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so i finally beat NG @ ~175 hours last week. stayed in NG for a while to help a buddy out with late game bosses and do cleanup etc., finally started NG+ last night since i just need 2 more endings for the platinum trophy. did a really half-assed impromptu speedrun thru NG+ and it took me about 2.5 hours to get to the final boss gauntlet. could've shaved an hour off that easy with better planning and not fighting radhan for god knows what reason :redneck:

it was extremely smooth sailing until the end of farum azula, there's a huge spike in boss damage beginning with maliketh. that one took me like 4 tries and godfrey took me... quite a few more. those two were close to an hour of the total playtime. summons are very much only tuned for NG - i had to hold up tiche for phase 2 of godfrey because she was getting wrecked if i brought her out straight away
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i never understood the summon thing, i never summoned anyone to do anything when i played dark souls
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IMO the prior games were all tuned around solo play - summons, whether co-op or NPC, pretty much always trivialized the fights. if you're reasonably experienced there wasn't much reason to ever use them

elden ring is definitely tuned with the expectation that you'll use the spirit ash summons, which are a core gameplay element. bosses tend to be much more aggressive, lots more guaranteed guard break combos etc. that encourage the use of summons. not to say they're required, if you're sufficiently talented you can clear every fight in the game solo, but there's a lot less margin for error in solo play in ER, i feel
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that sounds intimidating and annoying
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NG++ down, 3h16m in game time. 1h40m from first steps to elden throne, 1h36m elden throne to elden lord :oldryan:

got the platinum trophy, time to put down gaming for a long while
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finished it earlier in the week, felt exhaused by it but ive been dipping in again the last couple of days. on the verge of heading into NG plus. awesome game, ending left me feeling empty though.

now i just want to try different builds
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the ending of dark souls was underwhelming too
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the dark souls endings felt appropriate but the elden ring endings feel too short. for such a big game i expected a slightly more elaborate endings

i haven't touched the game since i finished but it's definitely worth the time and money.
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into NG plus and it took me like an hour to defeat about 5 bosses, really fun sandbox. good game i think
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I like this game somewhat
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I'm so proud of you :gay:
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nicely done, finished mine a few weeks ago. surprisingly easy to max out achievements, they were very lenient with this game
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dayum, very nice

dark souls 1 specifically is rough to 100%. i managed to 100% ds2 but that took awhile with all the farming and multiplayer achievements
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This game still does not interest me at all.
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Vahmpy wrote:
08 May 2022, 14:14
This game still does not interest me at all.
a fellating lover bought me dark souls 2 and i played it for about an hour and didn't touch it again for a year. eventually revisited it and got absolutely hooked after i figured out how to actually play.

i know you like fps games, have you ever been into any adventure or third person games?
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zim wrote:
08 May 2022, 18:43
Vahmpy wrote:
08 May 2022, 14:14
This game still does not interest me at all.
a fellating lover bought me dark souls 2 and i played it for about an hour and didn't touch it again for a year. eventually revisited it and got absolutely hooked after i figured out how to actually play.

i know you like fps games, have you ever been into any adventure or third person games?
Not really. Just assassin's creed 1 and 2.
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look what i just installed

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starting as wretch :oldryan: my mans playing on hard mode
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the way i saw it was this was the only level 1 build, why start at a higher level with predetermined stats when you can build your own?
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oh hell yes

until you get to those early roadblock bosses with wretch base stats, oh no
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so far everything has been easy

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round shields /w\
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IT'S THE ONLY SHIELD I HAVE ACCESS TO
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wow using a shield? didn't know you were playing on EASY MODE
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i want to dual wield, can i do that later? i haven't found a second weapon yet. i am being forced to club everyone. at least i can storm stomp them now
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as long as you have the stat requirements for each weapon you can dual wield
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im on ng3 but its a bit boring now, i completely changed my build and style but i think id prefer to start a fresh save and do something new.

radahn stood no chance.

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wow you have much more stats than me

i am now dual wielding, it rocks. in the swing of things, up to level 10, killed a couple of "enemy felled"'s. still can't kill a few of the big guys near the start. have to begin venturing further afield for baddies with more souls.

the horse is stupid, why did they do the horse thing
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it's a very, very large world. the horse is good, don't you sass the horse
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i don't get the horse, i don't want no stupid magic horse. i hate compasses and fast travel and horses. i mean this horse is useless it can't even do anything, no gameplay addition so far
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i'm sassin the horse, notice me!
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good luck speedrunning your NG+ run. oooouh i'm LUKE i want to spend ONE HOUR running ON FOOT to get to A SINGLE DUNGEON

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i have to use the horse sometimes but i resent every second of it

i am thinking of changing my longsword/shortsword combo to a dagger/dagger combo now i have this blue fairy charm, do you think it is a good idea
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i tried messing around with that one a bit and couldn't find a good configuration that made it worth running over anything else. i do not favor the blue dancer charm

what other talismans do you have
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just three other lame ones. like +max HP, reduced fire dmg shit like that
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for early game i generally like the guard counter up talisman plus the one that recovers HP with critical hits. makes catacombs in particular a breeze since you mostly just fight imps and a guard counter gets you a guaranteed stagger
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hmm never seen those
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i changed to two daggers, now i run around in cloth armour without a helmet and stab people a lot
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hmm never seen those
guard counter dealie i think is in stormveil, crit one is a catacomb, i think it's the one east of the warmaster's shack? there's a bridge that leads over to summonwater village, the catacomb is in a big clearing to the north just before you get to that bridge. should be along the western cliff wall
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i will look out for it, it is going well. 40 hours in so far, stylin'

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wow, using swords? EASY MODE

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i still haven't found a good straight sword and am using D affinity longsword and straightsword

but i look pimping

also i got that talisman marximus
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i used lordsworn's greatsword for about 50 or so levels until i could use the grafted blade greatsword that i looted too early to use and i used that for the rest of the game
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i can see how that would work. i have found so many large curved swords, greatswords, etc. but i want a good straight sword goddammit cuntfuck

i am using the lordsworn longsword and the short sword and am lv50 now
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greatswords have been buffed since i played but i was kind of upset that a basic strength + greatsword/straightsword build didn't carry me through the game the way it did in other souls games. it really feels like the game wants you to use anything but a basic sword. i also didn't bother with the ashes of war thing but i'm sure it would have made the game easier
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i have not used any summons either, they are not in the spirit of the game

same with the horse. stupid horse, dumb idea
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mmm i think the game is very much tuned in a way that it wants you to use the spirit summons. i used the spirit summons a lot because a lot of fights feel straight up imbalanced for just yourself vs whatever.

also the horse is fine, embrace the horse
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