Hatorade
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Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
ronne
Nǐ hǎo, yǒu jīn zi ma?
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I savescummed all the endings and I'm glad I did, they were really pathetic aside from Ranni
I think I'll just start a new run then, having every weapon ready to go from the start feels like it'll be way less interesting than figuring out a str/faith type thing organically.
Intrinsic
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One of the cool things that I can't wait to see Vaati cover in a lore video are little things such as Black Knife Tiche being the daughter of Alecto, who you fight in the prison outside of Manus Cathedral. Tiche was killed after killing Godwyn and her mom, Alecto, carried her out. So when you kill Alecto in the Gaol, that's why she drops Tiche's ashes.
Little connections like that aren't thrown in your face but the creators put them all there for you to figure out and spent time crafting these scenarios.
Little connections like that aren't thrown in your face but the creators put them all there for you to figure out and spent time crafting these scenarios.
Drajakur
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I don't usually blame my own limitations on game design but I do think Fire Giant is just a shitty fight. Getting insta-killed by attacks from above you can barely see and fireballs that explode off-screen is pretty lame. Plus, I wouldn't really mind so much if that happened now-and-then but the damn thing has so many HP it seems basically inevitable. Not a fun part of the game.
Break
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I went to NG+7 or +8 on DS1 since it was the first game of the souls-genre for me and it was ridiculously easy to screw up some NPC's questline entirely. By the end of my first play-through I felt like that NPC after you kill Godrick that's vengefully stomping on his head after you beat him. Easily slicing through each NG+ with all my combined items, levels and most importantly knowledge was like one more stomp on the head of my former cruel master.
But DS1 the difficulty curve wasn't that great, like endgame weapons easily murdered all the NG+ early bosses effortlessly, did they do something similar with Elden Ring?
Daezuel
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Fire Giant down, only took like 6 attempts. Malenia way harder.
Actually first attempt I had him at like 15% but subsequent attempts suck because the encounter starts right away. Makes it way more difficult to approach him without getting whacked.
Actually first attempt I had him at like 15% but subsequent attempts suck because the encounter starts right away. Makes it way more difficult to approach him without getting whacked.
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Seananigans
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My armor has, over time today, built up a red barnacle rot on it. I’d say it’s rust, if it weren’t so thick. Figured it was just cause I did a lot of running around Caelid today and encountered plenty of rot. Soap didn’t cleanse it and it remains even when I swap armor. Any ideas what this is?
Okay so after I beat Astal and got the moonlight sword which Ill never be able to use, I started exploring the Capitol area.
I didn't realize how many rune I'd collected and ended up going from like 74 to 83 from runes alone. I also upgraded the golden halberd to +8 and it definitely seems to make everything a ton easier. I did end up going back to my +16 greatsword though, only bc I missed the frost procs.
Wondering if I should go back to the dual gargoyle fight now, especially since I kicked the lone twinblade versions ass in the capitol area.
There's almost too many places I can go currently and I have no idea which route to take.
I didn't realize how many rune I'd collected and ended up going from like 74 to 83 from runes alone. I also upgraded the golden halberd to +8 and it definitely seems to make everything a ton easier. I did end up going back to my +16 greatsword though, only bc I missed the frost procs.
Wondering if I should go back to the dual gargoyle fight now, especially since I kicked the lone twinblade versions ass in the capitol area.
There's almost too many places I can go currently and I have no idea which route to take.
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Golden Baronet of the Realm
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Took me about 20 attempts and I finally only beat her by summoning 2 other players and we took turns stunning her to the point where she couldn't move that much. I used that crazy glitched shield exploit someone posted earlier, the damage isn't great against her but it staggers her quite a bit.
I feel a bit dirty for the way I did her but I've told myself I can do her fight normally, I just don't wanna. A big heavy shield and one or two early dodges away from her, as soon as you see her wind up into the air to perform that big flurry attack makes it very survivable btw.
Hatorade
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Man, you've got that weird back thing that this guy has in his crazy poison build. I haven't played the game long enough to even know what the hell he's using, but it looks pretty wacky. What the hell is that?
ronne
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That's just the scaled armor set, it always looks like that. That lightning is weird, but the scaling shit on it is there by default:
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Bruuce
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I wanted to test that shield build on my astrologer but wouldn't let me use the special even when 2hhanding it. Wack
Okay so Dual Gargs done, im going back to Sofria River to light the torches and go from there, still not entering the capitol at 60 hours played, but I really hope I'm not super overleveled, starting to feel that way.
Maybe I'll stop farming for a bit until regular enemies seem a little more dangerous, I am so torn on what to do next
Maybe I'll stop farming for a bit until regular enemies seem a little more dangerous, I am so torn on what to do next
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Hateyou
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You have to have 30+ str to do the ability. If you can get 30+ with stats + gear you can still do it.
While it’s funny spamming fireballs the damage is pretty shit, the fire rate is slow, it’s not really that great. These “most OP build ever!” videos are just clickbait, getting in while Elden Ring is still the new hotness. While it’s fun to try the weird combos they aren’t super OP like the videos claim. Maybe there are some that are truly nuts but that shield one isn’t it. You could cheese some mobs from unreachable places with it but that’s hardly the only way to do that.
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Rajaah
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Thanks for the input. I take it high Mind isn't particularly crucial for a caster, if you've got a bunch of mana potions on hand?
I use Mimic over Tiche and it can be cast with any level of Mind due to the HP cost.
I'll definitely want some mana so I can cast kamehameha comet at range, etc.
I also use Radagon's Soreseal at all times, along with the Dragon Greatshield Talisman that reduces physical damage, and the HP ring +2 which adds 10% I think (huge at high levels).