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Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

You don’t “need” a maxed-out weapon but as a new player on my first run, it does discourage me from trying most of the overwhelming number of different weapons. I have a couple of upgraded weapons I’ve been using and anything else is going to feel weak by comparison unless I upgrade that to a similar level, and probably respec into different stats while I’m at it, since if you’re not a caster, strength, dex, int, faith, and arcane are all basically the same stat but for different weapons

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Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

LazyMaybe posted:

Removing the weapons that are essentially reskins would not mean we get more unique weapons, it would just reduce our options when playing dressup.

have the reskins but call them all the same thing. boom, problem solved

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

OGS-Remix posted:

Now I'm going around and collecting stuff for the first NG+. Or maybe I should start a new character, I wanted to play a caster for a change of pace.

Why not just respec and do NG+ as a caster?

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Just finished my first run and started messing around in NG+. Accidentally murdered Patches in about 2 seconds before he could surrender. Whoops. Guess I’m not doing his quest line this run either

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Groovelord Neato posted:

Killing Patches is vile who does that.

It was an accident! I thought he’d go invulnerable or something when he hit the hp threshold and I just unloaded on him without thinking

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

I don’t understand this whole “just remember everything” argument against having a dialogue log at all. You might as well get rid of the mana bar from the UI and tell people to just memorise their max mana and the costs of all their spells, and “just remember” how much mana they have left.

That said my biggest problem with the quests wasn’t remembering what people wanted me to do, it was not happening to stumble across the random spot they were hiding in the giant open world because I had no reason to go there. Eg eyeball lady’s second location behind a ruin or varre’s second location on a random island in a swamp. Varre I’ll concede was at least somewhere you might actually look if you’re exploring rather just just following grace since there’s a church there, but eyeball lady you could very easily miss even if you explored the ruins since she’s out back between them and the lake

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

yeah until i respecced into a build with less end I went from banished to radahn because it was the heaviest armour i had at the time. even by the time i finished the game i only had a couple of heavier sets and they required a poo poo-ton of end to still med roll in. i also think it looks pretty sweet and don't get the hate

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

best set on a purely aesthetic basis is clearly fire prelate. the only flaw is that you can't have a fire going in the bowl on the helmet

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

dialhforhero posted:

for some reason the White Mask set never spawned or dropped on me (never was invaded).

I missed the set on my first run too. I'm guessing you also killed Mohg before you went looking for it? If you do the invaders won't spawn and you're locked out of it for that run.

FWIW I'm doing NG+ now. I'm enjoying it still, but it's not as fun as the first run where you're discovering everything. Knowing where you're going and rushing all the bosses has its own charm though.

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Assuming you mean seals, they scale off different stats, so depending on your other stats, you might be better off with different seals. They also each give extra buffs to a different school of spells

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

John Murdoch posted:

Fromsoft more like Softcocks :smug:

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Gologle posted:

Bros...it's loving over :(

No joy ahead
in short
Time for jumping

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

dialhforhero posted:

I don't understand?

People were hoping a dlc trailer was gonna drop at some games expo; it didn’t

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Digital Flower posted:

I literally don't know what's going on anymore.

The story of Elden Ring is that I explore and play dress up and find sweet weapons and die constantly kill everyone with them.

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Fruits of the sea posted:

Likewise, "grass" is similiar to "gently caress/lol" so if you're wondering why so many people think it's necessary to label moss as grass, that's why.

Huh, I always assumed it was a weed joke

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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No Dignity posted:

When has GRRM even written a story

not in living memory

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Annath posted:

What's in the main game, alongside the datamined cut content, is fascinating.

Honest question from someone who finds ER's plot/lore to be an incomprehensible mess of "this character is also three other people with near-identical names" and more corruption than a wow expansion, what is it you find fascinating?

Wafflecopper fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Feb 9, 2024

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

verbal enema posted:

i just killed a wandering noble and he loving transformed into a rune bear? never seen that before

Was it in Limgrave near the southern evergaol? That happened to me too, scared the poo poo out of me. It was my first runebear too

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Bobby Deluxe posted:

Lobster with 2 dog heads malenias for claws.

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

War Wizard posted:

Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the lobsters? Or the dogs with lobsters in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot lobsters at you? Well, go ahead!

from could put this in the game and some nerd would still kill it without taking a hit

loving nerds

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Everyone’s giving op advice for the Ordina archers but it’s the assassins they said they were struggling with. Which I totally sympathise with, the archers are annoying but at least there’s lots of ways to break LOS. The assassins are absolute bullshit. I found on google that there’s some special torch you can equip which makes them much easier to spot at a reasonable distance. Worked for me so I recommend looking that up

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Elden Lord Godfrey posted:

FYI you can run past both Ordina black knives without a fight.

sure elden lord godfrey, if you know where you're going and how to avoid getting shot to death by archers as you go there, you can do that. it's not so easy on your first playthrough when you don't know the route and you're trying to explore and sneak past the archers and an invisible guy jumps you

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Bobby Deluxe posted:

This sacred relic sword certainly kicks rear end.

I thought it was hilarious and awesome that the reward for beating the game is the Sword of Albinauric Farming. If you want to roflstomp NG+, take it to the ledge

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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explosivo posted:

I'm saving onto these 27 rune arcs for just the right moment, you never know!

I went through about that many to kill Malenia

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Astrochicken posted:

finally, a quest log and compass!

not to mention quest markers on the hud!

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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heeyyyyyy youuuuuu guuuuuuyyyyyss

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

what on earth is the point of a "shortcut" with five keys in it. any site/app i use with any regularity is gonna have a one-click icon on my toolbar/favourites bar

e: wait is there one for pornhub

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

How are people cheesing the Caelid bell bearing hunter from the shack rooftop? When I try it he just runs up right below me where I can't hit him. Doesn't help how zooming in on things below you in Elden Ring makes it look like you have a totally clear shot but then you somehow hit the ledge you're standing on instead

e: managed to whittle him down a bit eventually using target lock shooting instead of trying to zoom in. still had to constantly wait for him to reset every time he ran up to the shack. got him to about 40% then ran out of patience, buffed up, and finished him off the old fashioned way

Wafflecopper fucked around with this message at 07:45 on Feb 27, 2024

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

SHISHKABOB posted:

I just noticed that Runebear is almost Runebearer. No wonder they are so strong.

Can’t wait to fight shardbears in the dlc

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

scary ghost dog posted:

i also presume the “grace of gold” is the guiding beams of golden light that lead from one grace to another, or perhaps the graces themselves.

I'd say both. The sites are called "lost" sites of grace after all, if everyone could see them glowing from a mile away idk how they'd get lost

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream


how does this not have YOU DIED at the end

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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War Wizard posted:

Mad Tongue Alberich is the true lord of Roundtable Hold :colbert:

He kicked my rear end over and over on my first playthrough. A lot of other bosses were also doing the same so I put it down to being bad at souls games since ER is my first. Now on my second (non NG+) playthrough and he still kicked my rear end over and over while I stomped a lot of the bosses who I had trouble with the first time around. I'm definitely still bad but now I also think he's just a motherfucker

Wafflecopper fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Mar 1, 2024

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Barudak posted:

Fire follows the same logic as the flow of time in the lands between

none at all?

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Cassian of Imola posted:

probably the wolves you start with tbh

they might not be the best but wolves honestly carried me until i got the mimic tear in my current run. yeah they do no damage but there's three of them constantly attacking to pull aggro off you so you're free to burn the boss down yourself

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Phrosphor posted:

Do you get this for killing Bernahl himself or the Ball Bearing Hunter that spawns at night?

I have never killed a 'friendly' NPC before! :ohdear:

Bernahl himself. He also drops it as an invader in late game, so he's not that friendly!

efb

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

why are they called bell bearings instead of ball bearings anyway. so many missed opportunities for hilarious jokes about balls

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Bobby Deluxe posted:

I never thought of putting the items I never use in storage.

What did you think storage was for? :confused:

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

Epic High Five posted:

Become a land of contrasts - huge weapon, fast roll

Roll quickly and carry a big stick

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

verbal enema posted:

foot swords...

Too bad those birds in stormveil don’t drop theirs

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Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

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Last night I had a dream that I was playing an Elden Ring battle royale mode. I thought it was pretty dope, which is weird considering I've never touched ER multiplayer or a battle royale

Still sounds cool in theory, everyone competing for a limited amount of weapons and resources as the map gradually shrinks in on Leyndell

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