@Jimmer-jammer well, I did get around 6 hours in last night in fairness… so two days really 😅. Also, I’m sure you’ve done a ton of things I’m yet to do… I saw a post from you earlier about getting Castle Morne done, I ran from that giant archer outside there when I was down that way last night… I had a load of souls and very little estus. I’ll get back that way at some point though.
@CJD87 so I’ve gone with my usual, UGS strength build. I started as a Hero class and very quickly found a decent UGS in one of those black carriages. So I’ve just been upgrading that as I go… think it’s like +5/+6 now.
About my restraint… I just know myself all too well buddy. If I’d started it without cleaning the slate, I wouldn’t be able to fully enjoy it… as I’d have the fact that HFW would’ve been sat there unfinished gnawing away at me. The fact that I cleared that… as well as fitting in a little freshener has just perfectly primed me to glean every vital drop from this. I actually said to the missus over supper tonight, I think I had my best day of gaming that I’ve ever had today. Unbelievable game!
@R1spam I swear it felt like I had the whole castle after me at one point. Soldiers, giants, bats, dogs - it was like a cartoon or something.
@colonelkilgore Great to see you're enjoying it, (and the same goes for everyone else on here). Over the last week or two I've been wondering which of us will finish it first, but after seeing how well you're doing, all bets are off...
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@Gremio108 I think technically I could just go and finish the game in a couple days time since I have fast travel points outside 3 different shardbearers including the end of the capital. But I’m working towards the platinum so probably won’t be first.
Good god, Leyndell is gigantic and confusing. No idea where I should be going, although I've at least activated a few points of grace and killed some field boss-ish enemies now (mostly with underhanded means like bow and arrow and poison, lol).
@Gremio108@R1spam I'm at the same point I think, but I managed to clear out all the smaller enemies. Then got thwonked by the big dude at the back. He was probably smirking at me, watching me use almost all my arrows and bolts.
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Strange I've not seen many UGS builds when summoning, most seem to be playing full-on magic and/or Samurai w/bleed (including myself ha)
I'm currently needing to level up my faith for a particular incantation but always feel dirty in putting points anywhere other than DEX or VIG! Happy gaming Tarnished
@JohnnyShoulder that courtyard might have the most amount of enemies I've seen in one place in a souls game!! Especially when you've already fought a miniboss and a courtyard of other guys before you even reach it
@Gremio108 yeah it is great to see so many people playing and enjoying a From title, particularly all the people who usually gravitate to your CoD’s, Madden’s or FIFA’s etc. It really looks like this could be this gen’s Skyrim in terms of cross-over appeal.
… and in regards to my progress… nah I won’t be finishing it anytime soon. I’ve got it planned for all of March and April (at least 😅).
@CJD87 nice dude. Yeah bleed seems insane in Elden Ring eh! I’ve fought a few red phantoms… and some guy in a corrupted church that all had bleed and it’s crazy how quickly it builds. Sounds a very good choice of build from what I’ve seen so far. Go get ‘em tarnished!
@lolwhatno 🤣 pretty much mate, though I saw a guy rocking a dual-wield grave scythe build on a YouTube review the other day and it looked so metal! I’m very tempted to try that once I get lucky enough to find two grave scythes.
I’ve only got to play a bit. About 5 1/2 hours in, but I’m kind of stuck at the min. I’m at Margit. Anyone got any tips? I’m playing as a hero, battle axe+2. I just run out of healing, even while playing defensively.
I focused on endurance, strength & dex. Endurance=Strength. Starting to think I should’ve focused on damage more.
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@Fight_Teza_Fight in addition to @velio84’s advice, I’d try and find some Golden Seeds, sacred tears and smithing stones if I were you. Then you’ll be able to have more charges on your flask, heal more from each charge and hit harder… and you’ll have probably levelled up a fair bit by the time you’ve gotten all of that squared away too 👍
@velio84@kyleforrester87 Wow I definitely need to explore more. I beat 2 sub-bosses Beast Man & The stone giant with the hammer.- so I figured I was on the right track. Going to head south not even tried that yet tbh. @colonelkilgore I found 1 golden seed so far & farmed the deposits in the mines to get +2 battle axe.
Thanks for the advice guys!
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Dies, Died, Will Die.
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@Fight_Teza_Fight Further to the advice already given, I chip in with that you can summon an NPC (just before the fog gate) and also use your spirit summons. Although they won't do a great deal of damage to Margaret (as I now call him), they will distract him so you can heal up.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
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This game is absolutely huge. The scale keeps growing. I am constantly amazed. I'm building up my dex to switch to keen. I'm not sure when is best to switch, hoping 30 dex is a good time.
This game is absolutely huge. The scale keeps growing. I am constantly amazed. I'm building up my dex to switch to keen. I'm not sure when is best to switch, hoping 30 dex is a good time.
I keep getting tempted by dex, but dex doesn’t increase when you 2h a weapon, so STR seems to have a natural advantage. Right now I’m running str/int with a heavy uchigatana. Keep toying with dex/int or arcane/int.
@Mega-Gazz I would go for Dex/Int as one of the better Katana blades you can get it is supposed to be killer, and has a high Dex, medium Int requirement.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
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I found a curved sword that restored HP with each kill. Couple that with the Quickstep skill I use to dodge and the fact that I don't often use my shield, and this game is starting to play a lot like Bloodborne. Which wasn't my intention, but I'm enjoying it.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@JohnnyShoulder I have Nagakiba but it needs 18str 22 dex, so almost forces a quality build. I have moonveil but split damage is really bad in this game (I’ve tested) due to the double resist thing, and don’t want to only spam the art.
I’ve just been putting the same points into STR and DEX. Which means I’ve got around +220 damage on my curved greatsword and about +200 on the grafted blade greatsword. Still not sure which one to use for late game.
@Jimmer-jammer I've been doing the same in that area. I don't get off my horse though, I just run up and hit them 4 times with my long sword to stagger! But yes when they bite back they do so hard and can kill you quickly if you're not careful.
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