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  1. Rajaah

    Utnayan Backlog Challenge: Part 3 ends Feb 28

    I think it got off to a bad start with the gauntlet and then I found the actual park to be really confusing with objectives. And generally unpleasant with the dog fighting rings and whatever else. It's possible I was just burned out by then. I remember liking Far Harbor a lot, then going to Nuka...
  2. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Wow, I might actually switch weapons. As OP as the Golden Halberd is, this looks incredibly fun. Have 50 Str and 14 Dex so I'll need to give it an ash that makes it Str scale, but other than that it should work out pretty decently. The GH is a little on the slow side and this is the polar...
  3. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Looked around Mistwood and didn't find any giant elevator on the main road...just the ruins with the massive bear and a treasure chest that I got earlier. I'll take a more thorough look later on but yeah I wasn't able to find it with a quick run through. I'm intrigued about this place. Spoiler...
  4. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Holy shit. I think I've had that debuff for like 15 hours too. I definitely got hugged early on, and later I noticed I had a red X buff along with the other buffs that I thought might be a debuff or side effect of some equipment. Was gonna take a picture of it and post here to inquire. Maybe...
  5. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I managed to find a bunch of 1-5 level grave moss for upgrading the summons, got the jellyfish and the wolf pack to level 5 and could level one more up. I'll keep an eye out for that summon. I've found that the jellyfish is great against big targets that need to be distracted (even better if...
  6. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I just tried it out. Half the time you don't get exp for the ball unless it rolls right off the cliff to its right. Try running down and then up/left around it so it rolls right off the cliff. The exp rate for that trick really isn't that good when you factor in how often it doesn't work. It's...
  7. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    How do you get there? I've made a bit more progress, but I'm running into those blue sealed doors everywhere now. And one gold sealed door behind the imperial castle where I beat up a Tree Knight 2.0. When are all these damn sealed doors gonna open? I found another big boss too, Starscream the...
  8. Rajaah

    Pokemon (Handhelds, not Go)

    I prefer the gameplay of Arceus, but Sword/Shield is WAAAAY better looking visually. This new one looks like it combines the best of those two things. Scarlet/Violet are really good titles too. So far Gen 9 is looking pretty rad.
  9. Rajaah

    Utnayan Backlog Challenge: Part 4 ends March 31

    I'll be at a disadvantage in this one since I'm probably going to be getting roflstomped by Elden Ring for the next several weeks. I'd like to knock off a few more from the backlog though, and figure out one particular "white whale" type game like Spirit Tracks / BoF4 that has eluded me for a...
  10. Rajaah

    Utnayan Backlog Challenge: Part 3 ends Feb 28

    I'm still sitting at 91% in this, missing a bunch of stuff from Nuka World. For whatever reason I just hated Nuka World. I really do want to get it done, but at the same time don't know if I want to deal with it in practice. I think I spent about 70 hours on the game over a few months and just...
  11. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Lul, still can't find any [5] Sombers, have a bunch of [6] now. Haven't found anything to upgrade my phantoms either. I've explored a ton of the world now and part of me wants some sort of guide just to tell me what I'm "supposed" to do next to sort of move things along a bit.
  12. Rajaah

    Utnayan Backlog Challenge: Part 3 ends Feb 28

    Peebee just killed Andromeda for me. All the early Youtube thumbnails when it came out were close-ups of Peebee's stupid face, or the default female Shepard's stupid face. 1 hour into the game, Peebee is crashing a ship or something and everyone's like "that's just Peebee for ya!" ...the hell? I...
  13. Rajaah

    Utnayan Backlog Challenge: Part 3 ends Feb 28

    Sounds good to me on all fronts. I don't even think I have THAT much free time (I probably game about 1.5 to 2 hours a day averaged out over the whole month), but I plow through a large variety of single-player games while a lot of people on here tend to stick to a smaller group of core games...
  14. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    What do those numbers mean? Softcap and harsher softcap? Also, if anyone finds a Somber Smithing Stone [5] post it here. Can buy the other four, so it looks like [5], which maxes the Golden Halberd and any other special weapon, is the one you need to find out in the world.
  15. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    For people having trouble with mage builds, get the Meteorite Staff ASAP. It's much easier to get than the demi staff and I believe it's also more powerful. Can be used almost from the outset, just need a few levels of Int depending on your class (wretch needs 8 points). Meteorite Staff starts...
  16. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Golden Halberd is so good. I just finished getting the stats for it about an hour ago (needed 2 Faith once I decided to go all in with it) and upgraded it to +4 by buying somber stones from the giant blacksmith in the hills. Thing is doing literally 2x the damage the Bastard Sword was doing, and...
  17. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Going to guess 50 for HP and Str per usual, unsure about the others. I'm at 47 Str now so pretty soon I'll be able to find out if I'm right. Has anyone found any remotely hot outfits for a female character yet? I know this isn't Code Vein or anything, but I was able to find a couple of decently...
  18. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I got randomly ported somewhere a little while ago and ended up in this royal palace that looks like the Blood Elf starting area from WoW, with leaves falling and stuff. I never stop being blown away by this game, and I've got no interest in knowing when it ends or how many areas there are or...
  19. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    One thing I've learned about this series is that depending on how you play, thing A can be easy for you and hard for someone else while thing B can be hard for you and easy for someone else. Hell, I frequently read that Dark Souls 2 is the easiest of the series, yet I find it exponentially...
  20. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Golden Halberd from the first open world boss (can be jousted down without too much trouble) seems to be a great weapon...and doesn't use smithing stones to upgrade. I used my smithing stones on the Bastard Sword I've been using the whole time and now I'm switching to Golden Halberd and using...
  21. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Main thing I don't want to be spoiled on is the map size. Cause the map keeps getting bigger every time I think I've reached the edge of it, and now I have no clue where it ends. It's a crazy feeling to get from a game in this day and age.
  22. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Upgrading the summons requires talking to that red-hooded chick at the Stormhill Shack (IIRC, one of those shacks). She gives you something in the early game...the jellyfish maybe? In any case, you talk to her until she moves to the nexus (she does it automatically after a while, so if she isn't...
  23. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Where is this place exactly? I don't know if I've even met Rodrick. Morne Castle also has a few enemies with their back to you when you go up the elevator. They DO assist though so you can really only pick off one of them. I ended up sticking to that one giant on the bridge for a bit when I...
  24. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah, the poison jellyfish is SO GOOD. I wonder how many people don't use it because on the surface it seems to have pathetic DPS and is only good for pulling aggro. If it can land 5-6 shots fairly quickly, the boss is poisoned (if they're susceptible to it). A massive amount of my damage...
  25. Rajaah

    Horizon 2: Forbidden West

    So uh, does she really look like a man in this game or were all those concerns overblown and unfounded? Heard enough good things about this game that I'm looking forward to it either way, after Elden Ring and Sekiro and the other ten games I'm backed-up on. "Only ten?" says most of this forum...
  26. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Huh, that's actually super useful. I haven't planted another note anywhere so I'm still getting lots of appraisals from the n00b room. A word of advice to anyone who hasn't started already: Golden Seed is probably the best gift at the start, in retrospect. Those estus charges don't grow on...
  27. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I'm at 18 vigor and 10 endurance (wretch), just haven't gotten back to them since I've been pumping Str. I need to start doing endurance soon though, cause it's starting to become a little bit of an issue. I actually might leave HP where it is for a while and just be a glass cannon. I've found...
  28. Rajaah

    Final Fantasy VII Remake

    A lot of those early PS3 games looked REALLY good. There were even a bunch of 1080p games IIRC. I thought that'd be the standard, but more and more games were mere 720p as time went on. Then when PS4 was announced I figured it'd be mostly 1440p, but instead it launched with a bunch of 1080p...
  29. Rajaah

    Utnayan Backlog Challenge: Part 3 ends Feb 28

    Things pretty much winding down around here? I was thinking about running the challenge in March or April, but not if interest isn't there. At the very least I do think we should keep a backlog post going for people to talk about stuff they finally knocked off their lists and keep cheering each...
  30. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    If anyone sees this message in the first room, it was I who dropped it. I wonder how many appraisals it's up to now. What do you get when someone appraises your message? I just got two appraisals while I was posting this and a ton before now.
  31. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Head to the church near the starting point, make that a base of operations and then grind exp on the soldiers to the east in the camps. They drop armor, and most importantly, the Brass Shield. You want a shield with 100% Physical Resistance (aka no physical damage gets through a block). As far...
  32. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Oh cool. I did pull up the map and it showed me off in the middle of nowhere so I closed it. I'm guessing you can scroll around and find the main zone on the map. Gonna beat that red phantom anyway, bet he drops something good. I knew he'd be a challenge when I saw bloodstains all over the hub...
  33. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Is Morne Castle a legacy dungeon? It's the only place I've seen that looked like a traditional Souls area. The first big room was giving me grief so I left. There's also a cave full of wolves near the starting church, that could be an LD, didn't really go in there either. Main focus tonight is...
  34. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    What movie is this from, anyway?
  35. Rajaah

    Sports Entertainment

    WWE owns the name...and brought it back for like, an NXT house show or something. I've noticed they use WCW PPV names for NXT shows but not main roster shows, almost like it's just a throwaway thing. Not sure how AEW got away with using Bash at the Beach (well, I do, the rights to the name...
  36. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah, tons of that "fake wall ahead" shit. I got used to this in DS1 Remastered.
  37. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Similar experience here. Getting a 100% block shield is like priority #1 for anyone who uses a shield at all. The knights in the camp east of the first church, very close to the start of the game, uncommonly drop Brass Shields which is 100% (and looks cool). For the first couple hours before I...
  38. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    At this point if I'm gonna buy anything digital I'm just doing it straight from PSN (or steam/microsoft/whichever). Getting codes (or physical copies) from stores on release date is like a 50/50 proposition at best. IIRC both Amazon and Best Buy tend to wait to SHIP things until like, release...
  39. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    The intended first boss seems to be the guy in the northern castle, Margit the Fell Omen. East from that first merchant in a church, north through the garrison, north across more plains, castle. I could be entirely wrong because he's pretty hard, but seemed beatable even at my lowly level 10. I...
  40. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I didn't want to say anything, but I also noticed that several of the characters had...downsy faces. Even the hot girl that I managed to make and settle on...looks a lot less hot from the side. I couldn't get her nose to look normal. It's flat like a pug.