I just finished clearing the manor and having tons fun so far. I like it the best in the series so far after the original Dark Souls game.
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Goodness, I just checked my time and Iāve got 138.5 hrs on this file and I just recently arrived at the mountain of the giants.
I donāt think Iāve ever gotten this much bang for buck out of a game EVER! MAYBE BotW by 1/2
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First time round I went melee and never managed to complete the game. This time I went astrologer and the game is quite a lot simpler when the strategy is to stay back and dodge. Some of the spells also look great, makes for quite a different experience - high hopes of seeing the credits roll!
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Oh dang, for some reason I was thinking you were meaning the battle in that Calid swamp, but now that I know where youāre referring to and I happen to be there- Iām scared out of my wits. The suspense just to get to him is killing me 
Edit: nvm. Got to him. So much for easy mode
I finally got to the ending section of the game, so I think its safe to say that Iām halfway to beating it !
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Which one is the ending section? 
Yeah define āending sectionā as I clearly remember thinking I had done most of the story then finding out about 3 side quest type areas which took hours and hours along other side quests I hadnāt done.
Even with the play though I finished a week or so back I was still coming to new stuff. Jar Bairn & Jarburg wasnāt a thing on release day!
Must stop talking Elden Ring. Itāllsuck me back in.
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Crumbled Farim Azula
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Take your time there and explore. Some nice stuff to find!
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Yeah, thereās still some stuff Iāve been exploring since getting there. Seeing if I can up my levels before tackling the the main showdown.
But the hedgetree(or whats it called) is too difficult right now, and im too scared to explode the capital sewers.
Might jump back to the end zone and try to muscle the end of the game- something i never considered a possibility when I bought the game.
Supsr engrossing. I love it(now)
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The Elden Beast is a right bastard. Or at least he was during my first playthrough.
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So you cleared the Haligtree region and Malenia? 
well done!
Just read that part now. Keep at it, most rewarding win of the game in my book when you finally beat Malenia (it was for me!) and the Haligtree region is one of the most beautiful in the whole game.
Thereās an excellent farming spot at Mohgwyn Palace or alternatively (less runes but also good, especially if youāre still on lower/mid-level) in the Deeproot Depths (right by the lost grace in front of the boss fight of the region).
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Yeah, Iāve been milking that. But I feel kinda bad every time I do that. They seem so peaceful. When the red guys attack me I think, āyeah, they totally should Iām brutally killing their friends who were sleeping and therefore havenāt donāt anything to meā.
At least in the haligtree, they attack me and that soothes my conscious to rack in the runes
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But the Elden Best and Radagon were much, much easier for me this play through. I think I did both on my second attempt. Pretty certain this one is down to a patch nerf coupled with the blasphemous blade just melting enemies.
First play through and I had to use the cheese to beat Radagon. And Elden beast is as a total pain in the arse! I was also probably about 50 levels higher the top!
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The Haligtree is Elden Rijngs Blight Town for me. Just donāt enjoy that part - mostly down to it being heavy on jump sections which From games are typically terrible with!
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For a few years Iāve rarely cursed, when I did being mindful and purposeful when I did so.
It wasnāt until a week or so ago when I casually dropped an f-bomb and I wondered how that got back into my system.
As Iām exploring the crumbling city, and an enemy jumps out from a corner, I yelled āoh f*ck!ā
Well, thereās my answer.
Thanks FromSoft for making me a worse person
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Or just turn to your left and kill the giant bird down below with an arrow or spellā¦ just hit him once and he jumps off the cliff and dies and youāre 11k up in runes.
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I found that out today. eMorally sound farming. I dig it
So closeā¦so so so so closeā¦had him to about a fifth of his health left and then that painful stabbing moanā¦and back to the beginningā¦
(So closeā¦)
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Man, eff this boss fight
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