A lot of them you are meant to run past, you don’t get meaningful xp from mobs until you get to late game secret areas, early game just Google where dungeons are, ride torrent to them and kill bosses for levels
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’m not disappointed at the game but on myself.
I patiently waited for Elden Ring to go on sale, excited to play it. But the reality is i don’t have enought time to play.
So what happens is I die a few times, restart my progress, die a few more, then my IRL game time has ran out. And I’m still where I started, no progress made,.
If i consistently I evade enemies just to get fat on the map, then what I’ve done is stunt my character progression and just horse around the map. I mean that’s not playing, it’s being a tourist inside the game.
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Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
You mean, grinding on mobs won’t give me meaningful xp? So it’s the bosses that I need to kill.
abraxas@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Nah. There’s a middleground of things worth your time, that you can discover fairly easily.
When you’re getting 50 runes per enemy and you need 5,000 to level, run past em because you’ll soon find enemies that net you 2000 runes per kill. If you find an enemy that gives good runes, then consider grinding killing it.
Bosses give decent runes, but I don’t think they’ll float ya (and I hate that git gud shit. I suck bad and only barely squeaked by a win by getting absurdly overleveled with an OP weapon).
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
thanks for the tip! at least now I have a goal that’s not story dependent. I can get by that, setting a small goal for my limited time. and I believe achieving that personal goal will give me more satisfaction than finishing a part of a story in one run. because I expect to drag this game out as long as I can.
I’m not young anymore where finishing as many games as possible is the goal, I’m an old gamer where enjoyment of even a few intervals of play is sufficient.
Borat@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Each enemy gives you a set amount of runes (souls) that you can use to level up, harder enemies give more.
Tarzan9192@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I can agree wholeheartedly. I found Elden Ring to be a very boring game.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s not at all what they said lol
abraxas@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
More unsolicited advice. Consider an easy mode mod (if you have it for PC). There’s a few good ones that rebalance it to be a “normal” dodge-and-hit action game instead of a full on soulsborne. I also like a “keep runes on death” mod to take away that terror of actually leaving your little stomping grounds and exploring the beautiful world.
The game is so much more fun when it isn’t forcing “play it this way” down your throat.
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Thank you for the advice, but my 9 year old son has now marked the computer as his territory and I’m now exiled to the Playstation.
abraxas@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Fair enough. There’s always Persona 5. It’s a lot less headache inducing.
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Yes! , jrpg one of my “go to” genre 👍
okmko@lemmy.world 1 year ago
May I offer some unsolicited advice.
Your damage output is as important if not more important than “getting gud”. The more damage you do, the fewer attacks you have to dodge. That’s kind of the secret to all these Souls games.
Damage and damage mitigation come from stacking many small, incremental bonuses and upgrades. The most important upgrade for damage is upgrading your weapon with ores. Pick one weapon (eg. Longsword) and invest all ores into it.
It’s possible to suicide-run into dangerous areas for upgrade and powerful items since you don’t lose items that you’ve picked up upon death. You can collect mid and high-tier ores this way even at low level.
It’s perfectly okay to farm exp from non-bosses. The best places are higher level areas (relative to your character) where common enemies give as much exp as early game bosses, yet who can be killed near save points. There are various areas for early, mid, and late game, just Google them.
If you’re still having trouble, do each step in the following video as you feel comfortable. youtu.be/GYI5Z3jhKB4
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Thank you so much! I’ll try this on my next play through.
okmko@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Definitely! I truly believe Elden Ring is accessible, it’s just not immediately clear how.