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Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Wed May 04, 2022 9:55 pm

ARE YOU PLAYING ELDEN RING

WHAT IS YOUR BUILD

I have four weapons equipped at once, which is probably wrong. But I have the endurance to support it and heavy armor without being heavy encumbered

- Golden Halberd
- Rivers of Blood
- An ordinary longbow
- An ordinary seal

The only incantation I'm using is the dragon one that spews scarlet rot onto the battlefield, which is more fun than great, although it's good against mobs. This character is almost exclusively just meleeing
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Khaos » Wed May 04, 2022 10:06 pm

elden ring is delaying my winds of winter, therefore, fuck that game and fuck this thread

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Wed May 04, 2022 10:08 pm

Oh you're never getting that, you might as well accept it
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Wed May 04, 2022 10:12 pm

Or, check this out, Elden Ring is the Winds of Winter you've been waiting for
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Wumpy » Wed May 04, 2022 10:15 pm

i completed the game with the morningstar, which i used for basically the entire game. I tried a few other weapons that didn't feel great, but that was back before they buffed the huge weapon attack speeds. I never had any incantations/spells/whatnot since i was just whapping stuff with a stick and was too shit scared to put any points into the brain stats when i could throw it in strength instead and be STRONK

i mostly crafted throwing knives when i needed to fight enemies individually out of packs because i figured all bows/crossbows would require too much dex but i did end up with one i could use. i switched to that after a point, but had to unequip it later because my armor was so god damn heavy

second playthrough i used the dark moon greatsword, which kind of trivializes everything, so i also started another wretch to see how much i could do without levelling up, which is still a work in progress. the club is not an intimidating weapon

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Wed May 04, 2022 10:19 pm

The longbow actually scales with strength as well as dex, which is good for me because I don't put points into dex, and so the longbow is still doing worthwhile damage as I continue to buff strength. I don't really use it during a melee, though -- I use it when there are mobs who stubbornly refuse to come to me, or who are sniping me from a place I can't walk to

Oh also the longbow's ash doesn't interfere with your favorite weapon's ash, because you can't swing with anything else while the longbow is at hand anyway. And Mighty Shot is pretty good for a nonspell ranged thing

Crossbows do not scale with strength and so I've never used one

So yeah I guess mine is a strength build too, except I've put a few points into faith so as to use the halberd, and into arcane so as to use Rivers of Blood

I do actively switch between the katana and the halberd in the middle of battles, which is kind of a work in progress but also kinda annihilating certain bosses
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Crunchums » Wed May 04, 2022 10:20 pm

Doug wrote:Oh you're never getting that, you might as well accept it
my prediction is that it'll happen eventually some time after GRRM dies. just too much money on the table to not happen. unless he's gone out of his way to prevent it, i guess
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Wed May 04, 2022 10:21 pm

Crunchums wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 10:20 pm
Doug wrote:Oh you're never getting that, you might as well accept it
my prediction is that it'll happen eventually some time after GRRM dies. just too much money on the table to not happen. unless he's gone out of his way to prevent it, i guess
Oh god now that you say it I realize you're right
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Rylinks » Wed May 04, 2022 10:23 pm

added faith to my qualityish build, mostly for bloodfire weapon enchantment. Using primarly claws, occasionally rapier + shield against humanoid enemies

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by haplo » Wed May 04, 2022 10:25 pm

I started with dual scimitars until I got a katana, then I did dual katanas for the rest of the game. I leveled INT planning to be a mage/fighter hybrid but it's always worse to split your points so I ended up just using magic-scaled katanas. I found hoarfrost stomp pretty early but it seemed OP so I stopped using it. I didn't really end up using weapon arts at all the whole game. I don't think I crafted anything except poison/rot cures.

I tested all the spells/incantations at the end of the game and tried a faith build for a little bit. Catch Flame to me seemed like the best incantation by far but maybe there's some gimmick build that can beat it. Catch Flame gets buffed by the incantation that buffs fire/physical damage so it does a ton with that plus high faith. I used Vyke's greatspear to go with it but it kind of sucked. Cool weapon are though. Probably better in PvP if PvP wasn't already terrible.

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Wed May 04, 2022 10:27 pm

haplo wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 10:25 pm I tested all the spells/incantations at the end of the game and tried a faith build for a little bit. Catch Flame to me seemed like the best incantation by far but maybe there's some gimmick build that can beat it.
I believe the dragon incantations scale with arcane, so the arcane people love those
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Fri May 06, 2022 1:31 pm

I tried to fight Horah Loux like 20 times last night, yeesh

I don't have Nepheli Loux helping me, because while I thought I had been doing her questline just fine, apparently not. There's a certain thing you need to do that I don't know how anybody in a million years would have known to do. I love this game but the questlines are the weakest part, they are at times incomprehensible
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Wumpy » Fri May 06, 2022 7:59 pm

Doug wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 1:31 pm Nepheli Loux
i was apparently doing her quests on my first playthrough but i'm missing her on my second, im not even sure what im doing different she's just found somewhere else to be.

similarly on my first run i totally missed the jar guy because despite making it a point to explore as much as possible i somehow never made it near that bridge you hear him at

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Mon May 09, 2022 4:50 pm

I just killed Lichdragon Fortisaxx with a bow and arrow lol
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Wumpy » Mon May 09, 2022 7:36 pm

now try it without the arrow

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Thu May 12, 2022 6:24 pm

You know, I would feel a lot more sympathy for the omens who are forced to live in the sewers if they would stop attacking me on sight when I come to check on their welfare
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Wumpy » Thu May 12, 2022 8:45 pm

what about the omens that dont live in the sewers that attack you on sight

lookin at you, margit

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Ashenai » Thu May 12, 2022 10:20 pm

I have a friend called Margit, it's a common Hungarian girl's name

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Ashenai » Thu May 12, 2022 10:20 pm

(she does not normally attack me on sight)

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Wumpy » Thu May 12, 2022 10:45 pm

Ashenai wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 10:20 pm (she does not normally attack me on sight)
well, what are you doing wrong

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Thu May 12, 2022 11:21 pm

She probably knows you're not seeking the Elden Ring and will amount only to sacrifice
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Wumpy » Thu May 12, 2022 11:28 pm

he doesn't even have any foolish ambitions to put to rest

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Fri May 13, 2022 12:12 am

You mean he isn't even going to make of himself that which he desires?
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Luna » Fri May 13, 2022 12:49 am

ashenai you should make yourself that which you desire

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Blissful » Fri May 13, 2022 4:07 pm

Luna wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 12:49 am ashenai you should make yourself that which you desire
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Fri May 13, 2022 4:53 pm

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by pterrus » Fri May 13, 2022 10:19 pm

Hammu Borgir is a pretty good parody band name

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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Doug » Mon May 16, 2022 1:12 pm

Elden Beast took me many tries but I have become Elden Lord

I didn't start new game plus yet. I understand that you'll want to load up on consumables first
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Blissful » Mon May 16, 2022 3:13 pm

congrats!
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Re: Elden Ring

Post by Khaos » Mon May 16, 2022 5:31 pm

Elden Congrats!

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