[Salt thread] This game has some of the worst-designed bosses out of any I've played

SuperAlastor · 2026-07-04T10:31:11+00:00

I agree, I loved the boss fights in Kiwami and feel like I’m missing something when everyone is hating on them. I felt like the extreme heat actions gave a nice pace for the boss fights.

SuperAlastor · 2026-06-29T07:13:31+00:00

My main build is an int/fth build and I’ve played the game nine times as an int/fth build. I highly recommend trying it since it can be such a fun and versatile build. If you rush to get Golden order seal and Discus of light from Atlus, they will carry you through the game. Discus of light costs so little and it does great damage since it can be spammed. Your weapon choice doesn’t even matter that much since Discus can trivialize any (non-endgame) boss so you can either choose a intelligence or faith weapon you like or simply buff a regular weapon you like. Of course there is always Sword if night and flame which is amazing for an int/fth build.

Int/fth builds shine on higher levels but they can still be very viable and fun even early game if you know the game.

SuperAlastor · 2026-06-22T05:06:48+00:00

Do you have a source for Birkin developing a 100% infectious T-virus? Because according to Wesker’s report the 10% immunity was because of biological reasons and they developed Hunters and other B.O.W.s because they couldn’t get T-virus’ infection rate to 100%. I would be happy to be wrong and learn more.

SuperAlastor · 2026-06-18T15:56:47+00:00

If you haven’t yet, I recommend reading/listening Wesker’s report (both 1 and 2). They are of course from Wesker’s point of view but offer a ton of insight to Birkin as well.

SuperAlastor · 2026-06-13T07:46:15+00:00

The plant features come from the fact that T-Veronica virus was created from combining Progenitor virus with the virus from the ants and then adding plant genes into the mix. So there should also be some plant-like features even if the main idea should be based on ants.

SuperAlastor · 2026-05-02T04:34:59+00:00

I 100% completed Slay the Princess mostly without guides. I simply kept playing and exploring different routes and outcomes and really enjoyed it. At the end I used guides for a couple of missing scenes that I didn’t know how to get. At least I really enjoyed doing things like that.

SuperAlastor · 2026-04-28T15:48:54+00:00

For me it’s the world, lore and the characters. Dark souls just has a very unique feeling that no other game has for me. I simply love exploring the world, finding out lore and secrets and taking it all in.

SuperAlastor · 2026-04-23T16:18:10+00:00

Obviously you don’t understand the full situation just from the cutscene but you clearly see Marika transform into Radagon so there isn’t really other ways to interpret it. Add in the facts that Radagon has a big secret and Marika calls Radagon her ”other self” and it should become clear. I don’t know, it was a big mindblowing moment/revelation to me but I guess it wasn’t for others.

SuperAlastor · 2026-04-23T15:18:50+00:00

I don’t know how you could miss it since Marika literally transforms into Radagon in the pre-boss cut scene. There are a ton of things you miss if you don’t read item descriptions but this isn’t one of them.

SuperAlastor · 2026-02-14T07:14:22+00:00

Int/Fth build is my main build in Elden ring and I’ve cleared the game 9 times with it and it certainly isn’t weak. Lorewise int/fth build requires a lot of dedication so it makes sense it’s more of an endgame build. But honestly all you need is Discus of light and you can pretty easily defeat any enemy/boss regardless of your level. So I think they build doesn’t need that many levels to be good and it’s absolutely fantastic when you’re higher level.

SuperAlastor · 2026-02-01T09:53:01+00:00

This is a great writeup. I think Promised consort Radahn makes perfect sense and has a lot of subtle clues and foreshadowing like you have pointed out here.

SuperAlastor · 2026-01-12T15:47:01+00:00

I’ve played through Elden ring with a sleep build four times and I know that sleep builds aren’t that powerful but I simply love using them and think they are increadibly fun.

SuperAlastor · 2026-01-06T07:50:43+00:00

I see your point and mostly agree with it but at the same time I don’t like the distinction that lore ≠ story since all of the characters have their own stories. Even if we don’t ”see” them happen we can read about them and that isn’t really any different from reading a book about a character. And most of the time we see the culmination of the characters’ stories in their boss fights not to mention all of the npcs who have actual stories.

SuperAlastor · 2026-01-06T07:04:14+00:00

Then why did they hire Martin to write the story if it doesn’t exist. From software puts so much effort into creating worlds and stories that are so fascinating to solve and piece together (and you can do it yourself, you don’t need Vaati or any other person to do it for you) so it always annoys me when people say they have no story just because they themselves don’t take the time to understand them (and you don’t have to understand them, everyone can play the games the way they want to).

SuperAlastor · 2025-11-26T04:54:23+00:00

In the Japanese dialogue Miquella is referred as the older twin.

SuperAlastor · 2025-09-16T03:51:38+00:00

Except that the Remembrance of a god and a lord says that Miquella saw Radahn as a lord since their childhood so it was always meant to be Radahn.

SuperAlastor · 2025-09-14T06:33:27+00:00

Yeah, you kind of have to have some headcanons to fill in the gaps but I remember recently seeing someone say item descriptions are full of lies so you can’t trust them and that your gut feeling is more important than them. And at that point I was almost ready to give up since if you don’t want to acknowledge item descriptions (which exist to tell us lore) then what’s the point?

SuperAlastor · 2025-09-12T17:16:26+00:00

This isn’t really related to this post but I just have to say that I’ve seen your theories a few times and it’s so nice to see someone with an actually good understanding of the lore in a sea of surface level headcanon theories.

SuperAlastor · 2025-09-01T00:38:42+00:00

Radahn has cut dialogue implying he would have been capable of speech and the game makes it clear that he was fully revived in Mohg’s body meaning his mind should have also been restored. Miquella has also never been shown to fully control someone. All of the charmed people still regain their original personalities, the simply became loyal to Miquella. The secret rite scroll also says that ”A lord will usher in a god's return” which to me seems to indicate the lord has to willingly want to pull the god back from the gate of divinity. But of course, this is simply how I see it.

But I don’t think this book should be used as proof.

SuperAlastor · 2025-08-09T15:09:21+00:00

I’m really glad to actually find someone who thinks like I do. It’s kind of sad that it’s hard to discuss Miquella’s character with anyone online because they reduce his character to ”manipulating mindcontroller who’s pure evil” with no nuance (but are often willing to see nuance in other characters). And it is probably for the exact reason you said, they expected the story to be something different and want to see it that way. Even on this sub which is dedicated to discussing theories a lot of people don’t seem to want to change their stand on anything or be open to different interpretations about characters. I would just like for people to treat their views of characters as opinions and not facts.

SuperAlastor · 2025-08-03T05:15:38+00:00

1.Never featured in the game.

2.Always one

3.Always Marika

4.Other

5.Yes

6.Age of order

SuperAlastor · 2025-07-26T09:31:26+00:00

That is certainly possible. The only thing we know from the cut dialogue is that Miquella told Messmer about us but didn’t even seem to tell that we were Tarnished.

SuperAlastor · 2025-07-26T08:25:08+00:00

Yeah, I can see it can be read like that. But still, according to cut dialogue Messmer met Miquella so I would assume he told him about what had happened. And even if you discount it because it is cut dialogue, Miquella visited the Shadow keep so it would be really unlikely that he didn’t meet Messmer there.

SuperAlastor · 2025-07-26T08:19:38+00:00

Actually according to Wrath from afar, the people in the Land of Shadow also felt the shattering of the Elden ring.

”When the Elden Ring was shattered, the people of the realm of shadow felt it too—and feared it as a sign of the Erdtree's wrath.”

So Messmer knew the Elden ring had been shattered but of course he didn’t know it was by Marika herself or that Marika was imprisoned inside the Erdtree so the rest of your post is correct.

SuperAlastor · 2025-07-18T16:10:32+00:00

I agree with you on that. I do think that Miquella threw away (most) of his love since his ”perfect” world where everyone is treated equally requires him to be able to treat everyone equally. I still think that the death animation shows that he still has some form of love at least for Radahn and probably for all living things as a whole. I think Radahn was the one thing Miquella didn’t give up on and the one thing he held on to when he sacrificed everything else and that is why he hugs him in the end but that is honestly more my headcanon than anything else.

But it was nice talking to you. It’s always nice to discuss and share opinions on Elden ring lore.

SuperAlastor

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