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Son of Thunderbeast posted:It's supposedly true but the same thing happened to me so who knows lol 100% true, you just have to die I guess? Either way, it grabbed me, killed me and I woke up at the bottom of Volcano Manor.
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What are the opinions regarding the nightrider flail and ashes of war? Should I just leave it as is, or put something on it. I'm currently 40/40 STR DEX quality.
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Orv posted:You get a choice to start NG+ immediately or wait and start at your leisure. You keep everything non-key item and the vendors all reset. Bell Bearings you've given to the husk maiden don't carry over, correct?
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Beat the game. 84 hours, level 119. My maxed out Pizza Cutter was a wonderful asset most of the game, also with occasionally my Hoarfrost Stompy Greatsword. My T-1000 was the real MVP though. I feel really conflicted. For about 75% of my playthrough, I thought this was Miyazaki & Company's magnum opus, a grand fusion realizing the dream Miyazaki seems to have been riffing from for so long. The world building, the environmental stories, the mystery, the scope and grandeur... Around every bend, something magical and weird and amazing was happening. Elden Ring has some of the most amazing settings I've ever seen or explored, like Siofra and Nokron and Crumbling Farum Azula, to say nothing of the quiet beauty of Altus's windmill areas or the majesty of Leyndell or Stormveil. This really feels like a world that is lived in, that has groups of people living together, in conflict and in community, struggling against a dying world. If I'm honest and set my nostalgia aside, that first visit into Anor Londo has nothing on like seven or eight different jaw-dropping locales in ER. Plus, the addition of Ashes of War and Spirit Summons along with flask regen via killing mobs really reinvigorated the moment to moment combat. The horse was a great touch and elevated the exploration quite a bit for me. That said... by the end of the game, I just wanted it to be over. I was exhausted by my journey and every new boss really started to wear me out. By the time I got to Beast Cleric in CFA I was just like "Please just let me get this over with. And then it was just a relentless gauntlet from Ofnir to Godfrey (loved the pro wrestling moves) to Radagon to that loving Elden Beast. I would've killed for a toggle for a "Tired Parent Mode" that just deducted 2/3rds of a boss's health bar. Especially for that loving rear end in a top hat in the Wailing Dunes. I'm still salty about all aspects of his design. I had also completely lost the plot by this point, I didn't really understand why I was doing the things I was doing or why these people were fighting me. Like, Gideon Ofnir went from my battle grandpa to my enemy when it seemed like he didn't care back at Roundtable? And then Godfrey came back to life somehow? I thought he'd been assassinated which kicked this whole thing off? And what was Radagon doing in the tree? Fixing it? Fixing what? I'm not even clear on what the Shattering meant. And is Destined Death just referring to that the demigods can't die and that's why they are corrupted?. Like, I don't even really understand the implications of my ending other than I get to be the housewife for a new goddess I guess? Which, hey, I'm into it. Now... I did burn myself out. 84 hours in 9 days is a LOT of game playing. I guzzled this game and maybe that was the wrong way to do it. It was just so addictive for so much of it that I hardly noticed I was getting a hangover. I got REALLY tired of boss battles in general, something that is generally supposed to be a highlight for these games. I don't know if I'm growing apart from From's Boss Style or if I just did too much too fast and a 2nd leisurely run would feel different. I was just getting really bitter about having to learn fights after awhile. Just let me win, fuckers! In short, for me, Elden Ring was some of FROM's very best work and also had some of the most tedious unfun bullshit they've ever crafted. The highs were the highest I've ever had with them, and the lows the deepest pits. I suspect I will still replay this a few times, especially trying out magic and eventually mods. I missed a bunch of quests and I would love to see what kind of shenanigans I can get up to now that I know the game pretty well. My big question is where does Miyazaki go from here? What dreamscapes does he have left to conquer? Did this satisfy his dark fantasy designs or is there even more bizarre stuff in there?
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Looking around for Radahn but I cant find the motherfucker (not looking for the answer). Seems strange given he's the size of a city block.
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codo27 posted:Looking around for Radahn but I cant find the motherfucker (not looking for the answer). Seems strange given he's the size of a city block. He's in my pants op
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Yardbomb posted:One thing to remember about summons is people are snapping them up very fast oftentimes, most of my "Unable to summon" have been when I sat there and eyeballed the person, if I run and just mash to summon I've gotten them probably 80% of the time. Every boss I beat I try and assist a couple people immediately after even if I didn't use a summon myself. There seems to be a huge demand and it's nice to take a couple victory laps and get some extra souls for the trouble.
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What spiteful dev put two crucible knights so close to each other on the way to the gargoyle boss. Do either of them drop anything? Or just the goodfeels of making them go away? Also, gently caress those gargoyles. That AOE is absurd
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goferchan posted:Bell Bearings you've given to the husk maiden don't carry over, correct? correct, unfortunately. stock up before you leave.
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lite_sleepr posted:What are the opinions regarding the nightrider flail and ashes of war? Should I just leave it as is, or put something on it.
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I stepped unto an elevator, and it took me to a cosmic cave full of minotaur ghosts. I don't like it down here.
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Lmao hoarfrost stomp
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That Dang Dad posted:My big question is where does Miyazaki go from here? What dreamscapes does he have left to conquer? Did this satisfy his dark fantasy designs or is there even more bizarre stuff in there? this was basically "all of From Software's medieval-to-renaissance games take place in the same continuity" so obviously the next step is to make an Armored Core game where your character is an undying clone who has to rekindle the stars e: or Metal Wolf Chaos "A LOWLY VOTER? PLAYING AT PRESIDENT OF THIS GREAT UNITED STATES? I COMMAND THEE, SUCK ON MY MISSILE PUNCH!"
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FishMcCool posted:So, has anyone found a downside to murdering all the shopkeepers to get their bearings and consolidating inventory at Roundtable's Hold? umm... i mean...
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Mar 6, 2022 20:05
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God I want the full invader item so bad now. Even being summoned with my sign into traps I'm winning 1v3s
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https://twitter.com/dsamowen/status/1500487947681939459?t=LBMguqiB49jDY1arVvunJw&s=19
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:this was basically "all of From Software's medieval-to-renaissance games take place in the same continuity" so obviously the next step is to make an Armored Core game where your character is an undying clone who has to rekindle the stars I'm calling it now, the spirit summons in Elden Ring are a dry run for a new Lost Kingdom.
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Mar 6, 2022 20:13
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Cowcaster posted:this weekend was supposed to be 48 hours of uninterrupted elden ring for cowcaster but i have played 0 hours because of “friends” and “doing things”. pray 4 cowcaster gotta friend's bday thing tonight and i'm like why couldn't you be born 2 weeks later?
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Mar 6, 2022 20:14
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I hate the music in this game, since when the hell do souls games have music outside hubs, boss rooms and big ponderous locales that defy the expectations for the laws of reality in the game and upend the lore on its head
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Is a "critical" any time you go into the invulnerable animation? Backstabs, ripostes, staggers?
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Calaveron posted:I hate the music in this game, since when the hell do souls games have music outside hubs, boss rooms and big ponderous locales that defy the expectations for the laws of reality in the game and upend the lore on its head Sorry it’s really good.
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That Dang Dad posted:I had also completely lost the plot by this point, I didn't really understand why I was doing the things I was doing or why these people were fighting me. Like, Gideon Ofnir went from my battle grandpa to my enemy when it seemed like he didn't care back at Roundtable? . i can't speak to the rest of your complaints but this just isn't paying attention. it was made clear over and over again that ofnir was an ambition-crazed bastard who'd been ruining lives left and right in his pursuit of lordship. not only was he bound to betray you, he betrayed you prematurely when ensha jumped the gun after you got the haligtree medallion half
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Orv posted:Sorry it’s really good. The music in stormveil castle sucks, it's putting me to sleep
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Oxxidation posted:i can't speak to the rest of your complaints but this just isn't paying attention. it was made clear over and over again that ofnir was an ambition-crazed bastard who'd been ruining lives left and right in his pursuit of lordship. not only was he bound to betray you, he betrayed you prematurely when ensha jumped the gun after you got the haligtree medallion half Yeah basically every line he has has an unspoken “…until it’s my time to gently caress you over” after it.
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That Dang Dad posted:My big question is where does Miyazaki go from here? What dreamscapes does he have left to conquer? Did this satisfy his dark fantasy designs or is there even more bizarre stuff in there? Elden Ring but set in modern times. Let me fight the Twisted Plane Gargoyles in the inverted Two Towers. Let me fight dead presidents lurking the ruins of the Capital. And maybe instead of starting fires or putting out fires or fingering rings or whatever -- this time we go on a journey of connection, forge the bonds between people that make the world go round, relink the disconnected, maybe help rebuild Anor America.
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This game is all over the place with rune rewards for beating mini bosses. One hag tree avatar 90k one later one in a higher level area 27k.
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Calaveron posted:The music in stormveil castle sucks, it's putting me to sleep there's a hp bar for the music in the menu. another trick the game doesn't tell you is that your second and third monitors can play music or tv shows while you play.
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Steam says only 1.3% of players have defeated Mohg, the Omen. A little surprising because I had no trouble down there yesterday getting summoned or finding summons for him. Maybe just me and 12 other people all beating him same time. ONe of them was someone who had helped me advance in a previous part of pre-dungeon.
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Khanstant posted:Elden Ring but set in modern times. Let me fight the Twisted Plane Gargoyles in the inverted Two Towers. Let me fight dead presidents lurking the ruins of the Capital. And maybe instead of starting fires or putting out fires or fingering rings or whatever -- this time we go on a journey of connection, forge the bonds between people that make the world go round, relink the disconnected, maybe help rebuild Anor America. 
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Khanstant posted:Steam says only 1.3% of players have defeated Mohg, the Omen. A little surprising because I had no trouble down there yesterday getting summoned or finding summons for him. Maybe just me and 12 other people all beating him same time. ONe of them was someone who had helped me advance in a previous part of pre-dungeon. That one I think is more hidden than hard for the purposes of achievement stats.
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Oxyclean posted:No; I assumed because the entry point was in Limgrave / they told me to go to Mistwood, it wouldn't be tied to Caelid. If you're searching around siofra then it'll be blaidd you're looking for, the quest will explicitly tell you when you have to go after the caelid boss Blaidd should be standing near the edge of the pillars that lead towards the unreachable lit up temple; if you go to the deer grounds and just progress along the edge of the cliffs you'll find him near the horse jump
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SHISHKABOB posted:Is a "critical" any time you go into the invulnerable animation? Backstabs, ripostes, staggers? Any time you hear that DOONG sound
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Khanstant posted:Steam says only 1.3% of players have defeated Mohg, the Omen. A little surprising because I had no trouble down there yesterday getting summoned or finding summons for him. Maybe just me and 12 other people all beating him same time. ONe of them was someone who had helped me advance in a previous part of pre-dungeon. I have no idea what that is.
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Is capital end game? In so scared to go in there! I beat the Double Tree Sentinels but I don’t wanna finish the game early. Still gotta beat volcano, still need to snow land. Just got Darkmoon GS so gonna respec and conquer the rest but I wanna do everything.
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That Dang Dad posted:Now... I did burn myself out. 84 hours in 9 days is a LOT of game playing. I guzzled this game and maybe that was the wrong way to do it. It was just so addictive for so much of it that I hardly noticed I was getting a hangover. I got REALLY tired of boss battles in general, something that is generally supposed to be a highlight for these games. I don't know if I'm growing apart from From's Boss Style or if I just did too much too fast and a 2nd leisurely run would feel different. I was just getting really bitter about having to learn fights after awhile. Just let me win, fuckers! I got the exact same feeling, except not so much "let me win" but missing the relatively clean, forced boss confrontations that were highlights but also earned and had strong, unique identities. Dancer and Gael being up there with being in a way very structured, clean fights that still end up challenging - and even others, that are a bit more bombast and less raw technical challenge, like Midir, Demon Prince(s) and Twin Princes, were still heavy on the technical gameplay. You could always cheese your way past Souls bosses - to say you were playing Souls without actually doing the growing and learning bits. But the later parts of Elden Ring kind of slide you into that spot, where 3 things line up: The absolute glut of bosses in rapid succession, the more muddled design of some of these encounters, and the rapid power-explosion come midgame. Before, it was fairly clearly: The challenge levels were in order: no upgrades, SL1, under/normal leveled, with NPC summons, with coop summons, and finally drastically overleveled and with summons. Now, it's somewhat unclear: Am I supposed to fight the guy in the rot by myself? How much damage is it appropriate to do? Was stacking bleed rapidly considered when these bosses were made? What about other weapon arts? What about quickstepping all day long? Indomitable will for free hits? Bubble flask and poise to smash a boss to 20% before he ever moves? Stacking stagger buffs until I can just crit them the whole fight? Mimic tear of a guy who already has 1600 hp at level 70? All of those at once? The mid and lategame is just feeling a lot more like a hack-and-slash than Souls, really. It was always a little this way in the regular mob encounters, but not this drastically for the bosses. That said, this was the only time in ages I've marveled at a (functionally) single player game and really been engrossed exploring a vidya game world like this. It is a fantastic game, although it would be immaculate if the balancing had some of the restraint of the older Souls titles. Those already broke fairly readily, but never to this confusing a degree.
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Vintersorg posted:Is capital end game? In so scared to go in there! I beat the Double Tree Sentinels but I don’t wanna finish the game early. Still gotta beat volcano, still need to snow land. If you rushed the critical path you could finish the game a few hours after the capitol. But no it’s just another area.
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Orv posted:That one I think is more hidden than hard for the purposes of achievement stats. Definitely, you have to go about some tricky stuff to actually get the item to go to him and most people are probably still like "MARGIT'S REAL HARD"
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Malenia was insane. Most of her stuff is standard learnable patterns that you can dodge, but that waterfowl slash... In something like 40 attempts I didn't fully avoid it once, and I haven't seen a video of anyone taking no damage from it that wasn't partially blocked by a shield. One guy came close and got tagged only once, but that attack is ridiculous. Think I'm in the home stretch, but I have an item I found in a sewer that can shackle Mohg, who I assume is the unnamed Lord of Blood. I'll be looking for wherever he might be hiding before I set the tree on fire. Miquela also maybe hiding out there? I dunno where, though, there's very little I haven't explored at this point. I don't think I finished Ranni's questline either. I got the ring out of the chest in Rennala's room, and I killed Blaidd, but it must go further than that, surely?
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Orv posted:If you rushed the critical path you could finish the game a few hours after the capitol. But no it’s just another area. Phew ok. That’ll be my next place then. Thank you!
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