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Fuck those bigass bears, fuck the lions with scimitars glued to their legs, and fuck the tyranno ravens.
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Also, fuck the crucible knights because you can't backstab them. Your only real options are to either: bang your head against the wall that they represent; or parry and riposte them to death.
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I beat him by setting up a line of spell swords, but you might not have the magic or int at that point in the game
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As was posted earlier in the thread I believe, you can whittle them down with roll attacks on their tail whip and shield bash, as well as the end of their 2H combo. It's not fun no matter how you slice it, and they seem to be immune to bleeding as an extra fuck you.
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just roll away nigga
The one underground where you can use your horse to run around him and half a dozen mausoleum knights was also great fun. (Not sarcasm.)
I like how the first one tricks you into trying and later ones do the same thing but also have ESP.
The one underground where you can use your horse to run around him and half a dozen mausoleum knights was also great fun. (Not sarcasm.)
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Apparently Radahn got nerfed so much that he won’t even really do anything now. Luckily I fought him pre-patch.
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Feels really stupid that Radahn has been nerfed because people were fighting him too early and whining
just level up my dude -- it's a free-roam game and he's optional. Come back in 20 hours when you're less of a bitch ffs
just level up my dude -- it's a free-roam game and he's optional. Come back in 20 hours when you're less of a bitch ffs
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I do think the game could have communicated that Caelid isn't really meant to be an early area better. It's cool that you have the option but they were kind of subtle about it when you factor in the desire to finish areas before moving past what looks like the next gate. Doing it before Atlas was fun but that made Atlas a breeze.
I'm against nerfing him but again the Japanese man is sneaky so this could be a gag
I'm against nerfing him but again the Japanese man is sneaky so this could be a gag
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Speaking of leveling, I'n running a faith build and after being told 20 vit was too low I pumped it to 40 and it did make a big difference. Now I am wondering what I should level next, I got faith to 47, both mind and endurance to 25. Been thinking of leveling str and dex to 20 to be able to use more weapons or maybe keep leveling endurance to use heavier armor, seriously I hate how I keep getting knocked out if ny cast animations
And I agree with the game not communicating better that Caelid is a late game area, considering it is right next to limgrave and there is NOTHING stopping you from reaching it. Compare that with Altus and Volcano manor, both require more effort to reach and while some NPCs do tell you how about them, is not as easy as riding your horse there.
I went to caelid at level 30-40 and suffered A LOT. Must have done radahn at atound lvl 60. Returned to the area a few dozen levels later and it is really weird, because I destroy some enemies while others are the ones destroying me. Enemy balance in gener is all over the place.
And I agree with the game not communicating better that Caelid is a late game area, considering it is right next to limgrave and there is NOTHING stopping you from reaching it. Compare that with Altus and Volcano manor, both require more effort to reach and while some NPCs do tell you how about them, is not as easy as riding your horse there.
I went to caelid at level 30-40 and suffered A LOT. Must have done radahn at atound lvl 60. Returned to the area a few dozen levels later and it is really weird, because I destroy some enemies while others are the ones destroying me. Enemy balance in gener is all over the place.
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If this stuff I'm hearing about Radahn being nerfed is true; then that makes me very sad. The whole point of that fight was the spectacle of all those phantoms and your character coming in to give him a decent death; making him incapable of fighting back effectively just cheapens the whole experience.
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I ended up respeccing my extra DEX into 40 VIT (ya it's a huge relief) with enough END for the second-heaviest fashions and mad stamina then just pumping FTH for damage because 50 didn't feel like enough.
I dunno if you have any particular weapons in mind but if you're splitting between FTH and DEX/STR you're gonna be hitting less hard with either. Also I felt like the other DEX benefits were basically worthless at least at the 37 or so points where I moved em (if you aren't wearing the Radagon Icon talisman go get it right now).
Although you don't really have to be optimal so do whatever, you can always respec if the weapons aren't worth it. I accidentally didn't give myself enough STR for my scythe after going back to an incant build and was too lazy to fix it for the last few bosses.
I dunno if you have any particular weapons in mind but if you're splitting between FTH and DEX/STR you're gonna be hitting less hard with either. Also I felt like the other DEX benefits were basically worthless at least at the 37 or so points where I moved em (if you aren't wearing the Radagon Icon talisman go get it right now).
Although you don't really have to be optimal so do whatever, you can always respec if the weapons aren't worth it. I accidentally didn't give myself enough STR for my scythe after going back to an incant build and was too lazy to fix it for the last few bosses.
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Rivers of Blood is retarded and extremely fun. I traded it to a fresh character from my NG+ dude. I barely have the stats to use it and it absolutely wrecks. Dual wielding Reduvias is also pretty fun.
I bet arcane is gonna get nerfed, so I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.
I bet arcane is gonna get nerfed, so I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.
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It's a game. The only shame someone should feel is for wasting hours on bashing their head against some of its difficulties, thinking they accomplished something noteworthy.
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Any nerf Radahn had was warranted, tbh. If he didn't autistically focus on the player character with his homing arrows that would have been fine, but even after a dozen phantoms were on the field he'd still ignore them.
His melee phase was fantastic. Launching pin point accurate ICBMs in the first phase was not.
His melee phase was fantastic. Launching pin point accurate ICBMs in the first phase was not.
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Continuing the theme of people that summon you are fucking stupid: I was helping people with Malenia yesterday. Besides the people that don't realize that stun lock gang banging her to death is easy mode for the fight, I had three hosts in a row run into her giant flower and kill themselves. The easiest attack to avoid and get free heals, buffs, and hits in, and they just run into it and take the constant damage and rot.
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And that’s exactly what I did. Radahn kept beating my ass. So what did I do? I went and leveled a fuck ton. Beat him after. But I guess it’s simply too much for people to... spend time with the game.
His only bullshit attack was when he would launch homing skulls at you in his 2nd phase that would insta kill you. Other than that, it was up to level and skill.
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What I don't get about Caelid is that pre-radahn, its chock full of things and enemies and encounters... so surely youre meant to do it before atlus plains right? Xxcept that isnt true because the enemies are just so tanky. I don't get when you are meant to do all or most of Caelid. I end up running there every playthrough anyway for the free 50k souls from the funny lazy dragon.
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Agreed. I was a bit worried about Marika's tax policy, but what we got was actually really really good. Even the requisite shit eating rapist character was pretty good. It's hard to not be based in a world that's completely destroyed.
The end goal of the Greater Will is almost certainly the Erdtree harvesting the souls of the dead for them to later come and harvest the tree itself when the crop is complete. It seems pretty obvious, although never directly confirmed, as the inspiration is easily seen in old legends. The arena in which you fight the Elden Beast is a starry void filled with hundreds of trees in the background, implying that there are other Erdtrees scattered throughout the cosmos on other planets. Other sources of power for the GW to harvest. The GW is referred to as an outer god, which are above even the great old ones in Lovecraft's mythos. What is confirmed however is that Marika grew to distrust the GW and the Two Fingers, who are essentially the corporeal vassals of the GW in the same way that the Elden Beast is the incorporeal manifestation of it, until you defeat Radagon/Marika and it arises to try and stop you from altering the course of events in the lands between to one that the GW doesn't approve of.
This gives reason for the GW sending a meteorite carrying Astel down to destroy the Eternal Cities. They figured out the truth about the GW and the Erdtree, so they tried to create their own lord to overthrow it, and probably got pretty close judging by the mimics. The two fingers declared it "treason" and so they could justify destroying the civilization since the two fingers/GW is manipulating everyone into thinking they're benevolent by providing a sense of order to the lands between, and great power bestowed by the elden ring itself.
All the other little details add to this. Marika impressing a need upon Hewg to forge a weapon capable of slaying a god. The words "God Slain" appear when you defeat the Elden Beast. Marika betraying Maliketh by sealing destined death, to reduce the number of people who truly die, denuding the Erdtree of souls to harvest. When an Empyrean (basically one selected by the GW to carry out their will in the lands between) goes against the GW, their Empyrean Shadow (Maliketh for Marika and Blaidd for Ranni) goes mad, because they are insurance against the Empyrean straying from the designated path of control and order. Even the Night of black Knives was probably orchestrated by Marika, with Ranni's help in stealing the rune of death and creating the godslaying knives. Godwyn is referred to as Marika's unwanted child, implying that she did not want to continue her dynasty serving the GW. The Golden Order incantations all require intelligence to use, implying that Marika wants them to understand why things are happening on a deeper level, instead of placing blind faith in the two fingers/GW. Much like the glintstone sorceries, which are all derived from the amber light of falling stars that illuminate the path to deeper knowledge for those who study them. This is why in Ranni's ending, she lifts Marika's head and swears to it, instead of casting it aside and taking power for only herself. She knew Marika and had respect for what she wanted to achieve. Golden Seed description states "When the Elden Ring was shattered, these seeds flew from the Erdtree, scattering across the various lands, as if life itself knew that its end has come." Implying that the seeds are insurance against the Erdtree being destroyed and the GW's crop being spoiled. The boss rooms inside catacombs have roots that appear to be sucking bodies in.
I'm not sure how "Radagon is Marika" fits in. Granted I haven't studied all the lore yet, but one of my personal theories is that Radagon may be a manifestation of the GW himself, created for Marika to breed with, thus giving a bloodline of demigods for the GW to influence. In the beginning, Marika may not have known their true nature, but as she grew to understand it, the GW forced Radagon to fuse with Marika and exert greater control over her actions. The description for Marika's Hammer states that it is "The tool with which Marika shattered the Elden ring and Radagon attempted to repair it". Why Marika shattered the ring is pretty obvious considering the probable nature of the GW (although most people seem to think that she shattered the ring because Godwyn's death caused her unendurable grief, despite the hints that she was probably involved in the conspiracy that night), and why Radagon attempted to repair is makes sense if you assume he is an agent/manifestation of them. It would also explain why when you reach the final boss, the one hanging from the rune has a female body, then after it falls, the one who grasps the hammer and fights you is a male whose boss title is Radagon. But then after the fight, the body you approach to end the game with is female, and called Marika in the interaction prompt. Radagon doesn't want you to challenge the Elden Beast and change the course of events, as evidenced not only by the fact that he tries to stop you, but also because the Erdtree itself is inaccessible to you until you burn it with Melina in the forge of the giants. Melina was created by Marika for this purpose. When you ask her, she says "Me, I'm searching for my purpose given to me by my mother inside the Erdtree long ago, for the reason that I yet live, burned and bodyless."
Basically everyone is a puppet being manipulated by the Two Fingers and the Greater Will except Marika and perhaps Ranni. In my opinion, this is much more interesting than "Gwyn waged a war on the dragons because he just did, ok?". The dragons in Elden Ring are even given more backstory and lore themselves.
Elden Stars states "It is said that long ago, the Greater Will sent a golden star bearing a beast into the Lands Between, which would later become the Elden Ring."
The Remembrance of the Dragonlord states "The Dragonlord whose seat lies at the heart of the storm beyond time is said to have been Elden Lord in the age before the Erdtree. Once his god was fled, the lord continued to await its return."
Bolt of Gransax states "A great ancient dragon, Gransax once rained calamity upon the Royal Capital - the only time in historical record that Leyndell's walls have fallen. This marked the dawn of the war against dragons."
So Placidusax was Elden Lord before the Erdtree sprouted and Marika was chosen. After this, the dragons probably realized that the GW was about to enact their plan in the lands between, and attempted to destroy leyndell and the tree before that could happen. But Marika already had the power of the Elden Ring and defeated them.
I'm sure not all of this is correct or accurate since I'm not extremely well versed in all the lore yet, but that's partially how it's supposed to be. Miyazaki has said in the past that he leaves things deliberately vague because he likes players to fill in the blanks themselves. Personally, I'm hoping for the inevitable DLC (lol 12 million copies sold in 2 weeks) to explain the GW a bit more and shed some light on the mysteries. God damn I love Lovecraft shit.
This gives reason for the GW sending a meteorite carrying Astel down to destroy the Eternal Cities. They figured out the truth about the GW and the Erdtree, so they tried to create their own lord to overthrow it, and probably got pretty close judging by the mimics. The two fingers declared it "treason" and so they could justify destroying the civilization since the two fingers/GW is manipulating everyone into thinking they're benevolent by providing a sense of order to the lands between, and great power bestowed by the elden ring itself.
All the other little details add to this. Marika impressing a need upon Hewg to forge a weapon capable of slaying a god. The words "God Slain" appear when you defeat the Elden Beast. Marika betraying Maliketh by sealing destined death, to reduce the number of people who truly die, denuding the Erdtree of souls to harvest. When an Empyrean (basically one selected by the GW to carry out their will in the lands between) goes against the GW, their Empyrean Shadow (Maliketh for Marika and Blaidd for Ranni) goes mad, because they are insurance against the Empyrean straying from the designated path of control and order. Even the Night of black Knives was probably orchestrated by Marika, with Ranni's help in stealing the rune of death and creating the godslaying knives. Godwyn is referred to as Marika's unwanted child, implying that she did not want to continue her dynasty serving the GW. The Golden Order incantations all require intelligence to use, implying that Marika wants them to understand why things are happening on a deeper level, instead of placing blind faith in the two fingers/GW. Much like the glintstone sorceries, which are all derived from the amber light of falling stars that illuminate the path to deeper knowledge for those who study them. This is why in Ranni's ending, she lifts Marika's head and swears to it, instead of casting it aside and taking power for only herself. She knew Marika and had respect for what she wanted to achieve. Golden Seed description states "When the Elden Ring was shattered, these seeds flew from the Erdtree, scattering across the various lands, as if life itself knew that its end has come." Implying that the seeds are insurance against the Erdtree being destroyed and the GW's crop being spoiled. The boss rooms inside catacombs have roots that appear to be sucking bodies in.
I'm not sure how "Radagon is Marika" fits in. Granted I haven't studied all the lore yet, but one of my personal theories is that Radagon may be a manifestation of the GW himself, created for Marika to breed with, thus giving a bloodline of demigods for the GW to influence. In the beginning, Marika may not have known their true nature, but as she grew to understand it, the GW forced Radagon to fuse with Marika and exert greater control over her actions. The description for Marika's Hammer states that it is "The tool with which Marika shattered the Elden ring and Radagon attempted to repair it". Why Marika shattered the ring is pretty obvious considering the probable nature of the GW (although most people seem to think that she shattered the ring because Godwyn's death caused her unendurable grief, despite the hints that she was probably involved in the conspiracy that night), and why Radagon attempted to repair is makes sense if you assume he is an agent/manifestation of them. It would also explain why when you reach the final boss, the one hanging from the rune has a female body, then after it falls, the one who grasps the hammer and fights you is a male whose boss title is Radagon. But then after the fight, the body you approach to end the game with is female, and called Marika in the interaction prompt. Radagon doesn't want you to challenge the Elden Beast and change the course of events, as evidenced not only by the fact that he tries to stop you, but also because the Erdtree itself is inaccessible to you until you burn it with Melina in the forge of the giants. Melina was created by Marika for this purpose. When you ask her, she says "Me, I'm searching for my purpose given to me by my mother inside the Erdtree long ago, for the reason that I yet live, burned and bodyless."
Basically everyone is a puppet being manipulated by the Two Fingers and the Greater Will except Marika and perhaps Ranni. In my opinion, this is much more interesting than "Gwyn waged a war on the dragons because he just did, ok?". The dragons in Elden Ring are even given more backstory and lore themselves.
Elden Stars states "It is said that long ago, the Greater Will sent a golden star bearing a beast into the Lands Between, which would later become the Elden Ring."
The Remembrance of the Dragonlord states "The Dragonlord whose seat lies at the heart of the storm beyond time is said to have been Elden Lord in the age before the Erdtree. Once his god was fled, the lord continued to await its return."
Bolt of Gransax states "A great ancient dragon, Gransax once rained calamity upon the Royal Capital - the only time in historical record that Leyndell's walls have fallen. This marked the dawn of the war against dragons."
So Placidusax was Elden Lord before the Erdtree sprouted and Marika was chosen. After this, the dragons probably realized that the GW was about to enact their plan in the lands between, and attempted to destroy leyndell and the tree before that could happen. But Marika already had the power of the Elden Ring and defeated them.
I'm sure not all of this is correct or accurate since I'm not extremely well versed in all the lore yet, but that's partially how it's supposed to be. Miyazaki has said in the past that he leaves things deliberately vague because he likes players to fill in the blanks themselves. Personally, I'm hoping for the inevitable DLC (lol 12 million copies sold in 2 weeks) to explain the GW a bit more and shed some light on the mysteries. God damn I love Lovecraft shit.
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@Wodanaz can't quote but:
So you're telling me that
Guy's still a prick but that's a funny accidental good deed he's got going there.
So you're telling me that
The Dung Eater slapping corpses with the seedbed curse to stop them from returning to the Erdtree is actually saving their soul from being eventually harvested by some space god?
Guy's still a prick but that's a funny accidental good deed he's got going there.