Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

@danlk1ng Oh wow just looked into this.... +5 for STR would be excellent, I'd then only need to concede runes for +1 'official levelling' up.

I understand though you incur a health debuff for damage taken? Is it severe?

@CJD87 not particularly - you also get +5 to vitality (or is it vigor? The HP stat, either way) which pretty much offsets the difference in damage taken (worth noting that the "soft cap" for vitality is level 40 so if you upgrade it past 35 you'll get less of a difference from using the talisman), and +5 to Dex and endurance too - which will help as you're already building your Dex up and more stamina/weight capacity can't hurt!

@render Yeah there is quite a bit to get your head round and manage for combat. It took me almost playing 3/4 of Dark Souls and all of Bloodborne for it to all click.

@danlk1ng I'm sold mate...! Naga katana here I come

Appreciate the advice, great forum. I have no qualms about just investing +1 level into strength as this talisman will give me the extra 5! Awesome and cheers man

Nah you don't need to use anything to be able too see NPC summons. If you don't even need to be on online mode.

@Kairu yeah I thought that… I found a smashed window that led to an upper area of a lecture hall which reminded me of a vague Bloodborne memory before a boss fight. So cool. I’m thinking that I’ll go visit Castle Morne yet… seen a fair bit of chat about it on here, so it’s about time I go check it out.

@velio84 think I said to someone on here before, even if they don't do a great deal of damage, they are handy as a distraction so you can heal up and stuff.

@CJD87 no worries - it's a pretty awesome talisman. I've seen people starting Level 1 runs of the game, and one of the first things they seem to do is go grab that talisman so they can wield a decent weapon

I've just unintentionally cheesed a npc
invader in Academy of Laya Lucaria. They tried to follow me after I ran past and jumped in a lift, they kept going and fell in the lift shaft. I got a pretty decent shield out of it 👍😂

@R1spam I know the one… damn tough fight too 🤣

@Keith_Zissou Probably a bit of both. It’s always satisfying to beat bosses fairly and I did get it to a sliver of health the last couple of tries but yeah, glad it’s over 😂

@colonelkilgore there's a reason I was running past! He had murdered me like 10 times a row🙈😂 npcs shouldn't be allowed to heal 😂

@R1spam that's how I managed to beat that one too lol - I'd got sick of trying to fight him and was just trying to run past, and he fell off the lift . At first I thought he'd survived the fall until the shield popped up

That's Godfrey down on my second attempt. Weakling!

Those knights around the capital still keep murdering me though, lol.

@CJD87

After upgrading 15 times or so, my Nagakiba now has A-rank scaling with Dexterity as well.

@R1spam NPC invaders tend to be morons. Really easy to cheese their AI.

@R1spam he was all wrong for my slow-swinging UGS build… he was just parrying me for fun. Half the time he’d just parry me and stand there without finishing me off as if to say “Ha ha” 😅

@Ralizah Cheers and nice stat spread!

@colonelkilgore what's weird is that shield doesn't have parry on it when you get it! It has no ability, which is cool as i can hit L2 and use my ashes of war. I kept living up to my username and he nailed me with parrys too 🤷‍♂️

@R1spam Yes some shields don't have parry attached (or any other ability) so you can use your sword special without going double handed!

@velio84 Yeah I think im going to do that, I got so close to beating him one time, but some of his attack just mess me up, I almost killed him, and I can get him to his 2nd phase no problem.

I've just realised the horse can double jump. Game-changer.