Thread 720362875

You didn't play the game

>>720362875 (OP)
i played the game with the flying squid or sth
she didnt help much but she gave me mental support

I more interested in how Nokron got banished for using Mimic Tears as sex dolls.

>>720362985
ok i get it though
totally viable use

>>720362875 (OP)
I used it, I speeded through the game with it and skipped a lot of exploration, I beat it, I left a negative review, and there's nothing autistic /v/ can do about it.

>>720362875 (OP)
>Spent 100 hours roaming the land before fighting Margit
>Stealthed all day erryday, dominated
>Acquired tons of magic and shit, crafted lots of poison and rot items, always used all the buffs and long-range / AOE attacks when possible
>Figured out that Ice-stomp and polearms are OP, horseback cheesed everything
>Grave stone shield tanks all damage
>Mimic kites enemy aggro and flanks the fools that go after me
>Beast Clergyman, Melina, Radagon and the Beast go down within a minute (1)

>Bloodborne era ER babbies seethe and can't stop yelling how I "ruined" their shitty game

>>720362875 (OP)
>mimic tear
>terra magica
>comet azur
easy game

also beat consort radahn in under 10 tries with sword lance heavy charge attacks
>but you have to use a bad build to beat the game
no, i don't think so

>>720362875 (OP)
I did but it was shit so I stopped.

>>720362875 (OP)
People will laugh it off but it's true. I remember fighting Malenia for an hour until I decided to use a Mimic. In 10 seconds I got her to 20% health so I had to quit because it was clearly unfair and definitely not fun.

>>720362875 (OP)
imagine not using the most kino summon because you think it will win you internet points for being Le Hardcore Gamer

is it just me or is this guy busted like tiche and mimic. seemed to have buffed him massively since sote dropped

>>720362875 (OP)
I like the mimic tear because it feels like a special ability befitting the player character in these games, especially since it uses health to summon it makes it feel cooler to me.

>>720365751
because it is cooler. it's fun fighting with a clone. anyone who says othewise is just a tryhard seething at having their videogame world bragging rights laughed at.

I did, then moved on to other games, because I'm not autistic.

>>720365751
i liked equipping gimmicky shit before summoning my tear. made for some neat fights.

>>720365601
Didn't find him that useful myself what with him being slow if not near enemies and he's easily knocked around

>>720362875 (OP)

Yes.

>>720362875 (OP)
>Get mimic tear
>Beat Melania first try
>Tell everyone I beat her first try because I did

>>720368751
Even with the mimic it took me around 10 tries

>>720368203
he runs around on all fours now and catches up and i notice he teleports with his weapon art to dodge big hits. dude is fun

>>720362875 (OP)
OF COURSE I DIDN'T PLAY THE GAME WHAT'S THIS SUPPOSED TO BE?

>>720368791
Was using greatsword and greatshield, unga bunga smash and blocking some attacks made double teaming work great.

>>720369967
Summons a clone of your character in elden ring

>>720362875 (OP)
I didn't even find the fucking thing so yeah I did. Only after beating the game and then watching YouTubers play I was like "Wait....there's a fucking thing that CLONES you?" And I remember sniffing every inch of that area because I was baked and lost. Apparently not every inch.

>>720362875 (OP)
imagine playing a video game

>>720370306
Why would I do that when I can just play one

>>720362875 (OP)
You didn't beat the infringement.

>>720362929
Aurelia best girl

>>720362929
I beat it using mostly these bois. Just having an aggro break was great and the poison was ace.

>>720362875 (OP)
It's just an item, not a 3rd party program or bug abuse. I think it's totally valid.

>>720370364
But how would you feel if you didn’t have breakfast this morning?

>>720363318
Based fun haver

>>720362875 (OP)
Who else figured out you could put on shabriri woe for Mimic then swap it out to give them higher aggro for even easier mode?

I don't use it but it's one of the most based player tools they've ever added.

>>720365601
What the fuck? Boch drops his ashes?

>100%d the game
>used whorefrost stomp constantly
>used the mimic for everything
>we would just stun lock everything together whorefrost stompan
>watched the Malenia fight on youtube until I memorized her move set
>beat her with my mimic in 3 tries
>did it all before the first day one patch
>never have to touch the game again
You might say I didn't beat it, but my achievement gamerscore says otherwise. And it can never be taken away from me. (Unless microsoft does.)

>add easy mode
>but never tell the player they're playing on easy mode so they can feel good about beating the game
Actual genius game design

You guys are acting like OP is a joke but if you used Mimic Tear for any boss you quite literally didn't beat the game.

>>720370247
The devs decided to put both the Mimic and the Tiche pretty much in the same optional questline for retards to not find them.

>>720378241
Not finding Tiche is one thing but not finding mimic tear means you missed like 15% of the base game

>>720378129
>bro just fight that boss that takes away 90% of your health in one attack by yourself. Or else you didn't beat the game!

>>720362875 (OP)
I didn't like it, it kills the variety when there are all these other fun spirits ashes you could be using. Just download the easy mod, my playthrough was a lot more fun and varied that way.

why is it ok for Necromancers in diablo and MMOs to have a summon/s that does everything
but it's not ok for Elden ring

>>720378434
Mimics are hopeless against bosses in big arenas. That's where you use Tiche instead. That and when the boss is resistant to your weapon.

>>720362875 (OP)
But that is me. So it's actually like playing the game twice.

>>720378756
Is Tiche better than Latina or whatever that archer waifu is called? She was my go-to ash before I got the Mimic.

I used it precisely because I didn't have fun with the game and I just wanted to get it over with.


Anyone who says Elden Ring is a good game just convinced themselves it's good so they won't feel like they just wasted a lot of effort and time trying to beat it. I think it's called "sunk cost fallacy."

>>720379216
Tiche is probably the best overall summon

>>720379301
Depends on your playstyle. If you actually like to throw yourself at the bosses then yeah, Tiche is likely to be the best option.
If you want a tank that can actually break the bosses poise and use your weapons arts, then mimic is the one to go.

Tiche is by far the best way to kill dragons in this game. They should have called her Dragon Slayer Tiche.

>>720362875 (OP)
mimic tear should be more punishing. you have your health capped to 25% as long as the tear is alive. tear gets 75% times some constant. its either a raw glass canon build or incentivises you to make a tanky tear and be ultra passive. fromsoft should unironically look to make their best items more punishing. it fits the tone imo

>>720362875 (OP)
I'll do you one better, I gave my mimic tear prayful strike so it was literally impossible for him to die and he could heal me

>>720362875 (OP)
Fromsoft knew what they were doing when they made the best summon take hp instead of mp, so everyone can use it.

>>720362875 (OP)
I tried it once to see what the big deal was. I went back to my bone bros afterwards.

>>720363246
based sakuraposter

>>720362875 (OP)
yeah i did, even finished it
it was a fun game

>>720362875 (OP)
Mimic tear is illegal bow anyway

fromsoft tards creating arbitrary difficulty to make a game that's not hard more difficult will never not be funny to me.
>here's a mechanic that's intended to be used
>you can't use it though or you didn't beat the game.
what a bunch of apes. LMAO!

>>720378129
>add tons of skills, abilities and spells in game
> NOOOO YOU USED THEM YOU DIDNT BEAT THE GAME
Don't care, had fun stomping bosses

Kind of a missed opportunity that From never implemented a pokemon system where players could pit their ashes against other players.

This is proof 90% of Elden Ring tourists are guidefags, there is no way most people did the quest line organically.

>>720382837
you sound like you'd need a guide for ocarina of time

You did play the game

>>720362875 (OP)
*checks achievements on Steam*
Says here that I did, faggot.

>>720362985
That never happened

>>720362875 (OP)
The game is balanced around summons, but I guess you can just rush mohg's palace and then farm at Palace Approach Ledge-Road until you're 50 levels above what you're supposed to be and then go stomp the bosses alone.

>>720382581
One of the colosseums is literally that with you fighting alongside a summon of your choice against an opponent and their summon

>>720362875 (OP)
>mimic tear
>dual great stars
>4 great stars going up the bosses ass
Yep, it’s gaming time

>>720382837
Everything up to talking to the Ranni doll three times at the site of grace may as well be main quest levels of obvious, what the fuck are you smoking?

>>720377974
you know mimic tear users themselves dont even think they beat the game fair considering they still remember, talk, and defend using it to this day.


Sure you totally beat itttt you just still have that itching feeling in the back of the head you didnt to this very day, huh? awww its ok you can try beating it for real in a new run!

>>720385698
Show us on the doll where the mimic tear touched you, anon.

>>720385698
When I beat Dark Souls 2, I didn't realize summons would come into boss rooms with you. When I fought Allone, I had a jobber following me so I could do the runback easily, and my jobber ended up mostly killing Allone by himself. I immediately bonfired the Allone fire and fought him again because I KNEW I Did Not Beat The Game.

>>720382837
You didn't even play the game.

My royal court. My ride or die companions. We made it to the end together.

>>720387370
>7 pokemon
That's illegal

>>720383565
Please femdom me, tall mommy.

This game is exhausting to get all the achievements. You need to cover every inch square of the map.

It surprised me that Nepheli was allowed to have a good ending. Lol

>>720362875 (OP)
Correct. In fact, I don't play *any* flavor-of-the-month games.

>>720385698
>Sure you totally beat itttt you just still have that itching feeling in the back of the head you didnt to this very day, huh?
Hmm nope I beat it three times, I have the achievements to prove it.

>>720382837
For me it's because I kept getting bullied by you people.
>durr your mad because your bad
>durr filtered by Margit
What now bitch? I forced myself to 100% this game. Got all legendary armaments, talismans, weapons, got every ending. I became a loremaster for this game. And my opinion didn't change. I still think this is their weakest souls game. It's far too bloated and gets boring fast. You can't shut me off anymore.

>>720389015
What? Of course you think it's the best souls game! Why else would you have played it so much!

This game is basically open world dark souls 3. Instead of having you teleporting aroubd they gave you a map so you had a better sense of scaling.
Shame that the map is dogshit. They need to try this again but actually craft a better looking and more interesting world map.
Include cities with npcs because this game should have them. Otherwise hoe are those sellers making a living?

>>720389257
it's more like dark souls 2 than 3

>>720363246
Holy based, if it's in the game you should use it, simple as

i like that the stormhawk ash pesters enemies as well as those fucking birds pester us

>>720389226
No. This game is trying to hard to be Nier. But Miyazaki is no Yoko Taro. He doesn't understand human strife nearly as well. He focus too much on singular characters and make their quests be about them. That does nothing for world building.

>>720389597
I'm always surprised at how much people excuse the quests in these games. Having to quit and reload the area to get a new bit of dialogue to move forward is absolute shit.

>>720363318
>Spent 100 hours roaming the land before fighting Margit
How It took me 120 hours to beat the game and explore every location

>>720381910
Bruh. You can use every summon in the game with just 25 mind

>>720362875 (OP)
Whenever I see someone playing with spirit ashes it makes the game look extremely boring. I'm not gonna condemn you for "not beating the game," but I don't know why you would do that to yourself, even for "hard" bosses like Radahn 2.

>>720391248
>wasting 15+ levels on mind
grug no like that

>>720391416
The bosses are ridiculous in ER, I don't blame anyone for cheesing them.
Everything is just 30 feet tall and doing flippy shit at 100mph. There's no technique involved.

>>720362875 (OP)
Yeah, sure, you did beat the game if you used it.
I can still call you a pussy ass bitch for using it and it will be the truth.

>>720362875 (OP)
>get raped by input reading niggerbosses
or
>rape niggerbosses with op spirits
Worst fromsoft game desu

>>720362875 (OP)
I kinda agree.
It felt wrong.

>>720362875 (OP)
What about before I unlocked it?

But I did though. I played the game MY way because thats what RPGs are about. Building your characters stats and equipment to suit your playstyle.

>>720362875 (OP)
Yes I did. And he was my best friend. We were champions fighting side by side. I miss him sometimes.

>>720391038
And these two were by far the worst offenders. So many new lines but you had to touch the bonfire every time to refresh them.

>>720393520
Is Diallos the most worthless NPC in the entire game?
You're better off killing the retard as soon as you see him outside of the round table.

>>720393614
I used the Companion Jar talisman a couple times in the DLC

>>720382837
>easily 200h game
>skipping interesting interactions and good rewards because you don't feel like doing sidequests
Not me dog. This fight is 100% more epic if you made a connection with this guy.

>>720394693
Exactly. Skipping quests in these games is like skipping character arcs in a movie. Yeah, you can still enjoy the action, but you’re missing the weight behind it. Half these fights hit way harder emotionally if you've been following the story crumbs. It ain’t just about swinging a sword, it’s about why you’re swinging it.

>>720394724
That guy became one of my favorite characters. I would never guess that he was going to be a boss fight.
Same with Alexander . Man, that one hit deep.

instead of wasting my time memorizing the boss patterns like a monkey in a game with zero combat depth I rather summon the mimic and one shot them

>>720394693
>>720394724
>>720395005
ER is a prime example of how to NOT design a video game and write a story.
It's one thing to have a cryptic plot that you need to piece together, but having an pointlessly vast, empty open world, where the NPC that spills the beans spawns in a random location and then moves to next, undefined spot later on, is just inexcusable nonsense. And don't get me even started with the endless lines of actions and choices that are not made clear to you.

I have no fucking idea why Ranni's rise was empty for >75% of the game for me. She just did not spawn there.