ELDEN RING |OT2| Death of the Wild

Slev · Mar 5, 2022

Just finished my first playthrough or Journey as the game calls it. Man what a ride. Also the Elden Beast can suck my nuts. That fight is one of the hardest things I've had to do probably because I chose to go mage for the first time in my Souls life with this first playthrough.

astro · Mar 5, 2022

Any STR colossal sword users tried to respec or dump points into INT to try the Royal Greatsword?

I've read mixed things about the weapon skill...

Also, what would a good STR/INT stat split look like, and else what could you do with this 22 INT points build wise?

ajido said:
Edited!

Ty! :)

tjlee2 · Mar 5, 2022

Ferrs said:
Why in the seven hells Miriam of the Study Hall friggin respawns?

That got me to. I thought I already took care of that one.

Jencks · Mar 5, 2022

What the fuck is Necromancer Garris. How the fuck do you beat this asshole

PlanetSmasher · Mar 5, 2022

what the fuck am I supposed to do about

the fat dark mage's roll attack? it goes on FOREVER and no matter how far I try to ride away he catches up to me and kills me with it

is there any way to counter this or is it just "better kill him before he does the move or fuck you"

Lakitu · Mar 5, 2022

What else besides the twinblade is good for dex/int builds.

ajido · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
ajido i have no idea how summoning actually works, but happy to help if you're on PS4/ps5

Setting a password of: helpajid

Not sure how this works but worth a shot.

Slev · Mar 5, 2022

PlanetSmasher said:
what the fuck am I supposed to do about

the fat dark mage's roll attack? it goes on FOREVER and no matter how far I try to ride away he catches up to me and kills me with it

is there any way to counter this or is it just "better kill him before he does the move or fuck you"

I chose to ignored it completely just ride on past it.

tjlee2 · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
Wasnt my experience at all, but I did the whole of Ranni quest line before going to the atlus, so my gear was deffo way too strong until the last stretch of the game

I don't mean first playthrough. I mean various challenge runs where you apply certain less restrictive limits to what you can do outside of level 1 will make the game's difficulty shine through. I don't have any restriction on my first other than no summons (npc or player). There are too many interesting things to try to apply some kind of limit for a first playthrough.

Rygar 8Bit · Mar 5, 2022

Red said:
I am at level 70 and haven't put a single point into vigor. I can deal OK damage but man, one wrong move and I'm done for. This volcano

dual abductor fight

is brutal. No room for error.

You really have to. Armor does jack shit in this game and it's all about health.

Niago · Mar 5, 2022

PlanetSmasher said:
what the fuck am I supposed to do about

the fat dark mage's roll attack? it goes on FOREVER and no matter how far I try to ride away he catches up to me and kills me with it

is there any way to counter this or is it just "better kill him before he does the move or fuck you"

You have to dismount and just keep rolling through it (rolling towards him helps) or try and hide in one of the alcoves and hopefully he will just get stuck rolling into the wall. That guy was driving me crazy a few hours a go so good luck

Lulu · Mar 5, 2022

Royal great sword, another cool ass weapon that scales with INT..... that post that said there was a ton of faith weapons in the other thread, I'd like to see what game you were playing because you were bugging.

DNgamers · Mar 5, 2022

Anyone else not able to start the game on steam? I got an update and since then I can't open it. Steam wants me to restart and there's a cloud error message next to the play button. :/

GwyndolinCinder · Mar 5, 2022

ajido said:
Setting a password of: helpajid

Not sure how this works but worth a shot.

put my sign down outside the boss room

Kilirath · Mar 5, 2022

So those guys in

Siofra River

clearly went to the Anor Londo archery school.

PlanetSmasher · Mar 5, 2022

Niago said:
You have to dismount and just keep rolling through it (rolling towards him helps) or try and hide in one of the alcoves and hopefully he will just get stuck rolling into the wall. That guy was driving me crazy a few hours a go so good luck

It's just yet another stupidly broken fight, which seems to be most of the encounters in the second half of the game. All of the clever design has been replaced by "better be perfect or fuck you for trying!".

I really don't know why they put fights like this in areas where you can't use summons. They KEEP doing it.

MadLaughter · Mar 5, 2022

Can a friend summon you if you are a way higher level than them? Do you have to use a password?

astro · Mar 5, 2022

MadLaughter said:
Can a friend summon you if you are a way higher level than them? Do you have to use a password?

They can, password removes level restrictions.

Genesius · Mar 5, 2022

Lady Regalla down

I caved and looked up how to make the first two levels of smithing stones purchasable and literally made immediate and significant progress afterwards

MadLaughter · Mar 5, 2022

astro said:
They can, password removes level restrictions.

Thank you!

Rygar 8Bit · Mar 5, 2022

PlanetSmasher said:
what the fuck am I supposed to do about

the fat dark mage's roll attack? it goes on FOREVER and no matter how far I try to ride away he catches up to me and kills me with it

is there any way to counter this or is it just "better kill him before he does the move or fuck you"

The one at the tower you can just run past and get to the tower on the other side. He does drop his gross armor set if you kill him though. For his roll you can try hiding in the little stairway balcony things and hope to god he doesn't follow you up and gets stuck on the banister instead.

ajido · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
put my sign down outside the boss room

:( I don't see it.

PlanetSmasher · Mar 5, 2022

Rygar 8Bit said:
The one at the tower you can just run past and get to the tower on the other side. He does drop his gross armor set if you kill him though. For his roll you can try hiding in the little stairway balcony things and hope to god he doesn't follow you up and gets stuck on the banister instead.

It's just so cursed. I honestly think there's just too much Dark Souls 2 DNA in this game and it's ruining the experience. So many examples of encounters that weren't throughly playtested.

GwyndolinCinder · Mar 5, 2022

Kilirath said:
So those guys in

Siofra River

clearly went to the Anor Londo archery school.

Just you wait

ajido said:
:( I don't see it.

ive moved it closer to the fog gate does that help?

astro · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
ive moved it closer to the fog gate does that help?

ajido said:
:( I don't see it.

Have you both activated the effigy? Still not sure who needs to do this... do you need to for passworded games?

It's at the Church of the Cukoo site of grace.

ajido · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
Just you wait

ive moved it closer to the fog gate does that help?

I'm using multiplayer password helpajid and have region matchmaking turned on. Maybe we're in different regions?

Lightjolly · Mar 5, 2022

DaniThePinguim said:
Dodge his attacks... lol but for real he looks kinda wild but his actual attacks are usually well telegraphed, it's just his moving around that looks crazy. His body explosion and firestorm-like attack I don't know though

GOT HIM FINALLY, after like 25 deaths lol.

SunBroDave · Mar 5, 2022

Ferrs said:
Why in the seven hells Miriam of the Study Hall friggin respawns?

Because its hilarious

AnimeJesus · Mar 5, 2022

DNgamers said:
Anyone else not able to start the game on steam? I got an update and since then I can't open it. Steam wants me to restart and there's a cloud error message next to the play button. :/

This happened to me yesterday…just manually check for Steam updates and then reboot.

That worked for me.

Scuttlefluff · Mar 5, 2022

I fought the first boss 30 times last night. I'm guessing I'm not supposed to do this dude yet? Lol

Also I've completely missed out on summoning somehow.

PlanetSmasher · Mar 5, 2022

SunBroDave said:
Because its hilarious

Because the developers in the second half of the game hate the player and actively want to see them suffer. Putting encounters like that in no-co-op zones is a crime.

Tuck · Mar 5, 2022

Scuttlefluff said:
I fought the first boss 30 times last night. I'm guessing I'm not supposed to do this dude yet? Lol

Also I've completely missed out on summoning somehow.

If you haven't explored the rest of Lingrave yet, id recommend doing that before the first boss. I'm not sure why the game shuffles players to it so early. I feel like 99% of players won't be ready for the first boss when they first encounter it, since the encounter comes so early.

Rygar 8Bit · Mar 5, 2022

PlanetSmasher said:
It's just so cursed. I honestly think there's just too much Dark Souls 2 DNA in this game and it's ruining the experience. So many examples of encounters that weren't throughly playtested.

Then you'll really hate having to...don't click if you don't want late game spoilers like end end end game spoilers.

One of the last like 8 bosses in the game is fighting the same guy you're fighting on the bridge and a different one you can also fight in another different dungeon that is just as cursed, but you have to fight them at the same time and you have to kill them each twice because they rez each other and it's the worst god damned boss fight in the game. It's the Godskin Duo boss fight and it's the hardest goddamned thing in the world.

I do also agree with your statement. Like with the Rahdan fight and a later boss being made around mounted combat, but like you can't coop while using a mount so uhhh great. I mean I love the game so much I'm on my 3rd playthrough, but some of these fights just feel thrown together without thought.

SofNascimento · Mar 5, 2022

Scuttlefluff said:
I fought the first boss 30 times last night. I'm guessing I'm not supposed to do this dude yet? Lol

Also I've completely missed out on summoning somehow.

I'm 60 hours in and that still the hardest boss I fought. I think it was discussed a while back that the game could have told the player a little bit better that they could/should just go another way if they feel the boss is too hard.

GwyndolinCinder · Mar 5, 2022

ajido said:
I'm using multiplayer password helpajid and have region matchmaking turned on. Maybe we're in different regions?

Let me try that aggro ring

zoodoo · Mar 5, 2022

The random details in this game... I came about a village with murky water, jumped down my horse and was about to enter, thinking nothing of it. There was a squirrel minding his own business that ran past me. Suddenly it started loosing health and died. The water was poisonous. Thank you for your sacrifice brave squirrel

ajido · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
Let me try that aggro ring

Thanks. I'm on my last summoning item too. Blargh.

super-famicom · Mar 5, 2022

DNgamers said:
Anyone else not able to start the game on steam? I got an update and since then I can't open it. Steam wants me to restart and there's a cloud error message next to the play button. :/

I just restarted my PC and then Steam updated for me when I launched it.

Duncan · Mar 5, 2022

These insta-kill chariot dungeons are hands down the worst parts of this game. Super frustrating and tedious.

GwyndolinCinder · Mar 5, 2022

ajido said:
Thanks. I'm on my last summoning item too. Blargh.

Ah what summoning is limited!?

ajido · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
Let me try that aggro ring

That went a lot better. Need to find some flowers to craft fingers if you don't mind sticking around a bit longer?

Jardim · Mar 5, 2022

Honestly Dark Souls 2 is one of the best Souls so if endgame is more DS2 I'm all for it.

astro · Mar 5, 2022

GwyndolinCinder said:
Ah what summoning is limited!?

You need a consumable to see the signs people put down, but you can make as many as you want.

Freezasaurus · Mar 5, 2022

Anyone have an issue with disappearing dragons? I've seen this happen twice now.... Once with the dragon outside Ranni's tower, and once with that Ancient motherfucker with the red lightning in Atlus Plateau or something. I'll be fighting them and then mid-battle, they'll jump in the air and just fade away, never to respawn or anything. Their position didn't reset, and I definitely didn't finish them off.

Capra · Mar 5, 2022

Just did an entire side area only to discover it looks like I needed to be doing a certain NPC's sidequest in order to get anything at the end of it?

TooBusyLookinGud · Mar 5, 2022

astro said:
I still can't seem to be summoned by others...

Am I doing this right? Trying to be summoned for Godrick

- I touch the martyr statue.
- I out my yellow summon sign down in front of the most wall door
- I wait

I'm level 70, am I too high for it or something?

If it's a boss and you don't want to say the name. Say where it is.

Like

blah blah

Or something like that!

What are you playing on? I can come back and help if you are on PC. I'm level 62.

PlanetSmasher · Mar 5, 2022

Rygar 8Bit said:
Then you'll really hate having to...don't click if you don't want late game spoilers like end end end game spoilers.

One of the last like 8 bosses in the game is fighting the same guy you're fighting on the bridge and a different one you can also fight in another different dungeon that is just as cursed, but you have to fight them at the same time and you have to kill them each twice because they rez each other and it's the worst god damned boss fight in the game. It's the Godskin Duo boss fight and it's the hardest goddamned thing in the world.

Yeah, I've heard of that shit. Like I said, there's just so much of this game that ISN'T thought through well, which is so frustrating in contrast to the early parts of the game that feel extremely thoughtful. So much is just like "HERE'S TWO OF A BOSS THAT ALREADY SUCKS LOL" or "this thing can kill you in one hit with all of its attacks, and it has 50 of them!"

Jardim said:
Honestly Dark Souls 2 is one of the best Souls so if endgame is more DS2 I'm all for it.

I loathe Dark Souls 2 with a passion I don't even have words for. If I'm comparing a game to Dark Souls 2, it's not a good thing. All the janky hitboxes, tracking grab attacks, unavoidable instant kills, all of that shit is design cancer because DS2 clearly didn't get enough time in the oven before releasing.

I think ER, by comparison, was just too BIG for the developers to playtest it effectively, leading to lots of aspects of the game's late-game design feeling undercooked and needing of at least several balance patches to tone down.

Rygar 8Bit · Mar 5, 2022

Duncan said:
These insta-kill chariot dungeons are hands down the worst parts of this game. Super frustrating and tedious.

Haha the lava one? Loved seeing soul signs every 2 feet on that one just saying "I want to go home..."

Janus · Mar 5, 2022

Freezasaurus said:
Anyone have an issue with disappearing dragons? I've seen this happen twice now.... Once with the dragon outside Ranni's tower, and once with that Ancient motherfucker with the red lightning in Atlus Plateau or something. I'll be fighting them and then mid-battle, they'll jump in the air and just fade away, never to respawn or anything. Their position didn't reset, and I definitely didn't finish them off.

That's normal and intended.

Duncan · Mar 5, 2022

Rygar 8Bit said:
Haha the lava one?

All of them. Any single one I'll ever encounter.

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