I don’t look info up on my first play through BUT I do read forum posts and YouTube comments etc. so its not entirely clean.
A lot of the joy post-game completion is sharing your differenct/similar experiences and comparing what you found and missed with others. Generally good to do a blind play through first time, then a guide and advice on subsequent tries. Elden Ring is kind of massive and overwhelming though, and I do think it would have benefited from a log system that at least tracks what you’ve done. I basically missed all of the sidequests my first time lol.
Fair point and I am fully behind that approach since it's kind of the intent of Miyazaki's game design : keep a lot of things obscure/vague to make players communicate with each others and create an active community.
Elden Ring is a lot more colorful overall.
That's so true for the atmosphere.I'm progressing slowly but surely in Dark Souls 3. Completed the Undead Settlement and defeated the Curse-rotted Greatwood after a few tries. Really creepy thing with the viscuous balls and the hand (like that of Miquella?) coming out of the belly. I really like how this boss is different from the previous one: slow but powerful, and has a horde of worshippers coming your way. I gave it my all and managed to land the killing blow with a tiny bit of HP left and no remaining flasks. That was really satisfying.
But man, the atmosphere in DS3 is really depressing
Such a great game, man. I'm so happy you're getting on with it.I'm progressing slowly but surely in Dark Souls 3. Completed the Undead Settlement and defeated the Curse-rotted Greatwood after a few tries. Really creepy thing with the viscuous balls and the hand (like that of Miquella?) coming out of the belly. I really like how this boss is different from the previous one: slow but powerful, and has a horde of worshippers coming your way. I gave it my all and managed to land the killing blow with a tiny bit of HP left and no remaining flasks. That was really satisfying.
But man, the atmosphere in DS3 is really depressing
Congratulations, now you can ask throne-bound Lord Ludleth at the Firelink Shrine to turn boss souls into Weapons/Rings/Spells. Word of advice, when you reach the swamps make sure to have a dagger type weapon as you will need its Quickstep skill to not get stuck in the mud.I'm progressing slowly but surely in Dark Souls 3. Completed the Undead Settlement and defeated the Curse-rotted Greatwood after a few tries. Really creepy thing with the viscuous balls and the hand (like that of Miquella?) coming out of the belly. I really like how this boss is different from the previous one: slow but powerful, and has a horde of worshippers coming your way. I gave it my all and managed to land the killing blow with a tiny bit of HP left and no remaining flasks. That was really satisfying.
But man, the atmosphere in DS3 is really depressing
I encourage it. It wasn't really worth the playthroughs I did for each of the basic endings. 2 of them are worth the effort you put in, though. (In relative From terms, that is.)
How are you wading through the lake. I’ve avoided that area hoping to find something that nerfs rot. No luck so far and Crumbling Farum Azula / Godskin Duo is kicking my ass.
There are some buttons on the ground which you can press and some extra land rises also having plenty of antidotes for the rot helps
I think it’s late game. I’m level 125 right now.
I'm level 99 and will have a look at the capital after the lake
In next I want a coffin as a ridable vehicle. Most logical evolution for the coffins in FromSoft gamesSees Coffin
Approaches coffin
Rest in coffin?
Yes
Proceeds to see a coffin working as an elevator
Me:
Not only I suck at it but everyone that I summon also sucks at it. It's a miracle if all of us manage to get into the boss fight.
welcome to the club
Those two knights are complete bastards, especially the one with the spear
You need to just run away until the one with the shield does the charge up holy attack, providing you an opening. If you can hit him with a ranged skill or spell while keeping the one with the spear behind him you can just loop that. Otherwise you might get hit by the high damage grab of the spear one past half health.Not only I suck at it but everyone that I summon also sucks at it. It's a miracle if all of us manage to get into the boss fight.
And when we do, it's insta rampage and we die.
Killed them
Really glad you decided to do Haligtree. It's sad how many people never even see it. It starts of kind of unimpressive and tedious with the branches but just wait.
IDK if I was just over leveled from doing every dungeon and side quest I could find, but I felt the game was pretty easy overall. I was able to beat a lot of the bosses on the first try. I died more often at the very beginning and very end. There were a few character quests I messed up or was unable to finish but everything major should be done.
I fully agree about stagger. Stagger is so important in ER, more so than previous games. And it's much more consistent than repeated status effects, as you just need to make sure the timer doesn't reset by getting in hits. Status effects increase the resistance after each proc and the timer constantly drops (I think).IDK if I was just over leveled from doing every dungeon and side quest I could find, but I felt the game was pretty easy overall. I was able to beat a lot of the bosses on the first try. I died more often at the very beginning and very end. There were a few character quests I messed up or was unable to finish but everything major should be done.
The only achievement boss I missed on my playthrough was Placidusax so I went back and beat him. Malenia was less difficult than I expected from what I had heard. My mimic and I were able to stun her fairly often so the first phase was easy. I think the people who struggle more don't have a quick way to stagger.
I've got 7 achievements left and I am really tempted to 100% the game. I did not find a way to reverse the flame ending so I will probably do that for sure. If I do go for achievements, I will use a guide.
My wife is currently playing the game (her first FS game) as a mage and I am tempted to give that class a go. I'm also tempted to go back and finally play DS2 or DS3, as I've not beaten either of those.
Seriously though, 120 hours is more than I normally like for a game but Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time right now.
That's the one I used. I mostly followed Fextralife's blood dancer build. I was getting tired of it toward the end. I also found my R1 attacks working out better in the late game than the L2 skill.
"DS2 or DS3"IDK if I was just over leveled from doing every dungeon and side quest I could find, but I felt the game was pretty easy overall. I was able to beat a lot of the bosses on the first try. I died more often at the very beginning and very end. There were a few character quests I messed up or was unable to finish but everything major should be done.
The only achievement boss I missed on my playthrough was Placidusax so I went back and beat him. Malenia was less difficult than I expected from what I had heard. My mimic and I were able to stun her fairly often so the first phase was easy. I think the people who struggle more don't have a quick way to stagger.
I've got 7 achievements left and I am really tempted to 100% the game. I did not find a way to reverse the flame ending so I will probably do that for sure. If I do go for achievements, I will use a guide.
My wife is currently playing the game (her first FS game) as a mage and I am tempted to give that class a go. I'm also tempted to go back and finally play DS2 or DS3, as I've not beaten either of those.
Seriously though, 120 hours is more than I normally like for a game but Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time right now.
I got farther into 2 than I did in 3. I kind of want to keep one on deck at all times so I always have something to go back and play. I also need to play through Demon's Souls and Bloodborne so maybe I will just go through 2 & 3 and leave one of those as a back-up.
You lure them into the light even if they are far away. Some elevators and pillars in the dungeon have a light associated with them too.
This is actually the problem for me, and one of the drawbacks of open world. Unless you choose to do more content for either an ending or missed items, NG+ is reduced to the basics:
I've done characters where I purposely keep to the intended progression, because most of my new characters involve some amount of world trekking before I do anything and that inevitably means passing a certain numbers of flask upgrades. Early game ER is actually quite brutal in terms of starting health and healing potential. The intent of the design seems to be "Don't go do Margit yet, go explore south and get a bunch of upgrades and weapons first so you can out-heal and brute force if you need to".
There is also the explosive elevator fall skip through Point of Known Return transporter trap chest, which opens Leyndell early. However, the easiest is probably just skipping Stormveil Castle via bridge, doing Rya's quest in Liurnia, using the Grand Lift of Dectus, and speaking to Rya, so she can teleport the player to Volcano Manor. Of course, the medallion halves necesitate a visit to Fort Haight in Mistwood (short ride) and Fort Faroth in Dragonbarrow (the waygate by the Third Church of Marika is near). Either method takes no longer than an hour if done fast.
Fire Giant is horrible at first BUT don’t let him psyche you out. He’s actually reasonably easy if you don’t summon Alex and use your horse instead. You just have to stay calm and pray to the gods that he doesn’t roll around so much. And watch out for the rocks - don’t get stuck on them.I'm nearly level 125 and just arrived at Fire Giant.
I feel like I hit a brick wall
