Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't been around, but hey, thats just two days worth of updates for you, I will write that out later.

But today, I ended up editing my character again for like a hour, and I think they look much, much better then before, but golly this system is hard LOL.

So...I joined the witch. Not sure if that will lock me out of certain quests, but she gave me a gift early and I thought I would repay the kindness. Although what she said has me curious on her motives.

@velio84 Just did him after about 20 tries... he hits like a truck, and I don't think my melee/DEX build was helping ha! Good boss though, enjoyed him

Wow well done on Radahn... my steepest learning curve so far for sure. Although now I've beaten him I can appreciate what FS were trying to do with this battle.

You should definitely backtrack to the Caelid divine tower, because this is where you activate the rune from Radahn... might as well nail that boss in the basement while you're there mate!

This game just gets better and better the further I progress. After getting transported deep underground into a pretty tough area all things considered... I finally made it top side after felling Astel Naturalborn of the void. Cool fight too!

I got abducted to Volcano Manor lol. How very Bloodborne. The duo you fight in the boss room are a couple of *****. I'm having to cheese them slightly with them being so aggressive. There is a rock formation you can jump up to, so I can poke them with my shield up. Some of their attacks can still hit, but most of them miss. And you can fall of the rocks too, which is always fun.

@JohnnyShoulder I’ve seen a couple of people mention this but I honestly didn’t run into that abduction or those bosses at all. I joined Volcano Manor before doing the castle because I explored all the way up Mt Gelmir 😂

I know I’m slow cuz i explore too much, but just started the Leyndell legacy dungeon and OMG this place is legit as big as entire other FromSoft games. The sewers alone go on forever!

Omg and they pulled that thing like the hunters dream where you find the physical/real world version of it!. This game rocks.

@nessisonett It only happens if you get killed by the Abductor Virgin in the bottom area of the water wheel elevator at Raya Lucaria Academy. You may have to be killed by a specific attack where it traps you in it's iron maiden-like body to be transported. Patches mentions it when you visit him at Scenic Isle!

@JohnnyShoulder Do you mean when the chest transports you? Because early game I got shot to caelid and oh boy, did it suck because I couldn't teleport at first, or was it something else?

@JohnnyShoulder Ahh, Patches very quickly moved to a specific later area because of my early game wanderings!

@Snatcher Ha no this a bit different. Same outcome but different way. You can escape the chests (yes there are a few of them) just by jumping back from the mist.

Does anyone else feel like the OST in Elden Ring is lacking compared to previous From titles?

I like the overworld music, battle music is decent, and really enjoy the final boss themes. But I'm having trouble finding other tracks memorable like i.e. Flamelurker, Cleric Beast, Pontiff, Soul of Cinder, Gael, etc.

Anyone else notice this or just me? (Also I think Soken and FFXIV team has really spoiled me haha)

I’m lvl 53 now & just got to Ainsel River Depths.
The over-world is massive as it it is- imagine if the entire area was playable underground (think like Symphony of the Night).
The boss is pretty cool, but his second phase takes me pretty much out after I get him down to 50%.

Also isn’t it weird how when you take a break from a boss & you do it first time? I attempted Ancestor Spirit like 15 times this morning. Went out did some shopping & beat it 1st time.

@TraCuz- i think so as well, but I think that just what comes with open world design. I still think Bloodborne is a much tighter experience, but that’s probably because I like more linear experiences.

@JohnnyShoulder Man so there are other ways to get snatched? LOL.

@Snatcher The Snatcher has become the snatched 😂

@TraCuz- I'm struggling to think of any music I like in FS games outside of boss battles, period. Like, the only music I remember from Bloodborne was that Cleric Beast theme.

So for ages I’ve been thinking what the ‘wondrous flask of physics’ is, as I had been getting a bunch of items for it, but didn’t know what to do with it.
37 hours in & I just found it😅. Mixed Strength & Stamina. Sure would’ve made some boss fights a lot easier.

@velio84 Yeah it’s pretty great. I tried the heath negation & it’s pretty good for mid/late battle. I might mess around with it a bit & see what works best for me.

@velio84 @Fight_Teza_Fight I always forget to use the Magicks Flask and what I have mixed. See also: using my great rune power.