|OT| Elden Ring - Foul Tarnished, in search of the Elden Ring
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Wait so that means they will spawn back every time! Yeah no way I'm butting my head against him anymore.
kio advice is solid. Cant defeat an tough enemy or beat a dungeon? Put a marker on it and keep exploring.
When people say "no summoning" do they mean just other players or does that include pets like the wolves? I've been making good progress but have been summoning wolves in every boss fight. I assumed it's just part of your kit.
Oh and btw I was using a giant sword and shield before going dual greatswords. It's so bloody powerful, claymore in main hand and the lordsworn greatsword in the other. Jumping l1 attack one hit kills a lot of regular mobs. Highly recommended to try using two weapons rather than a shield.
Oh and btw I was using a giant sword and shield before going dual greatswords. It's so bloody powerful, claymore in main hand and the lordsworn greatsword in the other. Jumping l1 attack one hit kills a lot of regular mobs. Highly recommended to try using two weapons rather than a shield.
Gabe wins again.... bought the game also, after the constant talk here and a colleague loving it made me cave in 
we'll see how well i fare havent played a souls-like since the original Dark Souls, and I wasnt good at that D:
we'll see how well i fare
havent played a souls-like since the original Dark Souls, and I wasnt good at that D:
I find it hilarious that the "Edge, Lord" message has max rating now.
Ok, I'm an idiot I don't know for how long I've had the items to upgrade my flasks just to find another 5 minutes after upgrading.
There's one thing about this game that my brain seems incapable to process. Despite having played Sekiro I'm unable to internalize that the jump button exists and can be used in fights.,
Also why are pots with hands attaking me.
I made it to Godrick and got him to 1/3 of health after a few tries I think tomorrow I'll pull it off.
There's one thing about this game that my brain seems incapable to process. Despite having played Sekiro I'm unable to internalize that the jump button exists and can be used in fights.,
Also why are pots with hands attaking me.
I made it to Godrick and got him to 1/3 of health after a few tries I think tomorrow I'll pull it off.
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The game's day/night cycle adds a lot more than I was expecting, visually.
Summoning other players is also just part of your kit
Hey I'll take pride in my small win of sticking to ashes summoning.Summoning other players is also just part of your kit
This game is mind blowing. I am going to struggle going back to Dark Souls after having this sort of experience. It feels like my adventure is completely unique to me.
This game just makes me miss Sekiro's combat and level design even more. Besides being another regular souls game in terms of combat, UI and rpg systems being nearly the exact same, the open world which was touted as some kind of evolution for the genre is the part that's putting me off the most. I find it incredibly dull and too empty a lot of the time with not a lot to explore to keep me motivated. I feel like 70% of the unique rewards I get are STR weapons or magic stuff, not very helpful for my DEX build. The catacombs/caves are so generic and tiny they remind me of chalice dungeons from bloodborne instead of intricately designed areas I'm used to seeing in FROM games.
To be honest a lot of this open world feels not much different than Ubi games that are so derided. You have your "bandit" camps and copy/paste catacombs but the only difference is they're not on the map as ? icons for you to run to. I know people say the castle in the first area is a proper souls area but if each region only has 1 thing like that I don't think this game is going to do much for me with the bulk of the content being tiny copy and paste "dungeons" and a mostly empty open world.
To be honest a lot of this open world feels not much different than Ubi games that are so derided. You have your "bandit" camps and copy/paste catacombs but the only difference is they're not on the map as ? icons for you to run to. I know people say the castle in the first area is a proper souls area but if each region only has 1 thing like that I don't think this game is going to do much for me with the bulk of the content being tiny copy and paste "dungeons" and a mostly empty open world.
Been loving the game so far, haven't really hit a difficulty wall yet, like I usually do in From games (only ever completed DS2). Still have to attempt the first story boss. Everyone has said how hard he is, so I have done everything to avoid him. Level 32 now.
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What I find really amusing about how Elden Ring is almost universally praised is that to me -- and also the people I play in co-op with -- out of all of From's games it seems most closely like a large-scale sequel to Dark Souls 2. In terms of things like build variety, multiplayer options, somewhat larger focus on more diverse RPG systems, sheer content volume and overall feel.
Now, for me, that's a fantastic thing, and I'm not surprised people are praising it so much, since Dark Souls 2 was my favourite Dark Souls game. But it seems slightly ironic
Now, for me, that's a fantastic thing, and I'm not surprised people are praising it so much, since Dark Souls 2 was my favourite Dark Souls game. But it seems slightly ironic
I feel a lot of people ran with the gossip that DS2 is not great, I surely spent the most time with it compared to all their games - I just love the magic in there, it's nuts. It makes me excited to try ER down the road - love reading and watching it right now but not in the mood to play it. Also waiting for fixes (lol).
zkylon actually agrees with youWhat I find really amusing about how Elden Ring is almost universally praised is that to me -- and also the people I play in co-op with -- out of all of From's games it seems most closely like a large-scale sequel to Dark Souls 2. In terms of things like build variety, multiplayer options, somewhat larger focus on more diverse RPG systems, sheer content volume and overall feel.
Now, for me, that's a fantastic thing, and I'm not surprised people are praising it so much, since Dark Souls 2 was my favourite Dark Souls game. But it seems slightly ironic
For the people pissing themselves over Margit... Go Explore!! There is a Cave in the east of starting area, along a ravine. Fight some bandits, spare a merchant. Come back later, he'll sell you a "shackle" among other things if you've got the coin.
This item is reusable and will help you a lot in the Margit fight. It's an item designed specifically for this boss.
Beat Margits ass first try. 90% of his attacks are parryable too.
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Really enjoying this game. I haven't really poured myself into any game since quitting FFXIV, and this was just the cure i needed. 19 Hours and I've not even cleared Stormveil Castle yet. I got the wanderlust something fierce. (Which is good, cuz I'm getting all the quests and NPC's and lore.)
This item is reusable and will help you a lot in the Margit fight. It's an item designed specifically for this boss.
Beat Margits ass first try. 90% of his attacks are parryable too.
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Really enjoying this game. I haven't really poured myself into any game since quitting FFXIV, and this was just the cure i needed. 19 Hours and I've not even cleared Stormveil Castle yet. I got the wanderlust something fierce. (Which is good, cuz I'm getting all the quests and NPC's and lore.)
Yeah, sort in a love / hate relationship with the game.
First, I suppose I'm a scrub, but as the series advances the difficulty and skill level keeps going up in my subjective opinion. It's fine to be demanding, but could we keep reasonable ?
In practice I long for the days when bosses took some micro seconds of pause between chaining me to hell and back. It feels like those motherfuckers don't breath (they are certainly not letting me).
I experienced some weird AI behavior too, being rushed by bears like they were on fast forward.
Oh, yeah, archers, sniping you from the far end of the map, got old 84 years ago.
On an objective note, a relative fail is the
throughout the map. It's fine and impressive to make a map that big, but if you need to do that to populate it, maybe shrink it a little ?
The game didn't impress me that much artistically in the first two regions, but the one with lots of water is a treat. The big dungeon here is also sublimely reminiscent of Bloodborne.
To finish looking like a grumpy old man, I would be remiss not to add that the whole UI and information presentation is a trash fire. Comparing items between the merchant and me is a pain, and, for the love of God, can we not toy with 30 years of muscle memory and the barest of logic and make it so you can fucking close the map with the same button used to open it ?
EVERY. TIME.
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That being said, 30 hours in two or three days, the game must do things right too, I'm not saying it's shit or anything.
First, I suppose I'm a scrub, but as the series advances the difficulty and skill level keeps going up in my subjective opinion. It's fine to be demanding, but could we keep reasonable ?
In practice I long for the days when bosses took some micro seconds of pause between chaining me to hell and back. It feels like those motherfuckers don't breath (they are certainly not letting me).
I experienced some weird AI behavior too, being rushed by bears like they were on fast forward.
Oh, yeah, archers, sniping you from the far end of the map, got old 84 years ago.
On an objective note, a relative fail is the
reuse of cave bosses in stronger form
The game didn't impress me that much artistically in the first two regions, but the one with lots of water is a treat. The big dungeon here is also sublimely reminiscent of Bloodborne.
To finish looking like a grumpy old man, I would be remiss not to add that the whole UI and information presentation is a trash fire. Comparing items between the merchant and me is a pain, and, for the love of God, can we not toy with 30 years of muscle memory and the barest of logic and make it so you can fucking close the map with the same button used to open it ?
EVERY. TIME.
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That being said, 30 hours in two or three days, the game must do things right too, I'm not saying it's shit or anything.
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I fought a boss that looked like anEVA. It was called Dragonkin Soldier Nokstella and the whole fight was so cool, I had to unlearn the old habit of staying between a boss legs because he has an attack for when a character gets bellow him
Some screenshots:
Some screenshots:
Panda Pedinte The first screenshot appears frequently upon loading and it's just gorgeous.
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To expand on the technical side of things vs. the art side, I'm not that impressed by the game. There are still some nice effects. I'm thinking about the fire effect really popping out of the screen compared the relatively dull environment. Dull is not the right word but yeah, some nice contrast. Fighting
is always a sight for sore eyes.
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To expand on the technical side of things vs. the art side, I'm not that impressed by the game. There are still some nice effects. I'm thinking about the fire effect really popping out of the screen compared the relatively dull environment. Dull is not the right word but yeah, some nice contrast. Fighting
Fire Monks
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This game is insane. Just discovered the siofra river area and wow. How much bigger can this game get? I've been doing so much exploring around redmane are and southern peninsula. And now there is siofra and I haven't even begun going to the area after Godrick wtf.
I just discovered this zone as well by random chance. Let's see what's in that small building over there... boom!... gigantic underground rock-people civilization.
As if the above-ground map wasn't big enough already.
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Not 100% sure but defeating groups of enemies replenishes flask charges, it may be that
Aaah yeah that might be it!
Think I might have beaten my first boss now! At least I got a message after beating him. It was the boat guy.
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Some ramblings-
I keep forgetting your mount can double jump,
I keep forgetting I can jump and attack,
The ambient music adds a lot to the world
You can drop a long way without hurting yourself
I keep forgetting your mount can double jump,
I keep forgetting I can jump and attack,
The ambient music adds a lot to the world
You can drop a long way without hurting yourself
I’m a sad puppy. rekt by
rekt by
and absolutely trounced by motherfucking
I don’t have anything against good old farming but at 1000xp a pop, my great spot is becoming slow at level 47 (more or less 16k to level up).
some crystal lizard
a flame throwing lizard
Knight of Caria
I don’t have anything against good old farming but at 1000xp a pop, my great spot is becoming slow at level 47 (more or less 16k to level up).
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You can say that again!
I play most of the game with the same people I've played the Souls game with before, and basically every drop in the beginning we were like "you can't survive that". Then we started joking that at some point we'll be so used to it that we'll end up jumping down some unreasonably huge ledge which still kills you.
But yeah, if you played a lot of Souls it's a huge change to get used to. I've had multiple occasions where I was sure I was dead, only to not even take fall damage.
Tip to know if you can survive a fall or not, drop a rainbow stone and if it not shatters upon reaching the bottom you can jump safely.
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Good point -- I am aware, it's just that we are all Souls "veterans" I guess and were used to being able to tell at a glance
Well I'm at the 26 hour mark and I've had my first seething moment.
Lost two levels worth of runes because I got stuck on a fence! Two doggies and a heavy Lance knight just juggled me like a chew toy once i couldn't move. >_<
URGHHHH. It's frustrating to lose a whole hours worth of EXP.
.... but we carry on. That's how these games be.
Lost two levels worth of runes because I got stuck on a fence! Two doggies and a heavy Lance knight just juggled me like a chew toy once i couldn't move. >_<
URGHHHH. It's frustrating to lose a whole hours worth of EXP.
.... but we carry on. That's how these games be.
Spent a few hours at the castle and it seems and I'm not even close to finishing it
I ended up at a spooky mage school tonight. I think I need to rethink my defenses or else come back a bit later. These magic users are kicking my teeth in. Probably should focus elsewhere for a bit and put some damn points into Vigor. The Int or Dex are so tempting though!
I feel like I'm wrapping up the South section, just finished Morne Castle. which was a lot of fun. The boss got me a few times because of how aggressive it was. There was some prisoner that I don't know how to free.
The great thing about this game is you think you have seen 90-100% of the south section, but it's probably more like 50-60%.. Then you add in that it will be the same for the northern sections and you will have a lot of replays.
The great thing about this game is you think you have seen 90-100% of the south section, but it's probably more like 50-60%.. Then you add in that it will be the same for the northern sections and you will have a lot of replays.
FPS, FOV unlocker, and runes cheat: GitHub - uberhalit/EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore: A small utility to remove frame rate limit, change FOV, add widescreen support and more for Elden Ring
From the same guys that makes Sekiro FPS Unlocker and more. Make sure the game is running in offline mode and the AntiCheat (EAC) isn't running.
How to disable the anti cheat:
It works but not much use for me atm since I'm using a gtx 1070. They fixed the fullscreen refresh rate but since the game is DX12, I found the borderless mode works with gysnc just fine for me.
From the same guys that makes Sekiro FPS Unlocker and more. Make sure the game is running in offline mode and the AntiCheat (EAC) isn't running.
How to disable the anti cheat:
It works but not much use for me atm since I'm using a gtx 1070. They fixed the fullscreen refresh rate but since the game is DX12, I found the borderless mode works with gysnc just fine for me.
Downloading a patch. No patch notes though.
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Ahh, just seen didamangi post.
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So errr, after installing the patch i now crash to desktop when loading into the game. Happened 3 times in a row.
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Ahh, just seen didamangi post.
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So errr, after installing the patch i now crash to desktop when loading into the game. Happened 3 times in a row.
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Finished Stormveil Castle. Godrick really is much easier than Margrit as long as you have the NPC summon with you.
Felt very much like a Dark Souls area which I didn't enjoy nearly as much as the open-world parts I was exploring before that, so I'm glad to be moving on northwards now.
Felt very much like a Dark Souls area which I didn't enjoy nearly as much as the open-world parts I was exploring before that, so I'm glad to be moving on northwards now.
Yea, saw a bunch of people reporting worse performance and crashes after this patch on the steam forums. Might be a good idea to not update for now.So errr, after installing the patch i now crash to desktop when loading into the game. Happened 3 times in a row.
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I validated Steam files and it loaded but its crashed once since playing. Hadn't crashed before.
It crashed once for me before this new patch, nothing much was happening, it just started raining while a flower thing was firing off that white blasts spell...
Anyway, I finally managed to beat Margit, The Fell Omen and am making some progress, it seems like an overpowered boss compared to what you've fought up to that point and also what comes after in the castle itself (but I guess there will be more tough situations in there eventually).
I've explored quite a bit while I couldn't make real progress and this is the first area that feels intricately designed & Souls-like, other small castles, catacombs etc., had glimpses where they weren't just a straight path and required falls and jumps with tricky enemy placement, but not so much.
What's up with spirit summoning being inconsistent, some times I can't pull my wolves or whatever in a boss I could do so in other tries (in others never), then more often than not I can't summon again if they die (with replenished FP), are there hidden cooldowns and rules or is it just random?
Anyway, I finally managed to beat Margit, The Fell Omen and am making some progress, it seems like an overpowered boss compared to what you've fought up to that point and also what comes after in the castle itself (but I guess there will be more tough situations in there eventually).
I've explored quite a bit while I couldn't make real progress and this is the first area that feels intricately designed & Souls-like, other small castles, catacombs etc., had glimpses where they weren't just a straight path and required falls and jumps with tricky enemy placement, but not so much.
What's up with spirit summoning being inconsistent, some times I can't pull my wolves or whatever in a boss I could do so in other tries (in others never), then more often than not I can't summon again if they die (with replenished FP), are there hidden cooldowns and rules or is it just random?
You can only summon pets when the gate-like symbol is visible on the left side of the screen. From my experience, I think you can summon in every boss arena, be it a major or minor boss, while summoning against world bosses are dependent on where you fight them as some zones in the overworld allow summons and others don't.
The "why" summoning is tied to the location is a mystery.