General Gaming Elden Ring - Information Thread, update (05/21): Shadow of the Erdtree "Story Trailer"

[Bloodporne]

 

Just saw this on reddit. Horizon and Battlefield 2042 devs being salty about Elden Ring. There were more images and trash talking but too lazy to link. One quote was "nothing about it feels intentional or playtested"....what?

 

 

 

[BloodyHell]

2 hours ago, Bloodporne said:

 

Just saw this on reddit. Horizon and Battlefield 2042 devs being salty about Elden Ring. There were more images and trash talking but too lazy to link. One quote was "nothing about it feels intentional or playtested"....what?

 

 

 

Dude helped make 2042 UX, so its hard to take him too seriously 😕 

 

Also, my friend just sent me this. 

Quest for the Ring

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[Mercury33]

Woot finally found the vendor that sells somber stones. Been looking for that (3) stone for a hot minute 

[Best]

I'm about to start up in 30 minutes. Hopefully I have a good run. 

[XxEvil AshxX]

So I sat at a campfire and the chick appeared to me and invited me to the Round Table. Which is nice cuz now I can buy incantations and rank up my sword more, but I have no idea what I did to get her to appear. Like, if I wouldn't have discovered that specific site of grace, would I have just been running around indefinitely?

[Bloodporne]

10 minutes ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

So I sat at a campfire and the chick appeared to me and invited me to the Round Table. Which is nice cuz now I can buy incantations and rank up my sword more, but I have no idea what I did to get her to appear. Like, if I wouldn't have discovered that specific site of grace, would I have just been running around indefinitely?

She appears because you probably hit one of the early 'story' bonfires that have the arc of light guide thingie on it.

[Bloodporne]

1 hour ago, Mercury33 said:

Woot finally found the vendor that sells somber stones. Been looking for that (3) stone for a hot minute 

I found a [3] somber stone last night and almost couldn't fucking believe it. Had to double-check my inventory.

 

I actually really want to play something else as a Dex than the Bloodhound whatever Greatsword but it just outclasses EVERYTHING still. I wish I'd have more viable options bc I keep finding cool looking weapons but there's no way any of them put out damage like this.

[BloodyHell]

20 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

I found a [3] somber stone last night and almost couldn't fucking believe it. Had to double-check my inventory.

 

I actually really want to play something else as a Dex than the Bloodhound whatever Greatsword but it just outclasses EVERYTHING still. I wish I'd have more viable options bc I keep finding cool looking weapons but there's no way any of them put out damage like this.

This is exactly my problem.

Im considering a respec to confessor when i find better stuff.

[Mercury33]

What level should the second story boss get tackled? I’m anxious for this respec. Dual wielding was fun for awhile but I’m kinda bored with it now. 

[Mercury33]

I’m level 47 with +4 curved great sword so I’ll give her a shot. Very low health though so we’ll give it a shot. 
 

Does anyone know if you use blood grease on a blood weapon does it stack and double the effectiveness?

[Best]

5 minutes ago, Mercury33 said:

I’m level 47 with +4 curved great sword so I’ll give her a shot. Very low health though so we’ll give it a shot. 
 

Does anyone know if you use blood grease on a blood weapon does it stack and double the effectiveness?

 

I just beat her with two other people. I'm level 60. 

 

Guys, how is the Grafted Blade Greatdword? I need 40 strength to use it.

[Best]

Just beat Zamor....let's go!!!!

[Keyser_Soze]

I don't know how many of you have been to the Tower of Return (Sounds like some of you have) There is a trap chest there and teleported me to some boss. I kicked his ass though and he gave me a cool halberd and a good talisman

[Keyser_Soze]

 

[Xbob42]

8 hours ago, Bloodporne said:

 

Just saw this on reddit. Horizon and Battlefield 2042 devs being salty about Elden Ring. There were more images and trash talking but too lazy to link. One quote was "nothing about it feels intentional or playtested"....what?

 

 

 

I can kind of understand what they're getting at, but it's nowhere near a big enough problem to be pitching a fit over it. They certainly didn't have to apologize for making a piece of shit like EA did for 2042. Or a Ubisoft game in a nice dress like Horizon.

I think my personal biggest gripe now is that there's just too many copy-pasted (or close enough to be copy-pasted) cave mini-dungeons that all feel nearly identical. They're becoming less and less fun. They're all just so drab and boring looking. They're totally optional but I don't think that's an acceptable excuse. Skyrim for example was pretty good about not every cave system feeling the same, even if every other part of Skyrim is repugnant to me.

 

Further, getting this fucking Bloodhound Greatsword has also been a curse for me as well. Every other weapon just feels like shit in comparison. It has SUCH a good moveset and the L2 + R2 attack is both fun to use and highly effective. It's not just the damage, it's that it's very agile as well.

 

I want to experiment more, but every time I equip another weapon the damage is total shit because it's not upgraded (and I don't want to just upgrade everything willy-nilly, don't have the resources) and the moveset always feels worse. And the Bloodhound Sword itself feels limited because I can't fucking find a Somber Smithing Stone 7 anywhere.

 

If anything, the game has got me to experiment more with spells and ranged attacks more than melee weaponry, but FP is expended SO fast without specializing in it, and I still don't have the talisman that's supposed to reduce FP usage, which would be a godsend if it's like more than 25%.

 

I love the rebirth system so you can fully respec (no idea if this was in past Souls games as I never felt the need to) but the items used for it seem very rare so far. I wish less of the cool shit required you to go quite so deep into things like int, faith or strength. I'd rather they just scaled better with those stats so you still got a specialization advantage without them being completely locked out. Experimentation is a lot more fun when you don't have that little red X on so many of the things you want to use.

 

Minor gripes to an otherwise amazing game, for sure.

[Best]

42 minutes ago, best3444 said:

Guys, how is the Grafted Blade Greatdword? I need 40 strength to use it.

 

@Xbob42 you ever get this weapon?

[Bloodporne]

1 hour ago, Dimden said:

 

 

You guys need to experiment more. Plenty of weapons can one or two shot most enemies and completely demolish bosses. I'm using the build I posted yesterday and I'm having zero issues straight up demolishing enemies with the Grave Scythe or Sword of Night and Flame. I use the former for one-on-one combat and the latter for handing groups of enemies. It feels really good being able to get 10+ enemies together and kill them all with a single blow, or just watch bosses melt in seconds. Hell, I can switch to my basic bitch broad sword and absolutely demolish groups or bosses with the right ash of war.

 

 

I'm actually about to just commit to the Whip for a bit, period. I just want to go full Castlevania and see what happens.

[Best]

3 bosses down in 2 hours. Level 62 so I'm rollin. Still discovering new areas, too.

[Xbob42]

37 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

@Xbob42 you ever get this weapon?

I have but I only tried it for a few minutes.

 

Also, I had no idea holding up or down on the dpad would reset your item to the first in the list. i.e. if your crimson flask is first and you're 5 items deep, like say on a grease, you just hold down on the dpad and you'll go back to your crimson flask.

[JPDunks4]

50 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

I think my personal biggest gripe now is that there's just too many copy-pasted (or close enough to be copy-pasted) cave mini-dungeons that all feel nearly identical. They're becoming less and less fun. They're all just so drab and boring looking. They're totally optional but I don't think that's an acceptable excuse. Skyrim for example was pretty good about not every cave system feeling the same, even if every other part of Skyrim is repugnant to me.

 

 

I think this might be one legit thing that people may bring up, as there are also a lot of re-used bosses as well, even if most have slightly different situations during their encounters.  I have found a few that I haven't figured out what was different.

 

The sheer number of armor and weapons in these games is staggering.  I know most are just slight reskins of others, but its still cool to collect everything if you're into that.  I definitely want to experiment with other builds but haven't pulled the trigger on upgrading anything other than my Axe and Hammer so far, even if you can purchase all the Upgrades up to +6 from vendors.  

 

I have all unique:

 

86  Melee Weapons

10  Range Weapons

15  Magic Casting Items

32e Shields

 

35 Helmets

30  Armors

21  Gloves

25 Pants

 

And have only just started exploring the Atlus Plateau.

[Mercury33]

The two spots in your pouch that aren’t assigned a direction, is there a quick way to acces those besides hitting “start”

[skillzdadirecta]

10 hours ago, Bloodporne said:

 

Just saw this on reddit. Horizon and Battlefield 2042 devs being salty about Elden Ring. There were more images and trash talking but too lazy to link. One quote was "nothing about it feels intentional or playtested"....what?

 

 

 

[skillzdadirecta]

39 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

I'm actually about to just commit to the Whip for a bit, period. I just want to go full Castlevania and see what happens.

I just fought some enemies that had kusrigamas. I definitely want one of those. Think My build is gonna ultimately be a Samurai/Ninja hybrid.

[Firewithin]

found the npc that sold the 3 and 4 sombering stones.  Bloodhound fang +4 now 

[Dodger]

If you go all the way to the north part of Lake of Liurinia or whatever it is there is a crystal cave and when you get out of it there is a sombering stone 3 and 4. There another 3 somewhere in the lake because my inventory says I have two. 
 

I now have a +13 claymore and I’m getting along just fine. Nothing op, no bleed build, no magic, just a claymore the brass shield and a long bow and I’ve been fine. I think the difficulty is overstated. Don’t run to to the east at level 20 with a +2 longsword and you’ll be fine. There are tons of upgrade stones in that lake up to 4s in the north so definitely go there after Stormviel if anyone is having problems. I think it’s clear the east part of the map is for later.

 

[Bloodporne]

Yea I switched to a Rapier. I love Estocs and Rapiers. Also working on upgrading the whip, the moveset is sick.

 

I'm starting the Academy and this dungeon once again is GOAT tier From. It looks stunning and I don't usually call shit stunning.

 

I REALLY love the addition of the simple and super effective ambient music in this game. I mean that music for the Academy is ultra atmospheric.

[BloodyHell]

4 hours ago, Dimden said:

 

 

You guys need to experiment more. Plenty of weapons can one or two shot most enemies and completely demolish bosses. I'm using the build I posted yesterday and I'm having zero issues straight up demolishing enemies with the Grave Scythe or Sword of Night and Flame. I use the former for one-on-one combat and the latter for handing groups of enemies. It feels really good being able to get 10+ enemies together and kill them all with a single blow, or just watch bosses melt in seconds. Hell, I can switch to my basic bitch broad sword and absolutely demolish groups or bosses with the right ash of war.

 

 

Killing isn't a problem. I just want to try some other stuff I found.

[Dodger]

Just found my 3rd somber stone 3 on the western part of the lake on the west land area. I don’t think you all looked very hard for them. 

[BloodyHell]

10 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

Yea I switched to a Rapier. I love Estocs and Rapiers. Also working on upgrading the whip, the moveset is sick.

 

I'm starting the Academy and this dungeon once again is GOAT tier From. It looks stunning and I don't usually call shit stunning.

 

I REALLY love the addition of the simple and super effective ambient music in this game. I mean that music for the Academy is ultra atmospheric.

An npc just gave me his rapier a little while ago. Nice weapon. 

 

I need Somber [5] and [6], because shockingly I have [7][8][9]. So if I can find those two, it'll be instant Bloodhound Fang +9. I'm sure ill find 6 first, because thats my luck.

[Mercury33]

Ohhhhhh I found a Jellyfish Shield and this thing is BADASS 😂

[JPDunks4]

3 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

If anything, the game has got me to experiment more with spells and ranged attacks more than melee weaponry, but FP is expended SO fast without specializing in it, and I still don't have the talisman that's supposed to reduce FP usage, which would be a godsend if it's like more than 25%.

 

Just noticed I have the Carian Filigreed Crest, which reduces FP used during Skills.

 

It's 75% of usual cost.  So 12 instead of 16.  Maybe better items out there though.

[Bloodporne]

1 hour ago, Dodger said:

Just found my 3rd somber stone 3 on the western part of the lake on the west land area. I don’t think you all looked very hard for them. 

I've been finding a ton now because I'm exploring that area now yea.

[Best]

Played 6 hours today. I upgraded both my flasks(found 2 golden seeds)and sword because I found 3 sombering stones from exploring. I'm level 66 and today I beat:

 

Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon

Royal Knight Loretta

Ancient Hero of Zamor

Runebear

Death Bird

Adan Thief of Fire

2 Nights calvary out in the open

 

I opened up another part of the map, too. The game is massive and extremely addicting. I had a very successful day. 

 

This will be tough to beat this year for me in goty award. It's incredible.

 

[Bloodporne]

4 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

I just fought some enemies that had kusrigamas. I definitely want one of those. Think My build is gonna ultimately be a Samurai/Ninja hybrid.

Are those the things with chains and a heavy ball at the end or whatever it is?

[skillzdadirecta]

11 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

Are those the things with chains and a heavy ball at the end or whatever it is?

Yup.