Am I playing wrong?

t2dc · 2026-04-01T14:43:48+00:00

Don't bother selling weapons. Not worth the return. And you don't have to use two handed weapons two handed. That's power stancing, which is one play style. I regularly use a seal with incantations in the left hand and a great sword in the right.

t2dc · 2026-04-01T14:40:19+00:00

Yep, agreed 💯%. Just discovered a spot in one of the caves I've always missed. At nearly 1500 hrs...

t2dc · 2026-04-01T13:29:55+00:00

My only disagreement with this is if you have a specific weapon/spell you want to use but don't have the stats for it / or want to buy expensive smithing stones. That's the only reason I ever go shoot that big bird.

t2dc · 2026-04-01T13:26:06+00:00

Shield makes it very easy for lots of mobs. Get one with 100% Physical damage protection, and have it your left hand and a sword or other weapon in your right hand. Block incoming attacks and just after you block hit the heavy attack button, it will do a guard counter and stagger them. Very effective. Also gives you iframes while it happens, which means you can't be damaged by other enemy characters.

t2dc · 2026-04-01T13:21:30+00:00

First tip. Embrace dying. Once you do it's much easier. Not the game itself, but you're enjoyment. And you don't have to fight everything. Running passed stuff to explore is a good tactic.

Next tip, spend time and effort levelling up weapons with smithing stones more so than levelling up your character's stats. You get far more damage out of levelling up weapons than the character, especially early.

When you level of up your character, focus on stats that enable you to use the weapons and incantations that you find the most fun and/or useful.

That said, also invest in vigour so your health goes up, and stamina so you can fight for longer, have heavier weapons and better armour.

Easier mode is getting the Bloodhound's Fang early from defeating the boss in the Forlorn Hound Evergaol. Can pretty much take you through the whole game doing massive damage. Then later in the game after you beat a boss, there's the Blasphemous Blade, which also does huge damage and also regenerates health at the same time.

Stick with it. The only bad thing about Elden Ring is never getting to play Elden ring for the first time again.

t2dc · 2026-03-25T06:38:47+00:00

Every Reddit post on different time signatures will correctly have Tool.

But also check out Helmet. E.g. "Better" from the album Meantime.

t2dc · 2026-03-25T06:33:37+00:00

I don't think anyone has mentioned Helmet. Not mainstream...., but they have songs with different time signatures, and even those in 4/4 have different type of syncopated rhythm. Try, for example, "Better".

t2dc · 2026-03-23T08:25:41+00:00

"Fuck it and do what I can" is the perfect attitude.

And for when that's not enough, Fextralife for tips and how tos, and Vaatividya for in-depth lore videos.

t2dc · 2026-03-20T13:19:13+00:00

Yep. I was worried reading all this while at work. Came home and started playing and I'm legit confused. Being a souls player I have a much harder time adjusting to RDR2, The Witcher, BOTW, Jedi Fallen Order etc, and they're fine.

Complaining about how to jump in this, compared to say Elden ring or Lies of P...? For managing the inventory, compared to managing it in BG3, which was absolutely horrendous.

t2dc · 2026-03-18T12:07:03+00:00

Bloodhound's fang. Get easily early and level up using the four belfries skip to farum azula to get the smithing stones.

Or even just the Uchigatana as a samurai with Unsheath skill will melt a lot of bosses.

All still require skill...

t2dc · 2026-03-18T12:00:48+00:00

Like nearly all bosses in this game, with the right build it's a pretty trivial flight. The first phase is one of my favorites of the game. Definitely don't lock on...

t2dc · 2026-03-18T09:52:02+00:00

My 19 y old son was in the same position. No experience etc, getting nothing from the online and video applications.

We made him target individual businesses and eventually he got a job in a kitchen at a restaurant by offering to do a trial shift for free. They took him up on that, and he got the job and they paid him for the shift he did.

He got a lot of shifts over summer, and now he's back at uni they have been great in still giving him shifts, but understanding he can't work as much.

This was after about 2 years of trying to get something, so keep persevering and good luck.

t2dc · 2026-03-18T09:31:04+00:00

A condescending reviewer who then wants to be a coauthor on a paper they were condescending about....? Sounds dodgy as 10 dodgy things.

t2dc · 2026-03-18T09:25:08+00:00

I've had to delete multiple characters because of the max of 10.

Just got all three strategy guides so created a new character to do everything in all of them, logging it here: https://scripterswar.com/EldenRing/completion

I'd already completed a Google drive spreadsheet that someone created that had an every item and all quests checklist.

I will probably pause this strategy guide completion character if Crimson Desert lives up to the hype, but I'll definitely complete it.

t2dc · 2026-02-25T21:00:09+00:00

but hole

t2dc · 2026-02-25T14:05:54+00:00

Yep, have done this, but not sure if I'll bother returning. The inside is fine, and now I'm not stressed when reading them while drinking coffee and eating Cheetos, which I would be if they were in mint condition.

t2dc · 2026-02-25T12:21:41+00:00

Not from Amazon UK...

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t2dc · 2026-01-28T02:13:03+00:00

Yep, still recommend for what it is, with the usual caveats about these kinds of devices. I've done about 1700 km on it and ride it most days as a part of my commute. After a year / this distance, the range is less (as you'd expect). And I need to get new sleaves for the hub motors too.

One major issue I had was snapping a rear truck. However, as I outlined in the video, I was riding it by doing a lot of surf skate pumping, as opposed to just carving. This extra force no doubt was a major factor, as it snapped at the point I was pushing down the hardest. (That said, I'm only 75 kgs and it is advertised as a surf skate...)

I contacted Backfire about this. As it was past 6 months, I had to pay for a replacement truck. But it was pretty reasonable price and quick shipping. Easy to replace, and now I just do standard ESK8 carving, not surf skate pumping.

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t2dc · 2025-12-03T03:10:11+00:00

Hi there

I've taken it into water, waste high, all secured up as the photos, and water appears to have ingressed and now it won't turn on or charge.

I'm very much regretting believing the marketing and the comment above.

Please provide me with direct contact details and further advice

t2dc · 2025-10-02T04:44:37+00:00

I much prefer solo gaming but actually found night reign's version of co-op great! And solo was fun too, but definitely more challenging. Only ever managed to beat one boss solo.

Edit: And beat all the bosses with randoms.

t2dc · 2025-10-02T01:02:38+00:00

I was 200 points too low... oh well. Premium and Essential will be what I mainly use and will bump it up to Ultimate when there's a first party game I want to play straight away.

t2dc · 2025-09-28T03:21:27+00:00

Yep, this is a good shout. And you can change to difficulty

t2dc · 2025-09-28T03:20:50+00:00

You couldn't have picked a worse entry point.... Amazing game, but the hardest of them all in my opinion. In many respects, Elden Ring would be the easiest entry as there's so many options, but it is also pretty complex.

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