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Harrow posted:For PvE you really don't need a ton of Endurance unless you're using really heavy weapons. Having the rather generous DS3 mid-roll combined with Bloodborne-level Stamina consumption (meaning your attacks and rolls take much less Stamina than in the older Souls games) means that there's little reason to try to go for a light equip load or need a huge Stamina meter. There are multiple gods not in the game also vying for attention such as the formless mother. Its one of my big complaints we can't actually figure out what the Erdtree/Great Will actually wants. I assume it wants more erdtrees (and the ending fight shows you shitloads of finished ones) but the game never references them existing outside the lands between or tell you what it does. Ranni's might be driven by a competing "fate", but its hard to say if thats the case or not, since we have so little. I think, maybe, the erdtree works as an incubator for more Elden Beasts and breaking the elden ring stops its siphoning system, but that still doesn't explain why Marika had a change of heart. Ranni is definitely the Gloam Eyed Witch
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Ugh, three connection errors and a game crash doing pvp. Come on From, I just got Rejection and I'm on a cliff.
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FishMcCool posted:And that's the game beaten. What a ride. If you go with the Ranni ending, does the whole world still stay hosed up and smoky with the erdtree always on fire? I got the generic ending and kind of annoyed that every zone has ruined lighting now, it really discourages doing anything else after you set the tree on fire. I think there's one ending where you keep it intact, I might try get that one next.
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BTW, is defense fully understood at this point as a stat? It *looks* just like Dark Souls 3 on the stat screen, but do we know if things like the penalty to base defense for empty slots still applies?
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I think Sofria River is the first area I've straight up disliked, despite how cool it looks and how jaw-dropping it was to stumble upon for the first time. Just too many unfun mechanics stacked on top of one another. Invisible enemies, archers with near-infinite range, light the beacons minigame without an easy way to track which ones you've done Thankfully I was really overleveled by the time I cleared it out, so it was more tedious than torturous.
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Lester Shy posted:I think Sofria River is the first area I've straight up disliked, despite how cool it looks and how jaw-dropping it was to stumble upon for the first time. Just too many unfun mechanics stacked on top of one another. Invisible enemies, archers with near-infinite range, light the beacons minigame without an easy way to track which ones you've done Thankfully I was really overleveled by the time I cleared it out, so it was more tedious than torturous.
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Also this game has too many similar sounding names. I'm sure it's all thematic, but it gets really confusing. Godwyn, Godfrey, Godrick. Radahn, Radagon, Ranni, Renna, Renalla. Margit, Marika, Miquella, Malenia, Melina, Malekith, Mohg, Morgott.
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I’ve gotten myself pretty well burned out on my current equipment: a sword and a shield. What’s a really fun melee weapon I should go acquire that will result in a different play style? I have high strength and ok dexterity I also considered starting over and trying magic, but I don’t want to replay everything
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:Also this game has too many similar sounding names. I'm sure it's all thematic, but it gets really confusing. Godwyn, Godfrey, Godrick. Radahn, Radagon, Ranni, Renna, Renalla. Margit, Marika, Miquella, Malenia, Melina, Malekith, Mohg, Morgott. Yeah it’s awful and confusing and then people coyly spoiler the names like it means anything
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blue squares posted:I’ve gotten myself pretty well burned out on my current equipment: a sword and a shield. What’s a really fun melee weapon I should go acquire that will result in a different play style? I have high strength and ok dexterity You unlock respeccing for beating Rennala (2nd easiest rune bearer)
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It's because Radagon and Marika are lovely parents that like to name all their kids the same.
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I need to do more damage for Loretta. I've got an Astrologer's Staff+5. Are there any better weapons for sorcery out there?
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https://twitter.com/fumangoo/status/1500311785106251779
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I know there's a part of the map that's on the far right out in the ocean. Is that an optional place or is that a story place? If it's the latter, how can I get there
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A quest log that just remembers the state of every quest and tells you if it's done would be useful, although it couldn't summarize it without being very confusing. Gave Thops a key to the Academy. Maybe I should have told him everybody is crazy and the place is full of zombies. Wait, is everybody crazy? Nobody ever comments on how 99% of the world is dead and trying to kill me, so maybe that's just normal? Maybe they're just trying to kill me because I'm in their house? (note to self: does that include the actual zombie-zombies?) Anyway, I'm sure he'll be fine. Met a fellow locked in a jail cell today. He demanded that I release him, swearing that if I did, he would "kill, and kill again, and defile the bodies so that my curse will pass to their children, and their children's children, for all time." Seems legit! I sent him on his way and asked if he had any errands that needed running.
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Barudak posted:You unlock respeccing for beating Rennala (2nd easiest rune bearer) Oh yeah I did that. But I’d need to make sure I have two respecs available in case I hate magic haha. I should look up a build online, and find some good spells and a staff too. I have no idea how being a wizard works
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Macaluso posted:I know there's a part of the map that's on the far right out in the ocean. Is that an optional place or is that a story place? If it's the latter, how can I get there Story, mandatory, you will get teleported
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Barudak posted:Story, mandatory, you will get teleported Cool cool. On a different note, I logged back into the game and walked one room over in the Volcano Manor and there's a snake lady npc here?? Who are you?? Where did you come from???
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Macaluso posted:Cool cool. Talk to her and find out. Also, uh, Selvius just had some dialogue for me that I haven't seen anywhere else so I guess I'll mention it here: Most places, like the wikis, say after you give his potion to the old guy at the round table he just dies, but he hasn't for me. He's still alive and kicking and, instead, has not only offered to let me buy the other puppet I didn't get for free, but then asked me to find a golden spirit shard that "even demi-gods" would envy. I want this man's hat. Nuebot fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Mar 6, 2022 |
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I wish the time wouldn’t advance when you die, kinda inconvenient to have to set it to night every time this drat bird kills me.
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Invade me already pubbies Also stop crashing
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my review of Elden Ring: Dad-a-chum ahead therefore Did-a-chick
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Also where is pumparum Where is picklepee
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17 hours in, just beat Godrick. Found him to be easier than Margit, but maybe I'm just over-leveled or have Gotten Gud? I noticed afterward that I was losing Runes each time I recovered them after death. The internet tells me it's because that little gatekeeper fucker is stealing them and I have to kill him? Sounds wild, but if true he's a dick. Game is still rad as hell. I'm currently trying not to get chainsawed by Marionette's and cursing the very existence of dogs.
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i don't want to make a huge lore post until i've done some of the other non-Age of Stars endings and at least one super-important NPC questline that i botched completely by letting a nearby enemy aggro on her, but re: "why did Queen Marika have a change of heart: the Erdtree isn't Queen Marika's legacy, it's her prison, and the Elden Beast is her jailer. at some point she might have been a willing servant of the Greater Will but that time is long past by the time you come into the picture, and possibly even going as far back as the Night of Black Knives. she extracted a promise from Hewg that he would craft a weapon that could slay a God, and she's pretty obviously the mother that Melina alludes to, who created her to burn the Erdtree down against the wishes of the Greater Will. depending on the exact nature of the relationship between her and the Elden Beast, she's either trying to get revenge on it or commit suicide or both also Ranni looks like Melina's twin, which in conjunction with the whole "Church of the Cuckoo" thing makes me strongly suspect that she's actually Marika's child, and not Rennala's. remember per the sculptor's secret that Radagon and Marika are two aspects of the same person, so all the demigods are technically their children one way or another, but that only her and Radagon's offspring with each other (Miquella and Malenia), plus Ranni are "Empyreans" -- unless Ranni is also their child, in which case it all fits perfectly. it probably has something to do with the rune of rebirth and the amber egg; if so, that would account for Ranni regarding Rennala as her mother regardless of her biological origins Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Mar 6, 2022 |
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Mistwood/Wolf question: I got the finger snap emote from the merchant, however when I go into the woods the wolf guy is already at the ruins and he’s mad at me. Emoting at him doesn’t do anything, he just tries to kill me. At this point, is anything I can besides just fight him?
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What does it mean when sometimes a single enemy will have glowing yellow eyes
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Mistwood/Wolf question: I got the finger snap emote from the merchant, however when I go into the woods the wolf guy is already at the ruins and he’s mad at me. Emoting at him doesn’t do anything, he just tries to kill me. At this point, is anything I can besides just fight him? hard to say if it'll work without knowing what got him mad -- some story event or accidental damage -- but try visiting the Church of Vows and requesting absolution from the statue. you'll need a celestial tear, and it'll reset any NPCs you've accidentally set hostile (although it doesn't seem to apply to everyone, so hopefully Blaidd is on the list)
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Shear Modulus posted:What does it mean when sometimes a single enemy will have glowing yellow eyes
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IronicDongz posted:they drop like 5x the runes they normally would Ok thanks
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I'm having no luck doing co-op, I can't see any signs with the remedy and using the effigy just says sending sign forever. 3 days now, PS5 I just wanna help
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Oh hey, there's a little cave on the shore (and a merchant!) with tunnels that lead to that island across the water from right next to the starting area! I discovered this 50 hours into the game!  Shardix posted:my review of Elden Ring: Don't give up, gunslinger!
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Is there a Snuggly/Sparkly/The Other Trade Birds in this game?
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also speaking of crazy lore poo poo whose meaning i can only make an educated guess about this is what Queen Marika looks like per the portrait in Fia's room. not gonna spoil it since you can see it as soon as you reach the hub area  note the golden light spreading out behind her that at first glance looks like it might be the Erdtree, but is also shaped like insect wings and her single floor-length braid and this is what Astel, Naturalborn of the Void looks like  note the insect wings and the body-length braid, and the human skull and hands on what is otherwise an unimaginably alien being. note also his similarity to the Elden Beast, except that the Beast has no human features. now consider the implications of Astel's boss weapon being called "the Bastard's Stars" Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Mar 6, 2022 |
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SHISHKABOB posted:I'd like to know what zone you're talking about. It seems to be considered a secret area -- the Hallowhorn Grounds in Nokron, Eternal City. The latter half of the area is wide open and full of magic archers that will laser beam you from extremely far distance, and you can't roll dodge it. The area is set up in such a way that you have to strategically use the terrain to block the shots, and the goings-on implore you to comb the entire zone. enojy fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Mar 6, 2022 |
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Oh thank goodness, I found a STR based Curved Sword.
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I'm having zero luck with summoning other players, have got the "unable to connect" message each and every time. My connection isn't the greatest (playing in SE Asia) but it shouldn't be this bad, I can play other multiplayer games without too many issues.
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Dang, today was the first day I could play after the last few patches, and getting worse performance now than at launch. Boo.
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