you wanted the whole fight to be dog s*** easy like the first phase? lol that’s probably the easiest boss phase in the game

My tactics for it were extremely dumb so I died a lot in the first phase, I only just realised how easy it is to avoid the scholar projectiles, also extreme Bloodborne vibes right? Even the second phase is v similar to Rom

The boss fight is piss easy once u know it but the theatrics & aesthetic of it all i love a lot

Also the game is built to explore a lot of an area before going to the next

That's where half your leveling n upgrade items come from

Also armor probably matters more in Elden Ring than any other title they ever done

Played for a few more hours and I’m getting a better hang of it. Did not realize earlier that my equipment was weighing me down, making my rolling mad clumsy. I removed/unequipped whatever equipment I wasn’t using and experimented a bit to see the difference, and it definitely made a difference. Evading enemy attacks became much easier now that I can roll faster/longer. Beat up these monsters with spears in a cave and eventually came out the other side to see a beautiful area. Siofra River.

Still I wonder 2 things: Why am I not leveling up despite fighting a lot? Been level 9 since I started. Also, how can I teleport away from here to other parts where I’ve been before? If I want to go back to a previous grace point for example.

It’s so sad i’m never going to get to experience this for the first time again I’m in ng+ now and it’s just not hitting the same

Do you have a horse?

You have to level up manually in this game, once you have your horse then you can level up at the graces.

N holy s*** Chilla doing all this at ur base level youre basically playing a challenge run thats not normal but u still getting thru

Finally in the real part of the mountaintops lets go

We in the end game now bois

oh sorry i dont be browsing this thread cause of spoilers lmao

i just wanted to say its the goat game

Don’t listen to what anyone has said about the boss in that area, it’s actually cool as hell

I might just start a new game on pc instead of ng+ tbh

lost in leyndell

They said the same about Radahn

Area aint that bad either def not getting two shot by at least the ice breath dudes s***s more like 5 to 6 shot im lvl 126 50 vigor n heavy armor

I do not have a horse and I don’t know where to get one but I’ll probably find out haha.

Lol bro. I don’t seem to find anything in the game that guides me on what path I should take so I just go explore randomly and hope for the best and somehow make it through these areas that are way above my beginner butt.

Just speedrunned Godrick and Rennala in ng++ in 20 minutes

Oneshotting radagons wolf 100% here I come

To get ur horse its only in one specific area.

Its here: The grace in front of the castle gate where a camp is and a mappiece you have to go to that specific one.

If u dont know what im talking about, DEF LOOK IT UP, because you have to have your horse to do specific things n ESPECIALLY to level up.

After that then its all pretty much fair game for exploration n progress.

It's not an area that the game specifically tells u but its an area that most players will go to easily n early.

Pls get that horse right now. Ur gonna need him n the leveling.

to balance moonveil all they gotta do is increase FP consumption on the special move

cause realistically the sword not that good it’s just the fact that you basically have unlimited spam with the move

The consecrated snowfield is where you will start seeing the bad balancing trust me lol

I cant believe @Chilla as a brand new player to FS games beat the Bloodhound Knight at base class level 9 within 15 tries n got to the Siofra elevator all without leveling or having the HORSE

S***s crazy and they say this game is impossible

Nah lol they need to change its stun potential. People have been saying to me Maliketh is one of the hardest boss in the game and s*** was a cakewalk with moonveil. Literally 2 weapon arts and you can perform a finisher.

I like the area so far the only downfall is that it seems to be way more linear than any of the other areas, its more like a level than one of the open zones

Seems like eventually I'll reach the more open bottom tho I see a castle turtle thing in the distance down there

There’s a lot of broken combinations in this game that do that exact same thing though.

And personally if it was indeed THAT broken I feel like speedrunners would use only that in there builds but they don’t.

I’ve seen so many sword of night and flame two shot bosses while moon veil is a slow burn

Moonveil stunning is still good but you still have to learn your boss patterns to even know your opening cause spamming it willy nilly gets you killed

Im still confused what youre saying ngl. Like Haligtree was balanced and Consecrated Snowfield has barely any content in it