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Thanks for the input. I take it high Mind isn't particularly crucial for a caster, if you've got a bunch of mana potions on hand? I use Mimic over Tiche and it can be cast with any level of Mind due to the HP cost. I'll definitely want some mana so I can cast kamehameha comet at range, etc. I...

Yeah, a lot of weapons just can't be enchanted because they already have some other type on them. Like Malenia, the one drawback to that weapon is that it can't be enchanted. I hope Moonveil can be enchanted. Bloodhound's Step is really good. If you played Cuphead, it's like the...

Are there any spells/weapons/talismans/etc that you need to do multiplayer to get? Cause I'm going for the plat but I don't want to start NG+ and have multiplayer die a death unless there's nothing I need from it. Taking all my willpower to not play through this a second time immediately. I...

I haven't actually used any of the sploit/farms beyond a minute or two of trying them out, but I don't mind their existence. Sometimes you need a few more levels. I know there are people who will vastly overlevel and gimp the game for themselves, but I guess they aren't my problem. Gotta say...

I feel like farming the enemies on the hill right there is more efficient than sniping that bird guy, but you do need to have the right build for it wheras sniping the bird only requires a bow and arrows. Icerind Hatchet's L2 makes short work of the enemies on the hill, as does the sword you...

You can get all 3 endings in one game if you back up your save. The endings are all decided right after the final boss, from what I can tell, so you can exit out of the game and back up your save at that point to try different things in the final room and get different endings. I was able to get...

The clouds on the overworld map DO seem kind of strategically-placed. I bet those are there in case they want to add areas later. They can get rid of a cloud and put an island there easily enough, without being forced to only use areas that exist on the current map. This cloud in the center sea...

Yeah, I was thinking earlier about how Elden Ring falls directly into that same category as Everquest and Morrowind in terms of having a whole world to explore that feels alive and interesting. It's SO RARE in gaming to have that experience. The turn of the century was the last time games like...

Code Vein has a similar meta to this where you could buff up and then knock off bosses super fast. I mean the game is easy enough that you don't need to do it, but it exists.

Yep. I took out all the Erdtree Avatars and they dropped components for the Physick. No seeds or anything for the normal flask, which is still pretty underpowered at +5. If nothing else I'll get a new set of seeds/tears in NG+ to use. The Physick is really good in and of itself as well. I've...

Caster question, since I didn't use any sorcery for the entire game and don't know what I'm doing on a respec: What stats should I be aiming for as a caster with Moonveil? I've got 150 levels to spend, plus whatever I got from the last couple fights, maybe 155 total. Obviously Int should be...

What's under the capitol city? All I remember from it is being lost in the sewers for what felt like hours and falling down the same hole like 4x like a dolt. This is certainly a hell of a lot easier than killing those Bell Bearing Guardians or whatever they're called that spawn at night in...

Yeah, I also love how people can have such different experiences in From games. I've mentioned before how I absolutely struggle with Blood-Starved Beast in Bloodborne and roll over Lady Maria, yet I see so many people saying the former is easy and the latter is hard. Supposedly you can stay on...

Lots of people missed it, dick! I totally agree though, the quest was good, especially the drawn map. There's another point where you get a drawn map that shows you where 3 seals are, and that was pretty cool too. One of the 3 seals is inside of a rock that disappears when you hit it, which had...

This game is like the ultimate evolution of Zelda 1 and Dragon Warrior 1. Morrowind and Fallout 3 were big steps along the way, Elden Ring is the final form (maybe). Those two NES games had like zero structure, and it was amazing for a kid with an imagination. You were only limited by whether...

I like when summons give a needed assist during a fight (like the poison jellyfish distracting mobs, or the +7 mimic adding a lot of DPS). I will say that the +10 mimic is a bit too powerful and I feel like it's gimped a few fights. Was at +7 for ages and just got +10 in the endgame and yeah...

Not Elden Ring but yeah damn son I think I finally get why people like PVP in From games so much, you can do pretty much anything with it.

Upgrading HP is important in Elden Ring. I was able to get away with a glass cannon type character in other Soulsborne games (at least until the lategame) but not this one. Midway through the game with like 20 Vigor and 50 Str, I started getting one-shotted a lot and had to focus solely on HP...

I noticed that the sound when you go to the pause menu sounds kinda like the sound some of the bosses make in Super Metroid, weirdly enough. This sound: (loud noise warning)

Beat the game. Final boss was a real doozy with all of his one-shotting. Once I managed to get some decent RNG and get in there and do damage without getting one-shotted, his HP dropped quick. Got two of the ending trophies and 75% overall, just missing Lichdragon, Fia ending, and...

Elden Ring beaten. 44.5 points for me! Took me 85 hours to beat which is probably the actual average, HLTB is getting trolled.

Is there some reward for beating Shardbearer Mohg in his palace? That was an absolute nightmare, and as far as I can tell I got nothing except a ton of souls for winning. Just surprised there's no weapon/armor/spell/talisman reward for beating the big head honcho of the underworld.

That's something I definitely noticed, Morrowind's environments are very alien and diverse, while Oblivion's environments are pretty much standard fantasy grasslands/woods/castles. One of them feels like another planet, the other feels like a generic RPG. Though I do like the red-sky oblivion...

Yeah, the one time I drove across Ohio and Indiana, I was blown away by how desolate it felt. Potholes everywhere, roadkill everywhere (that had clearly been accumulating). Like public works isn't a thing. Stopped in a few towns in Ohio and the sense of malaise and hopelessness among the people...

This is nuts. I felt like my healing flasks weren't nearly as good as they should be (+5 at endgame with 13 charges, while I was seeing Youtube videos with like +9 way earlier in the game). Looked into what I'm missing since I scoured for Sacred Tears and Golden Seeds. Turns out I never...

You can trick him into falling off the cliff, but I don't recommend it. I got super frustrated with that fight myself, and looked up cheese strats, which is how I know about the cliff. However, after about 20 deaths, I finally got him, and it was one of the most epic battles in the game. I...

Thanks, I totally missed the first and third ones, gonna go take a look after work. I know there was also a Great Wyrm in the Ruins Precipice area at the very north end of Liurnia because I had to run like hell from it a few times, but when I went back to get it in the endgame, it was gone. My...

So it turns out that a lot of the dragons are all the same guy, Glintstone Dragon Smarag IIRC. He's in the lake, the 3 towers area, and the Dark Moon plateau. So that's 3 dragons that I thought were different but nope. All I have now is the ice dragon in the frozen lake, I think. It's weird, I...

I'd also like to see a Demon's Souls 2. Lot of people think of it as just "Dark Souls Zero" but it's very different from the Dark trilogy in terms of structure, has a different vibe, etc. Here's hoping for Bloodborne 2 AND Demon's Souls 2 in the next decade. Chances are Demon's Souls is done...

How much of the later seasons are worth seeing? The last TWD season I watched was S7. I got into FTWD and watched seasons 1-4 of that (think I was watching it after I stopped TWD even) but it wore really thin. I liked the daughter because she looked just like my favorite ex (who doesn't talk to...

This is the best TWD idea I've seen in ages. Something like Predator, except in the TWD universe. A bunch of guys whose mission it is to kill every zombie on Earth, as ludicrous of a challenge as it is. We've already had all these shows about surviving, time for a show about fighting back. Would...

Got the Deathbed Dress, if this wasn't already my favorite game in years, it is now. Female characters look glorious wearing that thing and swinging a katana. Speaking of katanas, I've got one Ancient Somber and can't decide whether to use it on Moonveil or Hand of Malenia. I'm still running...

Is that why so many people were disappointed in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion? I always felt like Oblivion was pretty rad, but I remember a lot of Morrowind purists felt let down. Morrowind was more like the Elden Ring of its time, with plenty of out-of-your-league enemies around. Oblivion scaled...

Damn, that's a solid look. Right after this she/he started getting naked, and I was a little concerned, but then... They changed into an even hotter look. Dayyyyym. Anyone know what either of these outfits are called? Especially the second one.

Had a REALLY weird thing happen in Roundtable Hold:

Yeah, agreed, except for Bloodborne if it counts. I feel like Bloodborne's NG+ is REALLY HARD compared to other Souls games where I usually breeze through them. That gaol with the torches is the most bullshit area in all of Elden Ring. Invisible assassins that no-sell your attacks and jump on...

Weird, the same exact thing happened to me, died the exact moment Moon Renalla did and wasn't able to get any of the souls back. That was when I found out that dying the same time as a boss still counts as a boss kill. It never happened any other time. Crazy. Wonder why it's that fight in...

I totally disliked playing games on the phone too...until I didn't. Then for a while over the past year or so it became my preferred method of playing things. Totally blew through DQ1-6 and FF1. Just need to have a good game, and the old-school RPG remakes do the trick. The one that made me do...

I didn't really try out too many of the ashes, sadly. Basically just went from alternating between 3 wolves and jellyfish as needed, to Mimic All Day, and pretty much missed everything in-between. The mimic reminds me of the orange copy ability in Ninja Gaiden 2 on the NES