Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

@JohnnyShoulder
Oh nice, clever, I wouldn't have thought of that.
I just defeated the boss of the war-dead catacombs in Caelid, having taken on the very large boss outside of it. Currently running round the lava area.

It's probably just me, maybe I should have written stuff down, maybe it's because my middle age brain is already like a sieve but ER has really made me appreciate games with a quest log all the more. I keep meeting NPCs that start the conversation like they know me so I then have no choice but to check on fextra to see who the hell they are. Ok it doesn't have to go as far as to tell me where I need to go, that's fine but at least give me some sort of recap so that each time I pick the game up I can actually remember that I started something.

Another thing that I would love would be that when I pick up an item then let me take a look at the info relating to the item straight away (if I'm not getting killed by something) so that I then don't have to spend five minutes trying to find the damn thing in my inventory.

On the plus side I've taken down a few bosses over the weekend including the Godskin Apostle and Astel Naturalborn of the Void and still haven't even touched Leyndell yet. I think I've notched up close to 70 hours now and have tried to be really thorough but I'm still worried that I've likely missed something really important on the way.

102 hours, level 103, finally I'm on my way to the capital having done all the work required to secure all 3 endings in one play through!

@Thrillho congrats! Your flying through fast.

@Elodin Thanks! I don’t know if I’m really ready to take on the boss here but I can but try. It also seems like the castle has plenty more for me to explore too. Or I might try the east side of the first area too.

I like the open world nature of the game but sometimes it’s nice to have a bit of direction!

Has anyone made use of the dragon spells? Agheel’s and Smarag’s breath use all my FP but do little damage. Good aoe but really poor use of a whole bar of FP.

@Kairu still low level (42?) but using the dragon communion seal and have 23 arc/fai. Need more mind/vit before raising arc more.

@velio84 YES!

I wanted to build a “Mad Monk” to use the frenzy spells, dragon spells, dragon seal so I can pump arcane, and bleed weapons (synergies with arcane). Working well so far!

Edit: I also wanted to play through without overlevelling everything due to excessive exploration.

I platinumed the game (through some savescumming for the different endings) on saturday morning. Clocked in 200hrs, around lvl150 dex/fth build (with no farming except for some helping out with difficult bosses as a white phantom.) This game might be my favourite game ever slightly above Bloodborne. But I seriously need a break right now, although I sill returned for one or two quick runs for stuff I saw on youtube xD And I still have the Vyke Invasion bugged and one mausoleum not working... So waiting for a patch b4 I enter NG+.

@Mega-Gazz
I had two phantoms and we basically got her into a corner and staggersmacked her until phase 1 was over. In phase two we blood mosquitoed her to death xD Luckily enough all 3 of us used that spell...

@render if it helps, an icon appears when you obtain an item that shows you what section of your inventory it can be found.

@render as well as the icon, you can order items by newest found which helps.

@render And to do this, press L3 in the inventory screen.

Been having some fun invading recently. I'm really not a "pro" souls gamer or anything, and the fact that the majority of people who are invadable are already playing in co-op means that the odds are pretty heavily stacked against you as an invader. So instead of even trying to be remotely competitive I'm using it as an opportunity to be a bit silly

I tend to just invade butt naked, without any weapons and dodge around people as best I can, every so often a host works out that I'm not really a threat and joins in with the fists only fighting.
I also found out last night that you can "two-hand" your fists. What this lets you do is block with your left hand (normally it will attack if you're not holding a shield) - which amounts to sticking your left hand out in front of you.

So then I equip Roderika's hood/cape, and all of a sudden there's this jackass invading people's games, as a full grown man, running around with his arm stuck out, pretending to be superman

Eventually I'll get around to doing more of the story stuff

@Jimmer-jammer @kyleforrester87 @JohnnyShoulder Cheers guys, I've not even noticed those things. They will help a ton 👍

@Thrillho

Just beat Radahn first attempt. I’d like to think it’s coz I’m gud, but being level 94 with a load of Banished Knight armour and a monster great shield meant I could just absorb everything and spam jump R2 attacks 🤗

@JohnnyShoulder Thanks!

I feel like a true member now that I’ve beaten Godrick. In fact, I even had to beat him twice as I had the classic Souls adrenaline rush the first time, tried to squeeze the final hit in, and ended up with a double knockout

Got there eventually. Good old jellyfish bro helping me out too.

Currently stuck on Moongrum Carian Knight ,but ill sort him out today..

@Thrillho Oh well done! Yeah the spirit ashes are awesome. Jelly fish has got me out of a few scrapes! I also like the little goblins that throw bombs.