*** Elden Ring ***

[Mark A]

Same here - I explored the entirety of Limgrave & Weeping Peninsular, killed all the bosses I could find, including the dragon.
Found myself at lvl 40 before heading in to Stormveil Castle for the first time. Either I was overlevelled or had 'got gud', as Margit was a challenge but more manageable encounter than I had expected...

It just felt like more of a natural progression to me to explore a bit, rather than following the grace direction immediately. I'd seen so many streamers rush straight there and then proceed to spend the next 10 hours re-trying the boss. I feel like my 10 hours were more fun exploring and doing the dungeons and mini bosses, instead of re-trying the same boss over and over. I do feel like I over leveled a bit though as I managed to kill him in 3 tries with the samurai sword .

 

[sHo0sH]

I'm currently at Farum Azula on my second playthrough - hadn't played since my initial completion of the game a couple of years ago so its taken a bit of time to dust off the cobwebs. Really looking forward to the DLC drop soon

 

[Mobius 1]

I'm currently at Farum Azula on my second playthrough - hadn't played since my initial completion of the game a couple of years ago so its taken a bit of time to dust off the cobwebs. Really looking forward to the DLC drop soon

The difficulty jumps up a tad for the haligtree and farum Azula I found.

I found myself praying for the boss room around every corner for the haligtree

 

[sHo0sH]

The difficulty jumps up a tad for the haligtree and farum Azula I found.

I found myself praying for the boss room around every corner for the haligtree

Yeah, its pretty full on! I managed to get past Loretta pretty easily but really struggling with Malenia this time around.

 

[Mobius 1]

Yeah, its pretty full on! I managed to get past Loretta pretty easily but really struggling with Malenia this time around.

Aye. Loretta was a bit of a cakewalk. Malenia took me two or three attempts. I was running dark moon great sword though, which completely melts bosses.

 

[Parky]

I've got two characters set that I could jump in with next weekend, a Dark Moon sword build that absolutely starched the entire game last time around, or I've got a Dex/Arcane build where I was using the Bloody Helice. That one was super fun to play as well, the weapon art feels so good.

I think I'll be on high alert to avoid any content now though until I've cleared the DLC, the reveal trailer and lore trailer have been more than enough and no doubt every boss or secret will be spoiled within a day or so and posted everywhere, these games deserve you going in blind.

 

[opethdisciple]

I'm currently at Farum Azula on my second playthrough - hadn't played since my initial completion of the game a couple of years ago so its taken a bit of time to dust off the cobwebs. Really looking forward to the DLC drop soon

Graphically the best part of the game for me.

 

[Maximum Triceratops]

Just loaded this up ready for the expansion but have no sound at all, tried various things but no luck, anyone else had this? it worked fine in my first playthrough.

 

[Grim5]

Just loaded this up ready for the expansion but have no sound at all, tried various things but no luck, anyone else had this? it worked fine in my first playthrough.

You by any chance using Atmos?

I recently installed Destiny 2 and had no audio, and it was a bug relating to Atmos, once I changed audio output to stereo it worked

 

[Maximum Triceratops]

You by any chance using Atmos?

I recently installed Destiny 2 and had no audio, and it was a bug relating to Atmos, once I changed audio output to stereo it worked

Tried it on off dts on off etc, no luck, thanks for input though

 

[sHo0sH]

I've got two characters set that I could jump in with next weekend, a Dark Moon sword build that absolutely starched the entire game last time around, or I've got a Dex/Arcane build where I was using the Bloody Helice. That one was super fun to play as well, the weapon art feels so good.

I think I'll be on high alert to avoid any content now though until I've cleared the DLC, the reveal trailer and lore trailer have been more than enough and no doubt every boss or secret will be spoiled within a day or so and posted everywhere, these games deserve you going in blind.

I had no idea about this weapon - decided to try a respec into an Intelligence build to weild it and its an absolute beast. Managed to destroy the dragon knight, Maliketh and Godfrey last night with it (Terra Magica gives it a nice boost with the Jar Shard, and Godfreys Icon)

 

[Mobius 1]

I had no idea about this weapon - decided to try a respec into an Intelligence build to weild it and its an absolute beast. Managed to destroy the dragon knight, Maliketh and Godfrey last night with it (Terra Magica gives it a nice boost with the Jar Shard, and Godfreys Icon)

Pretty much one of the best - if not the best, weapon in the game.

 

[Tombstone]

Saw yesterday that only 38% of players, according to Steam, have actually killed the Mohg boss that you have to kill to access the DLC lands, so quite a hefty amount of people who cant even enter the DLC lands yet

 

[Mobius 1]

Saw yesterday that only 38% of players, according to Steam, have actually killed the Mohg boss that you have to kill to access the DLC lands, so quite a hefty amount of people who cant even enter the DLC lands yet

Some people who haven’t done any research on the dlc gonna be reaaaal disappointed come release day

I’m all set. Done mohg and radahn. (Haven’t bothered with sewer mohg)

 

[Bazzards]

I did Mohg on my first playthrough. But not on my second. Not looking forward to it. Although I understand there are lots of players helping out.

 

[Mobius 1]

21st is release day right ? Thank god I’m not going away on holiday for another week. Gives me a chance to play the heck out of it.

 

[TriedandTested]

21st is release day right ? Thank god I’m not going away on holiday for another week. Gives me a chance to play the heck out of it.

Says 20th on Steam.

 

[Grim5]

Be careful if you don't want story spoilers; because reviewers have full copies of the DLC they are leaking details online, there is even some gameplay videos floating around, most are now copyright struck down.


I skipped over anything regarding story, but some interesting bits I did read was:

* Game has 10 main bosses, almost all are as hard as the Malenia fight from the base game

* There is actually 3 different end game bosses; I didn't read further so I don't know if the final fight is 3 different bosses at once or if it's because there is one boss for each type of ending for the game. I suspect though that the DLC has different endings but I can't confirm I didn't read that

* I've read the list of the 10 main bosses but won't list the name cause spoilers

* people say there is some reused assets and enemies from the base game

* Estimate time to do everything in the DLC is 50 to 60 hours (about half the time it takes for the base game)

* Most bosses have multiple phases for their fights

* Lots of cool new dragon themed weapons, apparently there is lots of dragons

 

[Mobius 1]

Could spoiler tag that ? I mean I’m not reading past the first line

 

[Angst]

Glad that I work from home, got a nice clear schedule for this.