. Elden Ring feels like it a LOT when battling the big bosses. Some of the weapons even have similar play styles. Started using a thrusting/piercing greatsword (Placidusax) and Great Shield and it plays like a Lance from MHW.


Malikeths blade is funnnnnnnnnnnnn.


Level 130 - gonna keep banging my head against the elden beast until one of us falls. Then I'll fuckin do it again.

[drave]

Getting closer. Fully upgraded Maliketh's Colossal sword. I had the Elden Beast down to ~25%.


Man, Radadon was NOT having it yesterday. I dunno what it was, but he was 10000% more aggressive than I've ever seen him, and I've done this fight quite a few times now.


Even with my son watching, he said "well, guess he was just done with you and your crap today".


At which point, it was time to play Battlefield V.

[Fignuts]

Are you using spirit ashes?

[drave]

I needed to be better. forgot I could block with a 2H. That made Radagon too easy.


Was having a bad day so I decided to be hyper aggressive at the elden beast....... and it worked. Healed once.


In my excitement, I started NG+ without finishing the Haligtree of the Lake of Rot........kinda wanted to do those, so I'm almost to Altus Plateau on NG+ :D

[drave]

Ending was dumb AF - and nearly not there. Hoping that finishing Ranni's quest will change that, since it seemed that's what she's going for.


Burn it all down, fuck the fingers and their order. Give me DLC where we go after the order itself, and whoever the fingers belong to.

[Sepholio]

Ranni is bae

[drave]

It is ridiculous how short this game is if you don't have to fuck with leveling up your character.


Already at Mountaintops of the Giants on my way to burn that mother down! I'm gonna stop though, and finish all the side stuff so Melina doesn't burn herself.


Discovering entire areas I didn't know I could get to on the 1st playthrough :|

[drave]

When I find another larval tear, I'm gonna go caster and pew pew things. I have some pretty badass sounding spells man. I have 1, but wanna be able to spec back.



Also, kinda fucking around with "fun" weapons, like the Grafted Dragon on mah fist. I have "found my groove" with this game and rarely die anymore, even in boss fights. Gonna level up the wolverine claws I found, put bloodhound step on them and kill stuff.



I've heard of what is at the end of the Haligtree, and I welcome Malenia (spelling). I plan on splattering her internal rot around the room of whatever we fight in.


That, of course, after I've thoroughly had my ass handed to me a few dozen times.


Some bosses don't know what to do if you dodge, and with others it's blocking. She'll be one or the other. Radagon took a combination of both, but when I worked out what to do when, he barely did any damage at all.


First..... Lake of Rot...... fucking hate that place.

[drave]

Tried a caster build and going to assume I didn't do it right. Had the Sword of Night and Flame and a buncha sorceries.


Didn't know you have to use a staff for sorceries - gay. So I'm going STR/DEX/ARC to be an evil focker in bigly yuge armor. Took down the giant pot invaders, so I can wear the entire Veterans set with a colossal weapon. The ability to keep swinging while being hit and NOT have your stance break is incredible. Instead, they die in a few hits or get stance broken themselves and THEN die from a crit.


Still not giving up on my dual whip build. The fire giant whip is super fun and Hoslow's will be good for bleed. I've mucked around with them for a bit, but not done anything "serious" with it. It will be good.



Swatted the Fire Giant away like a tiny bug. I will probably play this game for an inordinate amount of time.

[Fignuts]

Yes, try blocking or dodging when Malenia does her waterfowl dance. I'm sure one of them will work.

[drave]

Finishing up the Ranni story first.


Then I'll return to the Haligtree and we'll dance. As most things with this game, I'm sure it's a strict timing thing.

[Fignuts]

Timing, yes. Of course.

[Sepholio]

Yes, try blocking or dodging when Malenia does her waterfowl dance. I'm sure one of them will work.

Finishing up the Ranni story first.


Then I'll return to the Haligtree and we'll dance. As most things with this game, I'm sure it's a strict timing thing.

Timing, yes. Of course.

I'll have the popcorn ready Fignuts. This is gonna be good.

[drave]

And when I figure out the timing, I'll clip it - share it on Xbox for Fig.

[drave]

I've cut my Lake of Rot detour short, just to start my Haligtree journey to get this fucking done.

[rez]

I've been told that it's a better experience on console. True?

I'm doing the whole ps5 search shit.

[drave]

Can't tell you anything other than it runs like a fucking DREAM on the Series X.


My mother in law, who is NOT a gamer, stayed a little while longer to watch me fight the fire giant, all because of just how cool everything looks.


Loading screens are MAYBE 5 seconds?

[drave]

Also, made it back to the Haligtree and stomping my way through there (seriously, Regal Roar on a fully upgraded Axe of Godfrey is brutal. I'm at the "base" of the Haligtree, and having to fight a lot of the games tougher enemies, but getting through it just fine so far.


Can't wait for the torture that will be Malenia.

[drave]

The Haligtree is one of my favorites. It's challenging as fuck, but fair.


Malenia......


I was a few hits away from victory...... and the sacred Waterfowl Dance does indeed have a counter. I've noticed 3 moving parts......


1) She flies up into the air and delays for a moment. This is the hardest part for me to get through. The 1st attack she does when she comes down can stun (due to animation) which leaves you to be picked apart by.....


2) Gonna call this anime sword play. All's that's missing is some DBZ-like YA YA YA YA YA YA YA. Maybe more akin to Chun Li


3) Same as the 2nd, but a lil faster.




Point being - you can dodge INTO the 2nd and 3rd pieces of the dance, and she'll go right through you. Oh, and her poise is SHIT. You can stance break the bejesus out of her with a colossal weapon with little effort. Bleed is the way to go with her though, because of her heal mechanic. This helped a TON with the rot soldiers too. I would kill everything in Haligtree (except for the tree guardians and stuff) in 2-4 hits. The tower shield guards can block twice before being stance broken.


Dodging and colossal weapons is the way.



Man, Monster Hunter World is like this game, without the weird story and open world. A LOT of the mid to end-game fights there are incredibly similar. I think the biggest difference being it is MUCH harder to survive in Elden Ring, in an attempt to better learn the boss fights.


I will stand over her corpse before the weekend is over.

[drave]

Also just realized I've NEVER been invaded.

[Fignuts]

Hell yeah dude, you almost got her

lol

[drave]

Seriously..... it was my 2nd attempt. I just got to her late last night. I will 100% have her beaten this weekend, shit.... before the end of tonight if I actually get the time to sit and try.





She had | | <-- that much left on her health bar in her 2nd phase. If I had a wee bit more stamina, I coulda kept swinging and had it done. The most problematic aspect of her fight is 100p in the 2nd phase and how quickly she inflicts rot. I have a few boluses left from Lake of Rot, but also keep a thing equipped to use Flame, Cleanse Me! which works just as well.


I keep Godfrey's+10 axe on me as primary, and a River of Blood +10 as a back up. She's also vulnerable to moves which "throw her in the air" a la Regal Roar from the axe. She's quite easy to stun lock in the 1st phase with minimal effort.

[Fignuts]

Ah okay, it sounded like you hadnt gotten to the second phase yet. Thus, the "lol"

[drave]

It was definitely a "god damnit" moment where I exhaled through my nose pretty hard.....


Seeing as most other bosses have their 2nd phase at 50%. I thought, cool.... Got this.






"Wait......."

god damnit xD

[thekrow]

https://i.imgur.com/Xxawvgu.jpeg


https://i.imgur.com/3OaYbYR.jpg

[Fignuts]

LOL

[thekrow]

LOL


https://i.imgur.com/Fcyd6JA.jpg


Forgot one small edit, now is perfect.

[drave]

Definitely Dung Eater

[drave]

Started an Astrologer for the lulz. Figured if I started from the beginning, I'd understand the system better. Also, I think I got rid of some decent caster shit when I was newly Tarnished, and still maidenless.




This is the first time I've really felt the "Battlemage" type done right. I can fling fireballs, or stars, and then finish off with a melee weapon if needed. Or just like.... punch them and then incinerate them to stance break and then STAB.


Sorcery feels like EZ MODE on, but it is also really fucking cool to play. Feel like this is almost "the way" as it incorporates waaaaaaaaaay more of the various systems built into the game.


pew pew leviosaaaaaa

[rez]

scored a PS5. Got my Elden Ring copy ready for when it arrives 8-)