Caeden
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Agreed. I got fucking rolled in Caelid at first. One of the underground areas I had a pretty hard time with at first too. Had those fucking antler guys.
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Will that be the case if I've got a 150 plus character. I don't remember how high level I was, but I was up there, and had a lot of the different weapons and armors and what have you. At the last thing I was using was the beast claw star deal, and that allowed me to pretty much wreck stuff.
Should I just roll a new character, I think my original guy was a confessor, but I guess if I was going to do whatever I'd make a samurai, that way I get the katana and a bow off the bat.
DickTrickle
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If you were 150 a new game will be easier for quite a while. However, again, you still have a lot of game left to finish to start a new game -- you can only do that after you beat the final boss.
I would probably stick with your character because you're still pretty strong with a lot of options and by the time you finish you'll be close to 180 I imagine. If you want different builds you just use a larval tear to reset your stats (though they're not unlimited).
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Yeah if I remember I think I still have two or three of them. I never respect and was doing a faith strength build. I'm sure it's a crappy layout, but I guess that's what I was trying to figure out whether it's worth going ahead and finishing the first play of the game, and then firing up a new game with the expansion.
I don't remember much about the early game stuff other than bits and pieces. I guess the question is there a lot of stuff that I've got to do to knock the game out and flip it to new game.
Seananigans
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FromSoft DLC is always tuned to be the most challenging/tough stuff. In NG+ it will be extremely difficult, I’d recommend you not experience it for the first time there. Level 150 in your current game is a good place to be.
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Maybe I'll just fire up a new run. Make a samurai, and to go in guns blazing to get back to trying to be gud...
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Bald Brah
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The initial starting class is meaningless. It just sets your starting equipment and some classes start at different levels from 1-12 or so. All the different starting equipment can be found in the game too.
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Just play the game. Don't listen to these bozo autists and all their "min/max" bullshit they copied from YouTube.
Just have fun and enjoy one of the best gaming experiences in the past decade+.
Now, if your goal is to speedrun to the end for DLC shit.. sure. Go the "optimal" route. But I can't imagine sticking to some conformity cuck version of how you "should" progress on a first playthrough.
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Hello I think that's why I originally played confessor, but if I'm going to redo it again it'd be nice to have a katana and a bow right off the bat, pence wanting to run with a samurai, don't think the armor is that bad either.
Chris
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Yeah but you can't get into Nokron without killing Rahdahn right?
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Folanlron
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You can Wrong Warp to right outside Mimic Fight , but ya Radahn needs to die before Nokron is opened up.(Without Wrong Warps)
Chanur
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This has never been the case in other From Soft games so I wouldn't hold your breath.
Chanur
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Well my new toon soon turned into old habits. Dex is fine but I kept getting my ass handed to me so I got a 2h greatsword and 'got gud' in their ass. Guess it's hulk smash again. I did look and my ER toon that I finished the game with is level 271. I can use him if this one doesn't work out. I forgot how gorgeous and awesome this game is. New rig (7800x3d + 7900xtx) is running this rock solid in 4k at 60+fps.
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Loser Araysar
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Had a decently easy time in West Caelid but East Caelid is definitely a step up, especially with the Rot crap everywhere.
I'm level 60 right now but I don't think I'm ready for Castle Redmane and all the dragons in Caelid are beating my ass. Am I even supposed to fight them, or am I supposed to come back later for them?
Not sure where to go next, I'll probably go back to Limgrave and try to do the Siofra River
Hateyou
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You are really missing out on elden ring. I understand some people’s dislike for the previous games, you have to do the same thing over and over until you beat it and move on to the next thing. Some people don’t have that kind of patience. I don’t recommend them to people unless I know they’re patient enough for something like that.
I have no trouble recommending Elden ring though. If something kills you, go do something else and come back and kill it later. The open world allows you to not be hard locked into overcoming the same thing over and over til you beat it. You can just go do something else. I have a casual gamer neighbor and he was blown away by it, loves the game.
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Bald Brah
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Not official but stuff that's in the right level range. You know you're in the right area if the smiting stones and glove gloveworts are the proper level for you to advance your weapons. By skipping areas you miss out on weapons and upgrades. Not a huge deal since the game is so big. But you will also miss out on advancing certain quest lines.