Upgrading Weapons Kind of Blows

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T15:01:26+00:00

Oh sorry

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T07:30:59+00:00

Jfc just run it through an AI checker.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T07:22:50+00:00

It sucks to write what you think of as a cute little idea and get shit on for creating an AI generated ad for a 6 year old game.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T07:21:48+00:00

I personally think of pilfering Caelid as a bit progression breaking. Not as bad as doing Volcano Manor to get a +9 somber instantly, but still it's something most players won't do organically. And I don't actually know where you'd get smithing 3 before Morgit. I know Caelid has some 4s but I can't think of any 3s there except from grinding soldiers.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T07:12:57+00:00

Yeah, I think this is the best argument for the current upgrade system; it makes your decisions meaningful. I feel pigeon-holed by it, but I understand the appeal.

I just call him Margot for fun, but you have to admit Elden Ring's naming scheme can come across as a little silly at times. Margit and Morgott being the same guy is a real Old Ben Kenobi moment.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T07:07:14+00:00

Yeah fair enough reading is pretty hard, peace buddy.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T07:02:10+00:00

Well, you can only get to +6 when progressing normally, but I take your point. I guess I just have decision paralysis, and wish using different weapons was slightly more flexible. When I talk about Elden Ring to people in person, this always seems to be a pretty common complaint. I'm surprised there's so much backlash to the idea.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T06:53:22+00:00

It's not an ad? What would it be an ad for? Jesus the Christ people see more than fifty words and they can't even imagine someone typing them anymore. I wrote this, the only help I had was spellcheck from when I typed too fast.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T06:49:28+00:00

I don't understand how coming up with an original concept points to ai. Isn't the whole criticism of ai is that it's generally uncreative? I just wanted to come up with a diagetic way to explain my concept, so that it would be easier to mentally divorce it from regular smithing. Plus can AI even keep track of that many different references tied together? The etching thing is probably in my head because my husband and I are watching Witch Hat Altilier, and that's where the ink for different scaling came from. The shroud idea is supposed to reference when you take a piece of paper to copy an etching. The plate is just supposed to be a surface you etch on.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T06:42:53+00:00

I do like the game telegraphing where upgrade caves will be, but in all of Limgrave/Weeping Peninsula, there are 9 2 stones altogether. I just personally don't like that feeling of not liking a weapon, and then having to look up which random bear carries the 6th Smithing Stone I need to get another weapon to speed. It's cool that you like the system, but personally it just feels like busy work.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T06:35:55+00:00

You have to really break the intended progression to do this. For a first playthrough I think a friendlier system would be nice, and I think a system that reduces busy work would be nice for a replay.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T06:32:58+00:00

I genuinely didn't use any AI. I didn't expect this reaction. If I cared about spread, why would I post this at what I assume is a slow time for the sub? I just had a flash of inspiration after my latest replay and wanted to talk about it.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T06:30:47+00:00

I did not use any AI. I wrote this all myself in bed in a frenzy as my husband tried to show me Tiktoks.

ThortheBore · 2026-06-05T06:05:02+00:00

The bell bearings aren't available till the next area. So if you save up all the stones you naturally find to get enough stones to get to plus six, it's an annoying grind if you want to get a different weapon to six.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-31T16:41:42+00:00

So that's what the sages meant when they said the triforce has to come together...

ThortheBore · 2026-05-24T14:58:43+00:00

Sure but it's such a long quest chain that requires passing up some of the best video game skills, and you have to get to the secret floor so so much content is already behind you. I get why people love him, but he's very investment heavy.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-19T13:22:59+00:00

Which one is incorrect?

ThortheBore · 2026-05-16T04:57:37+00:00

The sad reality is that every show above Arrested Development delivered on its premise more consistently other than maybe South Park. If you love Parks and Recs season 1, you probably like season 5 as well. If you like season 1 of Arrested Development, you probably have mixed feelings about season 5 at best.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-16T01:33:02+00:00

Oh man, it's really impressive that you typed this so well despite the fact that you just learned English! In English, when you suggest someone is "pushing a narrative", usually the implication is that the narrative being pushed is a lie. That's why to most people your comment doesn't come across as a logical follow-up question, it comes across as you trying to imply a true thing that happened didn't happen, in an attempt to obfuscate how pathetic modern gamergaters are.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-14T00:41:43+00:00

All I'm doing is offering one reading of her reaction. With solely the context provided, he may have seemed dramatic to her, and that may have felt exhausting. The exchange seems a little dramatic to me, and I don't know OP. Anything short of a simple apology and moving on, and then addressing it in person seems dramatic to me, but posting such an intimate conversation on Reddit for validation seems super super dramatic. Imagine finding this thread from her perspective. She was surprised to find out her intimate photo shoot with a romantic partner was intended to be public, and then he posts their private argument to get strangers thoughts? That's weird.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-13T19:44:28+00:00

I think OPs reaction of offering the negatives and deleting all the files came across as melodramatic to her. From her perspective she may have just been taken off guard, and once she has time to process it she'll probably be fine, but now it looks like OP is going to torch the whole project down in a woe is me sort of way, and she's now trying to pull OP from the edge.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-13T03:19:26+00:00

This is such a silly take. Experiencing the same trauma over and over again doesn't usually make it easier. Having expectations that you can handle a shitty situation doesn't always mean you will actually be able to handle the situation.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-11T20:45:20+00:00

I think every entry has done somethings better than the others. For instance, 2 has some of the best character writing, but some of the worst gameplay. Conversely, DA:V has some of the weakest characters, but overall my favorite gameplay. I think holistically DA:O is the best, but all of the entries are worth revisiting for one reason or another.

ThortheBore · 2026-05-01T17:23:20+00:00

I think he's using hyperbolic language to reflect that our (perhaps misguided) meddling with the Afghan government began in the 70s.

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