General Gaming Elden Ring - Information Thread, update (02/21): Shadow of the Erdtree DLC "Collector's Edition Messmer the Impaler Statue" trailer

[skillzdadirecta]

9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

I only killed the ones that aggo'd to me which was like 5 of them.

I wiped that whole village out.

 

[Dodger]

1 hour ago, Dimden said:

Game is too good for me to stop playing.

 

 

Decided to turn my 3rd character into the best Crucible Knight he could possibly be. Love the drip!

 

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i started my second character with a bleed build and I already have like 3 different builds I’m thinking about. Which is going to be a problem with how big the game is. Though subsequent runs always get faster as you get more familiar with the game.

[Mr.Vic20]

I hit level 240 and have beat the game twice. Much as I want to keep the experience going, I think I'm gonna shelve it until DLC drops. 

[thedarkstark]

On 4/17/2022 at 10:18 AM, Keyser_Soze said:

Visited that windmill village. Such a joyous place!

Easily the most unsettling place in the whole game, nightmare fuel to be certain.

[Keyser_Soze]

ELDEN RING: Patch Notes 1.04 | Bandai Namco Europe

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ELDEN RING Notice of Update Distribution – Version 1.04 We are distributing an update to improve the stability of gameplay and to adjust balance. We apologize for the inconvenience, but please apply the latest update before you enjoy the game.

 

Major Changes Included in the Latest Update

Additional Elements Added

• Added an option to turn camera auto rotate function ON/OFF
• Added some event phases for the NPC “Patches”

 

Balance adjustments

• Increased Colossal Swords/Colossal weapons attack speed and lowered their recovery time. Jump attack not included.
• Increased the two-handed attack damage of Colossal Swords/Colossal Weapons. Jump attack not included.
• Increased physical block rate and guard boost of the Colossal Sword, Colossal Weapons, Great Sword, Great Hammer, Great Axe, Great Spear, and Halberd weapon classes.
• Increased the damage of Grafted Blade Greatsword.
• Increased the damage of Devourer’s Scepter.
• Decreased the scaling of status effect build-up from spells and incantations of Albinauric Staff and Dragon Communion Seal.
• Decreased the effect of Greatshield Talisman for weapons with high block rate.
• Shortened the length of the madness afflicted animation.
• Lowered the speed of madness buildup recovery.
• Other enemy and weapon balance changes
• Slightly increased FP and Stamina growth rate at lower levels*

*Players will need to perform any of the following actions for the changes to be reflected. This is required only once. New characters created after this update will not require this action.

• Level up
• Activate Godrick’s Great Rune
• Re-equipping any equipment (armor, talisman) which grants bonus stat to either Strength, Dexterity, Vigor, Endurance, Intelligence, Faith or Arcane

 

Sorcery/Incantation

Upward adjustments

• Crystal Barrage - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time
• Gavel of Haima - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies’ attack while casting
• Shatter Earth - Increased cast speed and decrease recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies’ attack while casting
• Rock Blaster - Decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemies’ attack while casting
• Thop’s Barrier - Increased area of effect and slightly increase effect duration
• Rennala’s Full Moon - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Ranni’s Dark Moon - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Carian Greatsword - Increased cast speed at lower dexterity
• Magma Shot - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed
• Roiling Magma - Increased cast speed and decreased time until magma explodes
• Gelmir’s Fury - Slightly decreased the random nature of projectile’s range and increased the damage of lava pool. Increased the hitbox
• Rykard’s Rancor - Decreased FP cost
• Oracle Bubbles - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Great Oracular Bubble - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Briars of Sin - Decreased recovery time. Increased blood loss buildup on enemy
• Briars of Punishment - Decreased recovery time. Increased blood loss buildup on enemy
• Explosive Ghostflame - Decreased FP cost and recovery time
• Tibia’s Summon - Increased damage and cast speed
• Aspects of the Crucible: Tail - Decreased FP and Stamina cost
• Aspects of the Crucible: Horns - Decreased FP and Stamina cost, Increase cast speed. Increased the distance traveled when not charged and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged
• Elden Stars - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time
• Black Blade - Decreased Stamina consumption and decreased recovery time
• Discus of Light - Decreased FP cost. Increased damage and cast speed
• Triple Rings of Light - Increased damage
• Radagon’s Rings of Light - Decreased FP cost. Increased damage and cast speed. Decreased recovery time.
• Lightning Strike - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Honed Bolt - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Spear - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attacks while casting.
• Ancient Dragons’ Lightning Strike - Decreased recovery time
• Lansseax’s Glaive - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy’ attacks while casting.
• Fortissax's Lightning Spear - Decreased FP and Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to withstand enemy attack while casting more easily.
• Frozen Lightning Spear - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attack while casting.
• Death Lightning - Decreased FP cost, Increased the duration of death-accumulating smoke
• O, Flame! - Increased damage
• Giantsflame Take Thee - Decreased Stamina Cost
• Flame of the Fell God - Decreased FP cost and increased damage
• Whirl, O Flame! - Increased damage, decreased recovery time
• Burn, O Flame! - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Black Flame - Increase damage and the spell can break enemy’s guard more easily.
• Scouring Black Flame - Decreased FP cost and recovery time. Increased attack range and area of effect.
• Black Flame Ritual - Reduced FP cost and increased damage.
• Gurranq's Beast Claw - Increased damage and decreased recovery time.
• Bloodflame Talons - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Decreased recovery time.
• Bloodboon - Increased damage. Increased cast speed and decreased effect start-up time, decreased recovery time.
• Pest Threads - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Scarlet Aeonia - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Allows caster to more easily withstand enemy attacks while casting.
• Unendurable Frenzy - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Decreased the random nature of projectile’s range and increased Madness buildup on enemies.
• Inescapable Frenzy - Increased cast speed.
• Placidusax's Ruin - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time.
• Dragonclaw - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged.
• Dragonmaw - Decreased FP, stamina cost, recovery time and increased cast speed and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch when charged.
• Greyoll's Roar - Decreased FP, Stamina cost and recovery time.

 
Upward and downward adjustments

• Adula's Moonblade - Decreased the power of single cast and improved performance so that the blades and frost hit more consistently and continuously. Increased cast speed at lower dexterity.
• Flame, Fall Upon Them - Decreased the damage of single cast and improved the performance so that it hits the enemy multiple times. Decreased FP cost.
• Howl of Shabriri - Decreased the madness buildup on the enemy. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.

 

Downward adjustments

• Swarm of Flies - Decreased blood loss buildup on enemy.
• The Flame of Frenzy - Decreased madness buildup on enemy.
• Frenzied Burst - Decreased madness buildup on enemy.

 
Weapon Skill

 

Upward adjustments

• Lion's Claw - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Kick - Increased cast speed.
• Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker - Increased cast speed. Increased cast speed on follow up input, decreased recovery time.
• Troll’s Roar - Decreased Stamina Cost. Increased cast speed on follow up input, increased distance traveled.
• Giant Hunt - Decreased recovery time.
• Storm Assault - Decreased recovery time.
• Carian Greatsword - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the damage when charged and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
• Carian Grandeur - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the damage when charge and made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
• Gravitas - Increased cast speed.
• Flaming Strike - Increased the travel distance of a stepping cleave in a strong attack.
• Black Flame Tornado - Added hitbox to weapon when spinning, and added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Lightning Slash - Increased cast speed. Added a hitbox to the stomp animation.
• Sacred Blade - Increased cast speed.
• Sacred Ring of Light - Increased cast speed.
• Poisonous Mist - Increased cast speed.
• Poison Moth Flight - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Ice Spear - Added a hitbox to the weapon’s spinning animation.
• Chilling Mist - Increased cast speed.
• Assassin's Gambit - Increased cast speed.
• Shield Bash - Increased cast speed.
• Shield Crash - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed.
• Blade of Gold - Decreased Stamina cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Blade of Death - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Golden Tempering - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Increased effect duration.
• Last Rites - Increased cast speed.
• Mists of Slumber - Increased cast speed.
• Eochaid's Dancing Blade - Increased travel distance, added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Unblockable Blade - Increased cast speed with the weapon Coded Sword.
• Alabaster Lords' Pull - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Establish Order - Decreased recovery time and increased cast speed on follow up input. Increased damage. Made it easier to cause enemies to flinch.
• Moonlight Greatsword - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Increased the frost buildup effect during the skill duration.
• Wave of Gold - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Wolf’s Assault - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• The Queen’s Black Flame - Increased cast speed. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Dynast's Finesse - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Flowing Form - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Death Flare - Increased cast speed.
• Onyx Lord's Repulsion - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Magma Guillotine - Decreased Stamina cost, Increased cast speed. Decreased recovery time on follow up input.
• Cursed-Blood Slice - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Ice Lightning Sword - Increased cast speed. Added a hitbox to the stomp animation.
• Rosus’ Summons - Decreased recovery time.
• I Command Thee, Kneel! - Increased cast speed including follow up input. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Gold Breaker - Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.
• Familial Rancor - Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Nebula - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time with the weapon Bastard's Stars.
• Regal Beastclaw - Increased cast speed.
• Devourer of Worlds - Increased cast speed.
• Regal Roar - Decreased recovery time.
• Spearcall Ritual - Decreased recovery time.
• Ancient Lightning Spear - Decreased FP cost and increased cast speed. Allows player to more easily withstand enemies’ attacks while casting.
• Great-Serpent Hunt - Decreased recovery time and increased damage. Allows player to more easily withstand attacks from enemies.
• Frenzyflame Thrust - Decreased FP cost, decreased recovery time. Decreased madness buildup on self.
• Bloodboon Ritual - Increased cast speed.
• Miquella's Ring of Light - Increased cast speed.
• Sea of Magma - Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Flame Dance - Decreased Stamina cost, decreased recovery time. Added a window to roll during the attack to cancel the animation.
• Storm Kick - Decreased Stamina cost.
• Bear Witness! - Increased cast speed.

 

Upward and downward adjustments

• Thundercloud Form - Decreased damage when not charged. Decreased FP cost. Increased cast speed and decreased recovery time.

 
Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the damage of Inescapable Frenzy was affected by right hand weapon.
• Fixed a bug where the damage of the weapon arts "Carian retaliation" was increased by weapon and status, and the effect was not displayed correctly during online multiplay.
• Fixed a bug where the animation when inflicted with blood loss and frostbite was bigger than originally planned.
• Fixed a bug during character appearance change menu in which some parameter changes were sometime not reflected.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a dialog from appearing when executing "Leave" on some items.
• Fixed a bug that allowed unauthorized items to be passed to other players.
• Fixed a bug in multiplayer that prevented grace to be registered on the map if it was found just before the player is summoned.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the mechanic of Rennala Queen Of The Full Moon fight from working properly during cooperative multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the player from entering the boss area after defeating Morgott, the Omen King.
• Fixed a bug that prevented "Edgar the Revenger" and "Festering Fingerprint Vyke" from invading after defeating all the bosses in Liurnia of the Lake.
• The item Tonic of Forgetfulness can now be obtained at the Volcano Manor if the player wasn’t able to obtain it due to quest progression.
• Fixed a bug that caused the reduction of runes due to NPC "Gostoc" when player died in "Stormveil Castle" to occur at an unintended timing.
• Added a protective barrier to Millicent after helping her at Miquella’s Haligtree so she cannot be unintentionally killed.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the player from obtaining the reward after defeating the Dung Eater.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented the player from progress Diallos’ questline.
• Fixed a bug that sometime prevented player from duplicating remembrance at the Walking Mausoleum.
• Fixed a bug that prevented player from inputting consecutive attacks when dual wielding thrusting sword.
• Fixed a bug that causes scythe to lose blood loss effect if poison affinity is applied to the weapon.
• Fixed a bug where the damage of the Iron Greatsword was lower than expected when an affinity is applied.
• Fixed a bug that caused FP consumption to increase when the player cast Night Comet with charge.
• Fixed a bug that causes he default key setting on keyboard for weapon skill (Left Ctrl) to not be set (on PC only).
• Fixed a bug in the Steam version where the history of players who played multiplayer was not displayed correctly under certain circumstances.
• Increased online multiplayer stability.
• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect sounds to be played under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that caused some places on the map to have incorrect visual and hitbox.
• Fixed a bug that causes some enemies to have incorrect visual and behavior.
• Fixed a bug that causes some armor to have incorrect stats.
• Text fix.
• Other performance improvements and bug fixes.

 

[TheLeon]

And the credits roll! Just under the 100 hour mark. I’m sure I’ll jump into NG+ and fuck around here and there, but I think my obsession has mostly abated at this point. 
 

Hot take: this game is very good!

[XxEvil AshxX]

I feel like I've hit a wall. I just got to the capital and it feels like the difficulty is starting to ramp up (or I've finally just killed the pushover bosses and got to the real ones).

 

I actually took a break and went back to Dark Souls, since I never got far in those games. I am making more progress than I ever had, but damn Elden Ring can spoil a bitch. Hopefully going back to ER after a while will feel like easy mode.

[stepee]

Well, as someone who used a colossal sword for almost all of the game, I feel a little ripped off by those patch notes!

[stepee]

Just now, Dimden said:

 

 

Everything prior to Lyndell was just the tutorial for the boss rush.

 

Might just be how leveled up I was by the time I got there, but I thought Lyndell itself was reasonably easy. And had the easiest “main boss” in the whole game since I just one shotted him, and it was ME doing it. 
 

After that is when the game seemed to spike for me.

[best3444]

5 hours ago, TheLeon said:

And the credits roll! Just under the 100 hour mark. 

 

What did you have to accomplish to get the credits to roll?

[TheLeon]

42 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

What did you have to accomplish to get the credits to roll?

Become the Elden Lord, of course! 
 

I don’t know if you were looking for something more specific than “beat the game”. Once you get to the Capital and beat the main boss there, there’s a pretty direct path to follow to the end game. 

[Keyser_Soze]

I'm over 120 in still haven't beaten it. I'm having fun in that forest with those shitfaces.

[Mercury33]

I assume most of that list happens pretty quick? I’m 80 hours in and I’ve done two of those things haha

[best3444]

2 hours ago, TheLeon said:

Become the Elden Lord, of course! 
 

I don’t know if you were looking for something more specific than “beat the game”. Once you get to the Capital and beat the main boss there, there’s a pretty direct path to follow to the end game. 

 

Ok that's all I really need to know really. 

[best3444]

1 hour ago, Dimden said:

@best3444

 

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To beat the game, you essentially just have to do the following:

 

Pick Up Fingers in Chapel of Anticipation

Die

Obtain Torrent & Make Pact w/ Melina

Earn 2 Great Runes (Any of these: Godrick, Rennala, Radahn, Rykard, Mohg)

Defeat Godfrey

Defeat Morgott

Defeat Fire Giant

Defeat Black Blade Maliketh

Defeat Sir Gideon Ofnir

Defeat Godfrey, First Elden Lord

Defeat Radagon

Defeat Elden Beast

Mend Elden Ring

 

Literally everything outside of this list is completely optional.

 

 

Very nice. Thank you!

[skillzdadirecta]

12 minutes ago, Mercury33 said:

I assume most of that list happens pretty quick? I’m 80 hours in and I’ve done two of those things haha

120 hours in and I've done three I think 

[TheLeon]

1 hour ago, Mercury33 said:

I assume most of that list happens pretty quick? I’m 80 hours in and I’ve done two of those things haha

 

50 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

120 hours in and I've done three I think 

The last 4 or so main bosses are pretty much all back to back right at the end. 

[Biggie]

1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said:

120 hours in and I've done three I think 

Funny how a game with zero instructions or basic instructions will do that huh. 

[Dodger]

I just started a bleed build and now I want to do a strength build due to the new patch. Must resist urge to start new build.

[atom631]

On 4/17/2022 at 3:14 PM, TheLeon said:

Hope you like the boss of that village…

I know this area. I dont recall fighting a boss?  Was there some stairs down I missed? 

[atom631]

Im playing this game slow, but thoroughly enjoying it. I think im about 72-75hrs in. 
 
I think im lvl 105 and I got my astrologer to 60 INT and running the moonviel katana at +9. Have my mimic tear at +7. Also using the meteorite staff in my left hand for range. I feel really beastly. I like to agro stuff with lorettas greatbow and then just destroy them with transient moonlight. 
 

Ive cleared out almost everything in Limgrave, Lake, Plateau. Killed Radahn and did the stuff after that. 
 

im now in the Capital and I think Ive done a whole bunch here but def not all of it. 

Spoiler

Killed Godfrey, The First Elden Lord

I know theres some underground stuff here but havent found the entrance. Im going to continue to explore before I move on. 

[Keyser_Soze]

1 hour ago, atom631 said:

I know this area. I dont recall fighting a boss?  Was there some stairs down I missed? 

 

Spoiler

He's up by a windmill towards the end. Hes like a slinky dude with some bleed weapon I think

 

[best3444]

3 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

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He's up by a windmill towards the end. Hes like a slinky dude with some bleed weapon I think

 

 

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And he still kicks my ass at level 88.

 

[Keyser_Soze]

Just got through the shitface forest (I guess they're called Wormfaces) and previously had been in a shit cave now I'm at the shit castle. Jeezuz!

[stepee]

2 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Just got through the shitface forest (I guess they're called Wormfaces) and previously had been in a shit cave now I'm at the shit castle. Jeezuz!

 

Im trying to think of what location this is but it’s not coming to me lol

[stepee]

Oh ok I fought those, they didn’t seem to bother me much.

[Keyser_Soze]

4 minutes ago, stepee said:

Oh ok I fought those, they didn’t seem to bother me much.

 

They aren't incredibly hard but the blight buildup you have to watch out for. Somehow it spat at me and I got like stunlocked inside the spit and died.

 

The major complaint that I'm saying is so much DOT build up / instadeath buildup.

[stepee]

Yeah I’m not a fan of build up in general. Or poison or effects in general. I don’t like fighting against mist clouds or having to have a certain item or Im fucked. Though at least this game I was able to have an incarnation that would cure me pretty easily without having to stick up on stuff.

 

Oh yeah and the instadeath buildup like those fucking Gargoyles with poison sucks ya.

[Dodger]

I never did beat boss wormface on my first run, that curse buildup bullshit was just too much and I just didn't have enough dps to kill it quickly.

 

 

Last night I double dipped and got the PS5 version to do other builds on....Oh well it's only one of my favorite games of all time might as well play the shit out of it and get the 1000/1000 and the platinum if I can. 

 

Probably starting a strength build soon but I need to try a caster build too. So many builds, not enough time. 

[Keyser_Soze]

25 minutes ago, Dodger said:

I never did beat boss wormface on my first run, that curse buildup bullshit was just too much and I just didn't have enough dps to kill it quickly.

 

He's not too hard. Fight him on a horse and summon something and he's actually easier than the normal ones.

[atom631]

Ranni’s quest complete. These sidequests are absolute bonkers. 

[atom631]

11 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

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He's up by a windmill towards the end. Hes like a slinky dude with some bleed weapon I think

 

the windmill on the eastside or the westside? 

[Firewithin]

6 minutes ago, atom631 said:

the windmill on the eastside or the westside? 

 

if im remembering right, if you went clockwise it would have been at the last eastern windmill

[best3444]

11 minutes ago, atom631 said:

the windmill on the eastside or the westside? 

 

I'm pretty sure it's northwest. 

[atom631]

Question on my +9 moonviel katana. Im currently at 60 INT. Im not sure what the cap is, but i stopped leveling at 60. 
 

the katana scales with dex also, but I only have 20 points in dex right now. If i start adding points to dex will the damage increase? Or does it chose the higher of the 2 attributes?