I like the beginning because I feel I am a normal guy with my sword and armor, trying to survive. Then later on I switch to something bigger because is a good way to stun an enemy and do more damage. Is the way to go or you can go til the end with a relative small weapon?

“Attempting to invade other world” keeps popping up then nothing???

Make it godly, make it shit, idc just give me a build.

This title is either going to go over very well, or very badly. Regardless hope you enjoy the fight.

i really like the cape and head piece (not sure if they even go together) but im sure yall can do your thing!

Screw mohg. I've just defeated Godfrey/Horah Loud. Before the final boss I thought I'd go for mohg and access the dlc. 47 times in a row he's merked me. Got close a few times. Level 138, vigor 56/mind 20/ endurance 29/intelligence 65. Using darkmoon greatsword+10 and have Godfrey icon, dragoncrest great shield, shard of Alexander and turtle talisman. Please, someone help me!!! Any strats that aren't "git good" lol. Just don't wanna hit my head off a brick wall, and I'm close lol

I love using two different weapons at the same time.

Any tips or tricks to power level super quickly?

I have 300+ hrs in the game and I just picked it back up with a new character, I have like 7 ish hours with this new character and I’m lowkey just sick of grindy leveling. I’m currently trying to blast through raya lucaria to just get great runes and get stronger and I’m still like lvl 35 mostly vig and dex for my build.

This is a lil embarrassing lol but I saw a bushy video today where he got his build up to 45 arcane and past radahn in under an hour playtime. Just looking for any friendly tarnished tips on how to skip slow leveling and get to a spot where I can just wipe the floor with bosses without spending another 40 hours on this character pre dlc content.

I'm pretty sure someone has talked about this already, but I wanted your guys' opinion on this, and it's been on my mind for a while.

So there's the spoken echoes at the Minor Erdtree Church, where she says:

"I declare mine intent, to search the depths of the Golden Order. Through understanding of the proper way, our faith, our grace, is increased. Those blissful early days of blind belief are long past. My comrades; why must ye falter?"

This is the clearest direct statement that Marika had moved past blindly believing in the Order she helped create and was actually questioning it.

O Radagon, leal hound of the Golden Order. Thou'rt yet to become me. Thou'rt yet to become a god. Let us be shattered, both. Mine other self.

Here, she of course orders the shattering of the Elden ring, and is the ultimate act of rebellion against the greater will.

"The assassins that carried out the deeds of the Night of the Black Knives were all women, and rumored to be Numen who had close ties with Marika herself"

This isn't a clear statement that Marika also took part in orchestrating the event, but it's a strong implication that she may have. Ranni claims to have did all of it by herself, but could a young Ranni really steal a fragment of the rune of death guarded my Maliketh himself, when his whole purpose was guarding it? Not to mention the theft was called Marika's betrayal of Maliketh for some reason. Then there's what the Finger Reader Crone in the Deeproot Depths says:

"Ohh... Oh, Lord Godwyn... Such cruelty, such humiliation... My poor, sweet lordling should have died a true death. As the first of the demigods to die. As a martyr to Destined Death. But why must it yet bring such disgrace? A scion of the golden bough, sentenced to live in Death..."

After growing tired of the Greater Will, perhaps she needed a reason to keep her plans of ending the Order. What better proof and reason would there be than the Golden Boy of the Order somehow dying? But dying a true death, actually passing. And instead, I believe that's where Ranni twists the plan around for slaying only his soul. Also, I don't really see a reason for Godwyn specifically to be killed, Ranni didn't really have much reason to care whether she pisses off Marika, she just wanted to sever the ties with the two fingers. This is why she may have been driven to the brink. Obviously someone who first orchestrates the death of their child wouldn't mourn them after, but that may not have been the case if she wanted him to die in some kind of sacrifice to bring death back to the world, a "martyr to Destined Death". She already didn't care much for her children, and we can see that in another one of Marika's spoken echoes:

"Hear me, Demigods. My children beloved. Make of thyselves that which ye desire. Be it a Lord. Be it a God. But should ye fail to become aught at all, ye will be forsaken. Amounting only to sacrifices..."

She calls them children beloved and then tells them they will be abandoned if they don't become something useful. It's either succeed or be discarded.

But that's just my thought on this, obviously I may be wrong and be disproven, but I felt like it's something I could share.

Nah, it's not another crap.This game balanced well for first 3 playthroughs I guess? It's just enough to complete it on platinum.

My main critique is on worst NG+7 ever.Yeah, I completed it to max difficulty as I did with others.

Not even Sekiro,not even Dark Souls 3,not even Bloodborne with DLC, wasn't been so poorly balanced for NG+7 as this game.

What the heck is that?My character with 3000 hp,with solitude set,best buffs,poise,protection talismans and with Milady,taking 2500 damage from f*cking Godfrey's grab.The dude that I was bullied on second try is doing absolutely bullshit.

I don't wanna remember Elfael location.I got enough of Malenia.Evrry time, second phase come,she doing some shit when her hp comes to three hits to finish her,she doing crap and heals herself,or better, killing me.

I guess that's the main reason why I left that genre.I tired of that poor balance, I mean,Dark souls 3 wasn't that hard.Sekiro?Easiest from every ng+7.Bloodborne was hard,for sure,my first experience on ng+5 DLC when I started it first time is unforgettable,but there's always was parry and buffs.

There's,in game with large builds system, nothing works during ng+7 endgame.That's why I deleted game. It turned boring and can't show me something unique as it was in my platinum playthrough.

Hello,

I started playing Elden Ring yesterday for the first time, and I'm completely lost. I'm like 3 hours in, and I have no clue what to do. I've been told just to go into caves and level up, but what am I supposed to do after that? I haven't played a game like this before, so this is all kind of new to me. For me, I'm not a big fan of continuously dying. Does the game continue to be hard, with hard mechanics. I've played games like Yakuza, and that's about it. Does the game have any story? I've heard that it's pretty good, but I'm not really seeing anything. Would love to know if it's worth for me to continue playing. I also am pretty bad at hard games

I was wondering if I should keep on playing and if it will be worth it, and I would just like some feedback.

Edit: Over a 150 replies, and I’ve decided, I will continue to play it. Thank you for your feedback and this will be a unique journey for me 🫡

I have 133 hours in this game, and I haven't beat it once. I've beaten every main game boss, but the DLC is taking a while.

Should I just beat it, start a ng+ and beat the dlc there?

I have a quick question on occult affinity and my morning star weapon. It’s mostly a strength weapon with innate bleed. If I slap on the occult does it make it a full arcane scaled build? I’ve been slapping equal points into both str snd arcsne, I’m running an str/arc build with a side focus on dragon comm. If I make it occult affinity will the str points be useless. I’m running wild strikes as well for the aow. I’ve just gotten to lurenia of lakes and got the blood flame Incant for now. Just curious how to take the str build side of it. Don’t wanna waste all of those points if they will only scale with arcane in the future

I wanna play the game at least 6 times for all endings, and for the first play through I was gonna start with age of fracture… I’m wondering if It’s recommended to fight all the bosses your first time playing, or split the bosses up for less time consumption on each run? Again I’m new so I don’t know what bosses are needed for each ending I just know of the endings.

I can’t decide just tell me what to play with

If you are playing for the first time DO NOT USE guard counters or your first playthrough! I once tried it and now im addicted to guard counters...

Dodge all attacks and get good before you start blocking, othervise you dont ever start dodging and start to see all attacks as opportunities for guard counters (usually the attack has follow up)

This scene immediately reminded me of Miquella and Radahn in Shadow of the Erdtree. The way Schierke sits on Guts' shoulders looks really similar to how Miquella sits on Radahn's back, with one providing magical support while the other does the fighting.

Obviously, their relationships and motivations are very different, but I wonder if this scene was another inspiration for Miyazaki.

Recently bought the dlc and started a new run after not playing for a few months and man I honestly forgot just how much of a joy this guy is to fight. He's such a fair boss while still being challenging, his cutscenes and lore are amazing too. Trying eleonoras poleblade for the first time this run and fighting godfrey with it has been the most fun I have ever had on this game (besides rl1) and I find it astonishing how this game still hasn't gotten boring yet even though Im on my 6th run. Can't wait to see just how good the dlc is aswell🥹.

With that emote it felt like he was inviting the smoke.

Gets frustrating sometimes. 🫪

Earlier today I was fighting Queen Rennala with some friends and within seconds of beginning phase 2 we got invaded by another player.. it really caught me off guard as I had no idea invasions during boss fights were even a thing but in Googling around it looks like others have experienced this as well. I play this game a lot and have never had anything like this happen. Is this the only boss fight where invasions can occur? If it's only something that happens with Rennala, is there any particular reason why?

Definitely made for a chaotic but very fun fight!