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Subject: Re: Elden Ring DLC finished.
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 06:40:20 -0400
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On 8/8/2024 6:39 PM, Justisaur wrote:
> I finished the Elden Ring DLC.  32 tries total on the end boss.   It 
> took some thinking about how to beat it and getting a couple ideas and a 
> couple pieces of advice.  Quickstep blood antspur being the main essence 
> for those of you that know anything about the game.  I didn't have to 
> adjust my build, just put blood quickstep on the antspur, and I didn't 
> have to find the remaing 9 DLC difficulty easing items.  Overall still 
> easier than the optional chalice bosses in Bloodborne and by far easier 
> than DS3's DLC.
> 
> My review of the whole thing pretty much stands, too long, takes too 
> long to make build/new character to try different things out.  I'd like 
> to try some different builds I didn't but I don't have the patience to 
> go through the who giant open world again, maybe I never will.
> 
> I might consider going back to my newbie helper for a bit more co-op, 
> but I'm done for now.
> 
> Definately don't recommend it if you thought the main game was too long. 
>   If you didn't then you'll probably enjoy it.
> 
> I still don't really recommend the base game if you don't like long 
> 'open' worlds.  It's a good way to dip your feet in souls even if you 
> don't complete it.  The beginning of the game is my favorite part up to 
> about Radahn, and even doing that would be worth the money for the base 
> game.
> 
Did you play in single player?

D.