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ELDEN RING |OT| One Ring To Rule Them All
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Captain Toad
Banned
Weird. I haven't had a single disconnect. I get tons of "Unable to summon" messages, but I assume that just means someone summoned before me.
I also can't think of a single noticeable bug in 60 hours of play. The framerate and pop-in wasn't great on PS5, so I switched to PS4 on PS5. Framerate is solid, but pop-in still occurs.
I don't know if the PC servers of whatever are just more unreliable for this game.
OceanGaming
Member
CHOO CHOO!
Swift_Star
Banned
To me this is the hardest yet. Demon’s remake and DkS1 the bosses barely hit me, those games were that easy to me. This one, man, melee really makes the game ultra hard on bosses.
BigbyTheSheriff
Member
940k concurrent players on Steam and it keeps growing. 
TheDarkPhantom
Member
Finally ventured into Caelid, I'm in love. This place feels wild, dangerous and untamed, there is a sense of constant peril, enemy design is bananas. 72 hours clocked doing nothing but the first 2 regions and helping a friend in co-op, will probably be past the 100h mark before I'm done here, still have a ton of game left, epic is too tiny a word to describe the Elden Ring experience.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Considering there's like a dozen summon signs all over the floor, yeah, though I'm sure someone will beat it naked with a club eventually!
Buggy Loop
Member
Yessss
This is what I main right now with a blood uchikatana in my left hand. Power stance dual wield katana is amazing in this game.
gunslikewhoa
Member
Everything hits like a truck, right?
Decontamination Silo
Banned
I got gud finally! Found a way to mollywhop that knights in Storm castle with ease. Uchi users: Unsheath + R2 spam. Timing has to be right before he swings. It stuns them every time and they're helpless babies. Beat Godrick faster than Margit, but I think that's just because I'm warmed up now and making better use of summons. Now I'm cruising. Prisoner starting class. Now I'm about 20 INT and 20 DEX. Uchi +5 and rapid fire pebble FTW.
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Decontamination Silo
Banned
What part of the map is this in??
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Drops off a boss in a tunnel on the border of Limgrave and Caelid - assuming I know which INT katana he's talking about
This pit is bottomless!
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Captain Toad
Banned
Is that higher than Babylon's fall?
CHOO CHOO!
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
The sword I respecced to use is absolutely gonna get nerfed - INT/FAI scaling with two magic attacks, a fire wave and a laser beam. It's disgusting.
Name if you want it: Sword of Night and Flame
DeaconOfTheDank
Member
So I have yet to encounter Renna, the Snow Witch. I've already completed all of Limgrave, including Stormveil Castle (Margit and Godrick defeated), but I still haven't come across this NPC. I've played about 30 hours so far.
I went to first site of Grace where you meet Kale at night and still haven't met her. I thought you get the Summoning Bell from her? I ended up buying that item off of the old maidens in Roundtable Hold.
I'm really interested in this character's story (seems major) so I'd prefer not skip it before I progress any further into the 2nd zone - Luirina of the Lakes. Anybody ran into this issue where she never appears?
eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com
I went to first site of Grace where you meet Kale at night and still haven't met her. I thought you get the Summoning Bell from her? I ended up buying that item off of the old maidens in Roundtable Hold.
I'm really interested in this character's story (seems major) so I'd prefer not skip it before I progress any further into the 2nd zone - Luirina of the Lakes. Anybody ran into this issue where she never appears?
Renna | Elden Ring Wiki
Elden Ring The Snow Witch NPC Guide: Where to find The Snow Witch, related quests, services, drops, tips, and tricks.
eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com
OceanGaming
Member
Buggy Loop
Member
I just want to say, I get vibes of Souls (duh), BOTW exploration and sense of wonder, Shadow of the colossus when riding in beautiful vistas, and mother fucking mountain goat simulator. Torrent is so good in this game and how he controls.
Some peoples will miss the more constrained Dark souls corridors, but not me. I'm blown away from this game.
Also 953k peoples peak today on steam
Some peoples will miss the more constrained Dark souls corridors, but not me. I'm blown away from this game.
Also 953k peoples peak today on steam
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Those people need to keep playing, there's an entire game's worth of content in the interiors alone!
Keep progressing through Liurina, you’re fine.So I have yet to encounter Renna, the Snow Witch. I've already completed all of Limgrave, including Stormveil Castle (Margit and Godrick defeated), but I still haven't come across this NPC. I've played about 30 hours so far.
I went to first site of Grace where you meet Kale at night and still haven't met her. I thought you get the Summoning Bell from her? I ended up buying that item off of the old maidens in Roundtable Hold.
I'm really interested in this character's story (seems major) so I'd prefer not skip it before I progress any further into the 2nd zone - Luirina of the Lakes. Anybody ran into this issue where she never appears?
Renna | Elden Ring Wiki
Elden Ring The Snow Witch NPC Guide: Where to find The Snow Witch, related quests, services, drops, tips, and tricks.
Plantoid
Member
This game is incredible, yesterday I was doing exploration of altus plateau, then I remembered that I was doing something underground for the frozen witch, the mage told me general edgelord of caelid had to die...
I was afraid of doing caelid but turns out that this part was easier than some enemies in the plateau
The out of nowhere a fucking meteor opened a big crater in mistwood, went down on that crater and man... I'm 6 hours in and didn't explore everything down there
Every area that I open that is gigantic leads to another 2 or 3 gigantic areas
Best money i ever spent on gaming, i hope they fix the framerate and buff some spells and incantations, I've tried going magic but the DMG just isn't there (I'm level 85)
I was afraid of doing caelid but turns out that this part was easier than some enemies in the plateau
The out of nowhere a fucking meteor opened a big crater in mistwood, went down on that crater and man... I'm 6 hours in and didn't explore everything down there
Every area that I open that is gigantic leads to another 2 or 3 gigantic areas
Best money i ever spent on gaming, i hope they fix the framerate and buff some spells and incantations, I've tried going magic but the DMG just isn't there (I'm level 85)
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OceanGaming
Member
1 million CONCURRENT, i'm not doubting 10+ million sales anymore LMAO.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
Swapped my grafted greatsword for the starscourge greatswords, no ragrets.
March Climber
Member
Weird question, but is Godrick's voice actor the guy who does the famous Bloodborne death scream?
DeaDPo0L84
Member
I was fighting Astrel of the Void and was having my best attempt yet then suddenly my coop partner started running in place, then my screen froze, that was how my night ended.
It's not so frequent that it's unplayable but it happens WAY more than it should. The hard crashes are rare, maybe 3 in 50 hours of play. Coop partners getting disconnected in boss fights seems to happen quite a bit, not so much in the open world, not sure if there is something there but that's been my situation.
Also have no clue if this is a PC specific issue but judging by others post on various forums its not. Also they keep pushing server updates so they're aware of it at least.
At the same time...I can't stop playing so there's that. I still want my ultrawide support and unlocked framerate
That's diabolical
So I'm about 20 hours in. This is my first souls game and it's amazing.
Lately I couldn't really get into any game, syndrome of starting one, playing 2-3 hours and abandoning (with some exceptions).
But with this game I wake up and I play until 2-3 AM, crazy by my standards. It's over 10 years probably since it happend last time.
It reminds me when I first played Morrowid when I was a teenager, the sense of mystery, vast and beautiful world.
Lately I couldn't really get into any game, syndrome of starting one, playing 2-3 hours and abandoning (with some exceptions).
But with this game I wake up and I play until 2-3 AM, crazy by my standards. It's over 10 years probably since it happend last time.
It reminds me when I first played Morrowid when I was a teenager, the sense of mystery, vast and beautiful world.
Aesius
Member
I’m nearly 40 hours in and main quest-wise I have only beaten Godrick.
This game reminds me of my experience with Oblivion in spring 2006. It was my first open world RPG. Obviously Elden Ring crushes it in every conceivable way, but it took a leap this big to replicate the impact Oblivion had on me.
Witcher 3 came close at times. RDR2 has a beautiful open world but it was more about the story and random encounters than pure exploration.
But this game is just utterly captivating. I will admit the magic is wearing off slightly at 40 hours in, but I’m game to put another 40-60 hours in easily. Which is incredible for a game with essentially no “quests” and such an obscure, minimalist story.
This game reminds me of my experience with Oblivion in spring 2006. It was my first open world RPG. Obviously Elden Ring crushes it in every conceivable way, but it took a leap this big to replicate the impact Oblivion had on me.
Witcher 3 came close at times. RDR2 has a beautiful open world but it was more about the story and random encounters than pure exploration.
But this game is just utterly captivating. I will admit the magic is wearing off slightly at 40 hours in, but I’m game to put another 40-60 hours in easily. Which is incredible for a game with essentially no “quests” and such an obscure, minimalist story.
BossLackey
Gold Member
Whaaaaaat. Just respecced to an INT Knight build. I need this.
I collect VHS tapes
Member
FINALLY found an awesome hammer that scales with dex. I added keen on top of it and now it is B scaling at +8
Enemies who were resistant to slash like the hard skin guys in caves were such a nightmare before
Now they just melt
On a separate note, my uchi katanas are only +14 and +12, really starts to slow down after a while. Doesn’t help that dual wield requires double the resources
Enemies who were resistant to slash like the hard skin guys in caves were such a nightmare before
Now they just melt
On a separate note, my uchi katanas are only +14 and +12, really starts to slow down after a while. Doesn’t help that dual wield requires double the resources
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Captain Toad
Banned
Sounds like PC has the most issues on this game. I haven't had a hard crash or really any bugs at all, just pop-in occasionally.I was fighting Astrel of the Void and was having my best attempt yet then suddenly my coop partner started running in place, then my screen froze, that was how my night ended.
It's not so frequent that it's unplayable but it happens WAY more than it should. The hard crashes are rare, maybe 3 in 50 hours of play. Coop partners getting disconnected in boss fights seems to happen quite a bit, not so much in the open world, not sure if there is something there but that's been my situation.
Also have no clue if this is a PC specific issue but judging by others post on various forums its not. Also they keep pushing server updates so they're aware of it at least.
At the same time...I can't stop playing so there's that. I still want my ultrawide support and unlocked framerate
JokerMM
Gay porn is where it's at.
it's the moonveil right? that thing is straight up the best weapon in the game. pump that bitch to +9 and you basically unlock easy mode
GermanZepp
Member
Im interested. Can you tell me where being the most vague posible? Is unmissable or is well hidden?
Buggy Loop
Member
This is what my weekend feels like so far lol
Spaceman292
Banned
'They should have done what we did and just lifted their quest design from Witcher 3!'
Horizon dev, all these flavours and you chose salt
Buggy Loop
Member
“Wait, they didn’t copy other games and got a good score!!???”
Spaceman292
Banned
'Our story is much better! We wrote 10,000 pages of innane dialogue!'
Buggy Loop
Member
“The character does not always talk by himself to observe every little fucking stones or flowers they see?”