Phobophilia posted:

I feel like if an enemy hits me sufficiently hard on a platform then I 100% deserve to be flung straight off that platform to my painful demise.

skasion posted:

Yeah he’s excellent. I don’t think they really topped him in the mid size dragon weight class.

RatHat posted:

For dragon fights I've always liked Sinh more than Midir. I guess I'd rank them Sinh>Midir>Kalameet>>>>>>Ancient Dragon.

Fair Bear Maiden posted:

Some weird historical revisionism going on in this thread, Dark Souls 1 defintiely had its own elemental/magic nerfs, and Elden Ring is probably gonna get its own balance patches. Just learn to live with it.

Nuns with Guns posted:

while the parries were made easier because the signal for a successful one is bigger and more obvious.

dodgeblan posted:

that's how you know if something is good in a souls game, the best stuff is always optional

Brandfarlig posted:

The bell towers kick rear end and the rewards are easily reason enough to go there. At least the first one.

Colonel Whitey posted:

See, my hope is that Miyazaki has enough taste to remove those GRRMish elements

TheMostFrench posted:

Char creation

Yessss crazy faces are back.

Vintersorg posted:

Those replies are hilarious. Like, if it's not for you cool but don't loving drag perfection down.

FishMcCool posted:

The art is neat,

stratdax posted:

So the game design really is just "die to some enemy 60 times until you memorize exactly which frame to press the block and counterattack buttons"? Like there's no way of knowing or reading or planning how to engage with an enemy until you die a bunch?

Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:

Anyone know of some good places to find Smithing Stone [1]s?

GlyphGryph posted:

I want to get this game but half the reviews on Steam are about how it is literally unplayable because of poo poo performance and stuttering so bad the combat becomes impossible. To what extent has that been a problem for you all?

sigher posted:

This is total bullshit, the game wouldn't be getting reviewed as bad as it has been if the performance wasn't "super severe." The performance issues are genuinely terrible and it's baffling this made it through QC.

skasion posted:

So what does time of day actually affect in this game? I see you can wait to change it…is there a point, or just cosmetic?

satanic splash-back posted:

This game hands out neat strength weapons like candy in the early game but is really stingy with dexterity weapons, am I wrong?

bike tory posted:

Yeah for a game series that always goes to ridiculous lengths to disguise its systems behind in-world stuff, this is a really questionable choice. All the other games have done it, why would they not here?

School Nickname posted:

Parry is a meme in this game though.

JBP posted:

How do you get into turtle towers btw? I fought and info tip that said I should clear its feet but it doesn't seem to do anything when I run around killing all the dudes on the ground.

Cowcaster posted:

i think he means the skill "parry" as opposed to the very easy and much better "guard counter"

Lid posted:

Anyone else stumbled on Dragonkin Soldier while exploring Siofra?

terrorist ambulance posted:

The skill is "buckler parry" rather than "parry", which suggests there's a difference. The elden ring wiki says the small shield parry is faster

sigher posted:

Yeah, especially with bosses. It's pretty annoying.

Currently on Leonine Misbegotten. Everything he does tracks you stupidly, pivots on loving everything, will cancel his animations if you hit him during some openings, his sword might as well be a club with some of the bullshit hitboxes it has and you can barely space yourself because every single attack he has just brings him closer to you really fast.

A lot of this game really feels like, "Strike once, wait for the perfect opening after a length string of 6 hits that will combo the poo poo out of you if you're caught in it, strike once and never think about doing multiple hits because you'll be hosed."

SKULL.GIF posted:

pentyne posted:

How do you know if you've aggro'd an NPC?

I'm in the Village of the Albinarics and immediately nearby there's a flute playing person. When I approach he attacks immediately. The only reason I think I might've accidently hit him prior to this is I've seen him use a flask to heal, which I've never seen for any other enemy.

pentyne posted:

For the mines, does the wall loot (smithing stones) regenerate? Do plants and open world collectibles like that regenerate?

pentyne posted:

so other then raising "discovery" through Arcane is there any way to improve drop rates?

codo27 posted:

I disregard all talk of mkb in FROM games despite being a devout user for anything with guns. Yet I play all these games with this ridiculous claw grip in which I use my thumb to pan the camera while curling my index finger and using that to hold sprint.

Thundercracker posted:

Just a hint for weapons dilettantes like me. After clearing Stormveil there's a blacksmith in the next map that sells infinite smithing stones 1 and 2. He's in the open world, hard to miss, and can be beelined to following the road.

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

I like to mount on the run, so flipping to the horse and hitting X is easier than stopping to take both my thumbs off the sticks to hit Y+Dpad

beep by grandpa posted:

Thanks but i'm more confused now - I have a bunch of these little Talisman guys in my inventory and no idea what is on or off or even if I have any Talisman pouches

bike tory posted:

Ugh so apparently Patches sells a specific anti-Margit item. This probably would've helped!