Same. Same. Same. 100%

my only criticism with this dlc is there are so many large areas that end up having nothing significant in it like open fields at the end of a path. the abyss swamp itself had so many dead ends.

​@@Shad0wmoseslore-wise it made sense for the Abyssal Woods to be kinda barren and empty, but still, it's my favorite area and I wish there was more to do. Personally I think it would have been cool to have a mini-boss in the woods before reaching Midra's Manse. What would that boss have been? Maybe a giant Winter-Lantern Fly, a mini Three Fingers or something, idk lol. I just think something, just one more boss or place of significance in the Abyssal Woods would have made the area more fun. In spite of the emptiness, it's still my favorite area, but I definitely think it could have been even better.

@@LtCdrXander I will absolutely take an area that is about ominous vibes and atmosphere over combat and loot. I think more environmental hazzards might have worked better than a boss there. It's very meant to be an area you endure instead of conquer

@@theomegajuice8660 they should of either closed off some parts or made it so that players could see that there's nothing there.

right off the rip it reminded me of Nito’s OST. It’s so good

@@Slothhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh It's miles better than Nito lol

Sean makes his place throughs so boring because he’s OP af and instantly uses summons. He didn’t even get to experience this fight, the best boss in the game, because he trivialized everything

@Nobody-wu8so I feel like neither of them really seems to care about the lore haha

@@Laney.R00Gab is also “instantly using summons” it’s literally just his build. You commented so much on Sean’s vid and now you’re commenting on Gabs. If it upsets you that much go watch other ppl play dude it’s not that difficult

@@Laney.R00 then go watch someone like LilAggy or Bushy who both play without summon or op builds if u get so butthurt over other peoples playstyles.

Ah… visions of Bloodborne

Oh hey. Its just like that book. Neato

Put some respect on Robert W. Chambers name lol.

@@edwardbotha2946 They've been referencing this Lovecraft entity since Demon's Souls, and I'm here for it.

King in Yellow? Sounds like Demon‘s souls 😅

i wish more youtubers did the same (its fine if they dont but it bothers me when they say, "nah theres nothing" without checking)

Its scadoo and thats final

Also trees used to have thorns in the age of megafauna for protection and then they lost them because everything got smaller and more symbiotically inclined

Just putting that out there

Halig is also pronounced “Holly” or “Holy” and Goal is “Jail”

Hmm, cool. But where does Scaduche come from?

Not since Bloodborne have I reacted with "I'm sorry WHAT!" to so many of the things trying to kill me

minus not getting the runes for mimic killing him...

Came here to say this. She was cheated out 400k or so runes! I have found scadu fragments far more helpful in the DLC than another level though I guess.

I’d strongly second this recommendation, the Milady is amazing. There’s no need to even invest in more dexterity, just put a magic or cold infusion on it lol, this is a magic build. I’m basically maining it on my playthough now with the Wing Stance ash of war you find in castle Ensis. It’s so damn good.

I'm commenting just to boost the comment so there are more chances for her to see it ❤

that would be really cool

oooh, you just mentioned that :D

that actually was a bug where bosses got more health back than they should

To expand, they fixed it in the first DLC patch so no more heal after that wears off. Makes Tiche that much more useful.

you can find Nanaya's corpse in the same building, along with her torch (which is actually a weak bit of Frenzied Flame at the top of the spinal column of a past failed Lord of Frenzied Flame). based on it's description she greatly treasures and cares for this torch. her motivations seem unclear. her care for her torch would make it seem that she wants to spread the Frenzied Flame, but at the same time she's supposedly the one that told Midra to "endure" which seems to be the main thing that kept Midra from succumbing to being the Lord of Frenzied Flame for a long time. given some bits of lore about various things we've gotten in the DLC I think the Frenzied Flame exists as a counterbalance to the Crucible. the Crucible constantly spits out new life, separating it into many distinct forms. the Frenzied Flame destroys all that it touches, breaking down all borders until everything is one once again. this balance between creation and destruction is probably important, and I suspect that a successful Lord of Frenzied Flame would end up tipping the balance too far towards destruction. I believe Nanaya might've been trying to spread the Frenzied Flame in a controlled manner, while actively trying to avoid a successful Lord of Frenzied Flame arising (even though Midra does eventually succumb it's mentioned in the description of the miracle that you get from his remembrance that he was too weak to become a successful Lord of Frenzied Flame anyway), this careful control would help to explain why the people in the building don't seem to have gone insane, even Midra's warnings seem intent on stopping people from coming into contact with him and the flame to prevent further spread (and if this prevention of further spread was in opposition to Nanaya's wishes I doubt he'd sound so fond of her when he mentions her name)

I also play her videos for bed time 😂 I didn't think elden ring would be good for sleeping either, but her voice is seriously so nice to listen to. I was watching her stardew videos but I finished them so I've been watching all the other long videos. But I've also put on game grumps compilations before so I guess I can sleep to a lot of things lol.

she didn't get any runes for it tho... Wouldn't call that luck

@@mo533 Yeah killed it just in time for her to get credit for the kill but her runes dropped before the new ones were added, they just appeared on screen when it loaded. I've never seen that before. I think John Wolfe had summons finish the boss for him when on more than two occasions but never at that perfect split-second moment to miss out.

around that time (not necessarily that specific trigger) is an important point for several quests but the only one that can really turn out negatively from a lack of engagement with it is Hornsent's (basically it depends on if you summon him for a successful attempt at Messmer's fight. if you do he'll stay friendly but you can't get his stuff. if you don't he'll end up being your enemy but you'll be able to get all his equipment later) the only real points of no return in this DLC are when Miquella's charm breaks (which has absolutely 0 warning) and the events at the Church of the Bud (again, there's no notable warning, but at least this time it feels like you're about to do something significant)

@@Eclipsed_Embers yea I didn’t see hornsent’s summon sign and completely missed it. And I really wanted that ash of war. But whatever. I made sure to look up quest lines to make sure I wouldn’t miss anything else.

@@Eclipsed_Embers it does appear she’s missing quite a few important parts of quests though so she might have a harder time during the later boss fights. I hope she does one last pass through to make sure she’s finishing everything up before the church of bud interaction.

@@brizzleyoh for Hornsent's sign the DLC does a little trick it does for several fights that are important to an NPC's questline and actually puts the summon sign inside the arena. it does the same for Igon in Bayle's fight and Thiollier in Putrescent Knight's fight this obviously brings the difficulty of having to interact with the summon whilst the boss is attacking you, but comes with the bonus of meaning that summoning the NPC won't boost the boss's health, meaning that the NPC's damage will feel much higher making them feel like they were a much more helpful part of the fight (to be honest I feel like Hornsent kinda carried me through my Messmer fight, he was the only reason I was able to beat him on my first attempt. same with Igon letting me beat Bayle on only my 3rd. both of those fights probably would've taken me at least 30-50 attempts if it wasn't for how good the NPC allies were. Thiollier was somewhat less helpful against the Putrescent Knight...) also, it has the added bonus that even if you forgot them you can end up spotting the sign during the fight as a reminder. it should be noted that for Messmer's fight you can summon Hornsent or Jolan (Hornsent's sign will appear as long as he's alive. Jolan's sign requires that you've rung the first bell from Ymir's quest but not yet fought Metyr), the moment you choose one the other disappears and ultimately Messmer's fight holds absolutely no significance to Jolan (also, having fought both of them since it turned out that Hornsent invaded me later on anyway, I'm pretty sure Hornsent is just the more powerful and useful NPC)

elden ring bosses are designed with solo in mind, you just have to create your own openings

@@Ghorda9 No they're not. You can't tell me that the final boss having holy beams shooting down all around him, including directly behind him, isn't proof that they designed him to take on multiple opponents and to still hit the player when the summon has aggro. The story of Elden Ring design is that they gave the player overpowered tools and then overtuned the bosses to compensate for them. You will never convince me and my 600 hours of experience with the game that this isn't true.

@@aperson9847 No he is not designed with it in mind, he is just insanely hard to the point where you need to be pitch perfect if you want to beat him solo, it is actually nothing special if you have done underpowered challenge runs before but for the casual player its borderline impossible, def stretching their limits this DLC with the final boss

@@rubi3050 Regardless, we can agree that a main boss being "borderline impossible" for a more casual player is a bad thing, right? I know several people who have bashed their heads against him for a while and then said "You know what? I'm good. I played fun parts of the DLC, this is miserable, I don't need to beat him." If Fromsoft continues down this path where every game is harder than the last one, they're going to lose their audience.

@@aperson9847 Yeah, I guess this proves the super hard bosses should be optional instead

Do you mean the ones from Final Fantasy? Cuz if so, then no. Those ones looked like dinosaurs, size and all. But if you mean the ones from Roman/Greek mythology, then...maybe.

No the catopeblas has a very long neck in mythology

@@tuzori18sage with how many different catoblepas designs there are throughout the series you're going to have to be more specific lol

A head! I got it in a dungeon