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Moar Elden Ring

I explored some Mt. Gelmir and the Volcano Manor today, joined the Recusants, did some bad things to decent people.

Did a few dungeons in Gelmir/Altus Plateau, and I joined the Mohgwyn Dynasty, gotta be real, I would fuck Varré. He basically says "i like the way you scream" while inducting you into the Dynasty, which is really hot tbh.

I'm experimenting with my build again, hard shift into katanas and bleed, which is a pretty fun playstyle.

Maybe Nokstella next time...

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Just had some thoughts on soulsborne games and specifically the fanbase:

I think its fine to do things like "no hit/summon/magic/whatever" runs. They're pretty impressive things and it does take skill and effort to do so.

But.

There is not a "pure" or "superior" way to play these games. If it is a feature or mechanic within the game, it is a fair play as long as the boss dies. And its fine to not want to use those things in pursuit of being challenged and feeling fulfilled. What *isn't* fine is policing how other people play the game because it ruins a mythical image of souls games as exceptionally difficult or brutal.

It's really *really* easy to say a souls game is the hardest game ever when you're doing everything in your power to make it harder for yourself.

There is a lot I like about the other players in souls games, the messages I read as I travel through these worlds are usually witty or fun, and it goes a long way to making it feel like I'm having a shared experience with the broader playerbase. What I don't like is the imposition of specific playstyles as a purity test for worthiness. I can kinda get it for PvP because at that point its meta-gaming, but for PvE content? Stuff people are doing against the enemies of the game? Literally no one's problem but the player doing the fighting.

A win is a win is a win.

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So I've finally entered the Altus Plateau, by way of the Ruin-Strewn Precipice. The BGM for this area is quite nice, I must say.

I also cleared the Divine Towers of Liurnia and Caelid, the Godskin bosses there were pretty fun (ty St. Trina Sword). I did some other miscellaneous dungeons im Altus as well, mostly on the southern portion.

It was really, really fun going through the dual Tree Sentinel fight to get into the Capital Outskirts, felt like I've made real progress since fighting the one in Limgrave. Also went and got the smithing stone bell 2, so that's terribly convenient.

Oh! I also finished up the rest of Nokron, including the Valiant Gargoyle duo boss, only grabbed the first grace in the Deeproot Depths though.

I've entered Nokstella, journeying with mini-Ranni (best girl), so I suspect when next I play I'll head through there, can't say I'm thrilled to go into the Lake of Rot though.

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So I ended up defeating Radahn, O'Neil, and the Mimic Tear, today. I love the look of Nokron and the underground woods, that starry cavern sky is beautiful.

I've still more to do in Nokron, need to beat the Regal Ancestor Spirit, the Red Wolf in the field nearby, and I stumbled into the Valiant Gargoyle boss room, not knowing what it was, and lost 24k runes there. One of the gargoyles died, but the second one got me while it was below half health. I considered going back, but I didnt really feel like getting into a death cycle, and its not that many runes really.

I suppose I also need to go back and run through Redmane Castle properly as well.

Radahn is a pretty scary boss, I spent the entirety of my three attempts at him on horseback summoning allies and jumping in with some slashes when it looked like there was an opening, that arena is fucking massive though, I traveled the whole circumference and it took a *while*.

Also, why's Blaidd in the Evergaol now? Lady Ranni, explain.

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So I beat O'Neil, fairly handily. Honestly I expected the arena to be scarlet rot so that was a pleasant surprise. Going to try to fight Radahn now, I wonder how many tries it will take

Going to try to beat Radahn tonight, but i want to respec some of my stats to be more precise, its a little all over the place currently and I want to be able to use Radahn's greatswords after the fight.

Im kind of considering fighting Commander O'Neil beforehand though, with the arrow cheese method

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Going to try to beat Radahn tonight, but i want to respec some of my stats to be more precise, its a little all over the place currently and I want to be able to use Radahn's greatswords after the fight.

Im kind of considering fighting Commander O'Neil beforehand though, with the arrow cheese method

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I love the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack. It has no misses, every track is good.

My favorite is the Sunleth Waterscape, its so fucking gorgeous oh my gosh, mwa <3

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REBLOG THIS TO GIVE THE PERSON YOU REBLOGGED THIS FROM A GOLD STAR BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN STELLAR TODAY AND THEY DESERVE IT ⭐️

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damn... am i really so afraid of commitment that I can't even read a fanfic over 100k words anymore for fear ill spend all my time reading it rather than doing productive things?

I used to just, not sleep or do other things and just read fic all day, so why guilt, why you here

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Didnt make a post earlier because I didnt stop playing until 2am lol.

So I've played some more Elden Ring, cleared the wooded area of the Siofra River, killed all the enemies got the Ancestor Spirit and the Dragonkin Soldier done in one go, later on I died to the Crucible Knight over on the isolated platform. Worst. Enemy. Ever.

Also explored like, half of Caelid? Went through Sellia and the surrounding cliffs, explored almost all of the western side of Caelid. I even visited Redmane Castle, though I did not fight Radahn yet. I also didn't fight the rotted dragon, I think I would die very fast, I see a big health bar.

I had a small excursion into Greyoll's Dragonbarrow, grabbed the map, visited the isolated merchant, and tried to scale the Divine Tower (i want the greatsword at the bottom) but I couldn't figure it out.

Still a basic bitch using Bloodhound's Fang for almost every encounter, but I found it on my own without a guide and I could care less what soulsborne purists think.

I think I'm going to take another small break from playing as well. Love this game, though.

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YOU HAVE ENTERED

RADICAL SATURDAY

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Difficult in addition to balancing a spider aesthetic with the already present themes of darkness, frost, and the moon. The complexity of the worldbuilding would be threatened by Spider-Doll Ranni.

why didn't you give yourself six arms 🧐

the four i have art a result of this body being adapted from a marionette, and it was hard enough to get used to. I dare not imagine the difficulty of balancing with six arms above my centre of mass...

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I am not even old but I still default to typing "email" as "e-mail".

I don't know why, but that's just how my brain is wired. Strange...