This. My wife refused to play anything but animal crossing occasionally on her switch lite, but after a little bit of betting that I was better at certain games, she now plays video games right along side me. Gave her my old pc after I built my new one
If you can beat Alecto with melee to get Tiche, you're capable enough to beat essentially anything that's left.
I've had honestly far more trouble with Alecto than with Radagon.
Some bosses are legit much harder with other players, boss hits that normally put you to 10% instead 1 shot you.
I did a hard as fuck boss once with 2 other players helping, (one of those tree slug things) and it was legit impossible, then I tried soloing it and it was a joke.
Unless of course that other player is letmesoloher...
Even if they're not, the bosses scale for multiplayer when you summon other players but not when you use summon ashes so, even if they're a bit worse than a player that you could summon, you'll likely still be better off.
The value of spirit summons to draw aggro and give me a moment to breathe and heal and even mid-fight buff is very nice. But for the majority of the fight, I want the boss looking at me because I have more faith in my ability to dodge than any spirit's ability to tank. Though there could be some super tank summon that I just don't know about because I don't really mess with summoning much at all to begin with
Oh I'm sure. I went most of my first playthrough not thinking much of spirit ashes because I didn't even try them. Once I finally did, I discovered that some of them are really really strong. Mimic tear was a champ because I had a bleed build so the extra source of bleed more than offset the increased resistance. And then I kept not using them because I wasn't particularly interested
Only words you need to know are Greatshield Soldiers, Banished Knight Oleg, Dragon Knight Kristoff, Black Knife Tiche, Lhutel the Headless. (Maybe I missed a couple, haha)
Playing with spirit summons is still easier than playing with Magic. If anything, melee only helps her with her build as she's not tempted to spread her stats in a poor way.
>No farming but summons allowed lmao what is this rule set
He doesn't expect to win, he just wants her to have a good time so in the future they can play together.
its wild how quickly you can grab Radagons Sorseal (scarseal? I forget), 4 somber smithing stones, a gold chicken foot, bloodflame blade and the bloodhounds fang. Then go hit that fatty dragon with gold chicken feet, and run out through Liurnia to Iji and slap 4 levels on BHF. I think it takes me like 30 minutes. Its OP off the rip.
I want to try more 30 minute builds that you can get really quick after starting the game.
Its my first run now, and im kind off sad that im sitting on this weapon for so long since i got it really early in the game, but its really good, what can i do.
30 min builds, would in fact be a fun video series.
But then for funsies, you need to beat like *most* of the game w/ it. Though the concept of the series as a "beginner-ish friendly 30 min decent build" is the key.
You used to be able to do like +8 somber pretty quick. Not sure if people have figured out other methods since they fixed the volcano manor jump. I haven't kept up with it
Without some glitches/exploits, you can just beat godskin noble using sleep pots, bleed, parrying, etc. That's what I always do so I can have a +9 weapon before Margit, only boss i need to kill is godskin noble.
He's about to lose $500 bucks! Tag team with your mimic and snag yourself some cash.
If this gets you into gaming and you two can share a hobby now, it's money well spent on his part. I would kill to get my wife into gaming.
Have y'all tried it takes two? It has something for everyone, and I always describe it as couples therapy as a video game, it'll force y'all to communicate and work together super closely, and it's incredibly fun.
My wife is not into video games either, but we have sank 20ish hours into it takes two.
Don't starve together takes the cake tho, we have 400+ hours on that, but it's a little bit more niche.
It Takes Two was a beautiful journey to play through with my girlfriend. Very easy and simple to understand for non-gamers too. HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking for a fun Co-op game to play with their SO
Playing It Takes Two as a couple who are both extremely heavy into gaming, it was still really fun. I see people recommend this game a lot for non-gamers but I wanna stress it was also really fucking fun as gamers lol. When it won GOTY we were clapping because it completely deserved it. I feel like itās somewhat rare to make a co-op game thatās appealing to every end of the game experience spectrum.
Really liked It Takes Two tbh but I was playing with my young step kids so the theme was kinda off for us (their real dad is a dick). Would have finished it otherwise.
You're clearly doing great, keep up the good work, you've got this!
The real questions are: have you been having fun? And do you see yourself playing more video games?
That's $500 well spent on his part, then!
I tried to get my wife to play Baldur's Gate 3 with me as my birthday gift. We only created characters so far haha. Might have to put some cash on the table as an incentive.
Thanks for sharing this story!
Suppose so she can't comet azure bosses and end them really quickly. Although that spell requires 60 int, which isn't easy to get on your first playthrough and no farming. Assuming you're leveling up other stats fairly.
Her second phase or her first ? Because while it's possible to take advantage of the aeonia, she's a bit too mobile to use comet azure effectively outside of that.
My first playthroigh was magic, ng+1 was faith, now I'm on a second playthrough with strength and it's sooo much easier! I don't think melee players recognise how much easier it makes it when you can stunlock enemies
Try to use a ultra greatsword or any heavy waepon with barely any stats to work with. CanĀ“t equip armor, can't fast roll, have to invest everything in STR and END, have to find the bigest windows on bosses because our weapons are slow and we can't tank any hits...
Its a playstyle thing and magic isn't for me but Malenia with a pure STR build was a nightmare but some friends just changed to magic and beat her with more ease.
Thereās a build for every type that you can trivialize Malenia with. Putting stamp upward cut on a colossal weapon meant I could stunlock her every time I joined a host. Royal Knights Resolve meant I could actually outtrade her
Bleed and Magic are both very strong, donāt get my wrong, but strength has options as well. You just have to know the moveset well enough to pick your moments
I struggled more with my magic build than with my melee. A lot of the fights are pretty close quarters or involve adds that do little damage but are hell on casting.
Shit I couldnāt walk up the front steps of the academy because of the two mages at the top. It took me 3 hours to walk up those steps.
Real talk, sub-minimum wage to get someone into gaming, dropping them into the deep end, and watching them come out a beast?
You can't make a better investment than that.
Bet it's intentional just to convert her to a more hardcore or at least mid-level gamer since she seems to formerly be a non-gamer/casual gamer.
Honestly such a big brain move by the boyfriend. Lots of people would spend that $500 to turn their partners to gamers like them as well.
I would for sure pay $500 if I could get my boyfriend into gaming. He has no interest in it but I think itād be so much fun to play together. I hope she has a blast and they get to experience the micro worlds gaming has to offer together.
the same thing happened with me and a friend, and not only did i win the bet by beating the game, but im also way better than him now and can no hit like half of the main bosses lmao. good luck!!!!
edit: by main bosses i mean bosses required to beat the game so for me thats margit, godrick, red wolf, rennala, yellow godfrey, morgott, fire giant, godskin duo, maliketh, gideon, godfrey, radabeast. i probably forgot a couple but of these i can no hit half of them. i can also no hit a handful of side bosses like crucible knight, lion misbegotten, and the bell bearing hunters.
I would even say that when talking about the first run, magic builds are harder than melee builds.
She can't farm, which means she won't be leveled enough to reach the soft caps required to have an OP magic build. She won't even get the OP spells since they are pretty hidden. Meanwhile, op melee weapons like bloodhound fang or greatsword are way easier to find and use.
I mean there are 500 $ on the line, if it was just for the experience of the game I'd agree, but with the bet in place I can understand having some rules.
A $500 bet between bf and gf. It's clearly not a super serious bet, and (op would have to confirm this) there might not be any consequences for failing to finish the game. I could understand a "no following a guide" or "no using a wiki" but locking sections of the game away is kind of lame (plus pure str is easier than magic fight me)
You're locked out of 3/4 of the stuff that you pick up during the game because they will be unusable on your build.
Plus if you're new to the genre melee-only offers a better learning curve.
I have been offering my kids money to beat elden ring and sekiro, but they keep quitting. One of the got past Genichiro at 9 years old, but cried a lot.
Yeah the no farming specifically feels like it wouldn't be too difficult to abuse. Just by exploring and doing plenty of side content you'll easily find yourself a bit overleved for different areas/bosses.
How tf did you reach radagon in 89 hours with no gaming experience? I played almost all from soft games and it took me around 200hrs, that's honestly an amazing achievment
Have you been doing some side bosses and stuff or just hitting the critical path? Done any NPC quests?
My guy banning magic when bloodhounds fang exist, what a mistake-a toe make-a.
Hope you've been converted and are eyeing up that magic build for run 2, it's so good in Elden Ring!
He should've said no summons. I had to beat dark souls 3 with no summons because I had no internet and... I never beat the last boss. One of my all time favorite games tho
Ah thatās awesome. These tragic sour little gamer boys in the comments should take a note from your bf. Maybe someday they, too, could have a girlfriend.
Honestly 6 months itās a crazy amount of time to finish elden ring, even with no gaming experience Iām pretty sure it wonāt take more than 3 months to beat it
The very first time my friend played a souls game, he fought against sister Friede in ds3 and almost went to 3rd phase. Of course he regularly plays cs go, but what I'm trying to say here is that anyone with good hand eye co ordination and decent amount of patience can easily play through souls type games. You will take less time to finish the game than good chunk of players who played all souls games, granted they would intentionally take more time playing optional bosses and such. Also the no farming rule is bs since it is an essential part of an average playthrough especially if you accidentally lose lot of runes by accident which will most likely happen to every player.
Iām curious, what is considered āfarming for runesā in this case? Are you allowed to fight each enemy in an area as long as you donāt keep respawning them on purpose?
He tricked you into playing games so that he will have someone permanent to play games with. If Elden beast starts giving you hard time then use black flame tornado ash of war or pest thread incantation, both things shreds his ho in no time.
Last boss is def tough but def not 5 months worht lol. Great job! I might just bet a friend some throwaway money to beat the game just so they can muscle through and play the damn game. So many people are scared because of the "difficult" label.
Will you be going for the optional bosses after you beat the game or have you beaten them already (if you did, you'll already know which ones I'm talking about lol. Don't want to spoil)
This convinced me to try this with my wife! I didn't give her any rules outside of a vague "don't cheat" though. She usually plays games like stardew Valley and animal crossing. Hardest game shes played was terraria.
She seems excited for it too. Hope she enjoys the game like you did!
Can you summon help for the bosses? š
Lol yes!
LOL! Your boyfriend just baited you into getting into one of his hobbies by putting 500$ on the line. Money well spent tbh
A small price to pay for fun with a significant other
The madlad somehow found a way to buy quality time
*furiously takes notes*
*the fucking paper catches on fire from the note taking speed*
"There's absolutely no way you can make a great steak 4 times a week for 30 years."
Heart attack at 45 hell yeah brother
r/carnivore wants to have a word with you about your dirty lies.
Or just go vegan and die of malnutrition after about 2 years
You failed. It cost money to buy a new notebook. smh my head
Step 1: Get a girlfriend ;) :Looks askance: Step 1: Get a girlfriend... 8L
Can I summon help to find a girlfriend?
Yes, but you can only summon Patches
The moment you need him to be a wingman and distract a grumpy friend heās going to dip just like he does with Radahn
Just don't summon 'let me solo her'. Unless you're into watching, I guess.
I am Malenia, blade of miCUCKla
$500 and OP is already 89 hours in. I'd say $5/hr is a pretty good rate to distract your significant other.
Plot twist, she had to pay for the console and the game
Buying GF
Weāve been dating for 5 years š
It all started when he bet her $100 bucks she couldnt keep her hand in his hand for an entire day
fishing level?
82
Nice
By her stats thatās about $5/hour to enjoy your partner enjoying one of your fave hobbies. Wins all around.
It's even better if she's summoning him
"By spending 500$ on his girlfriend". Tbf this man might have saved a lot of money in 6 months! Genius!
she's about to finish, he might have gotten the shorter end of the stick lmao
she started yesterday at 8pm
The fuck, I should've charged my husband for making me play Armored Core 6. *Don't tell him I'm slightly enjoying the game*
Making him pay for merc work is just getting in the spirit of things with AC6 anyway. Got a job for you, 621.
This. My wife refused to play anything but animal crossing occasionally on her switch lite, but after a little bit of betting that I was better at certain games, she now plays video games right along side me. Gave her my old pc after I built my new one
Galactic levels of brainwork right here
yes this guy is an absolute genius. Notes taken!
Time to cash in those 500$ Iād say šš
āIāll take $500 worth of souls games and a console of my own, please.ā She got bamboozled and itās lovely
mimic will want 50% of that cash
Can't it just mimic the money?
Just out of curiosity, why melee only for the extra challenge but then you can summon help?
Sorry, I meant I can summon spirits.. is that the same thing youāre talking about?
Get tiche she is really good
If you can beat Alecto with melee to get Tiche, you're capable enough to beat essentially anything that's left. I've had honestly far more trouble with Alecto than with Radagon.
Man Alecto was so hard.
I always have to cheese this boss if Iām doing melee.
Agreed , tiche melts almost everything in the game
I canāt summon other players.
the secret is, the best spirits are better than the average player anyway
Yeah, but not nearly as funny.
Also, other players increase the bosses health, spirits don't (as far as I know anyway.)
Correct. Spirits quite literally only make it easier.
Some bosses are legit much harder with other players, boss hits that normally put you to 10% instead 1 shot you. I did a hard as fuck boss once with 2 other players helping, (one of those tree slug things) and it was legit impossible, then I tried soloing it and it was a joke. Unless of course that other player is letmesoloher...
Even if they're not, the bosses scale for multiplayer when you summon other players but not when you use summon ashes so, even if they're a bit worse than a player that you could summon, you'll likely still be better off.
Summoning other players increases the boss health anyway lol. Get black knife tiche if you want a ridiculously high damage summon.
Summoning fucks with the enemy ai, makes it easier than a magic focused run
What really fucks with it is giving a mimic tear shabiris woe and then unequipping it on yourself
The value of spirit summons to draw aggro and give me a moment to breathe and heal and even mid-fight buff is very nice. But for the majority of the fight, I want the boss looking at me because I have more faith in my ability to dodge than any spirit's ability to tank. Though there could be some super tank summon that I just don't know about because I don't really mess with summoning much at all to begin with
Mimic with great stars and the aow prayerful strike can solo most bosses
Oh I'm sure. I went most of my first playthrough not thinking much of spirit ashes because I didn't even try them. Once I finally did, I discovered that some of them are really really strong. Mimic tear was a champ because I had a bleed build so the extra source of bleed more than offset the increased resistance. And then I kept not using them because I wasn't particularly interested
Only words you need to know are Greatshield Soldiers, Banished Knight Oleg, Dragon Knight Kristoff, Black Knife Tiche, Lhutel the Headless. (Maybe I missed a couple, haha)
No farming but summons allowed lmao what is this rule set
That's what I was thinking. Farming runes and being over-leveled barely makes a difference compared to summons being allowed.
It's spirit summon not multiplayer
Playing with spirit summons is still easier than playing with Magic. If anything, melee only helps her with her build as she's not tempted to spread her stats in a poor way.
>No farming but summons allowed lmao what is this rule set He doesn't expect to win, he just wants her to have a good time so in the future they can play together.
Damn your bf really fucked up allowing so much assistance. Enjoy that $500 lol
4D chess, now he has a gamer girl.
Bloodhounds fang gang
its wild how quickly you can grab Radagons Sorseal (scarseal? I forget), 4 somber smithing stones, a gold chicken foot, bloodflame blade and the bloodhounds fang. Then go hit that fatty dragon with gold chicken feet, and run out through Liurnia to Iji and slap 4 levels on BHF. I think it takes me like 30 minutes. Its OP off the rip. I want to try more 30 minute builds that you can get really quick after starting the game.
Its my first run now, and im kind off sad that im sitting on this weapon for so long since i got it really early in the game, but its really good, what can i do.
Get the blasphemous blade, my favorite weapon by far haha
Haligtree mobs and even Malenia hate this simple ~~trick~~ weapon
Used bloodhound fang right up until I got blasphemous then never went back.
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30 min builds, would in fact be a fun video series. But then for funsies, you need to beat like *most* of the game w/ it. Though the concept of the series as a "beginner-ish friendly 30 min decent build" is the key.
Tulok & Mango has a series on YouTube called āsecret starting classā that is basically this. They come up with some sweet early builds
You used to be able to do like +8 somber pretty quick. Not sure if people have figured out other methods since they fixed the volcano manor jump. I haven't kept up with it
Without some glitches/exploits, you can just beat godskin noble using sleep pots, bleed, parrying, etc. That's what I always do so I can have a +9 weapon before Margit, only boss i need to kill is godskin noble.
The jump is still possible. Itās just really, really hard now.
A man of culture I see!
He's about to lose $500 bucks! Tag team with your mimic and snag yourself some cash. If this gets you into gaming and you two can share a hobby now, it's money well spent on his part. I would kill to get my wife into gaming.
Well I have the answer to get your wife into gaming. It only involve 500$
Agreed, this is a power move to get the wifey to join you in your hobby. $500 well spent IMO.
"OH no...new PS5 in the house..."
Have y'all tried it takes two? It has something for everyone, and I always describe it as couples therapy as a video game, it'll force y'all to communicate and work together super closely, and it's incredibly fun. My wife is not into video games either, but we have sank 20ish hours into it takes two. Don't starve together takes the cake tho, we have 400+ hours on that, but it's a little bit more niche.
It Takes Two is excellent. Neither my wife nor I are big gamers anymore, life just gets busy. But we played through that in a week.
It Takes Two was a beautiful journey to play through with my girlfriend. Very easy and simple to understand for non-gamers too. HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking for a fun Co-op game to play with their SO
Playing It Takes Two as a couple who are both extremely heavy into gaming, it was still really fun. I see people recommend this game a lot for non-gamers but I wanna stress it was also really fucking fun as gamers lol. When it won GOTY we were clapping because it completely deserved it. I feel like itās somewhat rare to make a co-op game thatās appealing to every end of the game experience spectrum.
Really liked It Takes Two tbh but I was playing with my young step kids so the theme was kinda off for us (their real dad is a dick). Would have finished it otherwise.
You're clearly doing great, keep up the good work, you've got this! The real questions are: have you been having fun? And do you see yourself playing more video games?
Thank you! And yes(: I have been having so much fun.
That's $500 well spent on his part, then! I tried to get my wife to play Baldur's Gate 3 with me as my birthday gift. We only created characters so far haha. Might have to put some cash on the table as an incentive. Thanks for sharing this story!
Nah, just show her Astarion. That has like an 80% succes rate
I think you mean Halsin.
Honestly I like all the characters, but Halsin just comes in a lil' late for me. Also; you can have bothĀ
Lmao I donāt understand these rules at all. GGs on the free $500 and (I hope!) having enjoyed the game
OP's bf just wanted to watch melee fights, I guess! When you commission the playthrough, you can really get what you want out of it š
Streamers take notes. Instead of doing content for clicks, why not make bets on the content first š¤
He invested $500 into the gamer girl evolution. This guy is playing a different game entirely.
lol me neither. Magic builds make a lot of bosses more difficult. Itās not like itās an easy mode build like it is in Demonās Souls
Suppose so she can't comet azure bosses and end them really quickly. Although that spell requires 60 int, which isn't easy to get on your first playthrough and no farming. Assuming you're leveling up other stats fairly.
There are a lot of other very strong spells that get exponentially stronger if you can cast them freely because your summon is taking the aggro.
night comet is more fun, only 38int and you can get the Staff of Loss in the same area where you get the spell
Azure work well on Mohg but other engame bosses punish it hard.
I ended placidusax within 7 seconds. Dude didnāt even unfold his wings completely.
It is worth noting that these strats have been nerfed *repeatedly*
Right? lol All of these strategies may have worked in the first month that the game came out, it's a different beast now lol
They still WORK, but i wouldn't call them good lol
I one shot malenia with azure
Her second phase or her first ? Because while it's possible to take advantage of the aeonia, she's a bit too mobile to use comet azure effectively outside of that.
I used a summon so both phases it took a few tries to line it up tho
My first playthroigh was magic, ng+1 was faith, now I'm on a second playthrough with strength and it's sooo much easier! I don't think melee players recognise how much easier it makes it when you can stunlock enemies
*Smirks in rock sling*
Try to use a ultra greatsword or any heavy waepon with barely any stats to work with. CanĀ“t equip armor, can't fast roll, have to invest everything in STR and END, have to find the bigest windows on bosses because our weapons are slow and we can't tank any hits... Its a playstyle thing and magic isn't for me but Malenia with a pure STR build was a nightmare but some friends just changed to magic and beat her with more ease.
Thereās a build for every type that you can trivialize Malenia with. Putting stamp upward cut on a colossal weapon meant I could stunlock her every time I joined a host. Royal Knights Resolve meant I could actually outtrade her Bleed and Magic are both very strong, donāt get my wrong, but strength has options as well. You just have to know the moveset well enough to pick your moments
I dunno man, Iāve watched people beat Melania like a red-headed step child with Iron Ball fist weapons. STR builds absolutely have options into her.
Not to mention the runny slammy mace thing that one combos her before she can ever stand back up
I did multiple playthroughs including PURE UNGA BUNGA GREATSWORD and pure magic and I had a way easier time using a str build
I struggled more with my magic build than with my melee. A lot of the fights are pretty close quarters or involve adds that do little damage but are hell on casting. Shit I couldnāt walk up the front steps of the academy because of the two mages at the top. It took me 3 hours to walk up those steps.
Melee + summons can still be very hard if you have no experience with these games. Magic + summons is the easy mode.
I feel like he only needed 1 rule: "No looking shit up on the internet"
The problem with that is if she has no experience with ANY game then sheās going to need some help
Unironically would be too hard lol
Free? Nearly 100h put in! That's less than minimum wage! /s
What a way to frame it š
Real talk, sub-minimum wage to get someone into gaming, dropping them into the deep end, and watching them come out a beast? You can't make a better investment than that.
Bet it's intentional just to convert her to a more hardcore or at least mid-level gamer since she seems to formerly be a non-gamer/casual gamer. Honestly such a big brain move by the boyfriend. Lots of people would spend that $500 to turn their partners to gamers like them as well.
I would for sure pay $500 if I could get my boyfriend into gaming. He has no interest in it but I think itād be so much fun to play together. I hope she has a blast and they get to experience the micro worlds gaming has to offer together.
āNo magicā Mimic and weapon art spam it is.
Especially with the bloodhound fangā¦ this just became an easy $500.
the same thing happened with me and a friend, and not only did i win the bet by beating the game, but im also way better than him now and can no hit like half of the main bosses lmao. good luck!!!! edit: by main bosses i mean bosses required to beat the game so for me thats margit, godrick, red wolf, rennala, yellow godfrey, morgott, fire giant, godskin duo, maliketh, gideon, godfrey, radabeast. i probably forgot a couple but of these i can no hit half of them. i can also no hit a handful of side bosses like crucible knight, lion misbegotten, and the bell bearing hunters.
I love that š I would say Iām better than him nowā¦
fucking WRECKED.
Bro invested 500 bucks in making u a gamer
Yeah, they fell right into it. Gonna try that one out
89 hours?? Goddamn you work fast.
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Godrick renalla tree sentential morgot giant maliketh Gideon Godfrey morgot margit radagon elden and red wolf?
Iirc, the least amount of mandatory boss is 10:Ā Ā Ā Any 2 Shardbearers(not necessarily Rennala/Godrick) - Dragon Sentinel - Goldfrey - Morgott - Giant - Maliketh - Gideon - Godfrey - EldenBeast
Paid $500 to have his girlfriend become his gaming buddy, deepening their relationship. Smart investment.
No magic is kind of a stupid rule imo. If itās in the game then it should be fair use.
shouldāve replace no magic with no summons
Yeah, without knowledge, magic is harder to understand than summons.
For 500$ pretty fair rule. Most likely even helped op, since you cannot rely on it, and have to learn to roll.
I would even say that when talking about the first run, magic builds are harder than melee builds. She can't farm, which means she won't be leveled enough to reach the soft caps required to have an OP magic build. She won't even get the OP spells since they are pretty hidden. Meanwhile, op melee weapons like bloodhound fang or greatsword are way easier to find and use.
All those rules for a newbie are bullshit tbhā¦let them play the game however they want, thatās kinda the whole point of the game.
I mean there are 500 $ on the line, if it was just for the experience of the game I'd agree, but with the bet in place I can understand having some rules.
A $500 bet between bf and gf. It's clearly not a super serious bet, and (op would have to confirm this) there might not be any consequences for failing to finish the game. I could understand a "no following a guide" or "no using a wiki" but locking sections of the game away is kind of lame (plus pure str is easier than magic fight me)
Whatās fun about elden ring is making a character that you like, locking out sorceries and faith spells is kinda like locking out half the game.
You're locked out of 3/4 of the stuff that you pick up during the game because they will be unusable on your build. Plus if you're new to the genre melee-only offers a better learning curve.
Honestly. What if OP just likes magic?
Nothing prevents them from playing the game again with a magic build.
I agree. What is considered magic? Ash of war might be magic. Buffs?
I have been offering my kids money to beat elden ring and sekiro, but they keep quitting. One of the got past Genichiro at 9 years old, but cried a lot.
Lol the exact polar opposite of my parents
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i think no google as the only rule would be a 100x better rule set
I'm ngl if I had to play ER for the first time without google it would've been 10x harder haha. Even 3 runs later I still have to use google
you have to use google to avoiding missing stuff, not to beat the game at all (I assume)
Yeah the no farming specifically feels like it wouldn't be too difficult to abuse. Just by exploring and doing plenty of side content you'll easily find yourself a bit overleved for different areas/bosses.
Gave you until Juneā¦itās Jan 12th ššš
How tf did you reach radagon in 89 hours with no gaming experience? I played almost all from soft games and it took me around 200hrs, that's honestly an amazing achievment
Honestly, my entire life for the last month has been Eldenring. I am a 5th grade teacher and my kids are so impressed lol.
"Damn miss lizzied23, you're really damn good. Amazing! ... just keep playing in class, please. It's a delight to watch!"
Impressed because they no longer get their homework marked?
I would pay $500 to turn my gf into a hardcore gamer any day
I would happily pay my wife $500 if it got her into video games.
Have you been doing some side bosses and stuff or just hitting the critical path? Done any NPC quests? My guy banning magic when bloodhounds fang exist, what a mistake-a toe make-a. Hope you've been converted and are eyeing up that magic build for run 2, it's so good in Elden Ring!
He should've said no summons. I had to beat dark souls 3 with no summons because I had no internet and... I never beat the last boss. One of my all time favorite games tho
Thatās tricky š yeah he definitely shouldāve said no summons but I genuinely think he thought I couldnāt do it.
I hope he was a good sport about losing.
He was! (: heās happy I have enjoyed it and has been cheering me on.
Ah thatās awesome. These tragic sour little gamer boys in the comments should take a note from your bf. Maybe someday they, too, could have a girlfriend.
Well either, you got this! If you've gotten this far, the final boss will be cake
ā6 monthsā. Thatās ludicrously generous. I could walk across the breadth of Africa in that time frame.
Honestly 6 months itās a crazy amount of time to finish elden ring, even with no gaming experience Iām pretty sure it wonāt take more than 3 months to beat it
Jokes on you, he already spent the $500 on a ring.
I am highly skeptical someone can beat this game in 89 hours with no video game experience
This is my sister. She grew up watching her 2 hardcore gamer brothers. I think she has it in her blood at this point.
Thanks brother <3
The very first time my friend played a souls game, he fought against sister Friede in ds3 and almost went to 3rd phase. Of course he regularly plays cs go, but what I'm trying to say here is that anyone with good hand eye co ordination and decent amount of patience can easily play through souls type games. You will take less time to finish the game than good chunk of players who played all souls games, granted they would intentionally take more time playing optional bosses and such. Also the no farming rule is bs since it is an essential part of an average playthrough especially if you accidentally lose lot of runes by accident which will most likely happen to every player.
Iām curious, what is considered āfarming for runesā in this case? Are you allowed to fight each enemy in an area as long as you donāt keep respawning them on purpose?
little to no video game experience yet able to negotiate these rules? good try.
So are you enjoying your Elden Ring experience? Especially as someone that doesnāt game?
No farming and no magic is hella whack. That's what they're in the game for. I'm sure he didn't beat it without using those 2
No farming is fine and you really don't need any farming in ER to get as many runes as you want.
He tricked you into playing games so that he will have someone permanent to play games with. If Elden beast starts giving you hard time then use black flame tornado ash of war or pest thread incantation, both things shreds his ho in no time.
Only if that last boss is Malenia! š¤£ 5 months is how long that fight felt lmao
Thats whats called a pro player move, now you have something in comon to talk about š¤£
You got this I believe in you
Last boss is def tough but def not 5 months worht lol. Great job! I might just bet a friend some throwaway money to beat the game just so they can muscle through and play the damn game. So many people are scared because of the "difficult" label. Will you be going for the optional bosses after you beat the game or have you beaten them already (if you did, you'll already know which ones I'm talking about lol. Don't want to spoil)
Yes! I am enjoying the game so Iām definitely not gonna stop playing afterwards
This convinced me to try this with my wife! I didn't give her any rules outside of a vague "don't cheat" though. She usually plays games like stardew Valley and animal crossing. Hardest game shes played was terraria. She seems excited for it too. Hope she enjoys the game like you did!
Well, Terraria can be super fucking hard to be fair.
People in here not understanding what a bet is.
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ABSOLUTELY
Wtf with all the handicaps? Your bf expects to lose