Topic: Elden Ring Hype Thread

@Thrillho I did those sections on the weekend too! I might be a bit over levelled, but didn't find Dragonskin too bad after I figured out what Spirit Ash to use. I also changed to a weapon which had a longer reach, which also helped.

I quite like the area before him though, as the enemies felt a bit different. Initially my Uchigatana wasn't doing a great deal of damage against those slow moving rolling enemies. So I swapped out to my Nightrider Flail which was loads better.

@velio84 Cheers 👍. I'm sure you did a better quicker job but I feel good to have got it done. I've been trying my best to stay guide free but last night after beating Malenia and having already got to a point where I'd had a prompt from an NPC asking if I was ready to do something I just thought stuff it I'll see what I've got left trophies wise. I'd done quite well in terms of collecting items for the legendary ones so I tidied a few of those up last night, and that included that missable item in the capital but thanks for flagging it up 😉

I haven't read what's ahead though so still got that to look forward to. It sounds like there's still plenty of action.

@velio84 I don't know if there's more than one way to trigger it but it unlocked for me by starting with Ranni's and then from there following Blaidd's quest line.

@velio84 having just done it, I was the same as render. Alexander was also there and had freed him and opened a door in Gael tunnel to get him to Caelid.

@velio84 @Mega-Gazz @JohnnyShoulder

Thanks! I was thinking of doing a magic build but I seem to fair better with a shield and sword combo. So I think I'll level up Vigor, Endurance, Strength and Dexterity and just keep switching swords when I progress through and get better ones.

A question - I was stuck on a cave boss which I thought I'd never beat, dropped loads of runes on death, kept running through getting more runes from the minions outside and then collecting my dropped ones. If I accidentally go in to a cave boss that is absolutely way too tough to beat, is there a way to get my dropped runes and run!?

@Throb Through a fog wall and you will definitely have to win in order to keep your runes. I've only once got lucky where my runes got deposited outside of the fog wall on death but otherwise I've always had to go through and run to grab them before the fight starts for real.

What I've generally been doing is if I feel I've almost got enough runes for the next level and loosing them is causing me stress at the thought then I'll find a place just where I can go and kill an easy but high yielding enemy type. Sometimes that's been by just doing the same ones near a site of grace so I can just rest and then they respawn and I kill them again, then rest and so on. I do that just enough to get to the next level and then spend them and that way I'm always being as frugal as possible which early on in the game is a real plus. As you level up the rune cost will increase so loosing the same amount won't feel as bad, like I lost 66,000 the other day and it didn't feel as bad as if I'd have done that way earlier in the game.

The other plus point about going into a boss battle with little or no runes is that you don't panic as much and can experiment more to find out what's going to work without much cost.

@render LOL and here's me worrying about losing 2000 runes!!!

@JohnnyShoulder I think I ended up sprinting past those rolling enemies in the end. No regrets But yeah, there are some enemies where magic based weapons are key. I entered another tunnel (Liurna crystal tunnel?) where my decent ice axe barely dented enemies so I think that area might be the case too..

And I assume you mean jellyfish bro?

@Throb Don’t forget to use your golden runes too if you need a boost. I always forget to use the equivalent items in the Soul games but am remembering to use them this time when I need a boost to level up or something.

@Thrillho Oh yeah after my first attempt I just ran past them lol. But my first time in an area I always try to clear out the enemies.

I think it was either the jellyfish or Raya Lucaria Soldier spirit ashes. If you decide to go to Caria Manor next, I found the Avionette Soldier Ashes handy due to them throwing fire bombs.

@R1spam sounds like you got to experience the fight as it was intended! At nearly double your level it was a lot more straight forward, and a lot less memorable!

Do you think the game (and the other Souls games) would be better without fog gates? Would be pretty interesting to never know when you’re about to walk into a boss encounter.

@velio84 lol nice. Although you summoned Torrent so your run is void.

@kyleforrester87 I feel like with the stakes of Marika, if you left people's souls outside the boss arena you could definitely throw in a surprise boss without boss fog to mix things up. I'm sure I got hit with a surprise boss fight in Gael tunnel after opening a door but I might have just been unobservant!

@velio84 I thought you were going to take him out before he even got to a second phase! Nice

Has anyone done anything with the art you can find? I’m guessing going to the location gets you a treasure? Worth doing??

@kyleforrester87 Yup, @velio84 is correct. So far I have found smithing stones and talisman or two when finding the location in the paintings.

@JohnnyShoulder bummer!

@kyleforrester87 Same to you!

So people are invading as Will Smith in the game and re-enacting out what happened at the Oscars! 😂 https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/05/will-smith-is-invading-elden-r...

@JohnnyShoulder "keep my Maidens name out of your ***** mouth"

@R1spam 🤣🤣🤣