Elden Ring

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Khazra Reborn Champion of Midgard
Originally posted by ares834
Anyone playing a caster? I've never tried doing so, and am tempted to reroll a new character and play Astrologer.

I am. Class doesn’t matter too much, just make sure you get carinan slicer asap, it shreds everything, and it’s easy to spam.

Badabing Gym rat

Originally posted by NewGuy01
It should be the Tarnished's Furled Finger. I dunno if it costs anything to use, but it doesn't take long for 1000 to not count as much at all.
Originally posted by Astner
Same thing with the invasion fingers. Bought five from a vendor, and got five from the sketchy dude from the beginning.

Also everyone I invade seem to be playing co-op, and if that wasn't enough they summon in a third guy. Well you get Rune Arcs for killing hosts, not sure what those do yet.

Thanks. I found the item and ingredients to make the Tarnished's Furled Finger. It's easy.

Does anyone know the location of the Ashes of War jump attack?

This game is expansive. I love the free roaming. That's one of the things which makes DS1 my favorite of the Souls series.

Astner The Ghost Who Walks

Originally posted by ares834
Anyone playing a caster? I've never tried doing so and am tempted to reroll a new character and play Astrologer.

My idea was to go int/faith then I saw the stat requirements on some of the spell and decided to just level int instead. I'll probably re-roll after I've finished, since Carian Phalanx seems to be the only viable PvP spell. Even then it's not as good as Homing Soul Mass from DS3 (which cost no mana and was cast almost instantly).

As for the PvE only the starting spell (Glintstone Pebble) is viable, it's the most damage you'll per FP. And sometimes the boss will have a pixel left and you're out of FP and Cerulean flasks. This happened when I fought the first Glintstone Dragon, and so I had to finish it off with throwing weapons. To be fair it does trivialize a lot of bosses, especially when you get your summons out.

Originally posted by Badabing
Does anyone know the location of the Ashes of War jump attack?

Are you referring to a particular jump attack? Because you can just follow up a jump with an R2.

StyleTime Senior Member

Did anyone else feel like Godrick was way easier than Margit?

Beat Godrick in a couple of tries, but Margit beat the absolute piss out of me over and over before figuring him out.

Astner The Ghost Who Walks

Looks like I'm getting Flask-charged after killing a few enemies after the recent update.

Originally posted by StyleTime
Did anyone else feel like Godrick was way easier than Margit?

Beat Godrick in a couple of tries, but Margit beat the absolute piss out of me over and over before figuring him out.


Both on the first try, although I used wolf summons and spells so I cheesed them.

Badabing Gym rat

Originally posted by Astner
My idea was to go int/faith then I saw the stat requirements on some of the spell and decided to just level int instead. I'll probably re-roll after I've finished, since Carian Phalanx seems to be the only viable PvP spell. Even then it's not as good as Homing Soul Mass from DS3 (which cost no mana and was cast almost instantly).

As for the PvE only the starting spell (Glintstone Pebble) is viable, it's the most damage you'll per FP. And sometimes the boss will have a pixel left and you're out of FP and Cerulean flasks. This happened when I fought the first Glintstone Dragon, and so I had to finish it off with throwing weapons. To be fair it does trivialize a lot of bosses, especially when you get your summons out.

Are you referring to a particular jump attack? Because you can just follow up a jump with an R2.

I wasn't sure if there was a special attack that could be obtained.
Originally posted by StyleTime
Did anyone else feel like Godrick was way easier than Margit?

Beat Godrick in a couple of tries, but Margit beat the absolute piss out of me over and over before figuring him out.

I haven't fought Margit yet. I used a summons with Godrick and won.

I found this turtle shell shield. It has 100% physical block, high attack absorption and stamina regeneration.

NewGuy01 perpetual

Oh? Was it possible to fight Godrick without fighting Margit first?

NewGuy01 perpetual

Does anyone know if

Spoiler:
Ranni's questline gets locked after you kill Rennala?
Yeeted myself after the second phase cutscene just in case...

Jmanghan Senior Member

Okay so before I decide to get this, where does it stand in the echelon of Souls-like Fromsoft? (how good is it?)

Is it up there with Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1, or is it more in the realm of Souls 2, or somewhere in between?

Badabing Gym rat

Originally posted by NewGuy01
Oh? Was it possible to fight Godrick without fighting Margit first?
I'll have to check my game. I still don't know the characters well enough to be certain.
Originally posted by Jmanghan
Okay so before I decide to get this, where does it stand in the echelon of Souls-like Fromsoft? (how good is it?)

Is it up there with Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1, or is it more in the realm of Souls 2, or somewhere in between?

DS1 is my favorite Souls game. Right now I'm enjoying Elden Ring as much as I enjoyed DS1 when I first played it.

StyleTime Senior Member

Let's put it like this:

If Vladimir Putin had a copy of Elden Ring, he wouldn't be such a complete @sshole. 👆

NewGuy01 perpetual

Originally posted by Jmanghan
Okay so before I decide to get this, where does it stand in the echelon of Souls-like Fromsoft? (how good is it?)

Is it up there with Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1, or is it more in the realm of Souls 2, or somewhere in between?


It's in contention for the best of their lineup, no question. It's also much bigger than all the others; I'm 34 hours in and have only cleared two of the
Spoiler:
seven? eight?
major dungeons. Though that's in part because I've prioritized exploration over completion; I have opened up almost all of the major areas on the
Spoiler:
mapS
.

StyleTime Senior Member

Originally posted by ares834
Anyone playing a caster? I've never tried doing so and am tempted to reroll a new character and play Astrologer.

I am.

Do you enjoy the caster play style though? If not, but you just want an extra ranged option, might be better to go with a Bow/Crossbow/Greatbow/Ballista.

Originally posted by Astner
Looks like I'm getting Flask-charged after killing a few enemies after the recent update.

Both on the first try, although I used wolf summons and spells so I cheesed them.


Originally posted by Badabing
I wasn't sure if there was a special attack that could be obtained. I haven't fought Margit yet. I used a summons with Godrick and won.

I found this turtle shell shield. It has 100% physical block, high attack absorption and stamina regeneration.


Ah, I haven't used summons yet. The masochist in me always makes me play solo the first time through. Probably why I got stomped so hard.
Originally posted by Jmanghan
Okay so before I decide to get this, where does it stand in the echelon of Souls-like Fromsoft? (how good is it?)

Is it up there with Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1, or is it more in the realm of Souls 2, or somewhere in between?


I'd go with secret answer C -- it's up there with Dark Souls 3.

Dark Souls 3 was my personal favorite, so I give it a high rating.

Astner The Ghost Who Walks

Originally posted by NewGuy01
Oh? Was it possible to fight Godrick without fighting Margit first?

Apparently. I got into the Roundtable Hold after killing Margit, but you can get in there through other progress.

Originally posted by Jmanghan
Okay so before I decide to get this, where does it stand in the echelon of Souls-like Fromsoft? (how good is it?)

Is it up there with Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1, or is it more in the realm of Souls 2, or somewhere in between?


Difficult to say, since it's not been out for too long. But I'm guessing it's up there with Dark Souls.

[list=1][*]Dark Souls, (Elden Ring)
[*]Bloodborne, Demon's Souls
[*]Dark Souls III, Demon's Souls Remake
[*]Dark Souls II, Dark Souls II: SOTFS[/list=1]

Badabing Gym rat

This isn’t a game I can just casually play for a short time. I need to be there for a few hours at least.

NewGuy01 perpetual

Originally posted by Astner
His dual swords and a shield...and 3,200 souls runes but those are left on your bloodstain when you die shortly after.

Maybe there's a way to get back there to retrieve those runes later (assuming you don't die until then), but at that point I'm not sure if the 3,200 runes would mean too much.


Just found this area again. It's the little grey/blue island west of Stormveil. There's a unique spirit bell summon here too. What other than the grafted scion could have killed you, though?

NewGuy01 perpetual

God the festival is so damn cool.

Spoiler:
I wonder how much of the participation depends on your encountering people in your playthrough.

Astner The Ghost Who Walks

Originally posted by NewGuy01
Just found this area again. It's the little grey/blue island west of Stormveil. There's a unique spirit bell summon here too. What other than the grafted scion could have killed you, though?

Past his area there's a cliff that collapses when you step on it.

It's kind of bullshit since in Demon's Souls they let you keep the souls you get for killing Vanguard.

NewGuy01 perpetual

Originally posted by Astner
Past his area there's a cliff that collapses when you step on it.

It's kind of bullshit since in Demon's Souls they let you keep the souls you get for killing Vanguard.


Ahh, come to think of it, I did come across that... I just got it backwards, thought we came at the boss from that direction.

Astner The Ghost Who Walks

I'll probably end up maining a dex build, saw this video while at work, and it looks like a PvP weapon to me (reach and speed).

YouTube video

So I'm guessing a level 49 Vagabond with 18/10/11/16/48/9/9/7, might level it up later if the invasion mechanics don't allow for match-ups with upgraded weapons.