Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

Anyone else using the Imp Head (wolf) helmet? It’s pretty heavy but it gives you an extra 2 points in endurance which absolutely balances it out.

Hoooo boy, completed Ranni’s quest and that final cutscene is stunning, especially by FromSoft’s standards. I’m sure most people will be more than chuffed with that reward too!

@JohnnyShoulder Man do I have a lot to tell you, but its a very, very long story, But just so you know, I upgraded my stuff and it made a world difference, I will write more about it later, along with yesterdays.

I also wanted to ask, because I kinda figured it out already, but is it worth upgrading to be able to carry heavy items, because I love this sword, but I had to take off some of my armor to do it, is this the right way to do it? Or i'm I going about it the wrong way?

I'm level 42 about 21 hours in. All I have done is explore. I did beat stormviel and a few other minor bosses, but have not done any quest lines, nor found many to be honest. I feel like I'm missing out. I did talk to one npc that seems evil and had a giant pet dog who wanted me to fetch something for him. Of course I forgot what it was. I don't like to look up much at all as the exploring blind is so much fun. Anyone else in this boat or are you finding npcs and finishing quest lines?

Got the DMGS last night, and even though moonveil isn’t better I’m gonna have to use it, after so many games where I got it but couldn’t use. It does hit hard, hopefully the poise break balances the speed.

Edit: already have high int, so it hit goombas at gatefront for 1150ish with a charged r2, and at range same damage. That’s at +9

Beat the Valiant Gargoyles. There's a coffin at the back of the arena that warps you across the map. Does anyone else think that some of the Ash summons are a touch OP? The one I used this morning basically trivialised the fight.

@Snatcher That is an option as I know some people wear little or no armour so they can wield a heavy weapon. There is not really a right or wrong way to play these games, if you enjoy doing that and it makes things a bit easier for you then I would carry on.

@Elodin I'm using the fextra game progress route on and off. It just lists the best order to things and what to do, then goes into a bit more detail if you want.

@velio84 That sounds like one hell of a journey you’ve been on there. Well done on getting out. Judging by my success so far I reckon I’d have still been there next week 😆

@Snatcher I played Demon’s Souls without armour until I upgraded to a point when I had enough strength to carry a good set and the weapon I wanted. I found it didn’t make too much difference as stuff hits pretty hard anyway and the lighter armour sets didn’t help massively protect against that.

@lolwhatno @velio84 yeah I have played most From games, this one however being open world makes me wonder if I'm breaking to many questlines by just randomly searching around the world and killing indiscriminately without having talked to enough NPCs.

@JohnnyShoulder I have peaked at a few things on fextralife, I just don't want to ruin the surprise of exploration aspect too much.

Based on your replies ill just keep going my random ways and I'm sure ill hit a few questlines soon.

@velio84 I had no idea there was another route to Volcano Manor! There are just so many secrets in this game, it’s crazy.

I've got fanged one which gives me extra strength!

@Elodin I generally only look at it after I've done some exploring in an area, so by the time look it I only need a bit of guidance of where to go or what to do next.

@velio84 I’ve been trying to avoid using any guides if possible but I think you’ve talked me into it. This week I’ve not had as much time to sink into ER as I would have liked and I’m starting to feel my inexperience with From games a little in my lack of progress. I’ll have a look at those build guides as that will at least get me to commit to a particular direction 👍

@JohnnyShoulder Ok, thats good to hear, so is it worth increasing how much I can carry or no?

@render Well I was thinking as much, as I didn't really notice a damage difference, as it felt like I was getting hit hard anyway.

OK, I'm going to start putting spoiler tags from now on since I have left the starting area, so read at your own risk, since I missed a day when I didn't update, I will just do a very short run through.

I decided I just wasn't the right level and or didn't have the skill to beat the margit, so I just decided to spend that day to roam, and roam I did, I I think I went north from the mountain, and I ran into a guy in a cabin, the dude in the cabin was selling ashes of war, so you know I'm coming back.
I keep going down the road, kill a dude or two, and then run into this pot, thought it would kill me TBH, but nope, he told me to he would go some place, so I headed off there.

on my way I found a swamp looking area, to my surprise it was a ghost man in a boat, and I went to go fight him, I did it on my horse since that was the safe way and I beat him on my first try, I kept heading north and I ended up at a church, to which I died to an NPC invader, I then came back it ruined them!
I actually didn't go much further, because it was a pretty death looking area a head, and I had a lot of ruins on me, so I cut my losses and left.

I go to the round table to which a man tells me about the death root I find, I do the quest for that, and thats about it.
Do note I am just rushing through what happened that day, because it was a lot, but not as much as this, Oh and I killed that horse dude at the start.

Ok now we are back to present time, and I decided it was time to kill margit, after learning I could summon an NPC, and leveling up my weapon, I went on to fight him, I died, and died, and died, but! At one point I finally did it, I killed that jerk!
Before I went further, I thought it would be cool to look around the world a little more, and there were a few things left to be done, Like kill those things pulling the cart around.
I do so actually, and I learn my upgraded weapon makes a world difference, after all that I find a purple pool of sorts, I summon to it, kill the guy in that on my 3rd try, and decide to go back to the start.

Why? Because I actually unlocked the white gate blocked by the imp key, and I just couldn't get past what was there, to avoid spoiling it, I will say I just made it to the end, once I did tho, in elden ring fashion, it was a boss.
I actually do pretty well at the boss, much to my surprise, but I still couldn't get the hang of it, but then my stupid self thought it would be a bright idea to go kill the dragon at the start of the game......I killed it, and the victory's keep on coming to.

After all this, I go to the next area, and call it a day. Sorry if my writing seems very sloppy, if I don't write these things after I finish playing I forget details, making it harder for me to write about it, so if that happens to be the case, I will make it shorter next time, if you read this, thank you, and I hope you have an amazing time as I am in elden ring!

@velio84 I love it, Its hard, but its not? It just depends on how much time your willing to put into it, If I'm having a hard time, I will go around, and look for more stuff that might change my whole run, Its only has hard as you make it, which is really why I don't understand why some people want an easy mode? You can summon players if you want to.

I also just learned, that a lot of the side quest in this game, go on with or without you, making the very organic, thats cool and all, but damn if I new that I would have kept looking for Alexander! I want to know more about him, and now I don't know where we would be now, I hope to meet back up with him.

I also heard its not possible to do every side quest in a playthrough, which is crazy to think about, and pretty cool because it adds to the story.

@JohnnyShoulder that's a great way to look at. I think ill do the same. Thanks for the idea.

You can carry as much you want, there are limits for each item on how much you can have on you, if you exceed that amount it goes to your chest. Although the sum of weight of all the carried items, affects your movement speed.

Equip Load determines your mobility based on the total weight of your currently equipped Armaments, Armor and Talismans, improving or reducing your ability to take evasive actions depending on the amount of load.

Sounds like you've made some real progress there and the game has clicked with you. Hopefully you will continue to enjoy your journey!

@Elodin No worries. I spent all day yesterday aimlessly exploring, so today felt like I needed some structure with my time with the game, so I had a quick peek at the game progress route.

Well I try'd putting on more till it got heavy, and I don't really like how clunky I feel, I would like to be lighter wile carrying as much armor as possible, because I wanted to use this sword (Which lord I'm loving BTW)But I would get to heavy, so I took of my some of my more heavy armor, I try'd increasing it a little bit, but its just not enough, But some of these swords are way to heavy, I would have to be naked.

Oh yeah, Im Enjoying it a lot! like a lot a lot, I will need to try other soul games, I'm thinking DS 2 next.

So, my latest respec is working really really well, I thought I’d share.

I’m using the Dark Moon Greatsword but any big int-scaling sword could work. Because the physical requirements for DMGS are so low for a big weapon an because almost all the scaling is from int, I was able to spec for full int and still be primarily melee. I have AR of 685 on my +9 DMGS, 750ish with self buff. 850ish with physick buff. So I hit like a truck, and the charged r2 is just a bonus. And since I have full int I use staff in offhand and can use swift glintstone shard when I need to attack faster than the big sword.

Stats are:
Vigor: 30
Mind: 25
End: 23
Str: 16 (min for DMGS)
Dex: 11 (min for DMGS)
Int: 60, +5 from talisman +3 from hat
Faith, arc: 10

Using carian regal sceptre and DMGS,