euphronius posted:

My first play through (did not finish ) I thought Fia was just a weird throw away troll character

Ho boy I was wrong

Groovelord Neato posted:

Godfrey is just about the coolest poo poo they've ever done. Both his cutscenes are the hypest poo poo I didn't think I could get as amped as I was that late in the game. And what a loving fight.

Gologle posted:

IIRC, in the disc release of the game, so 1.00, base base game, Godfrey does indeed have two full health bars for each phase. Why they changed it is beyond me.

verbal enema posted:

there is a hoarah loux mod out there somewhere which makes him just absolutely insane i wish i could loving find the video

Annath posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPSlBWDi8w

Ariong posted:

My take (not unique at all): At some point in the recent past many (all?) tarnished suddenly began to see the guidance of grace once more after decades, or perhaps generations, of bring abandoned by the Greater Will. The Greater Will bestowed the guidance of grace on every Tarnished it thought might be able to fix the Elden Ring. As time went on, it began taking the guidance away from people one by one as it narrowed down the list of people most likely to get the job done. By the start of the game, the only people who can still see the guidance of grace are the ones mentioned in the intro.

*You, the Tarnished of No Renown. We know you can see the guidance of grace because, well, you can.

*Hoarah Loux. We know he can see the guidance of grace because we can see his in his intro cutscene. You and him are the last to see it. The Greater Will can’t decide which of you is most likely to mend the rune, so it uses the guidance to lead you and him into a battle to the death to settle the matter.

*Goldmask, Fia, and Dung Eater. We know they have the potential to mend the Elden Ring because they are the ones who, with your help, can create mending runes. They have so much willpower and such strong belief in their respective visions of how the world should work that they can bring a new rune into existence to reinforce the Elden Ring, that has to count for something! However, I imagine that by the end of the game they will have lost the guidance of grace, particularly at the moment when they create their mending rune. All of these people have some sort of beef with the Greater Will, and thus the Greater Will is incentivized to string them along until they make their mending rune and then ditch them in favor of someone else who can use the mending rune but may not be as hostile toward the Greater Will, i.e. you.

*Sir Gideon Offnir. I think this explains a lot of his motivation. He’s an egotist who sees the guidance of grace, and his ability to see it, as confirmation that he will someday be the greatest and smartest and most specialest of all tarnished. He raises Nepheli Loux because she can see it and being the father of the most specialest tarnished is his backup plan. When she stops being able to see it, he drops her like a hot potato. He stops seeing the guidance of grace when you get Destined Death. The confrontation with him in the ashen capital is basically him saying “If I’m not fit to be the next elden lord, nobody is. Certainly not you!”

Ariong posted:

My take (not unique at all): At some point in the recent past many (all?) tarnished suddenly began to see the guidance of grace once more after decades, or perhaps generations, of bring abandoned by the Greater Will. The Greater Will bestowed the guidance of grace on every Tarnished it thought might be able to fix the Elden Ring. As time went on, it began taking the guidance away from people one by one as it narrowed down the list of people most likely to get the job done. By the start of the game, the only people who can still see the guidance of grace are the ones mentioned in the intro.

*You, the Tarnished of No Renown. We know you can see the guidance of grace because, well, you can.

*Hoarah Loux. We know he can see the guidance of grace because we can see his in his intro cutscene. You and him are the last to see it. The Greater Will can’t decide which of you is most likely to mend the rune, so it uses the guidance to lead you and him into a battle to the death to settle the matter.

*Goldmask, Fia, and Dung Eater. We know they have the potential to mend the Elden Ring because they are the ones who, with your help, can create mending runes. They have so much willpower and such strong belief in their respective visions of how the world should work that they can bring a new rune into existence to reinforce the Elden Ring, that has to count for something! However, I imagine that by the end of the game they will have lost the guidance of grace, particularly at the moment when they create their mending rune. All of these people have some sort of beef with the Greater Will, and thus the Greater Will is incentivized to string them along until they make their mending rune and then ditch them in favor of someone else who can use the mending rune but may not be as hostile toward the Greater Will, i.e. you.

*Sir Gideon Offnir. I think this explains a lot of his motivation. He’s an egotist who sees the guidance of grace, and his ability to see it, as confirmation that he will someday be the greatest and smartest and most specialest of all tarnished. He raises Nepheli Loux because she can see it and being the father of the most specialest tarnished is his backup plan. When she stops being able to see it, he drops her like a hot potato. He stops seeing the guidance of grace when you get Destined Death. The confrontation with him in the ashen capital is basically him saying “If I’m not fit to be the next elden lord, nobody is. Certainly not you!”

quote:

Armour set with countless eyes and ears.
Worn by Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing.

Knowledge begins with the recognition of one's ignorance. The realization that the search for knowledge is unending. But when Gideon glimpsed into the will of Queen Marika, he shuddered in fear.

At the end that should not be.

War Wizard posted:

I love Gideon's introduction. How many people just take it at face value that he's the "leader" of the roundtable, or somehow "in charge".

Annath posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPSlBWDi8w

turn off the TV posted:

messmer is gonna wind up being marika's brother who she banished to the shadow realm since the dlc is supposed to be her origin story

toasterwarrior posted:

I want to take my knight & faith build (broadsword and shield + partizan, currently using flame art affinity) to endgame in preparation for the DLC. Unfortunately, I just realized that lightning affinity is associated with dex in this game, not faith, leading me to anticipate issues once I reach Mt. Gelmir, and especially when I'll be facing the Fire Giant and Mogh. Any advice towards making this build more flexible without losing the theme entirely? I'm currently thinking of respeccing towards primary strength with faith just for buffs.

Heithinn Grasida posted:

I’m sure this is not supported by The Lore or whatever, but I always imagined it as Gideon being stuck on the Godfrey boss fight until you show up, and Godfrey being stuck on Radagon/elden beast until you beat Gideon.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

I always figured Godfrey was in on whatever Marika had in mind and was content to watch from the shadows while everything played out until the Erdtree was open and the Elden Beast was finally vulnerable. I never got the impression that he was the manipulative sort, or that he was some fake glory-hound type like his descendant - he's clearly an extremely capable warrior and loving loves fighting so he probably wasn't just sitting on his laurels the whole time. Him showing up when and where he does feels like a very deliberate decision on his part - like he's already there when you get back to the throne, he's ahead of you, he could have gone for the win at any time and probably would have succeeded too but he decides to throw down with you instead. Its like his way of going "buddy, you better be absolutely fuckin ready for this next part if you're really serious about this" Either you beat him, in which case you are probably in fact a bad enough dude to become the next Elden Lord, or he beats you and finishes cleaning up this mess himself.

Ariong posted:

Fire Giant has 20% holy negation which is not nothing but also if you’re putting out good damage then it’s not that big a deal. If you make a holy weapon that deals half and half physical and holy damage, then you’re only losing a tenth of your damage. If you use the broadsword it’s even less since Fire Giant also takes 10% more damage from slashing.

Mohg has 40% holy resist but he also has 40% lightning resist, so if you were going to use lightning against him you might as well use holy. If you want to avoid the resistances but keep the holy knight feel, you can switch your weapons to pure physical and load up your incantation slots with buffs instead. Golden Vow, Flame Grant Me Strength, Shabriri’s Howl, Dragonbolt Blessing. You can also pack a Bestial Vitality or Lord’s Aid. You don’t need to respec for that.

doomrider7 posted:

Certain...events(Night of Black Knives and Mohg kidnapping Miquella) threw some spanners in the works so that by the time Godfrey is back, things are not exactly going well to say the least.

Fister Roboto posted: