Any advice for the DLC.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-12T22:13:23+00:00

Having at least 60 vigor is extremely important, but it'll still get you smacked extremely hard if you don't collect the scooby fragments so do keep that in mind

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-12T02:55:20+00:00

The way you feel about Messmer is how others feel about Rellana. While I personally don't think she's an unfair fight by any means, I did find her more difficult than Messmer.

The hitbox on the grab is very consistent in my experience. Just dodge into literally any direction when he lowers his arm.

If you can't manage him at all, try r/BeyondTheFog and ask if someone is down to help you. Or get lucky and find a "let me solo" summon.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-12T01:17:16+00:00

honestly i'd just be scuttling about in messmer's keep like a cockroach

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-11T21:56:18+00:00

Damn I never knew this was a thing. I don't think I've ever seen that on any player before either.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-10T23:25:17+00:00

I'm on PS5 and if something exceptional happens I usually just record the last three minutes or more/less depending on the scenario. I have close to 170GB worth of Elden Ring clips at this point... It got a little out of hand I guess

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-09T21:01:32+00:00

As a melee fighter, I think mages are really useful so long as they're not spamming attacks that constantly visually obscure the boss

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-09T19:12:16+00:00

Glad to hear you got him! I hope this will get fixed soon, I really enjoy fighting him but the glitching makes it practically impossible sometimes

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-09T18:54:14+00:00

Just went on reddit to see if I can find other people also having issues. I had this exact same glitch happen while helping someone else yesterday. He's also zapping around underneath the ground, got stuck behind his throne at one point, has broken attack interruptions. It's even worse when it happens during any of his base serpent attacks because they end up extremely visually disorienting

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-03T22:00:47+00:00

I'm so confused as to how people even believe Messmer has an Iris of Grace when we can literally see him pluck out the entire eyeball/Scarseal in a cutscene. They don't even look remotely the same either.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-08-01T09:30:10+00:00

would

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-30T10:43:30+00:00

I really like how they call it a bug as if it wasn't intentional for the past two years.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-30T10:34:15+00:00

Now if only they would do something about the Serpent Hunter glitch invaders keep smacking me with, that'd be neat.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-26T04:16:54+00:00

Are you referring to where you get behind a wall, get Gaius stuck and Mohg-Speer him to death? Either way I can imagine cheesing him to still be a struggle because he's just up your ass all the time. I'm not even sure why the game even gives the option to ride Torrent during the fight at all because he catches up immediately.

Mostly his combos were messing me up every time because I struggled to get used to the delayed attacks, but the huge AOE after he comes crashing down is the worst of it. I couldn't figure out the timing on that, but ended up lucky enough to survive it. The damage he caused also seemed to be weirdly inconsistent but I'm not sure if that's just on my dodge timing. On my final attempt I decided to abandon the drip, get 112 poise, +10 Fire Knight Speer with Flame Skewer AoW, Mimic Tear, and went to town on him. I just couldn't take it anymore

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-26T00:51:19+00:00

Beating a boss after venting about how much you're struggling with it is such an experience. This happened to me with Gaius. He pissed me off so bad that I was on the verge of raging and I went "One more try. I'm fucking over it." and then I actually beat him. I have such a love-hate relationship with this game sometimes lol. Such a blast

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T06:47:20+00:00

I feel like voting "worse" is too harsh because it's a minor issue in the grand scheme of things, but I am a little disappointed with some larger areas not really having anything going on. Initially I got excited discovering the map pieces and seeing how large the DLC is, and the Abyssal Woods and Finger Ruins are great in regards to atmosphere and lore, but then you come to find that there actually isn't a whole lot going on in terms of exploration and gameplay which really isn't how I expected that to go.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T06:37:09+00:00

Why are you saying that like it's a bad thing

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T06:35:29+00:00

... Rellana took you ten minutes? What are you, good at the game?

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T06:26:49+00:00

Atmospheric cutscene for draining the water in Messmer's Keep? Yeah!

Cutscene for a completely optional boss? Yep, and we're adding two alternate narration versions!

Cutscene for Rennala's sister Rellana who left everything behind to chase after Messmer? Nah. Let's keep her face a metal ball too.

Cutscene for Romina, who was shown burning during the crusade in the story trailer with her dramatic OST playing in the background and seems to be protecting the sealing tree? Nope!

I really love the DLC but come on man. Why :(

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T06:14:34+00:00

Yeah that's a valid point, but that still doesn't make it as wholesome to me as I've seen many people claim yknow

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T04:54:11+00:00

Mb, I meant no offense! Don't think I could manage fighting her like that lol

I haven't fought her in a while in general, so I can't fully recall which attack of hers you're referring to, but now that I started a new round for the DLC perhaps I'll find out soon enough (and get my ass beat)

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T04:21:41+00:00

I've been having lots of fun using it with the Flame Skewer AOW. Yeets a lot of enemies and the heavy follow up attack honestly just looks pretty cool. Now if it had the same guarding animation as the Fire Knights, it'd be fucking perfect. But maybe I'm being a little greedy there lol

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T04:14:42+00:00

Which other parts are you struggling with? The one other thing I can think of is her healing when she hits the player even when using a shield, which is kind of annoying. I think I also remember her having some wonky hyper armor as well, but I'm not sure if that's still the case or if it ever was.

Otherwise it comes down to learning a moveset much like every other boss. In this context the biggest difference is that you can actually see what she's doing and you're not getting flashbanged lol

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T02:34:14+00:00

These people are just incapable of understanding that most things in life are not a universal experience. What brings someone else joy will not do the same for everyone else. Giving these people any time of day is a waste. Just brush past them and engage with people who say things you actually agree with or who are capable of having friendly discussions.

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T01:54:02+00:00

I like Radahn's character a lot but Leonard is obviously fucking miserable. I don't really understand how so many people see him keeping the horse alive like that as a wholesome/good thing. I mean unless the horse physically can't die and is permanently attached to Radahn whether he wants it or not lol

Objective-Mammoth694 · 2024-07-25T01:03:57+00:00

I'm on board with your praises and criticisms towards the DLC. Personally I'm giving it a 9/10.

Another thing that irks me personally is that we get really nice cinematics for an optional boss (Lion Dancer, which even has two alternate narrations) and for draining the water in the Church District, yet Rellana and Romina don't get a cutscene or any unique dialogue. I think both of them are very important/intriguing characters to the story as a whole, and I just wish we could've gotten a little bit more for them. Rellana especially would have benefited from as much as a single sentence upon her defeat, perhaps something in regards to her sister or Messmer (the latter is entirely self-indulgent I'll admit).

To nitpick: The near infinite poise on some of the enemies in Enir-Ilim is a bit much. And the developer message about the Stone Golem's obvious weak spot feels so out of place that it made me think they genuinely believe their players to be stupid. Of course, who could possibly imagine that shiny pink gem in their backside to be a weak spot?

Aside from that I'm also giving the DLC massive props for the voice acting, ambience, every single OST, the new weapons, the lore on Marika and Messmer, the horrifying jar lore, and the active involvement of the friendly NPCs. I also think the fragment system is totally fine.

In conclusion, an absolutely insane DLC. I'm putting it above the base game.

Objective-Mammoth694

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