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There - beat the final boss and got one of the endings. Final Play Time 204 hours. Level 130. Need to get the other two endings via save backup.

Alucard188 posted...

There - beat the final boss and got one of the endings. Final Play Time 204 hours. Level 130. Need to get the other two endings via save backup.

Yes, that's a ridiculously high final play time, but you have to understand that I waste a lot of time by exploring. There's still so much I missed that I had to double back with, thanks to the wiki. Fortunately nothing was really closed off to me.

I just cant believe youre only level 130 with that playtime

Im level 123 at 87 hours

TheGoldenEel posted...

I just cant believe youre only level 130 with that playtime

Im level 123 at 87 hours

I stopped leveling when I felt like I could beat anything in the game with enough time and skill. Was going to stop at 120, but decided another 10 levels wouldn't change much, and gave me a bit more survivability.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/7/4/AAAAD4AADJe6.jpg

Punished_Blinx posted...

I also did this recently. Like what the fuck was that? lol

I just had to spam Moonveil L2 while my Mimic Tear kept the other ones busy. I think I was overleveled too as they went down quick after their poise was broken. Can't imagine how frustrating it would be if it was still tough after that.

tbh, after my third loss, I just left.

I saw some magically sealed part of the level anyway, so I'm thinking I might need to come back after fulfilling some condition.

g0ldie posted...

tbh, after my third loss, I just left.

I saw some magically sealed part of the level anyway, so I'm thinking I might need to come back after fulfilling some condition.

The condition to fulfill is a pretty involved NPC quest. I didn't come close to finding on my first run, hope you have better luck.

thanks.

I don't care too much about spoilers these days, so I might look up their quest just so that I finish everything in that dungeon.

g0ldie posted...

thanks.

I don't care too much about spoilers these days, so I might look up their quest just so that I finish everything in that dungeon.

If you have found Sellen and haven't spoken to her in a while that might be all you need to know.

thanks again.

I found her in two dungeons already, so I'll check on her.

g0ldie posted...

tbh, after my third loss, I just left.

I saw some magically sealed part of the level anyway, so I'm thinking I might need to come back after fulfilling some condition.

were you using the right attack type?

stone enemies are weak to strike type attacks; I keep a whip leveled up specifically for this purpose

yea, my main weapon is a cement hammer (I forget its name, but that's basically what it is).

I do pretty good damage against them, but even running around the stage, it's hard to get into a good position - two of them are ranged attackers, and the spear one catches up to you pretty quickly. plus the whole Scarlet Rot thing, which sucks.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/9/8/AAZsuhAADJg2.jpg

OMG 884 mb patch

That must be for 1.04. Sure hope I didn't miss out on anything good again like how I never got a chance to use Sword of Night & Flame.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ELDENRING/status/1516310727518302211

i hope some buffs to colossal weapons occur :)

Ratchetrockon posted...

i hope some buffs to colossal weapons occur :)

Hyper armor pls.

Oh apparently I could've just posted the short url rather than the huge one from the redirect:

https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/news/elden-ring-patch-notes-104

wont load for me but reddit comments are saying the colossal weapons got redeemed???? :O

Increased Colossal Swords/Colossal weapons attack speed and lowered their recovery.
Increased the two-handed attack damage of Colossal Swords/Colossal Weapons.

holy shit OMG if true

gonna kick malenia's butt today for sure once I'm done with my homework

Tis true. I'll copy/paste the changes across a few posts if it isn't working for you.

• Added an option to turn camera auto rotate function ON/OFF
• Added some event phases for the NPC Patches

Balance adjustments

• Increased Colossal Swords/Colossal weapons attack speed and lowered their recovery time. Jump attack not included.
• Increased the two-handed attack damage of Colossal Swords/Colossal Weapons. Jump attack not included.
• Increased physical block rate and guard boost of the Colossal Sword, Colossal Weapons, Great Sword, Great Hammer, Great Axe, Great Spear, and Halberd weapon classes.
• Increased the damage of Grafted Blade Greatsword.
• Increased the damage of Devourers Scepter.
• Decreased the scaling of status effect build-up from spells and incantations of Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal.
• Decreased the effect of Greatshield Talisman for weapons with high block rate.
• Shortened the length of the madness afflicted animation.
• Lowered the speed of madness buildup recovery.
• Slightly increased FP and Stamina growth rate at lower levels*

*Players will need to perform any of the following actions for the changes to be reflected. This is required only once. New characters created after this update will not require this action.

• Level up
• Activate Godricks Great Rune
• Re-equipping any equipment (armor, talisman) which grants bonus stat to either Strength, Dexterity, Vigor, Endurance, Intelligence, Faith or Arcane

Other enemy and weapon balance changes

Sorcery/Incantation
Upward adjustments

• Crystal Barrage - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time
• Gavel of Haima - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies attack while casting
• Shatter Earth - Increased cast speed and decrease recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies attack while casting
• Rock Blaster - Decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies attack while casting
• Thops Barrier - Increased area of effect and slightly increase effect duration
• Rennalas Full Moon - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Rannis Dark Moon - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Carian Greatsword - Increased cast speed at lower dexterity
• Magma Shot - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed
• Roiling Magma - Increased cast speed and decreased time until magma explodes
• Gelmirs Fury - Slightly decreased the random nature of projectiles range and increased the damage of lava pool. Increased the hitbox
• Rykards Rancor - Decreased FP cost
• Oracle Bubbles - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Great Oracular Bubble - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Briars of Sin - Decreased recovery time. Increased blood loss buildup on enemy
• Briars of Punishment - Decreased recovery time. Increased blood loss buildup on enemy
• Explosive Ghostflame - Decreased FP cost and recovery time
• Tibias Summon - Increased damage and cast speed
• Aspects of the Crucible: Tail - Decreased FP and Stamina cost
• Aspects of the Crucible: Horns - Decreased FP and Stamina cost, Increase cast speed. Increased the distance traveled when not charged and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged
• Elden Stars - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time
• Black Blade - Decreased Stamina consumption and decreased recovery time
• Discus of Light - Decreased FP cost. Increased damage and cast speed
• Triple Rings of Light - Increased damage
• Radagons Rings of Light - Decreased FP cost. Increased damage and cast speed. Decreased recovery time.
• Lightning Strike - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Honed Bolt - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Ancient Dragons Lightning Spear - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attacks while casting.
• Ancient Dragons Lightning Strike - Decreased recovery time
• Lansseaxs Glaive - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attacks while casting.
• Fortissax's Lightning Spear - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to withstand enemy attack while casting more easily.
• Frozen Lightning Spear - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attack while casting.
• Death Lightning - Decreased FP cost, Increased the duration of death-accumulating smoke
• O, Flame! - Increased damage
• Giantsflame Take Thee - Decreased Stamina Cost
• Flame of the Fell God - Decreased FP cost and increased damage
• Whirl, O Flame! - Increased damage, decreased recovery time
• Burn, O Flame! - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Black Flame - Increase damage and the spell can break enemys guard more easily.
• Scouring Black Flame - Decreased FP cost and recovery time. Increased attack range and area of effect.
• Black Flame Ritual - Reduced FP cost and increased damage.
• Gurranq's Beast Claw - Increased damage and decreased recovery time.
• Bloodflame Talons - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Decreased recovery time.
• Bloodboon - Increased damage. Increased cast speed and decreased effect start-up time, decreased recovery time.
• Pest Threads - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Scarlet Aeonia - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attacks while casting.
• Unendurable Frenzy - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Decreased the random nature of projectiles range and increased Madness buildup on enemies.
• Inescapable Frenzy - Increased cast speed.
• Placidusax's Ruin - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time.
• Dragonclaw - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged.
• Dragonmaw - Decreased FP, stamina cost, recovery time and increased cast speed and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged.
• Greyoll's Roar - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time.

MJOLNRVII posted...

Tis true. I'll copy/paste the changes across a few posts if it isn't working for you.

thank you

Oh wow Grafted Greatsword buff. Gonna fully upgrade the one I have to see how it compares to others.

Also nice Sorc and incant buffs.

Okay I actually had to split up my next two posts because this is a big update. I'll just copy/paste someone else's text dump at this rate <_<

But there are some nice Incantation buffs so I'm probably gonna start my Str/Fth run sooner than later. Just not sure if I should do primarily Strength or Faith.

yea, thanks for posting the patch notes

Upward and downward adjustments

• Adula's Moonblade - Decreased the power of single cast and improved performance so that the blades and frost hit more consistently and continuously. Increased cast speed at lower dexterity.
• Flame, Fall Upon Them - Decreased the damage of single cast and improved the performance so that it hits the enemy multiple times. Decreased FP cost.
• Howl of Shabriri - Decreased the madness buildup on the enemy. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.

Downward adjustments

• Swarm of Flies - Decreased blood loss buildup on enemy.
• The Flame of Frenzy - Decreased madness buildup on enemy.
• Frenzied Burst - Decreased madness buildup on enemy.

Weapon Skill
Upward adjustments

• Lion's Claw - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Kick - Increased cast speed.
• Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker - Increased cast speed. Increased cast speed on follow up input, decreased recovery time.
• Trolls Roar - Decreased Stamina Cost. Increased cast speed on follow up input, increased distance traveled.
• Giant Hunt - Decreased recovery time.
• Storm Assault - Decreased recovery time.
• Carian Greatsword - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the damage when charged and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
• Carian Grandeur - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the damage when charge and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
• Gravitas - Increased cast speed.
• Flaming Strike - Increased the travel distance of a stepping cleave in a strong attack.
• Black Flame Tornado - Added hitbox to weapon when spinning, and added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Lightning Slash - Increased cast speed. Added a hitbox to the stomp animation.
• Sacred Blade - Increased cast speed.
• Sacred Ring of Light - Increased cast speed.
• Poisonous Mist - Increased cast speed.
• Poison Moth Flight - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Ice Spear - Added a hitbox to the weapons spinning animation.
• Chilling Mist - Increased cast speed.
• Assassin's Gambit - Increased cast speed.
• Shield Bash - Increased cast speed.
• Shield Crash - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed.
• Blade of Gold - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Blade of Death - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Golden Tempering - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Increased effect duration.
• Last Rites - Increased cast speed.
• Mists of Slumber - Increased cast speed.
• Eochaid's Dancing Blade - Increased travel distance, added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Unblockable Blade - Increased cast speed with the weapon Coded Sword.
• Alabaster Lords' Pull - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Establish Order - Decreased recovery time and increased cast speed on follow up input. Increased damage. Made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
• Moonlight Greatsword - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the frost buildup effect during the skill duration.
• Wave of Gold - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Wolfs Assault - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• The Queens Black Flame - Increased cast speed. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Dynast's Finesse - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Flowing Form - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Death Flare - Increased cast speed.
• Onyx Lord's Repulsion - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Magma Guillotine - Decreased Stamina cost, Increased cast speed. Decreased recovery time on follow up input.
• Cursed-Blood Slice - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Ice Lightning Sword - Increased cast speed. Added a hitbox to the stomp animation.
• Rosus Summons - Decreased recovery time.
• I Command Thee, Kneel! - Increased cast speed including follow up input. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Gold Breaker - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Familial Rancor - Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Nebula - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time with the weapon Bastard's Stars.
• Regal Beastclaw - Increased cast speed.
• Devourer of Worlds - Increased cast speed.
• Regal Roar - Decreased recovery time.
• Spearcall Ritual - Decreased recovery time.
• Ancient Lightning Spear - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Allows player to more easily withstand enemies attacks while casting.
• Great-Serpent Hunt - Decreased recovery time and increased damage. Allows player to more easily withstand attacks from enemies.
• Frenzyflame Thrust - Decreased FP cost, decreased recovery time. Decreased madness buildup on self.
• Bloodboon Ritual - Increased cast speed.
• Miquella's Ring of Light - Increased cast speed.
• Sea of Magma - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Flame Dance - Decreased Stamina cost, decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Storm Kick - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Bear Witness! - Increased cast speed.

Upward and downward adjustments
Thundercloud Form - Decreased damage when not charged. Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the damage of Inescapable Frenzy was affected by right hand weapon.
• Fixed a bug where the damage of the weapon arts "Carian retaliation" was increased by weapon and status, and the effect was not displayed correctly during online multiplay.
• Fixed a bug where the animation when inflicted with blood loss and frostbite was bigger than originally planned.
• Fixed a bug during character appearance change menu in which some parameter changes were sometime not reflected.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a dialog from appearing when executing "Leave" on some items.
• Fixed a bug that allowed unauthorized items to be passed to other players.
• Fixed a bug in multiplayer that prevented grace to be registered on the map if it was found just before the player is summoned.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the mechanic of Rennala Queen Of The Full Moon fight from working properly during cooperative multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the player from entering the boss area after defeating Morgott, the Omen King.
• Fixed a bug that prevented "Edgar the Revenger" and "Festering Fingerprint Vyke" from invading after defeating all the bosses in Liurnia of the Lake.
• The item Tonic of Forgetfulness can now be obtained at the Volcano Manor if the player wasnt able to obtain it due to quest progression.
• Fixed a bug that caused the reduction of runes due to NPC "Gostoc" when player died in "Stormveil Castle" to occur at an unintended timing.
• Added a protective barrier to Millicent after helping her at Miquellas Haligtree so she cannot be unintentionally killed.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the player from obtaining the reward after defeating the Dung Eater.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the player from progress Diallos questline.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented player from duplicating remembrance at the Walking Mausoleum.
• Fixed a bug that prevented player from inputting consecutive attacks when dual wielding thrusting sword.
• Fixed a bug that causes scythe to lose blood loss effect if poison affinity is applied to the weapon.
• Fixed a bug where the damage of the Iron Greatsword was lower than expected when an affinity is applied.
• Fixed a bug that caused FP consumption to increase when the player cast Night Comet with charge.
• Fixed a bug that causes he default key setting on keyboard for weapon skill (Left Ctrl) to not be set (on PC only).
• Fixed a bug in the Steam version where the history of players who played multiplayer was not displayed correctly under certain circumstances.
• Increased online multiplayer stability.
• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect sounds to be played under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that caused some places on the map to have incorrect visual and hitbox.
• Fixed a bug that causes some enemies to have incorrect visual and behavior.
• Fixed a bug that causes some armor to have incorrect stats.
• Text fix.
• Other performance improvements and bug fixes.

No Rivers of Blood/Corpse Piler nerfs. Brb killing Malenia a third time.

ok i beat malenia again solo. Power stanced the giant crusher rather than the greatswords (I was using the greatsword earlier). I just needed that extra damage to make the first phase go faster after dying a bunch. This time I didn't use the boiled crab so had to be warier of her attacks. I still feel like this fight is partly rng tbh. Sometimes she is super aggressive with the waterfowl dance (a few times she used it when her health was only down like 10% wtf). I remember last playthrough she used waterfowl dance about 6 times. This time I only recall 3 of them. 2 in the first phase and 1 in the second phase.

Despite the buffs to the grounded attack speed I still ended up jump attacking most of the time lol. I can tell that it's much faster now which should be helpful for some faster enemies like the black knife ring leader who ill prob fight next after I do the quest again for it..

Those are pretty extensive patch notes. Lots of individual adjustments to weapons and shit. Like to see the improved stability to online multiplayer, because I get disconnected so often during it.

MJOLNRVII posted...

No Rivers of Blood/Corpse Piler nerfs. Brb killing Malenia a third time.

RoB was shadow nerfed, no more stagger on bleed and higher FP cost, and bleed was nerfed slightly overall.

MJOLNRVII posted...

Pest Threads - Decreased Stamina cost.

YES

Strength is back, boys. Faith buffed too!

Thank GOD they didn't touch my Fallingstar Beast Jaw

Sweet time to make a faithful unga bunga build. Leaned waaaay too heavily on rotten breath and swarm of flies lol

lol, the toot toot horns got buffed

Nice, colossal weapons buffed just before I take on the Capital on my current run.

Pretty annoying how the summons never work in the elden throne area.

maybe 1/20

*late game boss spoiler*

The patch made it so Malenia heals even when she whiffs in online co-op, lmao

Beat them yesterday, guess I got lucky lol

Zodd3224 posted...

*late game boss spoiler*

The patch made it so Malenia heals even when she whiffs in online co-op, lmao

Even her waterfowl dance?

Zodd3224 posted...

*late game boss spoiler*

The patch made it so Malenia heals even when she whiffs in online co-op, lmao

A new challenge for Let Me Solo Her

Seems like a latency bug with her fight during online now that registers hits for her heal even when the person isn't there anymore. Will probably get patched back out soon, but pretty funny.

I don't understand the point having multiple characters. For different builds? If you have one character who is at a high ass level and can use everything already then why start up a new character?

Really no reason to start a brand new character for a different build when your original character can be rebuilt or be so strong that can use anything and everything.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

I don't understand the point having multiple characters. For different builds? If you have one character who is at a high ass level and can use everything already then why start up a new character?

Really no reason to start a brand new character for a different build when your original character can be rebuilt or be so strong that can use anything and everything.

Building up a new character from scratch is more fun than new game+

MarthGoomba posted...

Building up a new character from scratch is more fun than new game+

Agreed

Finally got past that god damned Draconic Tree Sentinel in the Crumbling Farum

I can keep getting Malekith down to his second phase but after that I'm lucky if I get him down to a quarter.

MarthGoomba posted...

Building up a new character from scratch is more fun than new game+

Agreed. I've never liked NG+ because all you're doing is going through the game again. I like building and playing new builds. I don't like having to respec my character if I want to try a different build, and I like my stat spread being as efficient as possible. I started as an Astrologer my first playthrough, and went sword mage for most of the game. I'll build another character for Faith/Str or Dex/Arc.

Doom_Art posted...

Finally got past that god damned Draconic Tree Sentinel in the Crumbling Farum

I can keep getting Malekith down to his second phase but after that I'm lucky if I get him down to a quarter.

I kind of owned him in both forms. Adula's Greatblade absolutely melted Maliketh.

Now I'm trying to decide what I want to do next. Do I take a break from Elden Ring to play another game, or do I make another build and play until I grow tired? I like the idea of a strength faith build and a DEX arcane build.

But if you're trying out builds you might as well just respec. I'd hate to start a new game just to try a build.

i started a new character back in late March because I wanted to re-experience the early and midgame again without being too overpowered.
i haven't gone through a ng further than ng+2 though so idk if it ever ramps back up to being "normal". I'll find out for myself one of these days but only playing the game like 2-3 days a week

Weirdest thing just happened. I was summoned to a 3vs1 against Melania. We pummeled her in her 1st form. When 2nd phase started she started with so little HP that it literally took 1 hit to kill her. Weird as fuck.

Vaati dropped us see new lore

https://youtu.be/ikHozRC8uPQ

Weirdest thing just happened. I was summoned to a 3vs1 against Melania. We pummeled her in her 1st form. When 2nd phase started she started with so little HP that it literally took 1 hit to kill her. Weird as fuck.

did the first phase finish with a crit of some kind?