Darth-Nero
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i'm getting rekt by Malenia and i'm loving it x)
20 deaths so far, i'll try again tomorrow.
20 deaths so far, i'll try again tomorrow.
That has nothing to do with cheating though. And people who do this are cheating imo. Because unless you have the cannon or a certain weapon/AoW that allows you to essentially glide down to them, you cannot kill them if they’re in the right spot.
Amazing, love it! I unfortunately only had a bow that could reach the host in my invasion. Since I was only at RL 30 and hadn’t even beaten Godrick yet (or even Margit), didn’t have anything else that could get to him and/or kill him. I’ve progressed a lot more since then but only leveled up 10 levels, because low level invasions are so much more fun than level 100+ invasions. Yeah you can argue that most of the players aren’t as good at low levels, but it doesn’t matter how bad you are at the game, as long as this isn’t the first time you’ve ever played a video game, fighting an invader 2v1 or 3v1 is still gonna be relatively easy. Unless the invader is a really good PvP’er. I don’t consider myself really good, I haven’t played enough of the PvP yet, but I’d say I’m above average due to all my years of PvP souls experience. And plus, pretty sure this game is running on the same engine as DS3, so that familiarity definitely helps a lot!
this is an afk runes farming exploit. hope they'll patch it soon.
Hmm, that’s definitely a new one. I very rarely see anyone complain about the combat in these games, as it’s by far the best part for most people. But I suppose it’s not for everyone. Some people prefer games like DMC or even games with crazier combat than that, where you have 50 different wild options of cool looking shining combat stuff. Elden Ring has a lot of cool Weapons and Ashes of War, as well as spells and incantations. Definitely the most out of any Souls games. But the combat is more skill based and skill oriented. Kinda like a fighting game. But also, if you overlevel, it trivializes everything, even the combat. Not to mention if you summon players or summon the Spirit Ashes.
So my issues are that the game it’s self doesn’t tell you what level you should be at for each part, you need to look shit up for just about anything like that. I was just having fun exploring in limgrave for what felt like not that long, then I plowed through Margit, Goodrick, and Renalla. Felt like I got punished for going about the game at my own pace, which seems like what it encourages.
Yeah that’s the downside of having an open world, pretty much non linear game. The levels become wonky especially if you do a lot of exploring and “side quests” and dungeons like I do. It’s why I made my 2nd character before I even beat the game on my 1st one. I was 100 hrs into my first character and I had overleveled, even though I was already planning on capping my character at RL 135, even that was too high for a lot of the areas I hadn’t been to yet. Basically, everything was insanely easy, even the bosses. So on my 2nd character, I capped myself at level 40 for a good bit. Now I’m capping myself at RL 50 for awhile, then my max level cap will probably be 70. This will be for both a challenge in PvE, but also for RL 70 invasions.
On one hand it’s such a strength for the game that weaker players can level up to make it accessible and stronger players can nerf themselves. But it does taint the first experience through the game imo, which is the most important one, and upon replays you now stick to your own set of made up rules and order of doing things, which ironically makes it more linear in a way. Great game just probably not my game.
Yup bleed is definitely OP right now. That’s what I’m running on my 2nd character. Had 100* hrs on my first character, but overleveled to my cap (RL 135) earlier than I wanted to, which made the game too easy for me. Even though I don’t summon or use spirit ashes, it still was too easy. So my new characters max cap is gonna be RL 70, but for now definitely using a bleed build with the RoB as my main weapon until it gets nerfed. ¯\(ツ)/¯
For any lore questions, there’s usually YouTubers whose main job is to explain the lore. The main one being VaatiVidya. There’s sooooooo much lore for this game, it’s wild
This was one of my bigger gripes with the game as well. I know Fromsoft's stories and story presentation style aren't straightforward and this worked just fine to me for Dark Souls 1-3. However, it feels like they dipped their toes into attempting something different with Elden Ring by having long quests that set up separate endings with potential huge implications but failed miserably on it. Every single ending is lackluster at best, disappointing at worst. Seems like not a lot of effort was put into having any sort of notable conclusion which feels like a let down after committing 100+ hours to a character.
I really really think they should start doing more of stuff like all the theatrics they did before the Radahn fight. That made that entire sequence and subsequent fight so much more epic and fun. Like, they even threw in a cut scene BEFORE the fight when that NPC was briefly explaining the backstory and everything. They absolutely need to do more of that in the future. I’ve always liked the way that Souls games did their story, but after the Radahn stuff, I 100% would want WAY MORE of that going forward.
100%. More explanatory, hype-inducing theatrics before notable bosses. Things like voice lines from Moongrum (maybe hinting at the war between the Golden Order and Raya Lucaria or hinting at what's happened to Rennala, both being reasons he refuses to let you pass) while you fight him just before Rennala, a cutscene chat with Melina before Morgott since she can be summoned for that fight, literally ANYTHING that indicates that Godfrey has come back instead of walking into the room to find him there and being wildly confused who the fuck it is, something to indicate why you're at / what you're looking for in Farum Azula (could just be lines from Melina at the Mountaintop or a separate cutscene), having specific NPCs you've worked with for whatever ending you choose showing up in the final cutscene to hit home what your choice has done, etc.
