Khane
Got something right about marriage
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This is an explanation of every open world RPG that ever existed. So that's not really a serious question.
Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin
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This is an explanation of every open world RPG that ever existed. So that's not really a serious question.
Chris
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Did you play Wow? It's a Fel Reaver.
That enemy is the tutorial for "sometimes you avoid and don't fight".
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Kiroy
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TJT
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I thought the point of the Tree Sentinel was to show you the benefits of the horse.
I killed the tree sentinel at maybe level 12? Right after I got the horse and the dude was trivial. But yes if you fight him on foot he's a lot harder and requires a lot more git guddering . I am by no means amazing at this game.
spronk
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elden ring is definitely the most forgiving From game of all, and its super important to realize if you die a lot in an area there is probably a better way to do the fight. They give a LOT of options too. For the pro crowd you can do everything without summons and your own build and no help. For the normies crowd you can pick 2-3 weapons, max em out, pick 2-3 summons, max em out, and use them whille still coming close to dying every time. There is the added axis of you can just go off and do other shit and level beyond the current fight, and its far more rewarding (you will constantly be fed drops from new areas) to "do other shit" unlike previous games where you had to grind specific areas since you were gated behind a door/boss basically. And another axis is you can co-op everything and things tend to be easier with 2 people.
For the nooblets like me you can cheese the fuck out of almost everything, from skipping most mobs via horse and having super cheesy weps/summons/tactics that turn a fight from super hard to super easy. For example on tree sentinel you can get good with horse combat (most people), pro it up with hugging his ass and quick melee, or cheese the fuck out of him with range/building geometry:
The game really allows a LOT of ways to do stuff, way way way way more than DS/bloodborne. You have to get out of the mentality "this is my only weapon, i will do every fight the same way"
For the nooblets like me you can cheese the fuck out of almost everything, from skipping most mobs via horse and having super cheesy weps/summons/tactics that turn a fight from super hard to super easy. For example on tree sentinel you can get good with horse combat (most people), pro it up with hugging his ass and quick melee, or cheese the fuck out of him with range/building geometry:
The game really allows a LOT of ways to do stuff, way way way way more than DS/bloodborne. You have to get out of the mentality "this is my only weapon, i will do every fight the same way"
Okay so Radahn still not down, think at 61ish I'm not good enough to take him down yet, though I'm also not using the great rune. Ill see of I can grind a few levels and try again, just not sure if Str or Vig is better to pump.
Also, sitting at 21 endurance so that could be an issue too, though with his rapid combos I don't think I'd notice much of a difference until like 5+ points. Oh well I'll figure it out, I'm frustrated but not giving up, only about 38 hours so far and I planned to get 100+ before I even started.
Also, sitting at 21 endurance so that could be an issue too, though with his rapid combos I don't think I'd notice much of a difference until like 5+ points. Oh well I'll figure it out, I'm frustrated but not giving up, only about 38 hours so far and I planned to get 100+ before I even started.
Rajaah
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I'm guessing if you have to start over, it's phase 1 again?
Code Vein had a few two-part bosses where if you lost to the second, you started at that phase. However I don't know if Souls really does that aside from like, Bed of Chaos.
I lost to phase 1 Melania so many times myself that I'm considering gimping the fight (using the River of Blood and the stagger effect on it) just to move on with the game with the weapon I want. Been building specifically around getting her katana so I just want it done with. I hate to gimp anything, but I gotta say this fight is super cheap so IDK. Gonna keep at it normally a while longer.
Bruuce
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If you havent figured it out already, yes you start over from phase 1. She is a bitch, I would you whatever means you have to kill her. Mimic really helped me this fight, sometimes wed get her pinned to the wall and stagger the shit out of her. For when she uses her waterfowl dance
Ive seen people switch to a large shield to block it most of it, or Ive had pretty good success rolling running away and rolling backward for the first burst of it, rolling towards her on the 2nd burst, then rolling away on last burst. Usually would only get hit 1-2 times. Ive read the Black Knife Tiche ashes is reall good vs her too but I think you gotta do Ranni questline for that
Crone
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That makes perfect sense. It's like the Fel Reaver, or Griffins / Sand Giants of EQ. You weren't supposed to be able to just blast on them from the beginning, but something you could come back to. It's not really fair that I'm critiquing the fight when I'm not at all used to the controls or combat.
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Kiroy
, I didn't waste a cent since I can recognize it's still a good game from a good studio I want to support, despite me not liking it at all.
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Kiroy
, I didn't waste a cent since I can recognize it's still a good game from a good studio I want to support, despite me not liking it at all.- 1
Rajaah
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I'm considering switching to a caster build soon now that I've got everything unlocked and a ton of spells to try out.
What's the best staff to use at this lategame point, Carian Regal? Not Meteorite? Is it worth upgrading Meteorite? I have Meteorite but not CR. Haven't upgraded any spell catalysts yet, but I could instantly max one out. Come to think of it, I'd need to have one for sorcery and one for faith stuff. I might have enough slabs to max both of those plus Melania's katana, think I have 3 of them, but I gotta choose wisely. Also have a regular slab to max out the Godskin twinblade. Left the River of Blood at +9.
Derpa
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God damn that Eye of Sauron tower was annoying.
Well I'm at the point with Liurnia of the Lakes that its just clean up time, I'm just searching for loot/bosses(mainly night ones)/areas I missed.
Killed like 21 bosses/npc invaders in the zone so far and have 2 more I have found and about to do.
Well I'm at the point with Liurnia of the Lakes that its just clean up time, I'm just searching for loot/bosses(mainly night ones)/areas I missed.
Killed like 21 bosses/npc invaders in the zone so far and have 2 more I have found and about to do.
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