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I'm getting bored of the Death's Poker. Should I respec for Rivers of Blood?

I started trying to farm for some gear I wanted to get/try and my god it feels like they need to buff drop rates. Even with an arcane build and sometimes using the consumable to increase discovery, it takes way too long to get some drops I'm looking for.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/daveoshry/status/1506148398386532352?s=21

Oh shit I am Maidenless onceagain.

Nu_Titan posted...

I started trying to farm for some gear I wanted to get/try and my god it feels like they need to buff drop rates. Even with an arcane build and sometimes using the consumable to increase discovery, it takes way too long to get some drops I'm looking for.

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Yeah seriously, drop rates for games like this need a new kind of system where the drop rate incrementally increases the more you kill the enemy or something like that.

Seaman_Prime posted...

Yeah seriously, drop rates for games like this need a new kind of system where the drop rate incrementally increases the more you kill the enemy or something like that.

lol. Really?

Yeah farming for gear sucks ass. Rngesus does not love us

This clip summarizes my playthrough so far, after whooping the shit out of some Demi Gods, feeling really confident about myself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElsOnmkYUoM

viewmaster_pi posted...

don't forget about the paintings you find, they lead you to unique rewards, but as with all things in this game, i recommend just using a guide, there's like 7, and the hints are frankly shitty

Any kind of exploration puzzle in games which rely on you finding it through what's basically a screenshot is usually just worth looking up lol. I do the same thing in Red Dead Redemption. I don't have time to examine every slight geological anomaly in the game from every perspective to see if it matches this pencil drawing, R*.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/7/9/AAABltAADDvz.jpg

I like the painting puzzles. Ive done 3 of 3 so far on my own.

Seaman_Prime posted...

Yeah farming for gear sucks ass. Rngesus does not love us

*Currently bored as fuck from killing the two gravekeeper dudes in leyndall over and over for the greaves of the set. Has found multiples of the helmets, cloaks, and like 6 hammers and axes*

I would leave this for later after I get the item discovery accesory that for some reason from software has decided to put towards the end of the game, but these two gatekeepers dissapear and thus the set would be missable after I progress past this point.

I killed like 150 of these fuckers so far, =/

Doom_Art posted...

The sheer audacity of someone from Ubisoft criticizing the UI in a game

Especially about "creating a beautiful character" part, lmao.

Holy shit that is beyond ironic. I have played my fair share of ubisoft games with "character creation" and theirs has to be below even the likes of bethesda....and that is pretty low.

*Notices there is a PS5 system update out. Figure it will just be a quick update so goes ahead to install it. Why the fuck is the PS5 rebuilding the database now after downloading the update goddamn modern console gaming can be annoying at times*

.......*Just now noticing there is also a controller update. Igdoafnasdnfaskl;n*

EDIT: Ah, they actually changed the system interface up. Its a little weird, but in the long run I can see how this new download upload page has a better layout. Same goes for the friends list w/parties.

Wooo! Beat Malenia on my second try! I must have naturally had an anti-Malenia setup, because everything I've ever heard of her told me she's the hardest boss in Souls history, and I got her in try two.

My equation for beating her:

Be level 156 + Maxed out Bloodhound Fang + Level 10 Mimic with its Bloodhound Fang + two handing, sprinting around the fight, not even bothering trying to block or trade hits (thus avoiding the worst of her attacks) + liberal usage of perserving bolouses and uplifting aromatics + a physick flask that increases ease of enemy stagger.

Basically me and my mimic would carefully run in and do an 8 hit combo on her together with our Bloodhound Fangs and cause blood loss, and that alone would nearly eat up half her life bar. Then just run way far away while she either does her slice and dice combo or rot explosion, then run back in and do our combo again. It may have just been my stats, but she wasn't bad at all. She stands around a lot and lets you wail on her, and me and my mimic's attacks would stagger her so she couldn't get away.

Fucking sick. The Regal Ancestor Spirit killed itself lol.

Level 53 and still getting my rear handed to me in Stormveil lol

Why the fuck does every boss have a million delayed attacks with each one of them having super tracking??

CyricZ posted...

Fucking sick. The Regal Ancestor Spirit killed itself lol.

Wut? how lol

There are videos of it happening to others. Essentially it bugs out when it teleports and lands out of bounds, and not being able to get back in, rather than softlock the game, it just loses its HP and you get the win.

And on the heels of that victory, Preceptor Miriam (the upside-down one) rolled herself off her perch. I'm batting quite well this evening. :D

Whats this new update

Damn, just beat Radahn on my first try. I'm probably over leveled, was 84 going into the battle. It was intense, I was scrambling for my life! I had no strategy, just diving everywhere and spamming Transient Moonlight when I had the chance. Mashing the button to call for help when I stumbled across a summon sign. I was shocked when he fell, thought I was going to face his second phase with only one flask left. But that was it. Whew.

I went straight to the battle after defeating Rykard. I beat him just minutes earlier. His first form, that damn snake, gave me more trouble than any boss yet. I respec'd and still had a hell of a time defeating the snake.

Doom_Art posted...

Level 53 and still getting my rear handed to me in Stormveil lol

That was me in Leyndell at like level 128 and I lost so many crazy big stains cuz of how hard it was. I lost like 2 million at Castle Sol tho and Im not really over it yet. Stormveil is insane imo, it might end up being one of the better areas for me. I think I finally 100% it after my fourth visit

Lol

https://youtu.be/ex4ARqzk_r0

I'm gonna beat this bitch and hopefully before she's nerfed like Radahn, but I swear to god if it weren't for her bullshit Waterfowl Dance move I would've had Malenia's number like ten times by now.

Finally figured out that whips (which I can use on my spellsword build) stagger the shit out of her except when she magically dashes out of it to insta-punish with two hits which I survive. Just straight up fucking her up in Phase 1 in all runs, whip in one hand shield or another whip in the other, until she goes for that weapon art regardless of the distance. And all it takes is two taps from that and I'm dead. She does it when I'm right up in her face, she does it when I'm 20 feet away from her. That's the only move that's killing me after the last dozen attempts in both of her phases.

Okay last time I got her to the second phase she was just able to outheal my damage which seems to be greater than phase one.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

Lol

https://youtu.be/ex4ARqzk_r0

Must be NG+7

David1988 posted...

Must be NG+7

nah it works in lower NG as well. it is probably a bug tho

Okay is the song that the merchants play from something? It's like super familiar.

DespondentDeity posted...

That was me in Leyndell at like level 128 and I lost so many crazy big stains cuz of how hard it was. I lost like 2 million at Castle Sol tho and Im not really over it yet. Stormveil is insane imo, it might end up being one of the better areas for me. I think I finally 100% it after my fourth visit

At least for me it's still trying to train out the urge to attack everything and clean out entire areas.

Like in LoZ or other action games

Basically just accepting that like the game does not expect me to clear out whole rooms of enemies and will probably punish me if I try, regardless of how much I overlevel

almost 200 hours into my first character on ng+ and those magic archers can still get fucked

OH MY GOD MALENIA DOWN!!!!

I did respec to make my blood katana actually work correctly but holy shit!

pauIie posted...

almost 200 hours into my first character on ng+ and those magic archers can still get fucked

Do archers in this game ever miss if you don't roll or have something in the environment block it? lol

I just did the moghwyn cheese and now have Moghwyn Sacred Spear. This weapons aboslutley slaps.
https://youtu.be/Kp2mdECc-V4

Right now I have it at +4 but I'm working on upgrading it

Punished_Blinx posted...

Do archers in this game ever miss if you don't roll or have something in the environment block it? lol

Sometimes they might miss if you are moving but it depends on how fast to the side you are moving, how close you are and what the enemy is / is firing. Arrows homing and magically curving in midair midflight and the archer relentlessly firing, magically knowing your exact position regardless if you've moved behind cover after you've been spotted is bullshit that's been around since the original Demon's Souls.

AirFresh posted...

Okay is the song that the merchants play from something? It's like super familiar.

A variation of Gerhman's theme from Bloodborne.

so according to the game, if malenia's flower blooms 3 times, she'll "become a true goddess"

there's one outside her boss area, and one after her second phase, i wonder what would have happened if not for the player character killing her. oh well. fuck scarlet rot

The stuff with the egg, the rot/Malenia, and whatever the god damn hell happened to Godwyn makes things seem... real bad even if you fix the Elden Ring.

Though I guess as Elden Lord you can fix whatever comes up, but still, feels like no matter what you do there's some fresh nightmares just bubbling under the surface

I am LORD OF THE FRENZIED FLAME!!!!

Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

I am LORD OF THE FRENZIED FLAME!!!!

me too on my first playthrough =]

also ughh i crashed while waiting for elevator to hit bottom of siofra river well. wtf is going on

steam says another file had to be required what the heck. it did that yesterday too. i think something is deleting my files.

Doom_Art posted...

feels like no matter what you do there's some fresh nightmares just bubbling under the surface

correct, and the frenzied flame can make all that go away (maybe)

Number090684 posted...

A variation of Gerhman's theme from Bloodborne.

OH MY GOD YEAH

THAT'S IT. Loving all the music references in this game.

I am intrigued by this frenzied flame and would like to learn more

MadDewg posted...

I do wish we had more light helmet options that is more on the hat side like with the aristocrat hat. Other than that the armor choices is pretty cool. Hair styles need more work/options though, but that is basically the usual when it comes to from software games:
https://i.imgur.com/hTDV8FI.jpg

I just learned that there are three similar body pieces to what you are wearing (the cape hangs different). Spent over an hour farming for the monk body version. Gave up after getting about 18 pairs of the pants but no body.

As for the head, I'm partial to the altered flower hood. It leaves just the wreath of flowers.

Aahh you guys have a general, I've been missing out. Having a blast with this game, right now I'm running a dual bleed whip build.

I've always been one to dig the From lore and ER definitely has my favorite lore now.

I got the secret medallion

I still feel like I have so much shit to do, like Im 5-10% of the way into like 4 different places I can go to progress.