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 😬)
So the weird deathbed lady was a traitor too eh?
Starting to think these Roundtable Hold folks are not on the level...
67 hours in, level 71, just now finding the cave where you get the bell bearing to buy unlimited low level smithing stones 🤦♂️
So does anyone actually understand wtf is going on, lore-wise?
Thus far I've killed off dragon-arm guy, weird slug-birthing lady, and fat dude on a tiny horse in the desert
There is now a shooting star that crashed and created a tunnel in Limgrave rather than obliterating the planet
I keep telling myself I'm going to take a break and go do something like another Far Cry game... but then keep logging back in to Elden Ring 😂
So I've been poking around Nakron, fought a ghost deer... but still haven't figured out what I'm actually supposed to be doing here
The rolling ball enemies in Nokstella are ridiculous
Level 91, 95 hours in. I was late getting to the Altus Plateau because I couldn't find the other half of that stupid f*cking medallion until I finally broke down and checked Google 🤦♂️
I'm now slightly over-leveled lol
I also just today found the bell bearing that lets me buy Smithing Stone [3], fixing a very long backlog. So alllllllll of my weapons have gone from like +5 to +14
Safe to assume Gideon is gonna be revealed as the Big Bad all along, right?
Admits to wanting to be an Elden Lord, but I'm the one hunting shard-bearers. Practically screams "twist ending"
Also don't know what's up with the red spirit thing at the end of the hall who is very rude when I disturb him 🤔
Me: ::beats bad guy::
::walks up to Erdtree::
::blocked by thorns::
::ponders options::
Ghost Lady: "Let's burn down the whole tree!"
Old lady at the Roundtable: "DO IT"
Me:
I think I've skipped a few steps in the level progression here, burning down the tree strikes me as endgame decision-making
As much as I'm enjoying Elden Ring, it would have benefited *mightily* from a quest log
Needless to say I missed a lot and ma backtracking before the tree-burning
Michael@greg_doucette You just need a pen and some paper. Voila! Homemade Quest Log!
@TacticalGrace_ I am glowering at you through the phone
@greg_doucette You love me really :D