Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

Hateyou · Mar 25, 2022

Lol now I died diving into the forge. This post fire giant content is rough.

Fogel · Mar 25, 2022

Hateyou said:
Ok so I just one shot the fire giant and it was really easy. I just attacked his ankles with a sword til phase two, he didn’t even hit me. Then phase two I just kind of walked around him in my horse slashing his ass and leg, then avoid fire on the ground, I only used 3 flasks the entire fight. Did he get nerfed? I was not expecting it to be so easy.

He didn't get nerfed, you just got the strat right from the gates.

Soygen · Mar 25, 2022

Nirgon said:
So you don't feel so off for your 100s of hours spent? As this is no longer comparable. Or you feel off for not jumping off every cliff with a horse as far as you can to skip content in retrospect?

Wakandan, wtf are you talking about? I don't "feel off". I just think it's cool they have already gotten speed running under 30 minutes on the game that I'm spending so much time in and enjoying. Everything is ok.

Nirgon · Mar 25, 2022

Soygen said:
Wakandan, wtf are you talking about? I don't "feel off". I just think it's cool they have already gotten speed running under 30 minutes on the game that I'm spending so much time in and enjoying. Everything is ok.

Perhaps I took it the wrong way, and not in spite or with malice ofc.

But on that note, I think their efforts are effectively stolen valor and do not warrant even the suggestion of "beating" anything. It's like "becoming successful" by committing disability and tax fraud. Know what I mean? Eh I think you do, nvm, back to Wakanda here.

Seananigans · Mar 25, 2022

Nirgon said:
Perhaps I took it the wrong way, and not in spite or with malice ofc.

But on that note, I think their efforts are effectively stolen valor and do not warrant even the suggestion of "beating" anything. It's like "becoming successful" by committing disability and tax fraud. Know what I mean? Eh I think you do, nvm, back to Wakanda here.

Yeah I only really appreciate the speed runs that involve completing most of the main content. All great-rune runs and such.

Khane · Mar 25, 2022

Eh even the all rememberances runs are full of exploiting. Like riding Torrent through the air to bypass everything and even be able to stay mounted in cities like Leyndell.

OU Ariakas · Mar 25, 2022

Fuck Mohg.

Tuco · Mar 25, 2022

all remembrances is way more interesting than winning the game though because there are more bosses.

Soygen · Mar 25, 2022

Nirgon said:
Perhaps I took it the wrong way, and not in spite or with malice ofc.

But on that note, I think their efforts are effectively stolen valor and do not warrant even the suggestion of "beating" anything. It's like "becoming successful" by committing disability and tax fraud. Know what I mean? Eh I think you do, nvm, back to Wakanda here.

It's like putting a jet engine in the back of a Dodge and bragging that you beat a bunch of stock cars. Nobody think you're really the winner, but the idea and making of the jet engine car is still cool and interesting.

EDIT: It's also a lot easier to watch a 28 minute video versus the movie that Tuco just posted!

Nirgon · Mar 25, 2022

Khane said:
Eh even the all rememberances runs are full of exploiting. Like riding Torrent through the air to bypass everything and even be able to stay mounted in cities like Leyndell.

Ya seriously.

Dur hurp look how good they are.

Nirgon · Mar 25, 2022

Soygen said:
It's like putting a jet engine in the back of a Dodge and bragging that you beat a bunch of stock cars. Nobody think you're really the winner, but the idea and making of the jet engine car is still cool and interesting.

EDIT: It's also a lot easier to watch a 28 minute video versus the movie that Tuco just posted!

Mods off invasions on!

Ambiturner · Mar 25, 2022

Khane said:
Eh even the all rememberances runs are full of exploiting. Like riding Torrent through the air to bypass everything and even be able to stay mounted in cities like Leyndell.

That's the shitty thing about speedruns.

There's obvious cheating, but there's a lot of gray area that some would consider clever use of game mechanics and you'd have to have a laundry list of what is/isn't allowed that nobody would agree on.

jooka · Mar 25, 2022

I'm a fan of the no death runs far more than any of the other weird shit people do.

Soygen · Mar 25, 2022

jooka said:
I'm a fan of the no death runs far more than any of the other weird shit people do.

Or the no hit ones. Crazy shit.

Mizake · Mar 25, 2022

Hateyou said:
Ok so I just one shot the fire giant and it was really easy. I just attacked his ankles with a sword til phase two, he didn’t even hit me. Then phase two I just kind of walked around him in my horse slashing his ass and leg, then avoid fire on the ground, I only used 3 flasks the entire fight. Did he get nerfed? I was not expecting it to be so easy.

I think I died to the fire giant only twice, both in phase 1 learning the fight. My position is that being able to use your horse is like being able to use ash summons, it makes fights much, much easier. I had zero problems with any of the black knights, with those fights where you are dealing with two mounted knights at once, or even dragons or those things that guard the minor Erdtrees. The Fallenbeast in the crater was sooooo much easier than the one in the cave as another example. It just takes patience to get a few hits in, run away until your stamina regens, then rinse/repeat.

Hateyou · Mar 25, 2022

Mizake said:
I think I died to the fire giant only twice, both in phase 1 learning the fight. My position is that being able to use your horse is like being able to use ash summons, it makes fights much, much easier. I had zero problems with any of the black knights, with those fights where you are dealing with two mounted knights at once, or even dragons or those things that guard the minor Erdtrees. The Fallenbeast in the crater was sooooo much easier than the one in the cave as another example. It just takes patience to get a few hits in, run away until your stamina regens, then rinse/repeat.

I’m not even sure I needed the horse…I barely moved.

Soygen · Mar 25, 2022

Mizake said:
I think I died to the fire giant only twice, both in phase 1 learning the fight. My position is that being able to use your horse is like being able to use ash summons, it makes fights much, much easier. I had zero problems with any of the black knights, with those fights where you are dealing with two mounted knights at once, or even dragons or those things that guard the minor Erdtrees. The Fallenbeast in the crater was sooooo much easier than the one in the cave as another example. It just takes patience to get a few hits in, run away until your stamina regens, then rinse/repeat.

Yup, that horse's ability to dash the fuck out of there makes all the difference in those outside fights.

Serwol · Mar 25, 2022

OU Ariakas said:
Fuck Mohg.

I remember uttering that about a dozen times, still need to go back and actually maybe kill him.

OU Ariakas · Mar 25, 2022

Also, the jumping puzzle in the very bottom of Lyndell is some utter bullshit. Like, if you made it that far....why?

Soygen · Mar 25, 2022

I really need to work on parrying...

How's this for impressive? Rune Level 1. No damage.

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