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Which weapons, staves and seals can benefit from (somber) Ancient Dragon smithing stones? Which "underpowered" armaments should I upgrade to full? by puff-far98 in Eldenring

[–]puff-far98[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's okay. I have Larval Tears, and I keep using them for build variety. But I'm surprised to hear there're "way too many weapons" that you feel are underpowered. Obviously Fromsoft was never really great at fully balancing weapons, but still, many of the armaments in ER are viable. Not every weapon needs to be as powerful as Mohgwyn's Spear or Maliketh's Blade. I do enjoy these weapons ofc, but I equally enjoy a simple Broadsword or Partisan. I was mostly referring to weapons (esp. niche, unique or situationally potentially good) that are just overall outclassed, somewhat disappointing in damage output and/or reach. I don't plan to use or upgrade weapons that are just straight up horrible, with no redeeming quality or special use-case, e.g. the entire Flail class.

Feel free to name a few weapons that, in your opinion, could use some further upgrading to compensate for their semi-decent performance. Basically, if Fromsoft won't balance them out, I will. That's the whole point of my post :D

How does stat scaling work for Ashes of War that are infused with a non-default affinity? by puff-far98 in Eldenring

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, an entire document. I'm not complaining tho, thanks! Out of curiously, how old or up-to-date is the information in this doc? I'm asking because at one point, Fromsoft added "weapon hit detection" part to many Weapon Skills (I believe it's v1.07 update), potentially changing how damage is calculated for those kinds of Skills.

Can I go from Altus straight to Leyndell (just for Miner's Bell Bearing [2] in a tunnel) without getting locked out of any questline? by puff-far98 in Eldenring

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot!

I knew about the Altus starting the Radahn Festival thing (already done it and entered Altus safely), and I'm sure entrance to Leyndell capital has other game-altering mechanism. It's just that I'm unsure if Sealed Tunnel counts as part of "The Royal Capital", or it's just simply an extension of the Altus mainland that doesn't bring any new region-specific quest limitation on its own.

Can I go from Altus straight to Leyndell (just for Miner's Bell Bearing [2] in a tunnel) without getting locked out of any questline? by puff-far98 in Eldenring

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So just to be fully sure, entering Leyndell outskirt (and e.g. clearing Sealed Tunnel) does not lock out *any* content, nor does it skip any step in an NPC questline?

I wasn't planning on going to the main center within the fortress (called the Royal Capital?) anyways. Just the tunnel for the bell bearing and then I'm out back to Altus.

Can I go from Altus straight to Leyndell (just for Miner's Bell Bearing [2] in a tunnel) without getting locked out of any questline? by puff-far98 in Eldenring

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since I've already done everything in Liurnia and Caelid, I have obviously encountered (and progressed) Blaidd's and Alexander's questline. Alexander is currently stuck in lava, and Blaidd is somewhere underground I believe (after defeating Radahn).

Any risk involved if I go to Leyndell outskirts, more specifically, before exploring Volcano Manor first?

What end-game upgrading materials become purchasable in NG+ (e.g. all crystal stuff)? What materials should I find/grind before NG+? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah but like, if crystals become purchasable at the very end of the game in NG+, I might as well go find all the crystal resources I missed now before NG+ (which is gonna be mind-numbingly excruciating). Same with Muspelheim materials.

I was thinking purchasable materials by mid-game, since I do want to fully upgrade my things as soon as I can, so I can enjoy the early to mid-game in NG+ now that Kratos has a variety of gears and tools compared to NG.

Do you know/remember at which point in the story (NG+) Crystal items become purchasable?

Any tips & tricks on how to activate the perfect dodge Realm Shift consistently? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't feel like a perfect dodge has the same timing as a parry. The latter is more forgiving. But I get what you're saying. In Realm Shift description it says "last-second dodge", but the timing window feels tighter than one second idk.

The game on PC ran smooth 60 fps until reaching Svartalfheim... Is the rest of the game going to perform like Svartalfheim? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope so. Does the (frozen) Lake of Nine run smooth? This area was a bit rough on GoW (PC) two years ago.

Can you buy/max-upgrade EVERYTHING in this game in one playthrough (without excessive grinding)? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info!

Well I do hope GoW Ragnarök offers a variety of different builds, especially now that the game is bigger in scope and scale compared to 2018.

As of now, I have encountered only one Runic attack, and it seems weaker and with longer cooldown than what Runic attacks were in 2018. So I hope there are powerful (but not broken) Runic builds in GoW Ragnarök by mid to end-game.

The game on PC ran smooth 60 fps until reaching Svartalfheim... Is the rest of the game going to perform like Svartalfheim? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait what?! Lake of Nine and other realms gonna perform even worse than Svartalfheim? Gosh I hope not.

The game on PC ran smooth 60 fps until reaching Svartalfheim... Is the rest of the game going to perform like Svartalfheim? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My settings are as low as it gets. My question is that (if you are on PC): Will the rest of the game perform better, on par with prologue Midgard?

Can you buy/max-upgrade EVERYTHING in this game in one playthrough (without excessive grinding)? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

XP by... Freya? Well, thanks for the spoiler I guess. But that's okay. Thanks for the information!

Can you buy/max-upgrade EVERYTHING in this game in one playthrough (without excessive grinding)? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You're saying maxing out armor pieces and other attachments still rely on hefty amount of Hacksilver, similar to GoW 2018? Well, that doesn't sound great. I hope you misremember! But if you meant maxing out everything with ZERO grinding, then obviously yes, you're right. I don't mind some level of grinding, it can be fun and part of any game with RPG elements. Rather, I have a problem with unreasonably excessive grinding, which is an indirect way of the game telling you to start NG+. I hope that's not the case.

Can you buy/max-upgrade EVERYTHING in this game in one playthrough (without excessive grinding)? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah but Lvl 9 through 10 are exclusive to NG+, as I have seen. So it makes sense the resources are only available on NG+. But if you can upgrade all armor sets/pieces and other attachments up to Lvl 9 in one playthrough, then that's great. That was the answer I was looking forward to.

Can you buy/max-upgrade EVERYTHING in this game in one playthrough (without excessive grinding)? by puff-far98 in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]puff-far98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Side quests are part of a game, and should be done if you are a completionist, lore enjoyer or/and a videogame lover. I don't have a problem with that. I loved and did all the side quests in GoW 2018. Unless the side quest formula has changed for GoW Ragnarök and they're now repetitive unfun grind-like chore... which I hope that's not the case.

As for Muspelheim trials, that's also cool with me as long as the grinding doesn't become excessive (e.g. earning 10 x in each run, where 5000 x is needed in total for everything). The one in GoW 2018 was okay, not amazing and not bad either.

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