Raygereio posted:

After the honeymoon period, I'm starting to sour on Elden Ring somewhat. When the game is good, it's really good. But there's also quite a bit of annoying or just plain miserable unfun content.
I can't help but feel the game was just way too big for From. Most of the lovely content has a "we've run out of ideas and/or time" vibe to it.

Transfering save files worked just fine Dark Souls 3. And it worked in Elden Ring for me. The folder name in %appdata%/eldenring is your unique steamid. But the actual savefile inside the folder - the .sl2 file, isn't tied to your account. When you boot up the game thought, it's possible Steam yells at you because the local save files are different then the ones in your cloud storage. But you can tell it to keep using your local files and it'll be fine.

acumen posted:

yeah while the mimic can definitely do solid damage (especially with all the op WAs/bleed/etc) the real key is having it draw aggro leaving you free to stomp/laser/anime the poo poo out of the boss without getting 19-hit combo'd. I would assume some of the other ashes can do the job decently enough - the only other one I used was the jellyfish and it was "ok", though I didn't upgrade it too much.

Still it can probably solo a few of the bosses. The only one that ever gave it real trouble was Maliketh, and that was mostly my fault for letting it tank the entire fight because gently caress that guy

BisbyWorl posted:

You can never go wrong with being able to make 99 rot and bleed arrows on demand.

dodgeblan posted:

the crafting is uninteresting but it doesn't detract from my experience

about the only criticism I have is that the open world music is too repetitive and not very good. They need to figure out how to do the cool stuff Breath of the Wild does with overworld music

Venuz Patrol posted:

no that fight is supposed to be hard

Appoda posted:

Does anything else happen with Ken? I got his fort back like a zillion hours ago and I don't think I've seen him since

Millie's quest line is a hot mess but she does kick some rear end once you get the ability to summon her. I hosed off from red lightning tree sentinel after a few failed attempts, then summoned her to the fight ~20 hours later and she creamed 'em first try.

Oscar Wild posted:

That loving dog ate Gowry at least twice. Rip

CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:

Why don't you buy that thing anyway if you already haven't? There's a bit more going on with the Royal Family than may be apparent at first.

That's not the only "shackle" you can get your hands on, either.

So It Goes posted:

Between reforged and convergence do people have any opinions on which would be the better overhaul mod to try out? There’s also apparently a paid one (garden of eyes)? Hard to imagine that one is worth it but which one of these should get first priority to mess around with?

OGS-Remix posted:

I've been using the starting wretch club even in my mostly magic run and it's working pretty well.

If I stay at 10 Str, are there even any other better weapons to use? It has good stance damage, good attack animations, even the starting skill is decent. It's funny to be running around in robes and then pulling out a club and beating someone to death with it.

Ariong posted:

Is it possible to cheat to give yourself items without getting banned from multiplayer? I’m curious what it would be like to dual wield Zweihanders but there’s no easy way to get two.

Node posted:

Giant Hunt is awesome. Good health and posture damage, and its quick too. It's beautiful on my Greatsword.

Drone_Fragger posted:

good lord, Rykards voice acting is....... kind of rough. Luckily he doesn't have to say much before me and my mimic tear absolutely demolish his dumb rear end with the snake spear. Gotta love gimmick bosses.

Epic High Five posted:

In addition to what tuxedo said, the Golden Halberd doesn't sound like it fits thematically but it's available straight away from a new save file, is a full bore str/fai weapon, hits like a goddamned truck, and has a somewhat reduced version of the best buff in the game as its weapon art

MonsieurChoc posted:

Thank you cosplay cooperator Big Boggart for carrying me through Mohg.

He even dropped prawns and crabs afterwards. loving legend.

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

Aldritch: eats children, only gods he killed were strays and burnt-out husks, is literally a big bag of poo poo. has no friends except his enabler Sulyvahn. homophobic. mostly just a sad reminder of a cooler boss.

Rykard: raises his children to be big and strong, has a wife and many friends who come and visit all the time, rebels against the ruling regime, is the only dude besides you bad enough to take Maliketh. ghosts hate him

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

unfortunately it's a halberd and therefore has a jank-rear end moveset, although at least unlike spears the heavy attack is a sweep

verbal enema posted:

Frenzied Flame stone?

Obligatum VII posted:

So I finally decided to try out Maliketh's greatsword and it feels... bad. The weapon art is way overcosted compared to other weapon arts than manage to do the same or more damage for half the cost. Not to mention you get locked into it for 5 million years. It's a shame cause it looks cool but it's just way too slow and will get you killed in every possible circumstance. It's kind of weird it's not a two-parter with the initial spin and the ground stab as an optional followup.

On the other hand, I never respected the weapon art on the black knife enough, I gave it a try and that thing is vicious. A comically cheap and powerful projectile that comes out pretty fast.

War Wizard posted:

Works on everything and is an amazing opener on any boss. Its counterpart, the blade of calling, has a similar projectile with decent knockback that knocks over medium sized enemies.

The move set is also special for daggers and is really good once you get used to it.

MonsieurChoc posted:

I've been thinking about some of the Lore aspects as I play through the game again. Mostly the timeline of the Shattering and the common people view of the conflict.

I think no one knew about Mohg and Morgott until the Shattering? Like, they were just hidden underground until the chaos let them break out? So as far as anyone knows, Godwyn was the only child of Godfrey and Marika and the start of the Golden Lineage. Then when the Elden Ring is broken, Godwyn dies and Radagon and Marika vanish, this dude appears claiming to be Godwyn's secret brother and defends Leyndell from the various rebel kids. Meanwhile Mohg goes underground and starts building his blood cult. Except Gideon knows of Mohg in his lore dumps?

Also, as we see in the Morgott boss room, the kids had thrones in there, implying there used to be some kind of council with all the princes and princesses of the realm. Why would the kids of Radagon and Rennala be there if no one knows Radagon is Marika? They're quite powerful in their own right and maybe it was justified as being a political move to stop the war with the Carians from restarting?

We get to learn quite a lot of big secrets as we journey through the lands between.

MonsieurChoc posted:

That's kinda sad. Morgott is quite pitiful when you think about it.

Meanwhile Mohg was on the Epstein flight logs.

LazyMaybe posted:

PathAsc posted:

Dollfucker Prime is kill on sight, gently caress 100% completion

Arcvasti posted:

You might be able to still do the quest after killing him if you get forgiveness from the turtle pope afterwards? I've never tried it, but his part in the quest is both unhelpful and optional so it should work in theory.

Paracelsus posted:

I usually give the potion to Dung-Eater, so I'd forgotten that if you show it to Gideon he will actually call Seluvis a "dolly botherer."

LazyMaybe posted:

Frankly, Seluvis' own dialogue from the bit just before you get the amber shard goes further than that-



What's funny about the amber starlight shard is that its description contains the bit

So Seluvis' using it to make his super special Ranni enslavement potion that doesn't actually do anything isn't based on, like... any kind of actual logic.
He just believes that it will work, because amber-hued stars are special like demigods are. Complete magical thinking(plus arrogance, of course).

War Wizard posted:

Shabriri did nothing wrong.

Also drat I hate twin gargoyles.

MonsieurChoc posted:

Shabriri masterminded the massacre of the nomads.

War Wizard posted:

I don't want this to be true, because the Golden Order are still the ones who did-the-thing. But it does fit really well. However I don't think an exiled monk could convince the Golden Order to do anything they weren't already going to do.

Steve Yun posted:

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7321773320716782880

This account does what-if fights between monsters and bosses all day, sometimes with surprising results

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

Yes and no. There's a pretty good chance the Dung Eater's "seedbed curse" is just him making sure that people will be reborn as Omens, and in any case Omens are a naturally-occurring phenomenon that he took inspiration from.

The Crimson and Azure Seed Talismans, Morgott's remembrance and boss items, Dung Eater's armor, and a whole bunch of items related to the Followers (horned underground animal-worshiper dudes) have relevant lore.

It's not a 100% certain connection by any means but I think the implication is that Omens are related to the Erdtree's reproductive cycle and ability to produce seeds and new trees, which was temporarily suppressed after the Rune of Death was sealed, back during the proverbial golden age.

If the seedbed curse = the omen curse, then Omens are hated for two reasons: one is that they're a reminder that the Erdtree is mortal and will some day die, and the other is it's a potentially-transmittable condition that prevents your soul from returning to the Erdtree. It might still be possible to be reborn (perhaps through a Minor Erdtree?), but you can never again be part of the dominant social / supernatural order of the world.

Tuxedo Catfish posted:

I think there must have been a succession of holders of the Crucible / Elden Ring. The exact order and timeline is really hard to pin down except that the dragons were first and Marika was last. Also, some of them may have existed simultaneously with each other, since we know that, for example, the Rune of Death was under the Gloam-Eyed Queen's control until Maliketh took it from her, and once he did it dramatically weakened her followers' black flame powers.

Marika may have eventually united everything into a single whole, but it's pretty clear that the Great Runes themselves can exert their power on the world independent of each other -- or maybe just as part of a looser supernatural structure than they eventually ended up in? And several characters, starting with Rogier, muse about how "flexible" the Golden Order is in terms of absorbing formerly-heretical concepts in order to survive and stay on top.

MechaSeinfeld posted:

bro I swear these aren’t the same crucible knights they put in my game

Steve Yun posted:

Yeah I'm curious

Was Radagon = Marika supposed to mean Radagon was a hive mind Borg or was Marika doing a Mrs Doubtfire

doomfunk posted:

theories like that don't really hold when the cinematic introduction of the character in question is very explicitly not that thing.

which is a shame because I do really like that line of thinking and think everything about the game except that particular fight supports it.

skasion posted:

Corhyn should probably be less judgmental since he teaches fire incants and is therefore a heretic himself

No Dignity posted:

It did hurt for real in DS1 when your humanity could be a significant stock that would be non-trivial to get back. Past that though yeah it's easy come, easy go

Epic High Five posted:

Get the twiggy cracked tear, pop it before you know you're probably about to die and you've got 3 minutes of not losing runes. If you've lost them already, chug it then and if you die trying to retrieve them they won't disappear.

edit - iirc the twiggy cracked is just sitting out in a field in Altus, super easy

skasion posted:

Pickaxe uses greataxe animations and therefore can be dual wielded with any greataxe (and itself), even though it’s classed as a great hammer for some reason. It also doesn’t mention that it works that way in the item description, unlike the wakizashi. Possibly never-noticed bug? or just designers disagreeing with each other.

MonsieurChoc posted:

I forgot how much navigating the Haligtree sucks.

War Wizard posted:

I tried fighting Malenia last night with a death birb gimmick build and it wasn't working out. She demands such a high level of git-gud for builds not explicitly full physical, that it just isn't fun. So I pulled out the Grave Scythe and Mimic Tear+10 and just Loretta Slashed her to death. Absolutely trivializes the fight, but screw it. She needs either less health, less health steal, or less damage. One of those three would stop me from thinking shes a lame fight and actually want to try.

I like fighting Rykard without the spear because he becomes more like a puzzle boss, and I just froze him over and over again. It was oddly easier than engaging with the gimmick.

Epic High Five posted:

I worked out a pretty foolproof system to kill her quick with incants and a pure faith build but that's the extent of it, I wouldn't even know where to start with sorcery. Probably just stack insane damage and spam night comet

Rykard is a lot of fun without the spear but it's only a real option for a handful of builds. I think the lava interrupts go away with 100+ poise, but that also means you're probably fatrolling and still have to contend with a trillion health.

Naturally, the long doot annihilates him in seconds

Epic High Five posted:

I did a trial run with one and had to scramble to start recording for the 2nd phase because I hadn't realized phase 1 would last like 10 seconds lol

With him and Mohg I honestly don't recommend it except for the novelty value, because they're really great fights that shouldn't be just instantly ended like the long doot can do