ArGarBarGar
What do we want!? Unfair!
- Sep 8, 2008
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I have not been invaded once. I just assumed you had to specifically use an item to even get invaded by non-NPCs.
I have not been invaded once. I just assumed you had to specifically use an item to even get invaded by non-NPCs.
You just gave the answer. You play with a friend. If you play solo it's extremely unlikely you get invadedI play with my friend quite a bit and we get invaded basically every time we play.
Complicated answer to that . I've gone through stretches of really liking it and stretches where it's kind of a slog. I'm not a big fan of open world games and while I think From did a great job with it, it still suffers from a lot of the same trappings as other open world games IMO. Like, I don't want to fight 10 different dragons just because they needed to put something in this section of the map. I've gotten to the point where I give each section a once over and just run past any of the tougher enemies if I've already beat one of them before.I’m new to From as well and the messages are 70% useless. I wonder why putting messages over Grace sites hasn’t been patched out yet.
How’re you liking the game otherwise?
Gotta stack defense. Dragoncrest greatshield talisman, black flames protection or golden vow (only one), boiled prawn, wondrous physic, armor, and finally, level strength. Physical defense scales primarily with strength.Rammed my head against a wall for an hour and half last night against Melania. I take back everything nice I've said about this game
Still haven't beat her. I hate bosses that can one shot you. It gives you no chance to learn the move set let alone how to avoid it. It's difficulty for the sake of being difficult and not nearly as much fun IMO.
I finally got her. I went with the glass cannon strategy by using a soreseal, endurance tailsmen, summoned Tiche, bleed grease to go along with my bloodhound fang, and the Dragoncrest tailsman to offset the damage somewhat.Gotta stack defense. Dragoncrest greatshield talisman, black flames protection or golden vow (only one), boiled prawn, wondrous physic, armor, and finally, level strength. Physical defense scales primarily with strength.
Stack all these things and you'll have much more survivability.
Soreseal? No way that items worth the defense reduction. How much extra damage did it give you at that point in the game? I stopped using that item at like level 50,I finally got her. I went with the glass cannon strategy by using a soreseal, endurance tailsmen, summoned Tiche, bleed grease to go along with my bloodhound fang, and the Dragoncrest tailsman to offset the damage somewhat.
I learned to block the first burst in her big move and then how to dodge the next 2 and that was enough to consistently kick her ass in the first phase. Second phase was still giving me problems, but once I went full on aggression, I got her in a few tries. Didn't even give her a chance to do any of the big moves except for the dive where she turns into a flower. That one was always easy for me to dodge, though.
I have no idea. I don't really get into the weeds on the stats. I was just trying so many combinations and this is what ended up working for me.Soreseal? No way that items worth the defense reduction. How much extra damage did it give you at that point in the game? I stopped using that item at like level 50,
Yeah you should at least test it on weak enemies. I would be that the soreseal has like zero benefit at high levels. That's gonna be a huge disadvantage.I have no idea. I don't really get into the weeds on the stats. I was just trying so many combinations and this is what ended up working for me.
For the moves I couldn't dodge well, I would just tank them. So other than the 3 burst combo thing that would kill me with or without the extra damage from the soreseal, I wasn't getting hit all that much. Once I learned how to (mostly) dodge the 3 burst combo, it was all about being able to do as much damage as quickly as possible so she couldn't build her health back up with the moves I couldn't dodge. So the added stats from the soreseal made sense to me With everything combined, I would basically stun her enough to get 4 or 5 hits off, dodge what I could, block the rest. How much the soreseal helped, I have no idea, but it worked.
How's there no benefit? The levels in vigor and endurance might not matter so much (especially since I was using 2 endurance tailsman already), but getting levels in strength and dex with a weapon that scales in strength and dex has to give me more attack power.Yeah you should at least test it on weak enemies. I would be that the soreseal has like zero benefit at high levels. That's gonna be a huge disadvantage.
Same. I put a few in faith early on. Throwing some fireballs came in handy from time to time, but I found it pretty much worthless in boss fights and just standing back casting spells doesn't seem like much fun to me.I didn’t put any attributes into magic stats. Running with 45 Vig, 50 Str, 30 End, and 30 Dex right now.
Magic isn’t my style, prefer to brawl it out. I’m stuck on that Contender Evergaol guy up in the mountains. He’s fast, has range, and TWO cheesy lightning attacks. f*** that guy!
They're genuinely horrible. At least in the other souls games, you could actually do SOME of the questlines during a blind playthrough. Only quest I did in Elden Ring was Roderikas and that was in the first 2 hours of the game.The quest lines need more structure. They’re way too vague and I shouldn’t have to go to Elden Wiki whenever I want to do something. I appreciate my map looking empty and clean, it’s definitely better than a Ubisoft cluttered mess, but From went too hard the other way. I don’t need my hand held but From kind of forces that inadvertently when I have to look things up step by step anyway
You can summon almost everywhere in the capital.Not being able to summon my friend in the Royal Capital is dumb.
Not my friend. His capital is toast.You can summon almost everywhere in the capital.
Ah I totally forgot about that. However you should try having him put his sign down at the east capital ramparts site of grace. That's the room right before you enter the capital and it's left intact even after the capital burns. A lot of people dont know that though cause the grace gets deactivated when you burn itNot my friend. His capital is toast.
First time playing a Soul’s game for me. The combat is the draw for sure. Starting out in a huge, open, and incredibly dangerous world where everything wants to violently murder you and learning how to fight them all is really rewarding.Outside of combat what is the draw of this game? I've never played games like this much, but from some of the streams I've watched there really doesn't seem much to the game beside combat, which seems mostly centered around dodge-rolling around.