Balducci30
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Balance? Just go somewhere else and level up/respec/get a better weapon if you can’t beat someone
It is really weird.
nicely explained here. 3min he touches on balance
Isn’t that the normal thing? We get help from other people, we advance level up, get stronger then we help others?I’m now passed the point of giving them a couple of goes solo unless they cheat less than usual, I just summon help and move on from the bullshit to see the rest of the game.
Thoughts?
Hang on, you can level up ashes of war?Common issues I've seen when it comes to ppl have issues w/the difficulty (assuming they're trying) is not using/level the ashes of war, going to an area they aren't leveled for, and/or not spending enough levels on increase their total HP.
The 'git gud' stuff is nonsense this time around. The bosses are all designed around summoning and just about all the bosses can nearly one shot you with super combos and unlimited stamina and in order to beat them solo, you need to spam parry, be overleveled, have some cheese build or just suffer by poking with the tiny attack windows you are given.
They make the bosses ultra cheesy, especially if you are melee. They can input read, autotrack, bust through your stamina bar with super long combos, often one shot you. The bosses aren't really 'fun' to fight , especially if you are trying to solo them. They are a slog if you want to solo. Otherwise, you just need to summon a tank, likely the mimic tear, let the boss focus on them and just wail away. Not really fun.
I have a 90 hour strength build and none of what you said is correct.As mentioned before, the screams of 'git gud' is nonsense on this game and irrelevant to what's even being discussed. I've played 120 plus hours and beat tons of bosses, so 'getting good' has nothing to do with this conversation.
The boss fights are more obnoxious than fun and it's being dismissed by nonsensical cries of 'git gud'. Getting good isn't going to make bosses stop jumping in the air and 360 degree rotating in midair and hitting your character. Neither is having bosses read your inputs and throwing daggers or some item at you the moment you try to heal. Neither is bosses having infinite stamina and 8 hit combos that can often take the majority of your life with one hit. Neither is giving bosses ultra long reach to where they all have attacks that can hit you halfway across the screen. Neither is it going to stop the delayed attacks that make finding a rhythm nearly impossible go away. Strategic positioning is almost worthless now and boss fights pretty much devolve into rolling around and hittomg with blood loss, parrying nonstop or blast spells from 20 miles away. Strength builds are pretty much bunny hopping over and over with the jump attack. Shields are pretty much worthless. Strategic positioning is worthless. Either spam a dodge move or hope you can stun bosses over and over with jumping attacks. That's cheese. Cheese or be overly leveled to where boss fights are a breeze. Not fun either.
Dude, i'll tell you this, if you're gonna finish this game in under 50 hours its no wonder you're having a hard time.Yeah, that’s for all the replies guys.
I’m losing so much patience with this game, I was having an absolute blast for the first 20-25 hours, but at just over 40 hours in now (and probably 5-10 hours from finishing it if I wanted to) I’m just not sure I can be bothered with it anymore.
It’s not really fun like it was, it just feels like work. And I don’t even think I’m at the worst of it yet!
GOTY it ain’t for me, and I certainly don’t think it’s the best Souls game.
Why Dark Souls 2 hateYeah, thanks for all the replies guys.
I’m losing so much patience with this game, I was having an absolute blast for the first 20-25 hours, but at just over 40 hours in now (and probably 5-10 hours from finishing it if I wanted to) I’m just not sure I can be bothered with it anymore.
It’s not really fun like it was, it just feels like work. And I don’t even think I’m at the worst of it yet!
GOTY it ain’t for me, and I certainly don’t think it’s the best Souls game.
Dark Souls > Bloodborne > Dark Souls 3 > Elden Ring > Demon’s Souls > Dark Souls 2
Nah, it's just time you accepted that you're shit at elden ring.It’s time you all accept Elden ring is an unbalanced games with badly designed boss.
As mentioned before, the screams of 'git gud' is nonsense on this game and irrelevant to what's even being discussed. I've played 120 plus hours and beat tons of bosses, so 'getting good' has nothing to do with this conversation.
The boss fights are more obnoxious than fun and it's being dismissed by nonsensical cries of 'git gud'. Getting good isn't going to make bosses stop jumping in the air and 360 degree rotating in midair and hitting your character.
Neither is having bosses read your inputs and throwing daggers or some item at you the moment you try to heal.
Neither is bosses having infinite stamina and 8 hit combos that can often take the majority of your life with one hit.
Neither is giving bosses ultra long reach to where they all have attacks that can hit you halfway across the screen.
Neither is it going to stop the delayed attacks that make finding a rhythm nearly impossible go away.
Strategic positioning is almost worthless now and boss fights pretty much devolve into rolling around and hittomg with blood loss, parrying nonstop or blast spells from 20 miles away.
Strength builds are pretty much bunny hopping over and over with the jump attack.
Shields are pretty much worthless.
Strategic positioning is worthless.
Either spam a dodge move or hope you can stun bosses over and over with jumping attacks.
Beat the draconic tree sentinal the other night, way underleveled with a far from meta straight sword, no casting bullshit.That's cheese. Cheese or be overly leveled to where boss fights are a breeze. Not fun either.
I agree with you toad but none of this stuff applies to malenia, lolIf a boss in Elden Ring feels too hard, go somewhere else. Find loot, find bosses you can kill. After some time, go back and try with your more powerful character.
If you just follow the story path directly, you're going to have a very difficult time - as well as missing the main point of the game (exploration and character building).
Nah, it's just time you accepted that you're shit at elden ring.
You can play thousands of hours of souls games and never git gud. You're a prime example of that.
If they didn't track you, they would be incredibly easy to exploit. These attacks are also highly telegraphed and very easy to avoid.
Stop healing at bad times then. The bosses punish you just the same way that you punish them. You should be waiting for a combo or power attack that can't hit you and heal while literally standing inside their asshole but instead you try to create distance then do an obvious heal while the boss has nothing to do but punish you.
I can swing 100times more than a boss can. Their "infinite stamina" is not even remotely a problem. Bosses are also several hundred times more likely to get staggered and punished than I am.
Again, highly telegraphed, easily dodged and blocked.
This is probably the single valid complaint in your entire whinefest of a post. There are attacks that extend to full wind up and stay for several seconds before swinging, even one or 2 that have a fake out swing.
Absolute bullshit once again. Positioning is, as with other souls games, incredibly vital. Example, Malikeths AOE attack that is supposedly impossible to dodge or block. Try dodging through it and get behind him. It only hits infront of the boss and has a long recovery time that the player can punish. OMG, POSITIONING!
And are you really having a cry about rolling? It's been the bread and butter of souls games since their inception hence their i-frames.
Parry spamming is just going to get you dead and spells have always been the easy mode the bads have been clamouring for since the beginning.
Sounds like you need to learn that rolling R1s are good, as are guard counters. Also that bosses all have attacks that leave them vulnerable for extended periods which are great for staggering them
Pure horseshit. The fact that you even think this is telling of how bad you are.
You already said that and I've already addressed it.
"spam a dodge"
Jesus 'git fucking gud' christ.
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The game is designed to punish you for dodge spamming like a dumbshit.
There is no hope, there is pattern recognition and punish windows.
Beat the draconic tree sentinal the other night, way underleveled with a far from meta straight sword, no casting bullshit.
Git
Fuckin
Gud
I dont understand the lack of self awareness. Surely you must realize you sound completely insufferable . Is this game and your story of accomplishment literally all you have to feel good about yourself? I'm not understanding what psychologically motivates someone to speak to others like you do about a video game.Nah, it's just time you accepted that you're shit at elden ring.
You can play thousands of hours of souls games and never git gud. You're a prime example of that.
If they didn't track you, they would be incredibly easy to exploit. These attacks are also highly telegraphed and very easy to avoid.
Stop healing at bad times then. The bosses punish you just the same way that you punish them. You should be waiting for a combo or power attack that can't hit you and heal while literally standing inside their asshole but instead you try to create distance then do an obvious heal while the boss has nothing to do but punish you.
I can swing 100times more than a boss can. Their "infinite stamina" is not even remotely a problem. Bosses are also several hundred times more likely to get staggered and punished than I am.
Again, highly telegraphed, easily dodged and blocked.
This is probably the single valid complaint in your entire whinefest of a post. There are attacks that extend to full wind up and stay for several seconds before swinging, even one or 2 that have a fake out swing.
Absolute bullshit once again. Positioning is, as with other souls games, incredibly vital. Example, Malikeths AOE attack that is supposedly impossible to dodge or block. Try dodging through it and get behind him. It only hits infront of the boss and has a long recovery time that the player can punish. OMG, POSITIONING!
And are you really having a cry about rolling? It's been the bread and butter of souls games since their inception hence their i-frames.
Parry spamming is just going to get you dead and spells have always been the easy mode the bads have been clamouring for since the beginning.
Sounds like you need to learn that rolling R1s are good, as are guard counters. Also that bosses all have attacks that leave them vulnerable for extended periods which are great for staggering them
Pure horseshit. The fact that you even think this is telling of how bad you are.
You already said that and I've already addressed it.
"spam a dodge"
Jesus 'git fucking gud' christ.
TIME
YOUR
DODGES
The game is designed to punish you for dodge spamming like a dumbshit.
There is no hope, there is pattern recognition and punish windows.
Beat the draconic tree sentinal the other night, way underleveled with a far from meta straight sword, no casting bullshit.
Git
Fuckin
Gud
And?Except i'm 'gud' enough to beat these bosses
I dont understand the lack of self awareness. Surely you must realize you sound completely insufferable .
Is this game and your story of accomplishment literally all you have to feel good about yourself?
I'm not understanding what psychologically motivates someone to speak to others like you do about a video game.
Nah, it's just time you accepted that you're shit at elden ring.
You can play thousands of hours of souls games and never git gud. You're a prime example of that.
If they didn't track you, they would be incredibly easy to exploit. These attacks are also highly telegraphed and very easy to avoid.
Stop healing at bad times then. The bosses punish you just the same way that you punish them. You should be waiting for a combo or power attack that can't hit you and heal while literally standing inside their asshole but instead you try to create distance then do an obvious heal while the boss has nothing to do but punish you.
I can swing 100times more than a boss can. Their "infinite stamina" is not even remotely a problem. Bosses are also several hundred times more likely to get staggered and punished than I am.
Again, highly telegraphed, easily dodged and blocked.
This is probably the single valid complaint in your entire whinefest of a post. There are attacks that extend to full wind up and stay for several seconds before swinging, even one or 2 that have a fake out swing.
Absolute bullshit once again. Positioning is, as with other souls games, incredibly vital. Example, Malikeths AOE attack that is supposedly impossible to dodge or block. Try dodging through it and get behind him. It only hits infront of the boss and has a long recovery time that the player can punish. OMG, POSITIONING!
And are you really having a cry about rolling? It's been the bread and butter of souls games since their inception hence their i-frames.
Parry spamming is just going to get you dead and spells have always been the easy mode the bads have been clamouring for since the beginning.
Sounds like you need to learn that rolling R1s are good, as are guard counters. Also that bosses all have attacks that leave them vulnerable for extended periods which are great for staggering them
Pure horseshit. The fact that you even think this is telling of how bad you are.
You already said that and I've already addressed it.
"spam a dodge"
Jesus 'git fucking gud' christ.
TIME
YOUR
DODGES
The game is designed to punish you for dodge spamming like a dumbshit.
There is no hope, there is pattern recognition and punish windows.
Beat the draconic tree sentinal the other night, way underleveled with a far from meta straight sword, no casting bullshit.
Git
Fuckin
Gud
And?
You aren't "having fun" because you're playing like shit because you're bad.
Eventually potatoing your way through a boss =/= make you good.
Except rolling hasn't been a staple of Dark Souls games unless you CHOSE to play that kind of build because you could ACTUALLY circle around enemies and have them miss you because they didn't auto-track. You could actually make enemies miss by carefully stepping outside of their range because they didn't automatically spin around to aim at your character.
Heavy armor and shields were actually useful in Dark Souls because bosses didn't immediately blow through your stamina with 3 hits of a 7 hit combo.
I know to heal when I'm 20 foot away. I'm not sure why it's so difficult to understand that me having to compensate for this cheap AI is NOT FUN. I can beat the bosses, but it's not fun.
Auto tracking, input reading, etc. makes fighting the bosses NOT FUN because you have to fight them in a certain way that feels less strategic and more cheesy and one dimensional
No point. I got banned from the OT and then banned for a week for very mildly criticizing people exactly like you.
I agree with some of you points but christ... you are an ASS.Nah, it's just time you accepted that you're shit at elden ring.
You can play thousands of hours of souls games and never git gud. You're a prime example of that.
If they didn't track you, they would be incredibly easy to exploit. These attacks are also highly telegraphed and very easy to avoid.
Stop healing at bad times then. The bosses punish you just the same way that you punish them. You should be waiting for a combo or power attack that can't hit you and heal while literally standing inside their asshole but instead you try to create distance then do an obvious heal while the boss has nothing to do but punish you.
I can swing 100times more than a boss can. Their "infinite stamina" is not even remotely a problem. Bosses are also several hundred times more likely to get staggered and punished than I am.
Again, highly telegraphed, easily dodged and blocked.
This is probably the single valid complaint in your entire whinefest of a post. There are attacks that extend to full wind up and stay for several seconds before swinging, even one or 2 that have a fake out swing.
Absolute bullshit once again. Positioning is, as with other souls games, incredibly vital. Example, Malikeths AOE attack that is supposedly impossible to dodge or block. Try dodging through it and get behind him. It only hits infront of the boss and has a long recovery time that the player can punish. OMG, POSITIONING!
And are you really having a cry about rolling? It's been the bread and butter of souls games since their inception hence their i-frames.
Parry spamming is just going to get you dead and spells have always been the easy mode the bads have been clamouring for since the beginning.
Sounds like you need to learn that rolling R1s are good, as are guard counters. Also that bosses all have attacks that leave them vulnerable for extended periods which are great for staggering them
Pure horseshit. The fact that you even think this is telling of how bad you are.
You already said that and I've already addressed it.
"spam a dodge"
Jesus 'git fucking gud' christ.
TIME
YOUR
DODGES
The game is designed to punish you for dodge spamming like a dumbshit.
There is no hope, there is pattern recognition and punish windows.
Beat the draconic tree sentinal the other night, way underleveled with a far from meta straight sword, no casting bullshit.
Git
Fuckin
Gud
It's called not giving a fuck about the feelings of bad players.
Not even remotely, and I don't even consider myself a particularly good souls player.
Threads like this are the embodiment of the dunning-kruger effect
The real question is, why do bad players have to blame absolutely everything on the game instead of than their own lack of ability
Hang on, you can level up ashes of war?
How do you do this?
My biggest issue against bosses is the mobility they have vs the mobility you have. When Placidusax warps at the other end of the arena after you work so hard just to run up to him, and when Milenia uses her brutal water fowl move and you cant dodge it because of low mobility options, it feels like something’s missing. Both these boss fights were nonsense and I say that as someone who’s played quite a few Fromsoft games to completionI'm alright with re-doing boss fights. That type of design comes from older difficult games like Megaman where you had to learn the boss patterns and weaknesses. One of Elden Ring's few other issues is that they have quite a few important bosses who have a Bloodborne or Sekiro moveset and yet you move like a Dark Souls character with a jump.
It's like trying to beat a Megaman X or Megaman Zero game using the original NES Megaman's moveset. Is it possible? Probably. Maybe. Would anyone want to do things that way though?
The issue isnt rolling, the issue is that the bosses and enemies canAre people seriously whining about needing to ROLL in a Souls game now?
Agreed. Faith incanations suck compared to sorceries like Comet azure. Faith incants need a hugggeee buff. They also need hyper armor. I say this as someone who started off with prophet and stuck with faith the whole gamefth spells are not even close in damage and efficiency to int spells. It’s not even in the same league.
No because the camera sucks. Horse fighting in games is a no no to me. Although I am partial to Twilight princess. Loved the horse there. They never gave you anything difficult though.My biggest issue against bosses is the mobility they have vs the mobility you have. When Placidusax warps at the other end of the arena after you work so hard just to run up to him, and when Milenia uses her brutal water fowl move and you cant dodge it because of low mobility options, it feels like something’s missing. Both these boss fights were nonsense and I say that as someone who’s played quite a few Fromsoft games to completion
the boss fights when you have access to your horse are much better due to increased mobility IMO
This is simply untrue and you're just being salty. I had a lot of trouble with some of the endgame bosses on my first playthrough because I didn't have enough points in vigor and because I was using Radagon's soreseal. On my second playthrough with 60 points in vigor, with dragoncrest greatshield talisman instead of soreseal, they're all fine. That's really all there is to it. You will not be oneshot by anything except Malenia's instadeath combo and Placidusax's arena nuke if you are 60 vig and are not using a talisman that lowers your defenses.
The only boss that has "tiny attack windows" is phase 2 Maliketh, and he has pretty low HP. Every other endgame boss gives you plenty of opportunities to wail on them.
What weapon are you using? If you feel your damage is low, consider dual wielding. Strength builds can benefit greatly from the powerstanced jumping L1 with dual heavy weapons (greatsword + ruins greatsword is a good combo), and dex builds can proc a lot more bleed if dual wielding. Melee builds are perfectly fine even against endgame bosses.
You can pump health way higher than 50. I think a soft cap comes in at 80 or 90 points.Sim
Nah. Boss two/three shotting high vigor characters scream lack of balance and cheap difficulty.
Bosses shouldn’t have endless combo streams that can one shot a 50 vig character.
Endgame bosses are balanced for 60 vigor. If you do not have 60 vigor go respec to get yourself 60 vigor. There is no other stat that is more important than vigor. Leveling the HP stat is ALWAYS the first step you take if you find yourself getting killed in a Souls game.You shouldnt have to devote half! of your endgame level recommendation on vigor to just have a chance of not getting one shoted combo by a boss. Point here being, lategame bosses are not balance for soloing.
Didn't check if anyone else answered:Hang on, you can level up ashes of war?
How do you do this?
At the end of the game you'll be level ~150. You start with at least 10 points already in vigor. Putting 50 additional points into vigor leaves you with 100 points to distribute however the fuck you want.Guys, I think we've finished the first playthrough wrong. We just have to pump all points into vigor. Don't grow your mana bar or stamina bar. Melee players, don't put any points into STR or DEX to equip or try out better weapons. Just make do with that starting club you were given. Mages and Pyromancer mains, just use your starting spells only. What's that? Late game bosses are doing high damage combos? It's clear, you need even more vigor in your life. Go explore to earn xp. What's that? But you've already explored the other areas? Go grind. Still a problem? Then that means you're the problem, get gud. You got gud? Why are you still complaining then? It's not the game. The game is flawless, you're wrong and you just don't like souls games. Are you a journalist?
...How are we supposed to have any type of actual constructive discussion about this game if we aren't allowed to point out it's flaws and criticisms without it being treated like we are bad at the game or we offended fans or we attacked the game? This will most likely be my game of the year of 2022, but I'm simply not sipping on the kool-aid as hard as everyone else is here.
emotional post.............Guys, I think we've finished the first playthrough wrong. We just have to pump all points into vigor. Don't grow your mana bar or stamina bar. Melee players, don't put any points into STR or DEX to equip or try out better weapons. Just make do with that starting club you were given. Mages and Pyromancer mains, just use your starting spells only. What's that? Late game bosses are doing high damage combos? It's clear, you need even more vigor in your life. Go explore to earn xp. What's that? But you've already explored the other areas? Go grind. Still a problem? Then that means you're the problem, get gud. You got gud? Why are you still complaining then? It's not the game. The game is flawless, you're wrong and you just don't like souls games. Are you a journalist?
...How are we supposed to have any type of actual constructive discussion about this game if we aren't allowed to point out it's flaws and criticisms without it being treated like we are bad at the game or we offended fans or we attacked the game? This will most likely be my game of the year of 2022, but I'm simply not sipping on the kool-aid as hard as everyone else is here.
I got called a whiner. Cool. I just hope the director of these games doesn't get too big of an ego with such enabling from fans.If the game is too hard for you, you need to get vigor to the fucking softcap before you start investing in other stats (beyond the minima required to wield your chosen weapons). This is straightforward common sense and it really confirms for me that there's nothing seriously wrong with Elden Ring's endgame difficulty, it's just the usual whiners who show up whenever there's a Souls game.
Nah, just slightly annoyed. I'm just glad there are a few people here not still stuck in the honeymoon period and can spot flaws when they see them.emotional post.............
but i agree
Lol don't watch iron pineapples no dmg pacifist run or the various no hit full runs and sl1 runs on YT.Guys, I think we've finished the first playthrough wrong. We just have to pump all points into vigor. Don't grow your mana bar or stamina bar. Melee players, don't put any points into STR or DEX to equip or try out better weapons. Just make do with that starting club you were given. Mages and Pyromancer mains, just use your starting spells only. What's that? Late game bosses are doing high damage combos? It's clear, you need even more vigor in your life. Go explore to earn xp. What's that? But you've already explored the other areas? Go grind. Still a problem? Then that means you're the problem, get gud. You got gud? Why are you still complaining then? It's not the game. The game is flawless, you're wrong and you just don't like souls games. Are you a journalist?
...How are we supposed to have any type of actual constructive discussion about this game if we aren't allowed to point out it's flaws and criticisms without it being treated like we are bad at the game or we offended fans or we attacked the game? This will most likely be my game of the year of 2022, but I'm simply not sipping on the kool-aid as hard as everyone else is here.
Already have. Their runs helped me learn boss patterns. You should check out this guy too he's pretty good.Lol don't watch iron pineapples no dmg pacifist run or the various no hit full runs and sl1 runs on YT.