The Pig Pen Hangout

Pretty good, finished the Rift today, so it's all casual now for awhile again. Also in season 8 of a Smallville rewatch.

I can share some pictures when it arrives.

Otherwise I'm on my second playthrough of Elden ring in ng+. Everything fine with the exception of one swordswoman.

I'm playing a bleed - blackflame Swordstress build.

Super fun so far.

That's what I really enjoy about elden ring. The game is as hard as you want it to be.

In my first playthrough, I went all Dex with the halo sythe and failed at some bosses.

ER was my first souls game, so I was pretty bad.

Kater I used mimic tear extensively, which made bosses noticeably weaker. This did not mean, that I didn't leant though. I got better and better and beat late game bosses without it.

Maliketh, Placidusax and especially Godfrey are some of my favorites.

Now that better, I just want to max out everything to get 100%.

I also want a "can do everything" - character. So I'm around Lvl 260 right now and try to max intelligence.

Fire giant is down, now comes farum azula.

Looking really forward to it.

Are you guys also excited for Shadow of the erdtree?

Truthfully a little nervous... ER was a monster of a game, and the Soulsborne games tend to go pretty nuts in their DLC.... every DLC has been as difficult as it is amazing...

No sure I've got the stones for it anymore xD

I have played DS1 and DS3. I liked DS3 a lot more. Great to hear that you are this experienced at the games!

Am I wrong or did the DLC´s in past games add no further achievements to the games?

I accept my fate being single AF for the rest of my days if the alternative is to be a DS2 fan xD

So, do you guys think my survivor dream will ever be realized, and these two will be reunited in The Fog?

Guys?

Am I just seeing things or is Mandy's crouch and uncrouch bugged again? It feels a lot slower than usual and I know that this bug has happened recently already.

Any experience?

Should we make a post about it?

Is there already one?

Piggies trap is missing in the lobby for a long time now. It really bothers me.

Yes, it is! Thx for finding video material.

JMF be putting in work ngl.

Damn... you squeeked one over me to win 🥺

I still haven't watched Saw X...

I have heard good things about it, but I'm nervous to watch it because I haven't found a reviewer yet who I trust with regards to reviewing the plot... they all say the gore and brutality is way off the charts... but tbe srory is what mattere, and the people who made it were responsible for Saw 3D and beyond, which all annoyed me to high heaven...

I love Saw... I get especially upset when I see a bad Saw film... proper nerd fan fighting back rage tears... 😖

Is Saw X actually solid on the story? Or is it a switch your brain off mindless Saw gorefest? Don't get me wrong... I enjoy a mindless Saw gorefest... as long as it doesn't betray the core message and concept of the Saw films... 😨

I take the opinion that if a story is good, then I'll likely rewatch the film several times and enjoy it just as much knowing the plot in vivid detail.

Unless it's something like Portal or Saw 1, where the twist is literally the entire point, I dont really mind spoilers at all 😁🤘

Saw X is pretty solid; one of the best in the series, even. I’d personally put it up there with Saw 1-3 as far as story and traps go. The whole time you kinda feel bad for the victims but then once you figure out what they do for a living you’re just rooting for John and Mandy 😂 It’s a A+ film of the Saw franchise; definitely worth a watch.

I really enjoyed it though. More story time with Amanda is all we want to be honest.

❤️🐽❤️

Finally finished this run!

Sharpened my skills up again for Shadow of the Erdtree, not quite so afraid of it now 😅

Not that you aksed, but kinda riding a high and want to share... Notable moments: -

• Not using Torrent was mostly not too bad... but was really ass at times... looking at you Fire Giant and Consecrated Snow Field... lets get that out of the way that these suck without Torrent... 😑
• Starting spell Flame Sling (ER Fireball) was good enough, was nice for throwing from safety. Requires you to lock on, then unlock and aim up a lot to account for the arc, but you get used to it and it does its job well to counter hit attacks after rolling away to safety... Dropped off by end game, but was great while it lasted.
• Catch Flame (the ER Combustion) is Godlike for a Quelana run... this spell was my bread and butter for so long, and still came up now and again at end game for quick rapid fire damage. Also helped me a lot as a blue phantom.
• O' Flame (ER Greater Combustion) would be excellent... except it has this annoying problem where if you use it immediately after a roll, it will fire in the direction of the roll instead of at your opponent... making it usually useless and you're better off using Catch Flame... the only time it became useful is when your enemy has a HUGE recovery window.
• Whirl O' Flame (ER Fire Whip) was useless... too much FP, too slow and not enough damage. Almost always a better option available to you instead.
• Some combination of the above was mostly smooth sailing for anything you'd encounter. Flame Sling for poking at range (Margit, Godrick), Catch Flame for going in when you wanna just starting blasting (Rennala and Radahn).
• Carian Manor was much easier... the hands weakness to fire made that much less painful...
• The Godskins have pretty gnarly fire resistance... they were quite hard. Though strangely the big boy was easier because he couldn't dodge Flame Slings, so I could poke him down from.relatibe safety, the Noble was much harder, I had to be O'Flaming when he went for hisnfireballs to egt onaiatent DPS. The Godskin duo later was quite obnoxious, but thankfully we were getting pretty good with our damage output by that point.
• Volcano Manor was fun... Rykard was impossible pretty quick I figured out; mathematically impossible to kill... and I couldn't believe how many fire proof enemies there were around the manor... the Fire Slugs I understand... but the lizards, the iron maiden sentinel things, and even the bats in Volcano Manor all took 0 damage... a lot of running in these areas xD
• Giants Flame Take Thee (ER Greater Fireball) was a real game changer... knockdown on man sized enemies is busted... I literally stun locked Gideon and babombed him to death 🤣🤣🤣
• The Fire Giant was miserable (I really questioned my no Torrent rule)... his first phase was actually fine, I could do a lot of damage to his foot.... but with that weakness gone, his second phase was dire... he has such good fire resistance obv, that it was an insane slow burn taking his health down, and a lot of his hits could 1 shot me if I wasn't careful. (A cloth armour set offers littlemprotwction). My eventual strategy was to have like 3 heals with the rest FP estus, save my fire boosted physick and use the ritual attack and defence to try and maintain the full HP boosts. Basically dont' get hit and if I ddo, hopefully heal back to full and keep the most damage output to whittle him down.
• Burn O'Flame (ER Fire Tempest) was actually pretty damn good against large enemies. Placidusax, Fortissax, etc it did great damage quickly.
• Maliketh still has that weird attack where he stands still, leans back with a big swing, then just swings down and misses you... I kept getting it so Catch Flame minced him.
• Mohg was another enemy with monstrous Fire Resistance (80% reduced damage)... I could technically kill him, but I need like 2 health estus and 12 FP estus... every missed/not fully charged shot was very costly. You could get about 50% extra damage on a headshot, but that was so hard to free aim it was not a viable strategy.... especially in phase 2 where he is diving around splashing blood everywhere... couldn't use the Ritual Talismens strat because of teh random blood flame crap he leaves in the environment... I had to use my Latenna Spirit in the end to beat him just to have some other source of damage 😖
• Malenia was a GOATED fight as always, she dodges projectiles so Flame Sling and Giants Flame Take Thee was off limits, but Catch Flame and selective O'Flame could counter her and do work. Would you believe Whirl O'Flame was actually useful here? Because she dodges and advances as you throw projectiles, you can't use other projectiles, but with you can Whirl O'Flame and she dodges it like a projectile, but because it hangs in the air it hits her as she advances... when you're fishing for Water Fowl, this move made it safe to keep chipping away at her until she threw it. I LoL'd when I realised this crap spell was my saviour vs. MALENIA of all bosses xD
• Godfrey/Horaoh Loux was probably my most fun battle with him of all my meme characters. We had great damage, but he's fast with his attacks, but also punishes rolling away, I actually had to grow a pair and just stand and throw Giants Flames with him at point blank. Veet intense and fun... Louxs grabs could near 1 shot me each time 😵
• Radagon and Elden Beast we're not as bad as I thought. I feared my damage would be bad as I know Elden Beast has high resistances and between them that's a lot of health. My fears dissipated quickly when I realised I was able to get 2k a hit on Radagon with Giants Flame... and Burn O' Flame was great against Elden Beasts fat rear end too!

You talking about ER got me back to finish this run... so thanking you Radiant... was a lot for fun. Also up yours Mohg... you creep. 😒