T. Greg DoucetteGot bored with Marvel's Avengers, so decided to give Elden Ring a spin since so many folks have raved about it
Things are... not going well 😂
Chose a Bandit as my start class, because I figured I'm reasonably good at scouting and sniping from a distance
Did not expect a random tree sentinel on a horse to cleave me in half right in the beginning
So I'm 9 hours in as of last night. I'm at Level 20 so at least figured out how leveling up works.
But beyond that... no clue what I'm supposed to be doing.
I ventured toward Stormveil Castle, just to repeatedly get my ass kicked
Ventured elsewhere, just to repeatedly get my ass kicked
Finally moved a bit without dying, when OMG THOSE ROCKS ARE A MINI-BOSS
On the upside, I have thoroughly mastered the area right around the very beginning, b/c I've gone back there so many times to farm small bits of runes 😂
19 hours in. Spent several hours farming runes near the beast arena so I could get better gear and upgrade my stats.
Got past the first mini-boss in Stormveil.
Then resumed getting my ass kicked 🤦♂️
Howtf do people enjoy this game? 😂
Alright serious Elden Ring question: are there better weapons available to buy somewhere?
Or should I be focusing on gathering as many Smithing Stones as possible and upgrading the early stuff that I like?
Level 40 now. Took more time than I should have farming runes to boost endurance, then switched to a glass cannon / light build with dual-wield on daggers instead of a shield, and a +4 long bow on the side.
Still getting my ass kicked, but less often now 😂
Packing it up for the night so the Mrs can watch basketball
43 hours in now, Level 56. The mid-game is *much* more enjoyable once you can go for an hour or so without dying 😂
Just got ambushed in the Roundtable Hold and was very "wtf??"
But the new armor after killing that guy is nice ☠️
THERE IS A POPE TURTLE
Also just realized about 3 minutes ago that fire pots are reasonably effective AOE attacks
(I'd been struggling with group fights for *awhile,* y'all 😬)
Jeff_the_Geek@greg_doucette i've survived on just wild strikes alone with my axe to the same level. Cleaves through the most groups like butter, especially if I get my ashes to take aggro
@Jeff_the_Geek I need to play around more with Ashes of War. The only one I use regular is the on Rogier's sword that does the 4 floating glint knives
@greg_doucette Should have clarified that meant Spirit Ashes for summons. The ashes of war I use are on my axe and give me wild strikes
(why does everything have to be called ash-something?!?)