Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree expansion

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 1st, 2023, 02:29

Not only am I maidenless but I have no coop friends.

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 6th, 2023, 00:38

I just quit after restarting several times. I don't think I will ever get good, especially not without online play and my no magic for melee rule. The Souls games are for coop play, so people with real friends, and they were a gamer zeitgeist that has moved on or trooned the fuck out, so its pointless and sad to play them. I missed out, and that's that.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » June 6th, 2023, 00:44

@maidenhaver why don't you use the summoning ashes?

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 6th, 2023, 00:54

I don't like Ranni.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » June 6th, 2023, 01:04

@maidenhaver summoning bell can be bought from the twin maiden husk at the Roundtable hold.

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 6th, 2023, 01:10

I've used ashes before, but I typically put all my levels in endurance/stamina so I can run away. I don't have much magic for the ashes above wolf. Maybe I will try a magic run. I suck at melee.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » June 6th, 2023, 01:26

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ June 6th, 2023, 01:10
I've used ashes before, but I typically put all my levels in endurance/stamina so I can run away. I don't have much magic for the ashes above wolf. Maybe I will try a magic run. I suck at melee.

yeah just put some attribute points into a mana bar. Summons are of great help if you're not good at melee, some of them are strong enough they can even solo certain bosses.

Dead · Post by **Dead** » June 6th, 2023, 18:23

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ June 6th, 2023, 01:10
I typically put all my levels in endurance/stamina so I can run away.

How is that going for you?

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 6th, 2023, 18:26

I run faster and longer than Torrent when I'm naked, but my strikes are puny and I die in one hit.

Dead · Post by **Dead** » June 6th, 2023, 18:28

If you're having trouble, restarting with a magic character may be helpful. Melee feels bad in this game anyway, like you're the side character and all of the enemies are the main characters.

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 6th, 2023, 18:38

That's why coop is the hottest mod on nexus for a year, because its an empty open world and everyone has immunity frames but the player lol

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 13th, 2023, 13:22

I'm relieved of Dork Stools, its a trash game entirely resting on sunk cost fallacy. There is no good getting, just memorizing attacks or lobbing magic. I'd rather play a game iron man, where everyone has 1 hp.

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 14th, 2023, 00:27

My frustration stems from playing Dark Souls single player. None of these games are single player except Sekiro, and it shows.

General Reign · Post by **General Reign** » June 14th, 2023, 00:32

By the time this DLC became a thing I was already tired of the game. This is why I usually wait for DLC to be released before buying.

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 14th, 2023, 00:40

I just wanted some new games for my steam deck while I'm away from home. Elden Ring is not a single player game. What's it tell you that I have to play a support class to npcs and summons? Its balanced around co-op and multiplayer. The most popular mod on the Nexus is ER multiplayer, and with good reason. I like these games, and I confess I suck, but its undeniable they're co-op games, especially so for Elden Ring.

General Reign · Post by **General Reign** » June 14th, 2023, 00:41

I mostly played it alone with summons because I don't give a shit and the netcode sucked at the time. Anytime I tried playing coop we would drop after a short time.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » June 14th, 2023, 00:44

I tried a bit of co-op, but stopped doing it after a while since due to the nature of open-world games I usually end up being either underleveled (in which case the fight becomes a massive chore), or overleveled (in which case i just wipe the floor with the boss).

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » June 14th, 2023, 00:47

It can only be played as a solo wizard or co-op. I have moved onto Sekiro, and that's actually been fun.

General Reign · Post by **General Reign** » June 14th, 2023, 01:02

The trick to playing games with friends is to kidnap them and try to lobotomize them into your slave so they don't run away. Or so I was told.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » November 5th, 2023, 10:44

Souls youtuber that Bandai Namco invited to try out upcoming Fromsoft games says the DLC is going to be as big as some full-size games. Another 30 hours of boring open world areas and copypasted dungeons with summoning ashes as a reward?

Dead · Post by **Dead** » November 5th, 2023, 10:53

They should replace copy-pasted enemies in the main game for the DLC.

Slavic Sorcerer · Post by **Slavic Sorcerer** » November 5th, 2023, 11:41

I hope it will heavily revolve around Miquella, expanding on his role within the story, and/or his alter-ego St. Trina

But what I really want is an aoe spell that puts targets to sleep, with effects like on St. Trina's Sword - and I'll be happy

Dead · Post by **Dead** » November 5th, 2023, 11:53

They could add spells that manipulate enemy AI rather than tens of spells that deal damage in slightly different ways

Acrux · Post by **Acrux** » November 5th, 2023, 12:47

Does this DLC change it to have good gameplay?

Element · Post by **Element** » November 5th, 2023, 14:03

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ June 14th, 2023, 00:27
My frustration stems from playing Dark Souls single player. None of these games are single player except Sekiro, and it shows.

Why? It's perfectly playable.

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » November 5th, 2023, 14:56

Element wrote: ↑ November 5th, 2023, 14:03

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ June 14th, 2023, 00:27
My frustration stems from playing Dark Souls single player. None of these games are single player except Sekiro, and it shows.
Why? It's perfectly playable.

Who cares?

Element · Post by **Element** » November 5th, 2023, 18:03

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ November 5th, 2023, 14:56

Element wrote: ↑ November 5th, 2023, 14:03

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ June 14th, 2023, 00:27
My frustration stems from playing Dark Souls single player. None of these games are single player except Sekiro, and it shows.
Why? It's perfectly playable.
Who cares?

You do, apparently, since you brought it up

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » November 5th, 2023, 20:29

Yeah, almost a year ago.

Element · Post by **Element** » November 5th, 2023, 20:32

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ November 5th, 2023, 20:29
Yeah, almost a year ago.

Forum is slow

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » November 5th, 2023, 21:27

wndrbr wrote: ↑ November 5th, 2023, 10:44

Souls youtuber that Bandai Namco invited to try out upcoming Fromsoft games says the DLC is going to be as big as some full-size games. Another 30 hours of boring open world areas and copypasted dungeons with summoning ashes as a reward?

What do they base this on except wishful thinking? Did somebody get a demo of the dlc?