The Good Doctor Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 33 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: Though Orphan of Kos is a little weird to me. He's high tier for me too, but the lower end of it. His design is just so repulsive And I think his fight is in the weird spot where it's legit great, but dosen't quite stand out. Oh, I disagree completely on the fight. The design was indeed repulsive, as it should’ve been. And the actual fight is very well-designed mechanically, and a perfect example of challenging but fair. Every move has unique and memorable visuals that make them easy to read and learn, but are so quick and wild that you still need lots of skill to master surviving them. I found that the progression of "gitting gud" was noticeable with each attempt. I consider it one of the best fights From has done by far. Nothing cheap or gimmicky about it, no unfairness, just raw challenge. It’s almost the same for Maria, but she loses a point or two by being too easy to cheese with parry, and not having enough health for the fight to last as long as it deserved to. But this is made up for by how damned fun and beautiful that duel is. Like a ballroom dance. 2 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 31 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Oh, I disagree completely on the fight. The design was indeed repulsive, as it should’ve been. And the actual fight is very well-designed mechanically, and a perfect example of challenging but fair. Every move has unique and memorable visuals that make them easy to read and learn, but are so quick and wild that you still need lots of skill to master surviving them. I found that the progression of "gitting gud" was noticeable with each attempt. I consider it one of the best fights From has done by far. Nothing cheap or gimmicky about it, no unfairness, just raw challenge. It’s almost the same for Maria, but she loses a point or two by being too easy to cheese with parry, and not having enough health for the fight to last as long as it deserved to. But this is made up for by how damned fun and beautiful that duel is. Like a ballroom dance. Fair However, I just didn't connect to the Orphan like I did with Ludwig. It's like a giant aborted baby la creatura. It's a great design and a cool fight, but I think the fallen Knight surpasses it; you fight him as a broken beast, and then you see him reclaim himself as a noble warrior, and get to fight him as the Holy Blade. Everything, the design, the music, the lore, the boss fight itself comes together unlike anything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: It's a great design and a cool fight, but I think the fallen Knight surpasses it; you fight him as a broken beast, and then you see him reclaim himself as a noble warrior, and get to fight him as the Holy Blade. Everything, the design, the music, the lore, the boss fight itself comes together unlike anything else. That’s fair too. Comes down to preference really. I like Gael’s design better, but I prefer Orphan mechanically. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Just posting some of the stuff in the D3 Design works, cause I had my jaw on the floor when reading the Ringed City section FROM really had unmatched art direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 12:38 PM, The Good Doctor said: It’s almost the same for Maria, but she loses a point or two by being too easy to cheese with parry, and not having enough health for the fight to last as long as it deserved to. But this is made up for by how damned fun and beautiful that duel is. Like a ballroom dance I've yet to finish my Bl4 run due to burnout, but she was the most insane boss so far, easily the hardest. More so then Orphan in my opinion, which he and Moon Presence are the last two I even have to fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 It was rough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 May have beaten Malenia right times solo, and once sl1 solo. But damn going back in with a build she hard counters, and being rusty is a bitch. Double so when they stealth buffed her to resist cold pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I hate that it took two fire infused straight swords to beat her. The meta prevails always. But at least she's dead, yeesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 It's attacking the Ranni fans now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 FUCKING CURSED DON'T WATCH THIS, IT'S CURSED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheCzarsHussar Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Never known defeat my aaaaaass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 New Elden Ring update. https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/news/elden-ring-patch-notes-107 Here's the most important rundowns. Separate damage scaling for pvp, in a perfect world this would mean damage is more akin to ds3. I haven't tested it yet. Increased poise for most armors. Nerfed powerstanced status effects, nerfed bleed, nerfed seppuku. Spells near across the board were buffed, mostly less fp consumption and faster recovery. Though a good number got damage buffs. Faster Colossal Greatsword swing speeds, but heavily nerfed roll/crouch poke speed. This was extremely needed as it came out lightning fast and was too easy to destroy people in pvp with. Before the patch when I saw folks tryharding with ultras, I'd pull out my own ultra and slap them down in like ten seconds. It was stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Oh and nerfed Ashes of War in pvp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Hadn’t they already nerfed bleed once before, or did I imagine that? I feel like they should issue out those respec thingies whenever they make these kinds of changes. Everyone builds their characters based around how Fromsoft designed those playstyles. Kinda BS that they can dramatically alter the playstyles after we’ve already invested heavily into said builds. Not that any of this affects me too much. My main won’t even notice these outside of PvP. My sorcerer and Wolverine claws blood build probably will, but I don’t play them much anyway. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Actually, looking at the article itself, I probably will notice. They made a lot of tweaks. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Hadn’t they already nerfed bleed once before, or did I imagine that? I feel like they should issue out those respec thingies whenever they make these kinds of changes. Everyone builds their characters based around how Fromsoft designed those playstyles. Kinda BS that they can dramatically alter the playstyles after we’ve already invested heavily into said builds. Not that any of this affects me too much. My main won’t even notice these outside of PvP. My sorcerer and Wolverine claws blood build probably will, but I don’t play them much anyway. I'm in full support for these changes, even though I have characters getting nerfed from them. Bleed was insanely strong both in pvp and pve, you could kill Mohg in like twenty seconds with duel seppuku'd weapons. And it proc'd instantly in pvp, used to proc even in rolls before the changed how stagger worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 I have never used seppuku because I refuse to engage in such weebish degeneracy, but I’m aware of what a meme it has become in conjunction with bleed builds. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Kinda BS that they can dramatically alter the playstyles after we’ve already invested heavily into said builds. Back in one of the older patches, 1.05 I think, my Arc-Faith-Dex character was hit really hard. Used to be primarily a follower of Mohg type build, bleed and formless mother incantations, with a few dragon spells. But I added more faith and switched up the build to be a hybrid with just as much attention to dragonic spells. Made it more fun in the end, that's what I'd recommend for your Arc character. Arc-Faith is a fun style 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Just now, The Good Doctor said: I have never used seppuku because I refuse to engage in such weebish degeneracy, but I’m aware of what a meme it has become in conjunction with bleed builds. It's a shame, all these badass bloodflame incantations. Tearing the immolating blood from a formless god and wielding it as weapons and spells. But nope, I rarely ever see anyone uses them. Even after the last two patches buffed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Something not mentioned that I just found out is altered outfits are no longer massively worse in both poise and stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, TheCzarsHussar said: Something not mentioned that I just found out is altered outfits are no longer massively worse in both poise and stats. Now that I will notice. Because I very often rock the inferior versions of outfits just for the looks. 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Now that I will notice. Because I very often rock the inferior versions of outfits just for the looks. Best of all, the armors where the only difference is a cape or not has further reduced stat differences and the same poise. Such as all the Demigod's knights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, TheCzarsHussar said: Best of all, the armors where the only difference is a cape or not has further reduced stat differences and the same poise. Such as all the Demigod's knights Good. Because capeless Raging Wolf or whatever it’s called - the trailer armor - is my favorite. 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Most important; found references too two extra Maps that were just added! DLC basically confirmed! https://www.thegamer.com/elden-ring-update-prepares-it-for-ray-tracing-possible-dlc/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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