BigBossBalrog Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 This made me chuckle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchking of Angmar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: Good man; the only proper way to play on a first run It's at least a reliable build. Though I've opted to not use any shield. At least for the most part. Used it when facing some annoying flyers with bows. Though I solved that later by getting a good bow myself. So from here it's just a curved greatsword and a bow. Power corrupts, absolute power... is a whole lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, Witchking of Angmar said: I'll probably do that for my second character. Current one will stay a Dex and Strength based warrior. How have you you found the game so far? Have the bosses been much challenge for your build? I’ve been running quality with a twinblade and it has honestly been somewhat easy, even with me intentionally slowing my leveling. Beating most bosses first try and didn’t die at all in the academy. But apparently there is a big difficulty spike after Liurnia so I’m expecting that to change for me soon. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchking of Angmar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Just now, The Good Doctor said: How have you you found the game so far? Have the bosses been much challenge for your build? I’ve been running quality with a twinblade and it has honestly been somewhat easy, even with me intentionally slowing my leveling. But apparently there is a big difficulty spike after Liurnia so I’m expecting that to change for me soon. I've reached the Altus Plateau. But I'm currently mostly running around the old areas checking for stuff I might have missed. Bosses vary. I decided to headbutt the first castle boss for so long I beat him. Only to later realize when I got stuck on some knights and tried exploring in a different direction that I realized I had been a bit underleveled for that area. And things got easier. Till I ran into the red rotten wastes. Opting to not use any shield has me also play the game a bit like Bloodborne. I just miss the faster dodging and ability to get back health by hitting back fast enough. 1 Power corrupts, absolute power... is a whole lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, BigBossBalrog said: Hide contents Most Soulsfans don't kill any NPC's till there second playthrough Or you're like me and really want an extra fire keeper soul, and the chaos witch spider lady looks mighty tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Witchking of Angmar said: Opting to not use any shield has me also play the game a bit like Bloodborne. Same here. I keep a shield in case I feel like switching to Rogier’s rapier for its cool Ash of War, but I tend to just two-hand at all times. The twinblade isn’t very good one-handed and is just way more fun to use with two. I feel like it would be way more difficult if Bloodborne hadn’t been such good practice for dodge timing. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 So everyone here has completed Stormveil. What did y’all think about the grafted scion miniboss down in the dining hall the first time you stumbled into it? * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: So everyone here has completed Stormveil. What did y’all think about the grafted scion miniboss down in the dining hall the first time you stumbled into it? I thought it was a prime example of, despite being far more overt, FROM is still a master at environmental story-telling You hear about the art of grafting and Godrick's sick fucked up shit from half the NPC's in Limgrave, and when you explore the castle, you stumble on the dark Grafting room, which is filled with suspended body parts, piles of tortured corpses, and this horrible multi-armed abomination crawling around. And then you know every rumor about Godrick is true 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: Grafting room, which is filled with suspended body parts, piles of tortured corpses, and this horrible multi-armed abomination crawling around. And not just any multi-armed abomination, but the exact same type of multi-armed abomination that kicked your ass at the beginning of the game. For me, it was a great "see how much stronger you’ve become" moment. I bumped into the Stormveil scion with half my estus gone and barely eked out a victory. It felt good to know I was now capable of killing that thing. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: And not just any multi-armed abomination, but the exact same type of multi-armed abomination that kicked your ass at the beginning of the game. For me, it was a great "see how much stronger you’ve become" moment. I bumped into the Stormveil scion with half my estus gone and barely eked out a victory. It felt good to know I was now capable of killing that thing. They did the same in Demon's Soul's; you fight the Vanguard at the start, where it's supposed to kill you, and then you fight a mini-boss variant later on But what's cool is the game rewards you for beating them, if you can pull it off right away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 35 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: So everyone here has completed Stormveil. What did y’all think about the grafted scion miniboss down in the dining hall the first time you stumbled into it? Me returning to get revenge with a big bonk weapon after getting ass slapped in the tutorial: 33 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: you stumble on the dark Grafting room, which is filled with suspended body parts, piles of tortured corpses I never thought I'd see Celtic iconography using severed, grafted hands. I do love how the Irish presented fairies and the otherworld as fucking scary and creepy 90% of the time in mythology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 55 minutes ago, Witchking of Angmar said: I just miss the faster dodging If you go back to the Dragonbarrow part of Caelid, there's a Night's Cavalry boss at the smaller of the two bridges near the Beast Sanctum. If you kill him, he'll drop Bloodhound Step ash of war, which is a cheap fp upgrade to quickstep. Old hunter dodge lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchking of Angmar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, The Good Doctor said: For me, it was a great "see how much stronger you’ve become" moment. I bumped into the Stormveil scion with half my estus gone and barely eked out a victory. It felt good to know I was now capable of killing that thing. Looks like I'm not the only thinking of the flasks as estus all the time. 1 Power corrupts, absolute power... is a whole lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Witchking of Angmar said: Looks like I'm not the only thinking of the flasks as estus all the time. I was able to make the switch from "souls" to "runes" and "bonfires" to "grace", but I don’t think I’ll be able to stop saying "estus". I don’t even remember what the Elden Ring equivalent is called besides "flasks". * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 13 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: I was able to make the switch from "souls" to "runes" and "bonfires" to "grace", but I don’t think I’ll be able to stop saying "estus". I don’t even remember what the Elden Ring equivalent is called besides "flasks". I thought the addition of the custom "Make your own" Estus to be really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Just now, BigBossBalrog said: I thought the addition of the custom "Make your own" Estus to be really cool Nothing impressive about filling a bottle with some yellow fluid. I could do it right now if I wanted. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Nothing impressive about filling a bottle with some yellow fluid. I could do it right now if I wanted. Don't be like LTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchking of Angmar Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 12 hours ago, The Good Doctor said: I was able to make the switch from "souls" to "runes" and "bonfires" to "grace", but I don’t think I’ll be able to stop saying "estus". I don’t even remember what the Elden Ring equivalent is called besides "flasks". I still think of the runes as souls too. Though grace and bonfire is half and half. Power corrupts, absolute power... is a whole lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 @ColonelKillaBee Do I need to lure you with the hot redheads in this game? It's literally your shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 54 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: @ColonelKillaBee Do I need to lure you with the hot redheads in this game? It's literally your shit You also have to tell him there's vore and feet, then he'll be on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 The Empire of Marika seems like a mish-batch between Ancient Rome, the Byzantines, the Gaelic Kingdoms, and Arthurian Britian, which is just awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelKillaBee Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 7 hours ago, BigBossBalrog said: @ColonelKillaBee Do I need to lure you with the hot redheads in this game? It's literally your shit my bro has it and I’ve been watching him play. I’ll definitely be getting it 2 1 "Even the hardest dick must go flaccid." -Colonelkillabee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelKillaBee Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Especially since apparently my DS3 build advice worked for him so it doesn’t sound like I’ll have that hard of a time "Even the hardest dick must go flaccid." -Colonelkillabee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 7 hours ago, ColonelKillaBee said: Especially since apparently my DS3 build advice worked for him so it doesn’t sound like I’ll have that hard of a time I’m not an expert, but it feels to me like a wider variety of builds are more viable and balanced in this game than in previous ones. Like, sword ‘n board is no longer just plain inferior to a two-hander because guard counters are so good. Magic is also way stronger, more versatile, and fun to use. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 Me, Czar, Witch, Doc, and soon Colonel all here. @Celan @Centurion Join us. Join us.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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