What weapons are you using? I'm working on being able to equip the Golden Halberd because it looks sweet and I like long pokey weapons.
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What weapons are you using? I'm working on being able to equip the Golden Halberd because it looks sweet and I like long pokey weapons.
in my case i just missed the rune in the inventory because it's under a different section, assumably before it's activated :)
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I honestly have been pretty disappointed with this game's bosses. A lot of them are copy pasted or just straight up not good or not fun to play against at all. This is the first time I've felt this way playing a From game since DS2, which is the best comparison I can give to how I feel about the bosses honestly. Just a lot of throwaways. I love the world and the core of a lot of the areas, but some of this stuff feels super filler. I don't really get people saying everything feels unique when the catacombs and tunnels are extremely samey too. And so many bosses get reused, some of them in fairly major side content. It just feels messy to me
I used a Halberd for much of my PS3 Demons Souls run, and I bet it's fantastic for horse jousting.
I'm using a Battle Axe, and this may carry me through most of the game. But I also want to upgrade my Morningstar +6 further, that blood loss explosion when you wail on enemies is very satisfying.
Casting a holy damage incantation to my battle axe and mowing through skeleton mobs feels amazing, and makes for a great "holy knight" role-playing build.
I beat him my first try but i was also level 120 or so post game with a +10 Mimic and almost died. Doesnt seem fun solo or with lesser gear. I just wanted the reward asap so i cheesed. I would also agree with you. There are some stand out bosses but a lot of disappointing ones too
I got my hands on the Meteorite Staff and Rock Sling spell. Now I just need to get my hands on that INT based Katana and I start dumping points into my INT and MIND and VIGOR.
Feeling really confident with my build so far. I think I like a Mage class over my Paladin build from before.
Feeling really confident with my build so far. I think I like a Mage class over my Paladin build from before.
So you have to put a lot into Arcane to get decent gear drops?
How are you all specced currently and what direction are you taking your characters? Besides the added challenge of starting off as a Wretch was it worth it for your current builds or do you feel gimped?
Hey souls people. I'm looking for advice.
I just beat Godrick and now I'm really struggling against even normal enemies. I kinda hate my build. I don't deal any damage and I can't take many hits.
I was going for a paladin with the Confessor. But I feel maybe I spread runes too thin.
My stats at Level 42:
Vigor 21
Mind 16
Endurance 14
Strength 21
Dexterity 12
Intelligence 9
Faith 18
Arcane 10
Using Heavy Bastard Sword+2. Feel like I just need to re-spec at this point. Dexterity seems way more viable than Strength at the moment.
I just beat Godrick and now I'm really struggling against even normal enemies. I kinda hate my build. I don't deal any damage and I can't take many hits.
I was going for a paladin with the Confessor. But I feel maybe I spread runes too thin.
My stats at Level 42:
Vigor 21
Mind 16
Endurance 14
Strength 21
Dexterity 12
Intelligence 9
Faith 18
Arcane 10
Using Heavy Bastard Sword+2. Feel like I just need to re-spec at this point. Dexterity seems way more viable than Strength at the moment.
You're gonna love all of that. This is what I'm rocking and having a blast. Margit, Godrick and several others have all dropped before the might of my Rock Slings hah.
Good to know my dream build is feasible!
I'll keep grinding out runes to get some INT and get some spells. I've been clearing shit with just my sword...I think it's time I gear up a bit.
I don't really know what I'm doing in terms of build. "Necessity" has dictated my decisions so far, just chasing requirements for the items I find. Dumping into dex / str / int as necessary for whatever cool melee weapons I find. A point in arcane every other level to get that discovery up.
My vigor and endurance are both still at 10, which means I need to be really good at fat rolling to make any progress
This is the path I've taken with Astrologer and its got me through a lot of the game pretty well save for some bosses. That katana (Meteoric Ore Blade) is a beast, love using it plus its gravity spell based special attack.
I'm at best a 1/3 through
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but everytime I died to this move (which is always a OHKO), I'm either running far from him or taking my eyes off him, I guess one of these triggers it?
You have *more* freedom to plan your build, not less. Having 10 stat in every attribute lets you play with a wide range of stuff, and beginning at level 1 means you can level up faster in the very early stages. You won't really know how you want to build out your character until you're in the sandbox experimenting with different gear and/or spells.
But no joke, it makes the earliest hours much harder. You'll have to seek out specific equipment like a magic staff if you want one, for example.
That +2 sword is probably a bigger issue than your stats. It should probably be much higher than it is by the time you've beaten that boss. And certainly by level 40+.
Hoarfrost Stomp might be the most OP Ash of War skill in the game. Equip it on Caestus and stunlock + freeze build-up on most enemies and bosses for a ton of damage.
I'm around level 35. Any recs on faith build weapons? I have the item that can convert weapons to faith, so I have some dex weapons I made to scale faith, but wasn't sure if there was a better.
No joke, I think they fucked up when programming item discoverability or some shit. Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot feels like it decreases drop chances instead of increasing them. I've also noticed that over time as I'm farming a particular enemy for his weapon and armor, the drop chances seem to plummet, which I can resolve by quitting to the title screen and starting again.
Weapon upgrades will ALWAYS be bigger difference makers than levelling up. I had my weapon at +4 or +5 by that point, and it's even higher still now. Weapon upgrades are key.
I get worried about burning smithing mats on weapons I may not stick with. Choice paralysis. Bastard Sword seems pretty...Bland? Compared to some of the sweet dex weapons I found
An item exists to allow you to be able to buy as many level 1 and 2 stones as you want, which I think takes you to +5? If you want more damage you need to upgrade your weapon. Simple.
Okay so I think the issue with there barely being any summons in Redmane Castle for the dual boss battle is there's an event that can happen which totally replaces the boss battle, so there's probably a bunch of players who just don't have access to the boss battle at all and aren't putting down summoning signs. I think I'm just gonna give up on it because I just do not have the skill to kill a boss as shitty and unbalanced as Crucible Knight is.
new PC steam patch just landed and now i can't even launch the game, it just blackscreens on menu and all I can see is my mouse cursor in the elden ring style... fuck off. I've been working for like 9 hours straight and I just want to get back to the lands between...
Hmmm, I'll download soon and report.
The Golden Halberd is amazing. I have to two hand it now, but it's a baller weapon.
Anyone happen to have a Banished Knight Greatsword? My brother has been farming these guys for literally hours, and I'm going to try and save his sanity haha.
Not sure yet, I run melee only (+a short bow) so I typically go for a quality build or dex. I'm still early in the game (despite like 37 hours played...) but so far I've just pushed str+dex to 18+17 to equip the bloodhound fang, then got my vigor and endurance to 20 because I need the health because I have no armor, and I need the stamina to swing my big sword a bunch. Since then I've been pumping the last few points into strength so I think it's at like 21 right now. I'll lean towards whichever of the two the coolest weapon I have available to me right now (currently it's the iron throne sword so I'm trying to get that strength going).
I didn't really feel restricted by being a wretch because it's basically closest to what I would want to run anyway. That said I HAVE tons of equipment, I just don't find it worth the trade-off to use any of it. I've felt like armor has dropped decently enough without me grinding for anything yet so that by late game when I can actually equip some I'll have a good start on a set. My only firm role on speccing characters is I've virtually never touched magic in any of the games lol
In my attempts to find more spells, I've taken to assuming any large blank spot on my map means I haven't looked hard enough for a door or a cave or a toilet that has a boss inside. This has led me on this incredible journey of the Weeping Peninsula today...including a "Greater Enemy Felled" notice for a boss that didn't seem all that hard.
BUT the true revelation came when by chance I (Weeping Peninsula/Stormveil Castle spoilers) acquired a Warhawk summon from a ghost in a chair. Now don't get me wrong, all the summons I've collected thus far seem worthy. The one I had been solely using was my Wandering Nobles, aka my Lads. You might be thinking hey, those guys aren't very optimal, but I happen to find them very charming, especially when they go WHOA!! every time something aggros. But a Hawk? I met them in Stormveil, and their resume is QUITE impressive.
(Limgrave spoilers) My journey continued when I somehow wound my way back into the tutorial area, and I now happened to have the Stonesword Keys needed to unlock the area there. And uh yes that's an area for sure. That was lots of fun. I REALLY RECOMMEND IT. Anyway, the area brought me to a boss, the lovely Ulcerated Tree Root. And you know, my Lads were really not coming through for me on that fella. So I thought to myself, hey, my Lads are +5, but I did also upgrade the Hawk to +5. So let's try the Hawk!
The Hawk KILLED the Ulcerated Tree Root while I was lying on my ass after I got hit by some undulation or other of its sinuous body. I got 15k runes. I think that's the most runes I've ever had in the game. Friendship ended with my Lads, now Hawk is my new best friend. Though the Root gave me ashes of a whole ass knight, so stay tuned...
BUT the true revelation came when by chance I (Weeping Peninsula/Stormveil Castle spoilers) acquired a Warhawk summon from a ghost in a chair. Now don't get me wrong, all the summons I've collected thus far seem worthy. The one I had been solely using was my Wandering Nobles, aka my Lads. You might be thinking hey, those guys aren't very optimal, but I happen to find them very charming, especially when they go WHOA!! every time something aggros. But a Hawk? I met them in Stormveil, and their resume is QUITE impressive.
(Limgrave spoilers) My journey continued when I somehow wound my way back into the tutorial area, and I now happened to have the Stonesword Keys needed to unlock the area there. And uh yes that's an area for sure. That was lots of fun. I REALLY RECOMMEND IT. Anyway, the area brought me to a boss, the lovely Ulcerated Tree Root. And you know, my Lads were really not coming through for me on that fella. So I thought to myself, hey, my Lads are +5, but I did also upgrade the Hawk to +5. So let's try the Hawk!
The Hawk KILLED the Ulcerated Tree Root while I was lying on my ass after I got hit by some undulation or other of its sinuous body. I got 15k runes. I think that's the most runes I've ever had in the game. Friendship ended with my Lads, now Hawk is my new best friend. Though the Root gave me ashes of a whole ass knight, so stay tuned...
Liurnia spoilers
Also (minor NPC spoilers) Albus has the same voice actor as Siegmeyer, right?
*kills Renni* "Yeah, that was easy. Unless there's a second ph-- ah yeah, there it is." *gets destroyed by magic arrows*
Also (minor NPC spoilers) Albus has the same voice actor as Siegmeyer, right?
I have lots of weapons I want to try out but need dem stones, 33 hours in here!
Awesome, I'll go exploring after dinner, thanks much appreciated.
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