Elden Ring - Shadow of the Erdtree Expansion Announced

[mr_woo]

49 minutes ago, robdood said:

 

Just look carefully at the empty maps, you can't miss it!! 

 

Ooooooooh, thanks!  Had light of graces close to a few so easy to pick up.

[Uncle Nasty]

3 minutes ago, Jamie John said:

Margit down!

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That took me a surprising number of goes for a first proper boss. I didn't use summons or spirits, but still, he was markedly tougher than anything I've encountered so far and I've been playing for 15 hours. Those quick draw dagger attacks when you think he's at the end of a combo were a bugger. I can't remember a tougher first cutscene-introduced boss in a From game. Even Gascoigne was easier.

 

 

Sounds like you missed an item. The fight shouldn't be that hard if you've explored thoroughly. Gascoigne is a good reference.

[PikaStu]

16 minutes ago, Benny said:

I still won't be reading any of this thread, but just saw the new subtitle. WTF, who is saying that? 

I played a wee bit of DS1 Remaster on Xbox One X and that looks like a 360 game. ER looks stunning, to me it’s a much prettier game than Halo Infinite which is the last recent open world game I played. 
Let’s not forget that Halo Infinite launched with performance issues on PC, as did Forza Horizon 5. It took a fair bit of patching to get FH5’s frame pacing issue sorted, while Halo Infinite’s performance was still sub-standard when I completed it a couple of weeks ago. 

[Thor]

23 minutes ago, Benny said:

I still won't be reading any of this thread, but just saw the new subtitle. WTF, who is saying that? 

Lol, @Broker I think you should change the thread title again. Some people's sarcasm detectors are clearly malfunctioning.

 

Can anyone help me with something? I appear to have a "thing" to summon a Jellyfish, and I bought one to summon some wolves, but I can't use them. I went back and followed the "main beginner" path, but still feel I missed an important tutorial bit that covers this ... what do I do?

[Number 28]

2 minutes ago, Thor said:

Lol, @Broker I think you should change the thread title again. Some people's sarcasm detectors are clearly malfunctioning.

 

Can anyone help me with something? I appear to have a "thing" to summon a Jellyfish, and I bought one to summon some wolves, but I can't use them. I went back and followed the "main beginner" path, but still feel I missed an important tutorial bit that covers this ... what do I do?

Rest at the church of Elleh.

 

I feel like the jellyfish is cheating a bit. I'm running away from a bosses waiting for their HP to tick down.

[Jamie John]

8 minutes ago, Uncle Nasty said:

 

Sounds like you missed an item. The fight shouldn't be that hard if you've explored thoroughly. Gascoigne is a good reference.

 

I found that thing but never used it, ha. Typical. Does it make this fight significantly easier, or is it just a temporary thing, like the music box against Gascoigne?

[robdood]

I just spend a 90 minute work meeting playing Elden Ring on mute in the background, just galloping round the map, only stopping at a few grace sites and if I saw a shop.  Hoovered up some loot on the way too! OMG THE SIGHTS ❤️

 

An Xbox 360 game, just now:

 

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Managed to grab some excellent weapons by accident and found another blacksmith!  Neat

 

I want to pause real life so bad. 

 

[Captain Kelsten]

I think my jellyfish must be faulty, the damn thing does no damage and dies in a few hits! 
 

I realised I didn’t mean the summon NPC lady. I got a bell from the weird twins in Roundtable and so the NPC that’s supposed to spawn and give you one never did. 

[Uncle Nasty]

3 minutes ago, Jamie John said:

 

I found that thing but never used it, ha. Typical. Does it make this fight significantly easier, or is it just a temporary thing, like the music box against Gascoigne?

 

With the item, NPC summon and levelled up wolves, a complete walkover.

[Qazimod]

23 minutes ago, Jamie John said:

Margit down!

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That took me a surprising number of goes for a first proper boss. I didn't use summons or spirits, but still, he was markedly tougher than anything I've encountered so far and I've been playing for 15 hours. Those quick draw dagger attacks when you think he's at the end of a combo were a bugger. I can't remember a tougher first cutscene-introduced boss in a From game. Even Gascoigne was easier.

 

In my notes I posted earlier that was one of my key points: always assume he hasn’t finished a combo. There are so many times when you think he’s done and then you get shanked.  

 

19 minutes ago, Uncle Nasty said:

 

Sounds like you missed an item. The fight shouldn't be that hard if you've explored thoroughly. Gascoigne is a good reference.

True, but there’s the caveat:

 

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It stops working after the first phase. Which you’ve probably got down by now.

 

[Nosejam]

Castle Morne post side quest question:

 

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Ok so I gave the letter to the girls father in the castle and was going to head back to her to see what she said. For some reason I accidentally attacked him with R1, he grumbled a bit so I gave him another swing and he retaliated. He is now dead but dropped a sweet +12 weapon (halberd iirc). Went back to the daughter and she was dead (the text said ‘she’s dead’ which made me laugh out loud). Presumably if you didn’t kill the father she gives you a reward, what was it?

 

[Thor]

1 minute ago, Uncle Nasty said:

 

With the item, NPC summon and levelled up wolves, a complete walkover.

Oooh, what item?

[robdood]

7 minutes ago, Number 28 said:

Rest at the church of Elleh.

 

I feel like the jellyfish is cheating a bit. I'm running away from a bosses waiting for their HP to tick down.

@Thor this isn't quite right, I think what you have to do is warp there when it is night time.  All will become clear if you do it, an NPC will appear. 

 

 

[Jamie John]

1 minute ago, Uncle Nasty said:

 

With the item, NPC summon and levelled up wolves, a complete walkover.

 

Ah. Well, I didn't use any of that. Whoops. I did wonder why he was so tough. On the run where I finally got him I was able to poison him with my poison sword spell and staggered him for another critical hit, but the way he punishes you for healing by throwing the daggers at you is straight out of Sekiro.

 

Hopefully I'll find the next boss a bit easier.

[Captain Kelsten]

4 minutes ago, Nosejam said:

Castle Morne post side quest question:

 

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Ok so I gave the letter to the girls father in the castle and was going to head back to her to see what she said. For some reason I accidentally attacked him with R1, he grumbled a bit so I gave him another swing and he retaliated. He is now dead but dropped a sweet +12 weapon (halberd iirc). Went back to the daughter and she was dead (the text said ‘she’s dead’ which made me laugh out loud). Presumably if you didn’t kill the father she gives you a reward, what was it?

 

 

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Nope, she dies either way. When you go back there after finishing Morne, her father is knelt beside her body, crying, swearing vengeance on whoever did it. If you look at the lore surrounding the castle, it’s all about revenge and vengeance, so this just continues that cycle  

 

[robdood]

28 minutes ago, mr_woo said:

 

Ooooooooh, thanks!  Had light of graces close to a few so easy to pick up.

No problem. 

 

For anyone else, perhaps we should sticky this somehow, but this is how you find map pieces:

 

You can't always see it when entering a new unmapped zone, but ride around for a bit and you'll find it eventually. 

 

[kensei]

2 minutes ago, Nosejam said:

Castle Morne post side quest question:

 

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Ok so I gave the letter to the girls father in the castle and was going to head back to her to see what she said. For some reason I accidentally attacked him with R1, he grumbled a bit so I gave him another swing and he retaliated. He is now dead but dropped a sweet +12 weapon (halberd iirc). Went back to the daughter and she was dead (the text said ‘she’s dead’ which made me laugh out loud). Presumably if you didn’t kill the father she gives you a reward, what was it?

 

 

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Nope she's dead whatever happens and the father vows revenge.

 

I presume the questline will continued

 

[Ry]

Is there a way to dual weild with vagabond? I have a few different weapons and not sure how to assign to left hand. I only seem to be able to use a shield. 

[Captain Kelsten]

Noel Edmonds is a wretch no longer!

 

[robdood]

Oh!  A question.  How do I upgrade the spirit summons? I've got loads of upgrade items for it but feel like I'm being dumb. 

 

Same for Arts of War, I can see how to change them but no clue how I upgrade them?

[Jamie John]

2 minutes ago, Thor said:

Oooh, what item?

 

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It's called Magrit's Fetish, or something like that. I couldn't quite remember where I found it, but it's near Stormhill, IIRC, in one of the dungeons.

 

Also, I love how From games expand your vocabulary. I've already had to look up the original (non-sexual) meaning of 'Fetish', and also 'Badalchin' and 'Recusant'.

 

Wonderful.

[robdood]

Just now, Ry said:

Is there a way to dual weild with vagabond? I have a few different weapons and not sure how to assign to left hand. I only seem to be able to use a shield. 

Anyone can dual wield, you have to put a weapon of the same class (sword, axe, polearm) in each hand, then press the two-handing input (Y + L1/R1).  

 

Your L1 attacks will then be fancy pants combos. 

[Kevvy Metal]

25 minutes ago, Uncle Nasty said:

 

Sounds like you missed an item. The fight shouldn't be that hard if you've explored thoroughly. Gascoigne is a good reference.

 

What item is this?

[Ry]

6 minutes ago, robdood said:

Anyone can dual wield, you have to put a weapon of the same class (sword, axe, polearm) in each hand, then press the two-handing input (Y + L1/R1).  

 

Your L1 attacks will then be fancy pants combos. 

 

How do you put a weapon in each hand?

[Number 28]

10 minutes ago, robdood said:

@Thor this isn't quite right, I think what you have to do is warp there when it is night time.  All will become clear if you do it, an NPC will appear. 

 

 

Yeah, I probably chose 'pass time'. It was a while back.

 

After risking life and limb slogging through the castle, I realised you can...

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just travel around the side. I honestly can't wait to see what the speedrunners come up with...

 

[Cyhwuhx]

Just exchange your shield for the weapon under equipment. Each row is a "hand".

[Uncle Nasty]

3 minutes ago, Kevvy Metal said:

 

What item is this?

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A vendor sells an item that makes the fight easier. Same mechanic as Gascoigne.

 

[robdood]

1 minute ago, Ry said:

 

How do you put a weapon in each hand?

In the equip screen, you just put an item in the second row of icons, just like you do a shield. 

 

[Jamie John]

15 minutes ago, Thor said:

Oooh, what item?

 

5 minutes ago, Kevvy Metal said:

 

What item is this?

 

Just looked it up. It's called 

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Margit's Shackle (not Fetish) and you buy it from

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Patches

. I bloody bought it but never used it!

 

[Thor]

Oooh, so the spider whatsername mentions ...

 

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... is indeed Patches? Good to see him in this. Is he the only character to be in all DS games and Bloodborne? Also, where do I find him?