Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

Nola said:

RTX 3080 with the latest Nvidia drivers.

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Theres driver's out today?

Intrinsic said:

Changing the build up!

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I got this and was going to stat up for it. Is it worth it?

Fucker said:

They all look like they have Downs Syndrome, which explains the mouse/keyboard and UI they shit together.

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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.

TJT said:

I am just wandering around Limgrave. I found a glintstone staff and a scroll for it but I am assuming I need to find an NPC to teach it to me?

That smoke bear scared the piss out of me and then proceeded to wreck me. I did kill the Erdtree Knight easily. The dual boss in that Coastal Cave I haven't figured out yet. Rocking a greatsword and a shield I found. Will be STR/INT with whatever spells I end up liking.

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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 got him to half and I'm gonna try again after I get my Bastard Sword forged to +2 and maybe Fireball / catalyst for when he goes to stage 2.

I'm leaning Quality build because I don't think I've ever really done that in a Souls game besides my latest Souls 1 run and that run went really well, much easier than other runs. However I definitely want some pyromancy as backup for finishing off bosses and whatnot. 10 int seems to be enough for the basic pyro and that might suffice, I don't know, so I'll probably focus on pumping str/dex. And HP/end of course, but mainly str/dex. I've been good at not getting hit, but it takes forever to kill things and the length of fights / attrition is what does me in. Also the lack of any kind of ranged damage.

TONS of arrows have been dropping. Have a feeling Samurai is a much easier route.

Was gonna play this all day but instead I played it all night and then slept all day. It's alright, I needed to catch up anyway.

Koushirou said:

Still no digital code for me...some dude on Reddit said they spoke with someone from Best Buy and they were told to expect emailed digital codes within 24-48 hours... Going to be a little pissed if it takes that long, especially since my boss just gave me the rest of the day off since I had a late deployment last night.

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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 morning a good portion of the time. Gamestop, for all their faults, always gets things to me on time.

Yaamean said:

Started Wretch and still only have a helm and gauntlets, but I farmed up 16 str to use a long sword and a 100% phys bronze shield.

Got Margot to like 35% and got my ass kicked. Fun fight but I do such low damage it feels like it takes forever.

Stumbled on a bird boss / dragon / and of course that horse knight so far in the open world.

Are you able to upgrade weapons before beating the first legacy dungeon?


Games great though, I spent 4 hours and it seemed to go so quickly

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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 found that, I was running around with a like, 63% block storebought shield that wasn't cutting it.

Margot is just too nasty in the final phase. Maybe it isn't supposed to be the first big boss. It's very close to the starting point though and it felt like the game steers you in that direction.

The bosses seem to be the highlight but I haven't won any yet, not with my extremely low DPS. Hoping going from Bastard Sword to Bastard Sword +2 and pumping Str/Dex up will make a difference. Also got an Iron Cleaver from the Morne Castle which is a neat one-hander, but I prefer the Bastard Sword for its arc and ability to mow multiple foes at a time.

You can upgrade weapons yeah. Not sure what I did to cause this, but after I rested at the bonfire before Margot a couple times, I got warped to this hub world with a blacksmith. Bring a bunch of shards and go to down.

Oh yeah, I'm trapped in the hub world. How the hell do you leave? Jumping down lands you in a big room that looks like an exit...behind a nasty red phantom sorcerer. I'll try that.

Couple more questions:

Anyone find a place to farm or buy upgrade shards?

And what is a "legacy dungeon"?

Break said:

So far besides all the player notes that basically indicate "yes you can reach this ledge" I've only found one that helped at all, it was about an ambush around a corner. The vast majority are lies and people calling the liar a liar.

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