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I met a professional griefer today during a Njght Aspect run. Two Wylders, and one was a real douchebag. Every time the other Wylder died, dude would run over to him, and point down which is generally considered an insult in game. Didn't help bring him back up, just mocked him. Which was pretty funny, they both went down to Astel, and who brought both their asses back, douchebag included? So let's not pretend like you're some fucking god of Nightreign, YOU DIED TOO. But then came the actual fight against Night Aspect, and the non-asshole Wylder did go down three times. Ok, so not everyone is as good at dodging, you don't have to be an asshole about it. But this enormous asshole who apparently thinks he's the best player ever... he had fucking Less Likely To Be Targeted on his equipment. In my opinion, if you're one of the tanky boys, you shouldn't take that passive, and if you think you're so fucking good at the game that you're going to actively mock other people instead of helping them, you shouldn't even need it, pussy. But what happened was, he decided to fuck with me. Because since he was Less Likely to get Targeted, and our other teammate was dead, Night Aspect was hot on my ass. And asshole dude just stood there over the body of our fallen comrade, watching as I dodged for my life, probably waiting for me to die so he could rush in, and say how worthless his teammates were. Unfortunately for him, I'm REALLY good at dodging, and did so for about 10 minutes, refusing to attack, just keep dodging because at that point I was in no way helping him get the win, I could dodge all fucking day. And eventually dude started attacking, and getting slammed which is the point I left because I realized staying would only jeep him from getting attacked. Good luck getting the win when you're the ONLY one there to target. Since, ya know, I'm gone, and you refuse to revive the other guy. What a fucking idiot. I feel bad for leaving my other Teammate, but I literally couldn't revive him, I was under relentless assault, and douchebag was just watching. I don't see the point of playing with other people just to act like that. If you had a perfectly flawless run where you 100% carried, sure, brag it up. But ya didn't, I watched you die, I watched you suck, I fucking saved your worthless ass, get the fuck over yourself.
Meeting across the battlefield after slaying the mighty dragon...
Getting a lotta love from Ironeyes lately xD
But I did carry this one. Our Wylder had a baby fit, and left early in the round. Not sure what Ironeye was doing at the time, I think grabbing Evergaol keys, but Wylder, and I were hitting a Redmane camp. These camps always have two Redmane Knights, the bosses of the camp, one on the ground, one in a tower so I like to split up to kill them faster which totally works if you're not completely inept. I'm very, VERY good at taking down the one in the tower because if you sneak up on him, and backstab him, he'll fall to the ground, and die from fall damage, no fight. But of course, Wylder heads up the tower so I take ground guy because I assume Wylder can handle one fucking enemy. Nope. Dies and leaves because I wasn't right beside them, holding their hand, babysitting, and reviving them immediately. I was headed up, but I couldn't get there before they respawned so they just left like a huge fucking baby over a single death at like level 4. Ridiculous. Sorry you suck, sorry one little knight killed you while I was busy easily killing mine, you could've easily recovered, but whatever, we were better off on our own because we had city on the map. And we were going against Everdark Caligo. I think people tend to use city too much as a crutch. Sure, the revive is almost necessary against ED Libra or Gladius, but Caligo really isn't that bad if you'll just avoid the frost breath. People rarely do though. I wish there was a dedicated healer/reviver character cause I feel like that's one of the main things I do, get people back up. Me, and Ironeye did manage to take down Astel for the revive. Didn't need it though. Easily killed Caligo. He did die like four times, but I had the Dragon Cult incantation Magma Breath so I tanked the beast, no frost resistance needed. Finally getting back to winning more than losing after back-to-back horrific ED bosses. But. Going hard against harder bosses has made the lower-tier bosses super easy now. Of course my winning streak was then crushed by a Recluse, and Revenant who just could not stay alive during Sentient, and I had no firepower because I left it all to the "superior casters." Exactly why if I find a decent fire staff/seal I like to keep it so when the squishy casters inevitably die I can finish the job easily. But ya know, Revenant gets super butthurt if you don't immediately hand them over the Flame of Frenzy even if they're really, really bad at using it🙄
It's so heartbreaking to me that this is where the Souls community is at, that people have to beg you not to leave games because everyone is constantly leaving over ANYTHING.
And then in this particular round the Recluse fucking left because of course they did. Why did they leave? Because they led us to castle basement where Bell-Bearing Hunter was waiting. When I saw who it was, I fucking ran right out of there after popping invisibility, and reviving that asshole. What do they then do? Keep trying to fight like idiots, both die, Recluse leaves. Not a huge loss, they weren't good anyway, and the other Duchess wasn't much better, but I got us to Augur, and secured us the win despite being a woman down. BBH isn't an impossible boss, but castle basement BBH is particularly difficult, in my opinion, because you're in a much tighter space, you can't dodge as effectively, you get hit more, and he hits like a fucking truck. Two Duchess, and a Recluse under level 10 simply aren't tanky enough to handle him, hence why I immediately fucked off outta there. Thankfully, we were on Mountaintop so I got both of us up to level 13 by grinding out a few bosses alone while the other Duchess was scrambling to get the big mountaintop reward. Unfortunately, that reward is really only frost resistance, 100% not helpful against Augur. Would be nice to communicate this to my teammate so they didn't waste their time climbing all the way up there for nothing useful.
Know what is useful though?
Getting the biggest, and baddest lightning weapon which happens to be Augur's big weakness. Lucky bunny~
The leaving is outta control though. I was on a round going against Caligo a couple days ago with a Wylder, and an Ironeye. We'd already finished both days, and Night bosses, and these two idiots were fucking around in the rain grinding out a couple fortresses. Which I don't mind, I'll wait, and I'll even go out into the rain to help if it's close enough. But theu went pretty far out, and after about two minutes of constant rain exposure, your character will just fall over dead. We were already level 14 so... O didn't see the point in one little level, but apparently it totally ruined their entire run, which included fullu doing mountaintop, the big frost resistance, all the field bosses, and killing both dragons, despite having all of this, and having done everything, these two absolute morons left because they died in the rain at level 14, they lost one single level, and decided to abandon an otherwise perfect round.
Mind-blowing.
And that's the kinda shitty attitude so many people have in this game, maybe that's just online games in general. Is your ego seriously that fragile or are you just that bad at the game that you can't win under level 15? Probably both.
And these are the people who will be going into hardcore mode thinking they're the shit. Yeah, ok, buddy xD
And then the Universe sends me a Wylder to tell me I'm beautiful after complaining about the Ironeye not being one xD
With Mr T From NYC, our Raider, running amok in the background.
To be fair, Duchess is pretty cute~
I like to think these guys are complimenting how beautiful my gaming skills are. Ah, what lovely dodging, a real turn-on xD
And unlike the Ironeye yesterday, he helped me beat Everdark Caligo. That's why we love a Wylder man. A Wylder with a biiiiig scythe, be still my heart🖤
Sadly, he wasn't wearing the Artorias skin. But, ya know, maybe wolves are overrated.
Oh, this is going to be PAINFUL xD
I'm so excited~
Well. Sorta. Because unfortunately, most people suck. But at least it's kinda balanced in the way of the better you do, the harder it gets so if your team sucks it shouldn't be that bad. The problem is that most people suck, and seem blissfully unaware that they suck, and act like everyone else is the problem. Those are the people you'll find on Reddit asking where all the good players are at. Look, Souls games are notoriously difficult for most people, especially if you're not a Spuls veteran. It's ok if you're not great at them. I remember the first time I played Demon's Souls, played it about 15 minutes, and gave up thinking I'd never play it again because it felt so hard. I get it. If you suck, be self-aware that you suck, and work on it. Stay out of the Harder game modes, stop expecting to be carried. If I have one solid teammate, we can carry, but I can't carry both. There's this Recluse who's pretty awesome, played with her a couple times. We went in against Night Aspect with a Revenant. While said Revenant was off doing fuck all, this Recluse and I were level 13 by end of night 1, and took down crater Magma Wyrm by ourselves. Of course the Revenant showed up immediately after we killed it to get the reward, and then went on to die many times against Night Aspect while Recluse, and I destroyed him. The problem is most Recluse are not that good. Most players are not that good, most people cannot master simply keeping themselves alive. If you're being attacked, stop trying to attack. If the aggro is on you, focus on survival while your teammates attack then you attack when the aggro switches to someone else. It is so basic, but people just do not get it. That, and get the fuck out of the way of large AOE attacks. For the millionth time, STOP STANDING DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE DOWNWARD FROST-BREATHING DRAGON xD Are you checking it's fucking teeth, get the fuck away from it, assholes.
Can you tell that ED Caligo is back?
I've changed my mind. Mountaintop is better than crater for Caligo. Getting Frost Resistance is very important, it does help a lot. Anything damage negation is also my new favorite passive. Ever since I stopped going hardcore in on sorcery with Duchess, I'm having a lot of fun with full melee build, but damage negation is very important if you're gonna stand up close with the big boys against these enemies. Wylder, Guardian, and Raider are naturally much tankier, and people often to refer to Duchess as "squishy" because she doesn't have the HP the boys have. But get some decent damage negation on her, and she can fucking tank, don't underestimate her. She's really a character that can be almost anything you need her to be, but people are so dead set on pigeonholing her into magic. She can be much more than a background caster🖤
The romantic tale as old as time... The assassin approaches the thief, tells her she's beautiful, and does... whatever this move is xD
Elden Ring flirting~
See, maybe if you were a Wylder... I just don't think I can respect someone maining a guy who's constantly standing 50 ft away from all the danger🖤
And then we lost... after he died many times. So that doesn't exactly get a girl going.
But hey. I finally saw the use of the You're Beautiful prattling pate.
One of the only means to speak to your teammates. I really need a Fuck this, you guys are dumb, I'm out prattling pate xD Actually I wish it was more like Fallout where you emote, and it shows above your head. You can't really hear the pates unless you're close, and you have to full-on go into your inventory to use them so you can't use them quickly, it's inconvenient. I'm not sure how you could communicate better with your team, and the lack of communication had a certain charm, but... it's a bit frustrating especially when you know something they don't, and you have no way to tell them.
When the only way to get a clear message across is via your name xD
Don't worry, buddy, I got you~
Unfortunately, leavers have been at an all time high because of ED Gladius. I sympathize though. If you're obviously bad in these high tier boss fights, I'll fucking leave, I do not care. I don't mind taking care of you for the lower tiers, this particular group was against normal Gaping Jaw, easy-peasy. But if it's obvious that I'm going to have to babysit you, and constantly keep you alive through the entire round, fuck no, Duchess is out. I loaded into a round against Night Aspect with a Raider, and an Ironeye. Ironeye dies tp the very first boss, I bring him back, immediately dies again, I almost die bringing him back, thankfully Raider finally shows up. We then head for the nearest Evergaol, which is a trap Evergaol because there's ALWAYS a field boss right beside. Sometimes it's a really easy field boss like a Miranda Blood or an Elder Lion. Nope. It was a fucking Magma Wyrm, and we're level three. And this is the point I realize both my teammates are idiots because instead of running to a different Evergaol, Raider opens that one so I run up on Raider fighting a Crucible Knight, and Ironeye fighting the fucking Magma Wyrm. And of course he dies. I run over, bring him back. Dies again. I leave xD I'm not spending 45 minutes reviving you every 30 seconds. And you can forget about Night Aspect if you can't dodge. That's the wild thing to me about Ironeye players, his special skill is literally a huge dodge move, and yet most of them are still constantly dead. I don't wanna play with Ironeye anymore, I'll take Recluse xD If they do release an Everdark Night Aspect tonight... we're in fucking trouble, I sense another week of pain💀
When the boss is at 1/3 of it's health, and my dumbass teammate is trying to revive the three bar instead of HELPING ME KILL IT.
You will die. They DID die. Then I died. Good job.
Dude dies like five times, fucking Wylder, I bring him back up. Finally, with the boss life dwindling down, and my other Teammate having Less Likely To Be Targeted in their passives,, I'm tired of being smacked around over this idiot who can't dodge for shit, I'm done helping him. So what does the Recluse do while I'm being chased down? Fucking dies trying to revive him. All you had to do was stand back, push button to blast that fucker away, but no, you thought you were gona have your hero moment. Fucking stupid. One of the most frustrating things ever is taking 30 seconds with perfect dodging bringing someone back up from three who immediately dies because they can't dodge a single attack. Stop helping people like that, it loses rounds constantly.
Because I'm a masochist who finds joy in my own pain xD
The final hit with the Black Knife this time🖤
As long as one of my teammates can stay alive, I'm good. There are some really good windows for attack, but you have to be patient. Like after he does the three times fire explosion from the ground, if you can get behind him on the third one you'll have the chance to get several good hits in. Or if you sidestep him when he tries to headbutt you, there's a good opportunity for a couple hits. If you're good enough to dodge through his chain spin attack that's easy damage, but he also goes into his attack buff mode at the end of one of his chain spin combos so it's risky. It's not the end of the world if you give him the attack buff, just immediately go full defensive/evasive until it wears off cause otherwise you're gonna get the shit smacked outta you trying to attack. That's the main mistake I watch people constantly make, giving him the buff, immediately trying to attack, immediately both of them dying which then leads to me dying either trying to save them or just because it's really fucking hard to take a three person boss on by yourself.
I also got another win in on Night Aspect with a Recluse/Revenant team. It's almost always the teams you think will never have a shot in Hell that somehow pull through. And I had really shitty equipment so I have no idea how we won. Pretty high damage negation though, I was pretty tanky, shouldn't sleep on those passives. Had my whole setup built around holy, never found a holy weapon. That's the choice you have to make in building your character. Go for all-around pure physical damage boost that is beneficial for any weapon or go for the bosses big elemental weakness. More damage, but you rely on rng giving you what you need. But you know, I like the wins you expect to lose, it shows you don't need all the gimmicks, and tricks, and bonuses to win. Winning against all odds shows genuine skill. When you've lost 50 times to a three-headed dog, you start to question if YOU'RE the bad one xD Yeah, no, I'm not the problem.
The final hit is MINE.
And I NEVER have to fight this bitch again xD
I might mean it this time. This boss... took me more tries than enhanced Libra. I didn't think it was possible, but here we are. I don't think it's a harder boss than Libra, but I think it requires too much from the average gamer. You have to memorize this bosses moveset, you have to be really good at dodging, and you absolutely have to pay attention to the very quick change of it holding it's sword in it's mouth. Why did we win finally? Because finally, FINALLY Ianded on a team with someone who knee when NOT to fucking attack. Who knew it'd be a Recluse. Full disclosure, that other Duchess was almost entirely useless, they spent most of the round dead. I brought her back twice, Recluse tried to bring her back from three, but wisely chose to let her lay which is a decision that helped us win because while this big bitch was chasing her around, I was laying on heavy holy damage. Like I've said, if I can do good damage I have no problem using my team as bait xD And that Recluse was really good at dodging so it all worked out. If more people got on board with how this boss works, I wouldn't mind it. But FromSoftware expects too much from what is probably mostly not Souls veterans, the average person who hasn't player more than Elden Ring, they don't understand the dirty tricks, the drive the older games have to kill you, to make you suffer. Elden Ring takes it way easier on people, this shit is like the old days, how Souls games used to be. That's why it blows my mind when people say it took them 200 tries to beat Malenia... Sure, she's badass, but she's not THAT difficult unless you really, really suck, and Everdark Gladius has shown me that a lot of fucking people really, really suck. But again I do also partially believe it's a newer player issue, newer players beating base Gladius, and jumping straight into Everdark without beating any other Night Boss. Big mistake. But it's done, it's over, I can enjoy the game again xD All thanks to the Blade of Calling💛
There are two holy daggers in game. Black Knife and Blade of Calling. We all know how I feel about the Black Knife, my favorite dagger. Oddly enough there are no gold daggers, pretty dumb. But the Blade of Calling has something the Black Knife does not, which is a holy projectile attack. Very useful in this fight. Black Knife also has a projectile attack, but it's Destined Death, not holy. It's been nice not giving a single fuck about sorcery though, I might go straight melee build more often. Watching all the other Duchess/Recluse/Revenants race each other for magical bullshit... kinda hilarious when you don't need it.
When you run past a Red Wolf of Radagon, and the idiot Executor behind you starts violently pinging for you to stop, and help him fight it...
At LEVEL ONE.
Yep, that's my cue to leave, this team is a waste of time. And I hate to be like that because obviously this person is new. That thing will one-hit kill you at level five. Fuck no I ain't turning around to immediately die then watch you leave the game because you also died. I'll see myself out. You get a feel for leavers pretty quick. Someone pings Loretta outside city at level 8, no thank you, they die, they leave. Within the same game mere moments before this idiot also tried to get me to stop at Draconic Tree Sentinel. We have the fucking city, I'm not spending half a day minimum fighting something that's probably going to drop me bullshit poise buffs. And that's only after it kills us all several times so not only do I get useless poise, I'm now also down a level when we could have went to Astel. No. That's one thing that frustrates me beyond belief is the idiocy of people who think they're good enough, and they're not. You need an extremely strong team to take down almost anything on horseback, and I gotta tell ya Ironeye, you and Revenant ain't it. Of course it was a fucking Ironeye. Ironeye mains tend to think they're the best thing ever. I've seen very, very few great ones. The greats will switch between bow/melee, they'll be close for maximum damage, they'll have mastered their dodge. Unfortunately, most are not like this. Most stand as far away as possible, do minimal chip damage, and still manage to die much more than those of us actually in the bosses faces. Like most Recluse mains, stand far away, still get fucking slammed. It's getting to the point where I want to tap out immediately when I see either character picked at the start. They're great characters, but most often used very poorly, and are more of a hindrance to the team. The other major issue I'm struggling with, people who won't let teammates stay downed especially on final boss fights. More often than not trying to revive someone from three bars means you die too. It does absolutely no good for two people to be down instead of one, you're not proving anything by dying when you could be helping me kill this thing. At that point you've just fucked us all. I get it, I always want to help my teammates if I can, but on three bars I know there's nothing I can do unless I have the Hand of Malenia because it revives people very quickly. Otherwise, you're fucked, learn to dodge. If you have to sit out most of the fight because you're three bars dead, and no one will help you, that's on you, you need to go practice alone. Stop bringing that weak shit into higher level fights. I just want a decent team, just one💀
The agony of being one hit away...
So this week it's Ironeye who's pissing me off because every fucking round of ED Gladius I go in to there's an Ironeye, and they're just constantly dead. And everyone seems to want to run crater, and I just don't understand going to a place littered with fire weapons to go against something which us highly resistant to fire. Sure, being able to make any weapon gold is good, but... I just don't think it's as good as a full revive especially when Ironeye is CONSTANTLY DEAD. I'm getting grouped with a lot of Ironeye/Recluse teams, my fucking nightmare xD
Had a pretty good run with an Executor.
Our Ironeye was trash, but three Rivers of Blood between us did some damage to those wolfys ❤️
When you go through Hell with your team only to have your connection drop right before the final boss...
Seriously. Me, and Ironeye took on Astel while our Raider was off doing fuck all. He wanted to cross the fucking map for a single flask, ok whatever, figured he'd join us after. Nope. We took down the whole right side then barely scrapped Astel with rain incoming, and here comes motherfucker running in right after we beat him. So it is possible to do a three person Astel with two experienced players, but boy is it fucking tedious especially when the two don't do a whole lot of damage, as much as say, a fucking Raider. Could've probably cleared the whole city if he'd stuck with us. And then of course my wifi decides to kick me off my game. I hope they know it wasn't intentional, I wouldn't go through goddamn Astel like that just to leave them. There's this theory that the reason Everdark Gladius is so difficult is because it's luring newer players into it Since base Gladius is the first Night Boss, and if you beat him you get access to his Everdark version so people think newbies are going straight into his enhanced version thinking it won't be much harder. They're wrong. I also don't think this theory is correct. I feel most of the time I get matched with players who are obviously experienced because they sprint through city like they know it. City is incredibly overwhelming if you don't know where you're going, and oftentimes whoever is leasing the charge will run off, and leave you if you're not paying attention. It took me several runs there to get comfortable knowing where everything is, and there are still things most people pass up. But in general, most people I've paired with seem to know where they're going, seem more experienced, and still fucking die 30 seconds into Gladius. It's painful watching them attack him, knowing he's going to get attack buffed, and instantly wipe them. Understandably, it's gonna take a few tries before you realize what's happening and why. But... it feels like no one is learning. I've heard if you hit him with enough holy damage it brings his attack way down so I'm trying to do my build around holy/bleed. Seems like I'm always the only one doing it though. Too much fucking evergaol bullshit. I don't mind doing evergaols, but... Evergaols don't drop equipment so oftentimes when people wanna run them I end up with nearly nothing by the end because we haven't hit anything else. Another reason I like city, fewer evergaols worldwide, plenty of opportunities for great equipment drops within the city, guaranteed gold from Astel. Much as I hate Astel I'd rather fight him than the ice dragon in mountaintop which is also guaranteed gold, but that dragon is such a pain in the ass even with super frost resistance. Oftentimes I'll look at my teammates gaming history, and see Elden Ring there, and think to myself... There's no way this person beat Malenia or Consort Radahn with how shit they are at dodging xD
Of course...
I decide to step away from sorcery, and the game drops me a god-tier Carian Regal Scepter with Rennala's AND Ranni's moons. You're so funny, game. I'm actually finding it refreshing to lean into melee. Like I've said, when the game first cams out O never saw other Duchess mains using magic, probably for the first month or so. Now every fucking Duchess wants to pretend they're Recluse. And it's good to utilize her natural magic abilities, but I feel like they go too hard into that, and put nothing into melee. Then complain they don't have the mana for the upkeep. A good Duchess will figure out how to have nearly unlimited mana through their build. I have a perfect relic setup for casting, I can go almost, if not fully endless on spells. That's why it annoys me how every fucking Duchess wants to race to staff/seal drops, take everything, cast two spells until their mana runs out then have no decent melee backup. That's one reason why I'm enjoying doing melee only for Gladius. You want the staffs so bad? Fucking have them. And have the overpowered one-hit aggro when you hit the dog at the wrong time. It is survivable. The attack buff he gets only lasts about 20 seconds so personally when I see it triggered, I run away, there is no point in attacking something that can easily kill you in one hit. My teammates always tend to disagree, and die immediately. And after reviving them twice, sometimes three times, I have to give up on them which ultimately means I die as well. I'm also so fucking tired of doing city. I love the rewards city can give you, but you really need your whole team there to take down Astel, and it fucking pisses me off when one team member takes off across the fucking map to hit a single area, shows up right before the rain starts coming in, and wants to spam ping Astel. There's not enough fucking time, idiot, you fucked around too fucking long. Can you do Astel with two? Yes, but you'll probably end up dead, and in my experience when people die at Astel they just leave the game. Not really sure why, it's not a long run back if you know where you're going. But even with plenty of time to run back, most people just leave so I don't like going in there with two so it really pisses me off when number three finally shows up, and wants to bum-rush in there like they're gonna do something. There's not enough time. I wish they would put a timer indicator in game so you could tell exactly how much time you have. You can kinda tell when it's later because it's getting dark. But I'd like to know exactly how much time we have before the rain starts, and I'd like an gesture to express the fact that we don't have time, let's try something else. Obviously I want to do city for the free revive, but unfortunately it causes so much headache because of teammates who never have their shit together. Maybe ror forest would be a better way to go. No revive, but you do get an hp buff, and rot can be a powerful tool. It's just not as good as a full revive when I already know that my team is going to die. Which makes me yearn for the game to group people based on skill... But again, how will people who aren't good at the game ever learn better if they only play with other people who are also not good? It's incredibly frustrating to be lumped up with people who suck, all the time xD
One of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen~
When A Flame of Frenzy Has Appeared... Stand aside, boys, imma get us a win.
But magic is not our friend vs Everdark Gladius. Not a huge problem since Duchess can easily go either way so I'm thinking either we do bleed or frost. Oddly enough, a lot of people wanna run crater... which drops fire weapons. Ya know what's not super helpful against a three-headed fire wolfy? Ya know what he might possibly be really resistant to? Other than that, damage negation is our best friend. And if we go city, again, kill Astel, get the free revive. Not that it seems to help since most people still seem to be dying almost immediately, and they're still not grasping to not attack him when he has his sword in his right mouth. To be fair, it happens so quickly so if you're already in a combo attack, you're just fucked, you're gonna hit him. That's why I'm leaning away from sorcery for this one because it can take some spells a couple seconds to hit, and he can switch to being buffed by your hits mid-cast. Also why I'd prefer not to play with any Recluse this boss. I'm not a fan of Recluse anyway, but I know they're going to fuck us, and they almost never provide any melee support. That's why I give Revenant more of a pass, they usually at least try to also melee. But they can't control their summons so they could also be a liability. This is a perfect fight for Duchess, very dodge heavy, but I don't do enough damage to carry two bum teammates. I need my big boys. But I need my big boys to be aware of when to smash, and when not to smash. It's a fine line xD Maybe I can power-stance dual-wield bleed and ice. Technically Gladius is weak to holy damage... And the Black Knife, oddly enough, is a holy imbued weapon. I guess it's not that odd since the Black Knife Assassins were Marika's personal guards, and if you're guarding a god your weapons probably would have holy power on them. Just sounds weird to me.
FromSoftware... you gotta stop cD Ypu don't understand... you expect too much when most people are complete idiots. So Everdark Gladius, the three-headed fire wolfy, a breath of fresh air compared to Libra, but... you have to pay attention. You have to open your fucking eyes, and look, and watch the boss. We've been over how 99% of people don't do this, they just run up, mash and pray. Once again, that shit doesn't work here. Because Gladius has a phase where if you attack him he gets a MAJOR attack buff, and suddenly he's killing you in one fucking hit. He'll stop attacking when he's doing this, he'll make you think you have an open window to hit him, and if you hit him in this specific window you will die, we will all die, STOP IT. Other than that, he's really not difficult, it's his basic moveset + fire + a Night Aspect full arena AOE, but we know how to handle that. Which makes me realize that Night Aspect will be the next, and presumably last Everdark coming up. And I expect worse than Libra outta him. I'm curious if there'll be new Night Lords in the DLC. Supposedly we're getting two new characters, new relics, new ranked mode, but some new maps, bosses, outfits and weapons, would definitely be appreciated
Nightreign REALLY wants me to have the Hand of Malenia~
I accept❤️
We're getting Everdark Gladius, aka three-headed wolfy, tonight so goodbye Libra, it's been real, I'll see you in a few weeks, maybe never xD
The number one trick for fighting Libra that I've found is finding a weapon with Less Likely To Be Targeted on it. And I think it's intentional because people feel like it makes you less skilled if you need to be targeted less. I disagree. I've always found it to be a helpful passive because if at least one person is being targeted less, it frees them up to do constant damage. This is particularly helpful if you're a caster, and can't tanka hit, for the love of Marika, RECLUSE, take the damn passive.
But.
It's also extremely helpful during the Libra fight because the summons are much, much less likely to pay you any mind with it. So if you get Libra aggroed onto you, lead him away from the summons, they'll attack each other which leaves you free to attack him. He'll only summon a certain amount of invaders so once he hits max, lead him away from them. The problem is that I'm usually the only one with Less Likely To Be Targeted, and it's extremely difficult to convey to my team, hey, we're in city, we can dupe this weapon so everyone has it, please pick it up if I drop it for you. Because like I've mentioned before, it's considered an insult for someone to drop that particular passive for you, it tends to mean you're dying or getting hit too much, and need to take less of the heat because you're a burden to your team. But... it's actually really helpful for certain classes or certain situations like the Everdark Libra fight. Happened today actually, got the Carian Regal Scepter with Less Likely on it, duped it, dropped it right beside my team, no one picked it up. I could've duper something much more useful for myself, something that buffed spell casting speed or power, but no, I tried to help my team, and no body knew the meta. Which didn't matter anyway because they had both already died before Libra's third phase even started. That's when you know you're fucked. That's when you know 100% you two teammates are not good enough, and are probably the people whining on Reddit that they can't get on a good team. That's because YOU'RE the bad team. There's a point where you should know you're the problem, and work on your own game instead of desperately hoping to be hard carried. And if you're hoping to be hard carried, at least look into how the people who are winning, are winning, and do that so maybe you won't die immediately, and be completely fucking useless. Just saying.
Let it be known across the lands that after 4fucking5 tries...
I have beaten him~
And I NEVER have to fight this asshole ever again xD
Had the Frenzied Seal, and the Hand of Malenia. And a really good team. I have no idea what they were doing most of the fight because I was focused on blasting Libra with the Flame of Frenzy as much as possible. But for the most part the summons seemed to be distracted so I think they were trying to keep them preoccupied. Actually, I'm just now realizing we had the Astel revive, and didn't even use it. That's the power of three people who are good at the game coming together. This boss fight has really separated the mediocre from the good. I've been on 44 teams of okish level players who, sure, could handle the base game, but as soon as those summons came out... boom, immediately dead, and then I'm just on my own. And a lot of people died before the summons even came out. And I hate to admit that I've left several games today, but after that many tries you just know early on when your teammates aren't good enough, and it's incredibly discouraging to do a full round, get to level 15 with god equipment, and watch your teammates completely fall apart in the final fight. I just couldn't do it anymore. Unfortunately, Everdark Libra is a fight that no one can be carried on, you have to take care of yourself, you have to do your share, if you go down more than once, you're fucked, no one can help you, and the majority of losses come from someone trying. It's always my immediate compulsion to help my team if they're down, but those summoned motherfuckers camp the bodies. It also goes to show that people refuse to learn simple boss movesets because... I watch them get hit repeatedly by the easiest attacks. If he raises his hand he's putting an explosive sigil beneath your feet, DODGE. If the ground at his feet flashes he's teleporting, DODGE. If he roars, and hits the ground he's jumping at you, FUCKING DODGE. I swear people don't watch the things they fight, they just mindlessly mash, and hope for the best. You can't do that with him. You can be good at the game, but to beat him you need to be a whole other level of good, and I think his fight really humbles a lot of people who thought they were that good.
But I never have to do it again. And when they nerf it, because of course they will, I'll always be able to say I beat him pre-nerf hardcore mode.
Of course, you know how you go through something incredibly painful, and say you'll never do it again...
Then immediately go do it again xD
Hey, I'm a masochist~
Naturally, there was a point during this fight where both my teammates needed the full revive. So who got them up off their asses?
Thanks again to the Hand of Malenia which is becoming my favorite sword❤️
Well, well, look who showed up...
The Universe righting itself. Of course, I took it, duped it, handed one off to one of my teammates who did not follow suit. I mean, I get that most people probably don't know the etiquette, but if I'm standing beside the duplicating apparatus, and toss you a god sword, maybe do the same for our other teammate. Seems obvious. Because with this sword, as long as you're holding it, you get added attack power for EVERY enemy you kill, and it applies across all weapons. So you left hand this sword, right hand your main, your main gets the stacks of attack power. This is why if you get the chance EVERYONE on your team should get it.
Also, this is the Dragon King's Cragblade, and it has the greatest attack ever.
So satisfying~
Also a big fan of Placidusax's Ruin.
It's interesting that it causes holy damage... But Placidusax was Elden Lord at some point before he apparently got locked away in time. So did Marika lock him away? Just how many Elden Lords have there been, how many times has this cycle reoccurring? That's one thing I'm foggy on... Placidusax was Elden Lord NOT for Marika, but for another god who fucking ran away. What the fuck happened there? How did the Elden Ring exist before Marika if it's literally part of her body?
I've never needed anything as bad in my life as that win xD
Let's be real, I am the clutchest~
I've been running city because like I said you can duplicate weapons in city. And I saw it happen. He duplicated one of the best swords in game, dropped the duped one, and of course Revenant bum-rushed over to grab it, which they then duplicated, and kept both. Very cool. Very Revenant to act like a grabby asshole. Why is it one of the best swords? I believe the effect on it is that you gain attack power with every kill, even one-hit trash mobs, even if you're just carrying it in your off-hand, and not actually using it. This was all towards the end of the run so it wouldn't have done me much good anyway. Still. It's an asshole thing to do. People are saying that sword is REALLY good against Libra, obviously if you get it early, and kill a fuckton. Despite not having the god-sword, I'm the one who won us the round because as usual both my teammates were down, three bars, so I had to kite Gaping around a couple minutes while my invisibility refilled before I could attempt to revive them. I completely forgot that we'd killed Astel earlier, and the biggest reward for killing Astel is everyone gets a revive if we all go down, another reason I like going city for Libra assuming we get to Astel in time to kill him. Kiting Gaping isn't difficult though if you know his moveset, and Duchess easily dodges straight through his mouth. I like proving to people that Duchess can be a helpful ally because a lot of people don't like playing with her. But people will say that about Guardian, Executor, and Recluse too. I think most people enjoy playing with Wylder, and Raider most, and I admit I do usually feel well protected with either on my team.
There is another Gaping round loss on the board. I actually left that game in the final boss room. Because the fucking Recluse ran to the door, and force-started the boss fight so I lost my full ultimate. It just pisses me off that people refuse to wait til everyone is ready. Like I get it if it's been 5+ minutes waiting while one person fucks around in the rain. But they also might be getting something that could win the whole thing. It's just rude as fuck, and extremely counter-productive so yeah, you touch that door, imma leave. And I had the fucking Frenzy Seal just to add insult to injury.
And I hate leaving games, but I have no tolerance, especially against Libra, for rude or stupid. Like if you see the big, scary one-hit kill Black Blade Kindred camping an evergaol, and you still choose to run over, and open said evergaol instead of simply going to a different one... at level fucking 4. You're fucking stupid, yes, that's me leaving as you lay on the ground and die xD Because that tells me right there you're not strong enough to fight Libra, and you'll be that asshole three bars dead before he even starts summoning. Nope, not gonna waste my time.
So now the game is actively, deliberately trying to contradict me xD
I mean, hey, if you wanna give me Rivers of Blood every run now... Some people would say that's easy mode. If you get the perk FP Restoration on Successive Attacks, it basically gives you unlimited FP refill from attacking so you can Corpse Piler endlessly. It's pretty OP. It's not quite as good as base Elden Ring ROB, but... still pretty good. I'll definitely take it every time I see it over almost anything, even magic. Because Duchess has such high Dex, she uses katanas really well. Interestingly, I never see other Duchess using them. It's like I never used to see them using sorcery either, and now EVERY Duchess out there thinks they need to be the spellblade so it's just another character I have to fight for magic shit. It really pisses me off that Revenant thinks they're entitled to staffs above Duchess when Duchess scales higher for staffs... Sure, Revenant scales highest for incantations, but they're a step lower in Intelligence than Duchess, and Duchess is a step lower than Recluse. And that's it, one step, and Recluse bitches act like it's the end of the world if you don't give them priority on staffs. And like I've said, Duchess is the better caster anyway, not for power, but for overall efficiency. If Duchess gets caught out mid-cast, she'll survive the hit. Recluse will go down like a sack of potatoes. To keep from getting insta-killed Recluse has to stand a mile away, weakening her spells. Duchess, who again can take more punishment, can get much closer. She's just better, and I don't understand why anyone wants to play the useless glass canon.
I also saw that one of the Libra invader Duchess variants had a shield, and was parrying the absolute fuck outta people. I found that out the hard way when she did it to me, and killed melee in one hit xD So maybe... I'll finally get familiar with shields and parries. I'm pretty sure I've only parried something, once by accident, in all Elden Ring so...
I fucking hate Recluse. I actually hate them xD Because it's this fucking scenario every fucking time. Recluse goes down, I bring her up, Raider and Recluse both go down, I die getting Raider back up, and instead of reviving me, and my one bar, he revives the fucking Recluse who IMMEDIATELY dies again, third bar, followed by Raider dying again.
When I go down, we lose, never fails. I can't count on anyone to get me back up, if I die, the whole thing falls apart, and it always starts with the fucking mage dying. I don't want to play with her character anymore.
"Oh, but you just suck because Recluse has the highest DPS in game."
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No.
Recluse is CAPABLE of having the highest DPS in game. How often do they actually put out? Cause in my experience, 90% of the time they squeeze out maybe two spells then spend the rest of the round dead/dying. They're a class that needs a permanent babysitter on their ass keeping them alive, and I just ain't it.
I'm so tired of teammates who can't keep themselves alive, it's not that hard. If the big thing is attacking you... MOVE. Most of the time I die it's because I'm trying to save someone else, and I'm just over it. Stop trying to fight harder bosses when you can't even master the basic dodge.
Funny enough, as if to prove me wrong, two ROBs spawned naturally this round. Of course we were going after Gaping, not Libra. No, see if it had been Libra, these two idiots would've been dead much, much faster, probably 30 seconds in. Imagine losing to fucking Gaping because of two complete trash assholes. Yes, I'm being toxic, I lost to Gaping, I'm allowed to be upset xD
I know how to beat Everdark Libra.
Everyone needs Rivers of Blood xD
No joke though. Twice I've had it against him, and both times I cut down the invaders super quick. So if everyone played Duchess, Revenant or Recluse, the less armored characters, and managed to get ROB or a really good bleed weapon, I think we could do it. Now getting three ROBs, and relaying that to your team with minimal communication... It's not impossible to get three. The easiest way would be to do city where you can for sure duplicate weapons, and hope you find one there. I seem to find them pretty regularly as Duchess, obviously you'll probably be more like to find them as Executor because that's his main weapon. It would be better to be the girls though since, no offense, they're easier to kill xD Just because they're a lot less tanky. Killing a Raider or Wylder invader fucking sucks, and if you don't kill the first batch by the time he summons more, the first ones get fully healed and buffed. Which doesn't make sense to me, you couldn't handle them already, hey, let's enhance them, and make it even more impossible. Not me though. I kill invader Duchess easily, it's my teammates that can never seem to handle themselves, get overwhelmed, and then suddenly invader Wylder is one-shotting me from a mile away with a great bow because actual Wylder couldn't fucking take care of him. I definitely think a three-way ROB would do the trick, but coordinating that on top of being at the whims of RNG is probably going to be impossible.
I don't wanna fight Libra anymore, and I don't wanna talk about it xD
Look... this is a real, genuine Souls experience. You're cruising along killing everything easily then you come full stop with something it takes 50 tries to beat. I don't know why anyone is shocked that finally we get a difficult boss. There has to be a trick to him, I just can't figure it out. The main issue is that his major weakness, madness, there are only a few items in game with that effect. He's weak to holy, and fire as well, but madness is key, and it's so rare to find. That, and the fact that my teammates just instantly die within like 30 seconds every fucking time. We'll be max level, fulll legendary equipment, and they just crumble as soon as the summons come in. And they're not necessarily bad players so I don't get it.
I'm so mad...
I had TWO Frenzied Seals, and we still lost to Everdark Libra who is a massive asshole. I don't wanna say he should be nerfed... but he feels broken. There's no relief in his summons. If you kill all of them, he immediately summons more. If you don't kill them, he summons more. He just spam summons, and it's bullshit, you never get the chance to attack him because you're being hunted down constantly by a gang of you xD It's basically cyclone zone the boss fight so already you know I fucking hate it because I hate cyclone zone. I don't wanna say that most people just aren't good enough for this fight, but every fucking time I'm the last one alive, zero deaths to my teammates dying three times. It's difficult to revive with a boss on top of you, imagine several on your ass, there's literally nothing I can do, I can't help you, I can't carry. Why did I have two Frenzied Seals? Because we hit a Frenzied Flame tower, and one of my bozo teammates dropped it. Normally I'd be thrilled by that, but I obviously could get my own, and like I've said before the Flame of Frenzy incantation uses so little mana that even non-casters can effectively use it so my two teammates definitely should've gotten, and kept it since Libra's big weakness is madness, that's what the Frenzied Flame is, fire, chaos and insanity. But no, tossed aside by idiots who then couldn't even stay alive, and distract shit long enough for me to melt his ass.
I can't do it anymore. Yes, it's a difficult fight, but for real, it's like none of these people have ever played a Souls game before. They're just fucking NPC invaders, they're not that difficult, stop dying you bitches xD
My love...
And my other love.
Together at last❤️
I already don't wanna fight Everdark Libra anymore... Not only have there been a substantial amount of leavers tonight, but his fight is bullshit. So I'm trying to figure out the gimmick, there has to be a gimmick besides the obvious get the Frenzied Flame. In Libra's third phase now he summons clones of you, and your teammates. They're not exact clones, they don't have exactly the same gear, but they do have versions so if I have a dagger, and a staff, doggleganger Duchess also has both. So I'm curious... if you left two slots empty, and disarmed right when it says they're being summoned if they'd also be summoned weaponless. Maybe that's the trick to it. Still a pain in the ass, but much easier to take down. Or it could be that it's just a better fight duoed or soloed with less summons. I swear I saw the summons fighting each other at one point... You really don't wanna be grouped with a Raider, summoned Raider was killing me in one hit. I easily took myself down, no one can kick my own ass better than myself xD And of course you're dealing with all this while Libra is still making the fucking ground explode. People whined that bosses haven't been hard enough... To be fair, most Everdarks are really difficult at first until you get a feel for them, and figure them out. Lots of people said Caligo was the hardest boss ever. They're not, people are just fucking dumb, and don't understand dodge mechanics or, ya know, run away from the dragon's breath. Common sense. Everdark Gaping is back for another week, and somehow Gaping Jaw, despite being hated by many, has become one of my favorite fights. I think it's a fight that was made for Duchess because you gotta be able to dodge, and Duchess can dodge right through that big lizards mouth. Nailing the perfect dodges against Gaping is so satisfying. Also got another win against Night Aspect, unbelievably with a Revenant, and another Duchess. Once again, I had Rancorcall. I actually had two staffs with Rancorcall, dropped one, and neither teammate wanted it. Having any type of homing spell against bosses is OP, especially bosses who move around quickly, who are tough to get a hit on, nice having a spell that chases them down. That's what I really need for Libra, unfortunately it's up to RNG.
...
I hate the fucking city, stop making me fight Astel when there's not enough time. Unless you're there at least by midday day 2, you ain't making it, stop trying.
Oh, and then shocker of shockers...
The fucking Executor decided to be a huge bitch, and left after Astel killer him. I don't get it, I really don't. You're gonna throw a run end of day 2 because you couldn't get your precious revive. Fuck off bitchbaby. Leavers need to stay out of the passworded lobbies, we go there to get away from people like you. Second time it's happened today, idiots take us to Astel well past the point of being able to kill him, they die, they leave. Why was I dead? Because I turned around in the rain to revive bitchboy, and he thanks me by leaving. Oh, I'm not blocking people anymore. Now, if you leave imma remember you, and if you get trapped in another game with me, I'm gonna grief the hell outta you assholes, better hope I don't see your ass out in the field. I am become the toxic online gamer xD
This is great info~
As much as I dislike city, and as tired as I am of seeing mountain after dragon... I love being reunited with my beloved Frenzied Flame seal💛
People get annoyed that I don't ping where I'm going when it pops up. So hey, dumbasses... If you see me sprinting towards the big red circle on the map quickly followed by the message, "A Flame of Frenzy Has Appeared," then you can obviously see where I'm going. I don't need you to follow me if you don't want to. Against Libra you have to be a motherfucking idiot not to follow me, and get your own seal because the Flame of Frenzy spell uses so little mana that even Raider with their puny FP bar can effectively wield it, but sure, if you just HAVE to get to castle instead, you go for it. The amount of people who will completely skip over useful world events... because castle is stupid. That's one thing I like about city, castle doesn't spawn on the map when you get city. But then you have to deal with people trying to bumrush Astel the last 30 seconds of night 2, and get mad when you won't help. We're not gonna make it. He hits so hard, even at level 12/13 one hit is possibly death, and you add onto that the overwhelming need to rush. No, fuck you, I ain't going in there. If you want Astel, plan better, path better. Or the people who will ignore the mountaintop events for castle. Frostbite resistance isn't immunity, but it's better than nothing especially if you can hit every one, but you gotta go there beginning of day 2, and people would rather fuck around at the castle instead. Castle is nice if you have nothing else in the map, but world events should take priority.
I feel like I haven't fought Libra in forever. There for awhile he was all anyone wanted to fight so I was pretty comfortable with his moveset. He has three really bullshit attacks. Ground sigils, teleporting,, and most dangerous his big AOE attack which instantly kills most people. He doesn't actually directly attack you during this, he curses you with super quick building madness, and to keep it from killing you, you have to run around, and grab the coins on the ground. I think most people don't understand this concept because they almost always instantly die which is then most always instantly followed by that asshole teleporting right on top of me while I try to revive them. I'm over fighting Everdark Caligo. It's not a difficult fight, people are just painfully stupid, and won't stop standing directly underneath them while they're breathing frost down, it's just super frustrating, and I don't wanna do it anymore xD I understand that most people aren't good at these games, and the natural reaction to not being good is to wanna kill something as quickly as possible by hitting it as much as possible as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, that doesn't work a lot of the time, you need more skill than mashmashmash.
The most perfect staff to ever exist in Nightreign~
It actually physically harms me in another round going up against Night Aspect, and watching the dumb Recluse on our team cast Ancient Death Rancor... ONCE. Spam that shit, it will stance-break his ass. The interesting thing about the Rancor spells is they're defined as Death Sorcery, necromancy, because you're summoning literal spirits, and using them as homing projectiles. But there's no buffs for Death Sorcery. Out of the many, many different types of magic you can find buffs for, none for Death magic. Seems like an oversight.
I do think I've managed to master the timing on Night Aspect's huge AOE attack. He rises in the air, he slams down, you count to one after he hits the ground, and then you dodge. If you dodge immediately after he hits, you get hit, you have to give it the exact second. Worked three times in one fight. Of course we lost because the Recluse was garbage, but still, good practice.
Have pity for Miquella...
Cause he'll force you to love him if you don't❤️
The amount of people who obviously think frost resistance = immune to frost is staggering. I dunno why it blows my mind that they're that stupid tp stand directly underneath a dragon while it's breathing ice on them, instead of RUNNING AWAY.
Too many fucking people treat these boss fights like a sprint instead of a marathon. They use everything they have in five seconds getting it down to half health, and they got nothing left, not even the common sense to dodge attacks. They die, I get them back up. They die again, I get them back up. The third time I die trying to get them back up. Happens all the fucking time.
The Black Knife, not the Black Blade you dumb bunny xD Black Blade is Maliketh's sword. It's also an incantation though not one I'm typically excited to find. When it comes to incantations I wanna see fire or lightning, anything else just feels mediocre. But maybe I just don't use them correctly.
I'm so tired of watching my teammates die because Caligo rears up to obviously breathe frost down onto them, and instead of dodging back or running away they go all fucking in, and then instantly die from frostbite.
Frost resistance will NOT save you from the blue frost breath. Is that little bit of damage worth the run? Cause we're lucky if I can bring you both back from a multi-bar revive with a literal dragon on my ass.
I never noticed this before though.
Somebody's watching...
That's right, while my teammate was dead I took the time to snap a picture xD Hey, they're dead, they're not going anywhere, the dragon is waaaaay over there killing them, I had to take my moment~
We lost, btw, because big idiots don't understand frostbite will kill you.
New glowing though.
I've doubled my glowing masks this Fasnacht with minimal effort. I'd call that a success~
Come on, other Duchess, do the pose with us xD
Apparently, the Everdark Caligo fight is sometimes bugged. I noticed everyone talking about how difficult his fight is which hasn't been my experience at all. But I guess sometimes he bugs out where his ice armor, which normally you have to destroy yourself, automatically comes off, and damages him, and takes a large amount of his HP off. I definitely had one round like this, but the others were normal. I think my best round against him I had Rykard's Rancor which is definitely OP against him because you have to destroy the ice armor around various parts of his body, and huge firey explosions do that pretty well, they hit multiple areas. The thing I worry about though with this spell is that it annoys my teammates xD Because the explosions are a little blinding. And I'm like, hey, take my sight, just give me the win. Not sure other people have the same sentiment.
I've also changed my mind about crater vs mountaintop. Getting fire is better than getting frost resistance. The frost resistance isn't enough, and it makes people think they're invulnerable to frost, and then you get to watch them die while they stupidly stand underneath the dragon as it breathes ice down on them. If a dragon is breathing anything on you, RUN AWAY, idiots. That's my biggest complaint with any boss, people don't take the time to learn them, they just wanna run in, bash away, and then die because they haven't Bern paying attention, and don't understand when to dodge or run away. Exhibiting absolutely no technique, just mashing away til they're dead because must kill fast as possible. Oftentimes Souls bosses are an endurance test. Again, I don't understand how most of these people have ever beaten a Souls game alone... Then I remember most people don't do it alone, most people summon, most people depend on other players still to carry them. Which is one reason I like the idea of being grouped by skill because it's an amazing feeling when no one has to carry, no one dies, everyone pulls their weight. But. When you're new you kinda need people to show you the ropes especially when it comes to pathing. How will newer people learn if they never get to play with anyone better?
Oh Hell no this motherfucker did not just drop, and ping me a Less Likely To Be Targeted xD
Then he's the one who goes down TWICE against Everdark Caligo. And who brings his ass up without invisibility? Because our third abandoned us midway so it's just me, I'm all you got, and you were lucky to have me, Achilles cause you were no Hercules~
It literally says next to the masks, 4 TRADE ALL 4 RAU.
But people still ask what I'm looking to trade for xD
Don't fucking offer me your bullshit leaders. The thing about leaders, aka leader bobbleheads... I don't get it. People trade them in the thousands as a form of trade currency. I don't know why. The only thing a leader bobblehead does is give you 5% XP boost for an hour. Meanwhile, Lunchboxes give 25% XP boost for an hour. But Lunchboxes aren't tradeable. Leaders are only really popular in the trade forums, and since I'm not interested in trading except for, for one thing... They're meaningless to me. These masks are the bane of my existence. Every person who inquires about them either doesn't have what I want or conveniently just got rid of it, supposedly just gave their last one away. Yeah right.
I never considered it... I always thought it was weird that Malenia was super fucking asleep after her fight with Radahn, but assumed hey, it was a big fight, she's just that tired. No. Miquella aka sleep goddess St. Trina put her to sleep🤯
Why?
Because he wanted Mohg to kidnap him. The evidence speaks for itself. There's no way Malenia would've let Mohg just take him. She definitely could've kicked his ass. And Malenia wasn't an evil person, if anything she may be the biggest victim in his bullshit, so I don't think she was fully aware of how fucking evil her brother was. He sends her to kill Radahn, now that's the part that's weird... why would she agree to it? Unless he also charmed her into that. It would look suspicious if Malenia was home, awake, and did nothing while Mohg cane to "kidnap" Miquella, then proceeded not to find him because he didn't want to be found, she couldn't just be charmed for that, she had to be put to sleep, and use the excuse, oh her fight was so bad she needed the rest. But she must've 100% been charmed by her scumbag brother into fighting Radahn so he'd die, and Miquella could revive him exactly as he wanted him, a big, tough, mindless puppet.
It ALL makes sense.
Oh yeah, first try~
The first fortress we hit had two staffs, one with Rykard's Rancor, and one with Ancient Death Rancor, two of my favorite spells. Rykard's Rancor creates a stream of fires explosions so obviously I was gonna use it against Caligo. Although I find his Everdark fight a bit disappointing. He doesn't do anything particularly special third phase, mostly just kinda the same attacks, but darker blue. I was hoping they'd give him another element or something. It's still my favorite fight, I was just hoping for more, more challenge especially.
After this I decided to go again, and had my first leavers in the passworded lobby. Because idiot boy Executor decided, against my objections, to fight BBH in castle basement. And every time I revived my two dumbass companions, and tried to run for the door, they'd go right back to fighting. There's just no point in fighting something that kills you in one hit. Not unless you can kill it quickly. We weren't killing it quickly. So after wasting half a day, and losing a level, I finally left the castle entirely. And of course, the little bitchboy who refused to give up on his little quest, he fucking leaves followed by bitchboy number two. We were level 9 at that point, btw, totally recoverable if they would've just given up on BBH. He doesn't even drop anything spectacular or a significant amount of Runes, you can kill multiple other bosses in the time it takes to kill him, waste of fucking time. But some people would rather throw the entire run than admit they're wrong, and walk away from something they obviously couldn't handle. Like, I get it, you thought you were that good, you're not, let's just move the fuck on.
So the question when it comes to Everdark Caligo... Do you want crater or mountaintop? Because crater provides many high-powered fire weapons which is the frost dragon's big weakness. And on Mountaintop you're going to find mostly ice weapons which he's resistant to. But. The big power from mountaintop is getting big frost resistance yourself, and possible damage boosts specifically towards dragons. The major thing being the frost resistance because, like I've said, frostbite is what tends to kill people the most in his fight. And fire weapons aren't difficult tp obtain elsewhere depending on the map seed. So I would personally prefer doing mountaintop to crater even though the perfect fire weapon will absolutely melt him. Maybe. Depends on his what his new phase brings. It would be hilarious if he went from a frost dragon to a fire dragon final phase, make all the fire weapons useless. It's weird because he has the wings, and build of an ancient dragon, but... no lightning or fire. I think he has four wings... right? Honestly, I'd love to see Bayle added in the DLC. Or Placidusax. More dragons, give me more~
Or. Give me both. At the same time xD We know Bayle was the one who betrayed Placidusax, and ripped off a couple of his heads. Probably had the intention of eating his heart, he'd already been eating the hearts of lesser dragons, why not go for the dragon lord? So is the insinuation there that Bayle... was once human? Was he the first to partake in Dragon Communion? See this is why when people try to say Nightreign is better than Elden Ring... Nah. I love both, and I love the fast pacing of Nightreign, but... I love getting lost in the lore more.
Now all that being said...
Near perfect fight against Caligo. Full flasks by the end of it, no fire, no frost resistance, no attack boost towards dragons. Just Moonveil and Rancorcall~
And a Guardian named Biggus Dickus. It sure was, buddy xD It feels so good... when you're teamed with a Guardian who actually does their job, gets the aggro, and holds it so you can wail on the big monster.
I actually had two Moonveil because for the first time in 400+ hours I saw a Walking Masoleum.
Which allows you to replicate a weapon. I could've given the extra Moonveil to our Recluse, but... nah xD While Moonveil scales with Intelligence, and Recluse has S Intelligence scaling, they tend not to melee so. But you never know, I might end up on Reddit as one of those, "Don't be this guy," posts with my two Moonveil, and staff in my pocket. The entitlement over equipment just...
I was in a round with a Recluse earlier. We'd just finished a Cathedral, and they took off to our next destination. I stopped to open a box that I knew always contained incantation seals, and while I'm looking to see if I wanted to take either thay had dropped, here comes the Recluse, grabs what I'm looking at. And I considered leaving... but opted to stay, and just never revive them. Which was a real bummer for them since the night boss was Draconic Tree Sentinel, and it completely wiped them down to a three bar revive where even the Wylder on our team stopped trying to help them. Gee, looks like that seal didn't keep you alive either. And I had Rivers of Blood which is excellent as reviving people quickly. Nope. Not helping a grabby asshole. Petty, yes, but satisfying. There's just no reason to be so fucking rude, and I'm tired of the, "I'm a pure caster so I get dibs on magic equipment," bullshit. Duchess is just as good, again in my opinion better, at casting than your glass cannon ass which can't even stay alive long enough to do ANYTHING.
Bitch.
And then we lost because neither of my idiot teammates took the Scarlet Rot cure we were literally fighting a boss next to.
But the Moonveil also had Less Likely To Be Targeted as the passive, and it's kinda considered an insult if someone drops you equipment with that passive, it means you're dying too much. But. If you've got a decent Guardian on your team it's beneficial for the other members to be targeted less so Guardian can do what they're built for, can be the target, and hold aggro better. That's one reason people shy away from playing hik because it's not his job to do the most damage, his entire thing is being the shield for his teammates. I respect people who play him well.
Wouldn't it be nice if my team wasn't ALWAYS dead xD
I try so hard to keep everyone alive... You know how hard it is to revive a three bar with a boss on your ass? And they were a Raider and a Wylder, the tanky boys. That Wylder fucking sucked though. End up day 2 he tried to get me up into Astel's arena. Hell no. The Raider wisely chose to go fight some of the smaller bosses. Because there's no way you're getting Astel without a full half a day at least. But idiots still try. And he died constantly. No surprise, we didn't win against Augur which is pretty pathetic, but they were both three bar dead before I was even one.
I'm so excited though, dragon is my favorite~
The problem with dragon, the one that gets people killed instantly constantly, is the frostbite. It should be obvious... when he's breathing frost, get the fuck away from him. And people NEVER build up their resistances, they never wanna get boluses, they just wanna go in fully vulnerable to ice. Stop it. I am kinda over the Everdark Augur fight. It's fine, it just gets kinda boring because it's literally stand there, and spam Storm Ruler. And I like that it's meant to sort of change your view on how you build your character because instead of trying to get OP equipment through the entire two day cycle, instead it's more important to focus on your passives because the game is going to give you the only weapon you can realistically use to beat her so stuff like resistance to sleep or improved dodging become more important. Caligo is very weak to fire, obviously, so shouldn't be a difficult fight. That's the main problem with Gaping Jaw, he's supposed to be weak to poison, but it doesn't really do much especially in his Everdark version. I lean into bleed for him. I generally lean into bleed any chance I get, but bleed definitely seems to be more effective than poison for him. I do love beating bosses without exploiting their particular weakness though. It feels good knowing you can beat then even without the perfect build for them. Like beating Sentient with Moonveil and Lightning Spear.
I also saw this.
The hard mode they're working on is supposed to include a new ranking system. And while I would love to agree that leaving lowering your rank would be justified, I just don't think the leavers will care. Like I said, I haven't had any leavers since I started using a passworded lobby. I've had teammates stay for things people constantly left for in the standard lobby. Such as, I played a couple rounds with a guy who went off on his own, and died several times. Didn't ever leave though. I mean, we also didn't win cause he was Luke level 7 while we were 12, but at least he kept trying, he stuck around, and I'd rather take a loss with people who try rather than leave a run I know I'm going to lose or have everyone leave. Winning isn't everything. But yeah, I don't think the people who consistently leave games are going to care about their ranking. Maybe I'm wrong though, maybe it'll improve the player base. Because if there's no consequences for leaving, and you know you're in a busted run that's going to make your ranking worse, you're gonna leave, and it's just going to make the issue worse. There's also the fact that cheating runs rampant especially on Playstation so... rank really won't mean shit when someone can give themselves to be unkillable, and one-shot bosses. I personally haven't played with any cheaters, not that I've noticed anyway, but I know they're out there. Reasonable people like me ask the question, why do delusional people feel good about themselves being ranked high in a game when they cheated their way to the top, and used absolutely no skill to get there? Some people will do anything for a shiny star next to their name even if they didn't earn it. It doesn't matter if it's a lie if no one else knows it's a lie. I'd rather just actually play the game, and get good, but that's just me.
When everyone else is running away...
And I'm on it's ass, executing the most beautiful, perfect dodges you've ever seen~
That's kinda my thing, running straight at the danger everyone else is running away from xD Stop running, this is the fun part.
You'll never win if you don't take chances.
Glowing Owl~
I was running Fasnacht yesterday when I overheard a guy walk up to another in a Glowing Alien mask, and offered him 20,000 caps for it. Ignored. So then he offered him 30,000 caps, and the mask guy gets on mic, laughing, "What am I gonna do with 30,000 caps?"
It's true, currency is pretty much worthless in 76, and very few items have trade value. Of course, value is in the eye of the beholder which is why I have, in big bold letters beside my glowings, "4 TRADE ALL 4 RAU." Because that's the only thing in game I want, and if you don't have it, don't fucking talk to me xD
So I've learned that using the community passwords is key to enjoying Nightreign. All the passworded rounds I've done have gone great, zero leavers, and people generally doing what the fuck they're supposed to. I don't wanna be that person who tells anyone how to play, and enjoy a game... But Nightreign is a game that's meant to be pushed a certain way. If you wanna fuck around that's fine, but keep it in solo, there's no reason to bring your fuckery into multi-player. I get that's the intention of trolls, to ruin shit because they find it funny, and I expect they'll be there in the passworded lobby too. People just seem to take it more seriously there which is funny to say about a game, that you want to play with people who are intense, and focused, and serious, but that's the vibe Nightreign has, if you don't stay on point you'll fall behind. Like I was in a round with a Wylder, and another Duchess, and the Wylder led us into the city beginning of day 2. We beat Astel before midday. It was glorious. It's amazing not having to run out of there with the rain on my ass, and my idiot teammates desperately trying to kill the Dragonkin Soldier xD And beating almost every field boss in the city plus Loretta. That's the kinda cooperation you don't get in the regular lobby. Or going through Crater, and actually taking the time to beat the field bosses before the Magma Wyrm. It always annoys me when people run past these bosses that take 10 seconds to kill. Yes, Magma Wyrm is priority, but being a decent level with good buffs/equipment by the time you get there helps a lot, and killing the super easy bosses that are literally along the way, it helps a lot especially if you're going up against Night Aspect, you're gonna want all the damage negation you can get. I've only beaten Night Aspect three times now because people go into that fight completely unprepared. And honestly I don't understand how you're supposed to fucking dodge some of his attacks. He has these huge AOE attacks that you can't dodge or jump so it's like... what the fuck am I supposed to do xD And every time I've beaten him I've had some type of rancor spell. If you're going to use spells it's best to have a homing spell that will chase his ass down so you don't have to get too close. Rancor also seems to stagger really well which is also key because getting him staggered, and critted means a few precious seconds of free damage. Supposedly he's weak to holy, I haven't really noticed a big reaction to it. And all the holy spells are incantations, and there are only a couple in game, and they're not very good, in my experience so I would prioritize sorcery over incantations going against him,
I have enough abandonment issues, Nightreign is just making them worse xD That's not what you want from a game. I did finally try one of the community passwords, and the matchmaking pool seems a bit better there. Two games in a row with no leavers after about ten in the no password pool. It's pretty ridiculous. Of course, a password doesn't keep people from leaving or being shitty teammates, and it doesn't mean they're good at the game. But hopefully if you'll go to the extent of using a password it maybe means you're a little more serious about it. Yeah, it's a game, it's for fun, but it's not fun when every fucking round you get, "So-and-so left the world," followed by the second person leaving for absolutely no reason. And it doesn't even matter if we win, it's just playing with people who aren't leavers or trolls or assholes. Actually lost the second round I was in against Libra. If you have no Frenzied Flame, Libra is a tough fight, and most people aren't strong enough. The first round I was in was against the new Everdark Augur. A lot of people already didn't like the standard Augur fight, and the enhanced version is basically that, but 10x more tedious if you don't understand what you're doing. Because it's a gimmick fight. You go all round building your character with the perfect equipment, well you can throw it all away once you get to Augur cause the game now has a specific weapon it's going to drop you, and unless you want an hour long boss fight, you better use it. And it's a beautiful, cinematic fight, it's really not difficult once you grasp what you're supposed to be doing. The problem is that people expect you to know what you're doing mere moments after the boss has dropped. Not everyone runs to the internet to look up exactly how to beat something. Yeah, it's kinda obvious in this case when the weapon drops that you're intended to use it, but ya know, give people time to learn. Most of the big bosses have a gimmick. Like fire just completely melts Sentient or Dragon. Poison is supposed to be Gaping Jaw's weakness, but in my experience, it doesn't do enough. My advice for him would be learn his attacks, get good at dodging, and don't attack while he's attacking. If you wait, you'll have a window. Like after he does his grab attack or smashes his head, you'll have a few seconds to get some hits in. The biggest mistake I see people constantly make is trying to attack while the boss is attacking instead of dodging, and countering. Being overly aggressive just gets you killed.
Got my hands on the glowing "Jester."
Definitely not a Bufoon mask. How does that even happen xD Fasnacht is probably the biggest event in 76, all because of these ugly-ass masks. Bethesda has managed to almost completely obliterate any trade system in 76. Used to be that weapons, and armor with specific legendaries were super valuable because the rolls on them were random. Now, anyone can create any equipment with any legendary with minimal effort so they're not worth trading. So now the only truly valuable trade items are the glowing masks, and the rare outfits. And now Bethesda hits us again because they've moved the rare non-glowing masks into a pool where they drop much more frequently, they are no longer rare, no longer valuable. And it's kinda funny cause people have sat on some of these masks for years, AFKers specifically have massive collections of them that previously were priceless in game, and now they're garbage, you can literally find these masks in the trash. All but the glowing. If I could get a glowing a day I'd be happy, there are still quite a few I don't have, and I feel like every one brings me closer to my dress.
I love it when someone pings daytime Libra, and I run past him because fuck no, I am not making a deal with the devil, and suddenly behind me I hear both of my teammates spontaneously die, then I turn around to see a very angry Libra punching the shit outta me while these two idiots run crying from the world.
...
Which one of you absolute FUCKS decided it was a good idea to attack him at level 3 xD
So stupid. I think I've effectively nearly completely blocked my entire matchmaking pool. Cause it takes like 10 minutes to get into a team now xD I'd rather play alone than play with people who are just awful. I fully do not believe that any of these people have beaten a Dark Souls game. Elden Ring, sure, it's a lot easier, but no way most of these people have beaten Dark Souls unless they were monumentally carried by summons. Imagine being in the middle of a boss fight with an NPC summon, and suddenly that summon just leaves, just fucks off, and abandons you to fight alone, that's pretty much what I'm experiencing every round. The worst part is when you end up in games with people you recognize, you've played with them before, you've won with them before, you know they're decent, and then they too completely bitch out, and leave over stupid bullshit. There are community passwords that supposedly you can use for better matching, and I haven't wanted to use them, but for fuck's sake, everyone in the random pool sucks💀
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