Feel like I've been flying through Elden Ring lately. Could just be I've had some more time lately to play it. Since my last post about it I've beaten Radhan, Rykard, Astel, Morgott, Godfrey, Mimic Tear, Godskin Noble, Mohg, and as far as main and achievement tied bosses go. I've been through Mt. Gelmir and Leyendell, and started towards Mountaintops of the Giants, stopping at the lift to backtrack and do some side quests. I think the one who gave me the most trouble was Rykard. I won't spoil too much, but I did pick up on the queue and read where I should have read. That said, I really struggled with the second phase, not sure if I got bad luck or what, but I found most of my attempts getting stalled by having to dodge constant waves of the skulls. The one I won had significantly less of that than the other attempts. I'm certainly way over leveled (112 currently). I straight axed Morgott and Godfrey's respective heads in. Got Godfrey in one, and Morgott in 2 - got greedy the first time and wasn't watching health.
That being said, I did really struggle with a different boss. After I beat Radhan, I ran around that huge area and found a dungeon in the way back. There's a Corrupted Tree Sentinel there, and it kicked my ass many times before I finally beat it. I was level 83 at the time, with almost 40 vigor, and he was doing over half my health for the bigger hits, claw swiped was doing about 1/3.
Another though, how anyone figured out any questline in the game without a guide is beyond me. This weekend I worked on quests for Seluvis, Dung Eater, Jar-Bairn, Hyetta, Blaidd/Ranni, Nepheli/Kenneth, and Milicent. I heavily used guides, becuase there were parts of each I could not figure out. Blaidd's was my own fault, I missed the first trek to Siofra on accident by going to Redmane Castle by mistake. Hyetta's quest though, I would have never figured out. I beat the area that leads to the final phase of her quest before I progressed her quest enough that I would have been able to enter the area. There's little to no indication of where this character will go next, so I would have never found it. Anyways, I completed the quests I could, the rest are waiting for me to progress through the Mountaintops of the Giants, or to Progress Ranni's quest, which is on hold so it doesn't mess with others. Dung Eater and Hyetta are especially weird quests. I really like how they wrapped up Nepheli and Kenneht Haight, this portion got patched in and was well worth it in my opinion.
Feel like I'm rambling now, so I'll end here. Sounds like I'm on my way to Malenia, looking forward to the misery.
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