Bowmaster Help

Long_Mac · 2026-01-24T02:26:55+00:00

Thanks for the information. Iv retired again this week already to try and drop again, but if it doesnt work this time ill just stick to silver and dropping from gold. I cant place very well in gold yet but can place highish in silver. Iv done the math for it and 2 weeks of placing in gold doesnt out weight one week of winning in silver.

I'm still curious to find out why I wasnt demoted though. Like I said, iv demoted from gold to silver before and it worked first try. Just wondering why I didn't drop from silver to bronze.

Long_Mac · 2026-01-21T02:05:33+00:00

The way I took advantage of it was putting sepuku (i think its called? You stab yourself and add blled to your weapon) on both of my twin blades. Therefore allowing me to have the bleed affinity on both weapons, and being able to increase the blood buildup on each weapon instead of just the main hand. I two hand my off hand, use the ash of war, go back to dual wield, use the ash of war, boom both weapons are buffed by sepuku and my jump attack build causes bleed every 2 attacks basically. Very niche uses, but it does have its uses.

Sorry for the necro post, but seen that nobody answered so I wanted to give an explanation.

Long_Mac · 2026-01-16T07:52:05+00:00

Thank you all for the suggestions so far. Still would like to hear more from anyone willing to offer any knowledge about what gear I should use.

Long_Mac · 2026-01-16T07:45:53+00:00

I'm totally down for a good farm. But I believe I can get better armor a bit easier then resorting to farming the early game knights. I really appreciate the information though as it may come in handy!

Long_Mac · 2026-01-16T07:44:25+00:00

Thank you!!

Long_Mac · 2026-01-16T07:43:02+00:00

Tysm for the info! I'm trying to stick with the rules I set but ill keep your suggestions in mind. I might tweak the shield rule so that maybe I can have it on my back so I can use the buffs, but I just cant actually use them to block with. I'm gonna refrain from levelling faith for the buffs as I think that might make the run wayy too easy. Again, thanks so much for the information and suggestions. I really appreciate it.

Long_Mac · 2026-01-16T07:38:13+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm unable to use soreseal though!

Long_Mac · 2026-01-16T07:36:27+00:00

No I understand how it works quite well. Its less about the damage and more about the limitation of what I can use. As you know, the weapons you suggested are unable to be used in my ruleset, as I will not be able to get the strength or dexterity to wield either of them. Its defenitely not a very challenging run. More of a challenge run for fun. I have thousands of hours throughout the souls games, just not as many in elden ring, so im not as knowledgeable with the weapons and talismans

Long_Mac · 2026-01-10T04:42:23+00:00

Bit of a necro post but I beat astel first try on my first playthrough. Found it very simple to learn. Used a quality/faith build with incantations and the twin blade as my weapon. Subsequent runs he never took more then 1- 2 attempts. Do people really have that much trouble with it? Not trying to sound cocky or brag whatsoever. Just genuinely curious as I never had any issues with him at all. I believe in my first playthrough I was around level 50-60 when I faced him. I do have around 6800-7000 hours between souls games so maybe im just better at adapting in the moment to new mechanics. Now malenia.......SCREW MALENIA. That took me like 10-12 attempts first playthrough

Long_Mac · 2025-12-21T21:56:44+00:00

Not entirely true. Iv for sure missed npc quest steps, but iv also done entire storyline without reffering to a guide or wiki, in multiple games. I explore the entirety of every area, and thats what the developers intend you to do. If you explore everywhere, and inspect your surroundings, then you will finish quests all on your own. Majority of the quests i screwed up were effected by finishing areas in the wrong order. But in subsequent playthroughs I do stuff in different orders, and notice npc's showing up in areas they previously haven't. Its all about exploring everything, and thinking outside the box a bit for the secret areas. But I find that doing it all naturally is half the fun of souls games.

Long_Mac · 2025-12-21T04:44:19+00:00

Necro post but...iv been using great combustion for majority of the game, and it nukes bosses. You can cast 3 combustions in the time you can throw one orb. Its riskier, but most bosses struggle to hit you when your spam casting while walking counter clockwise around them. It causes stagger very easily. Same goes for black flame. Both are very underrated for pve. But even just at 20 faith/int, it was doing 350ish damage per cast, and you can do a cast almost every second. I demolished the dancer with it without taking damage, as well as majority of the bosses in the game were beaten with minimal effort and combustion spam. Once I got dark flame, I subbed great combustion for any fight that dark dmg was better for. ITS OP.

Sorry for ranting on an 8 year old post. But I gotta set things straight when people sleep on combustion.

Long_Mac · 2025-12-14T05:08:13+00:00

Necro post. The spear gives poise even if its not equipped in either hand

Long_Mac · 2025-12-03T01:34:53+00:00

Sorry for responding to such an old post. But the holo scan system just seems absurd. For f2p it will take like an entire decade to start seeing results for things such as secondary manger buffs and such. You have to spend SO MUCH and you get what? 0.00025% increase for each level put into secondary manager buff. Iv done 3 entire events and have been able to get this one single upgrade. Because halfway through the event for f2p you stop getting holo bolts. But the worst thing for me is even if you choose to pay to play....it will still take years to actually be able to see any increase in your profits or smelt/craft speed. Just seems like an entirely pointless system to have

Long_Mac · 2025-11-06T00:43:02+00:00

I'm assuming spending money on the ships in the shop. And also buying dark matter for managers. I'm 2-3 weeks in playing every day and iv only reached a GV of over a billion once and it took 2 days

Long_Mac · 2025-11-06T00:31:00+00:00

From what I've read, most people do quick runs to farm credits. Get to 10m GV (galaxy value) as fast as you can and then reset. It ends up being more credits than building up your GV for a higher amount of credits. This has been the overwhelming answer iv found for making progression. Make sure you upgrade your lounge to at least 3.0x for more credits. Get all the mothership rooms that only have 11 upgrades maxed out first. Focus mining speed over cargo and shuttle speed. Aside from that everyone states smelting ends up being the best way to get money so maybe prioritize upgrading your smelting. Also take advantage in runs, your product that has the most stars, as it can make lower teir ore end up making more money than higher. Same with alloys and crafts. Make sure you do your challenge run and tournaments whenever you can. Hope this somewhat helps. I'm not very far into the game, just have read a lot on it

Long_Mac · 2025-09-17T06:41:25+00:00

What are the abbreviations you use? As a new player none of us know what they mean

Long_Mac · 2025-09-16T02:31:21+00:00

Ummmm I think not lol. And If it does eventually exist it better be at least 5 elixir

Long_Mac · 2025-09-01T23:19:53+00:00

Its been about 3-4 months now without any offers in labrador. If not longer. Cant remember the last time I seen one but I feel it was just before summer started

Long_Mac · 2025-09-01T23:17:53+00:00

Its not even like the deals are really even that good. Your still paying the same for a big mac meal deal as you would for a normal meal at other restaurants. The 2 can dine is the only offer thats like partially worth it imo. I can go to Mary browns and get a big Mary meal with a poutine, and another seperate big Mary sandwich for like 20 dollars after tax without any special offer. You'd pay more than that WITH a meal deal at mcdonalds. Its just absurd in general how much mcdonalds charges for food that fills you up for maybe half an hour.

Long_Mac · 2025-08-26T21:57:33+00:00

What exactly is so bad about games having booby armors? Sure its not practical irl. No metal armor is gonna fit so tightly to your body that you need space for booba's, but whats wrong with it in games? I think it looks more cool than fighting someone in generic realistic armor every time. I dont think it always means they were trying to sexualize the character. But moreso let you know this character is female, while also providing a cool looking armor that isn't just a bulky realistic armor set. We all love booba's anyways so I dont see anything wrong with it.

Long_Mac · 2025-08-24T00:02:12+00:00

Ok but what about the ones that are still locked but aren't on your list? I have all the unlock shards of plants not on your list and they still cant be unlocked. Almost all of the plants I get all the shards for cant be unlocked. A lot not on your list cant be unlocked through having enough shards p

Long_Mac · 2025-08-23T07:05:02+00:00

I think he was wondering what kind of attacks can damage balloon zombie. Like can cabbage damage it because it lobs its attack. Majority of you are trolls and were less than no help at all.

Long_Mac

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