It’s an issue with streaming/recording the game in fullscreen on PC. It doesn’t tear when I’m playing, only the stream/recording output. It’s fixed in the next part

you're supposed to level up and use mimics it IS the legit way to play. If somebody wants to bang their head against a wall and do it the hard way for a challenge that's up to them, but it's not the right way.

@@zaftra Sure :D the right way

@@zaftra didn't say the right way, I said "legit way", where you actually have to learn boss moveset. ER has glaring difficulty balance issues, either being too easily cheesed, or being stupidly hard if not maxim your char or using op stuff.

@@zaftra Without summon is always also a right way.

@@madmaxmel no, it's neither right nor wrong. They are there for a reason. Mimics are always to be used, the game screams at you to use them.

I know, it’s a bit confusing because I was behind in uploading base game videos. Basically I beat Mogh on Weds June 19, start the DLC on Thurs 20, then on Sat 22 I go back to base game to visit Farum and level up/get bell bearings, then its all DLC the following days. I make it obvious in the recordings from Sat 22 and Sun 23 what continuity is. I go like usually at 3pm on Twitch but may start over on RU-vid too

@@itsjavachip Thanks for all that. RU-vid I hope you do that anyway Cheers🍾

I have one more part to upload in the Elden Ring second playthrough that will be the Mogh fight. That leads into the Elden Ring DLC. I’ll have one other video that shows time in Farum Azula. That happens between recording sessions one and two of the DLC (what will be episodes 2 and 3 of the DLC playlist). I start each those episodes with explanations of where I’m at and continuity so it should hopefully help clear things up. The first playthrough of Elden ring is unrelated to this one

BTW, loving the backhand blades. It almost seems like running attacks make you go faster. Since you're already barely wearing armor you might consider to push your weight to light roll. I think it works great with these. Also BTW BTW you can infuse them with anything you want.

Yeah between my first play session (episodes 1 and 2 on youtube) and my second play session (what will be episode three) it's like night and day. I levelled up, got the bell bearings, fully levelled my weapons and it's going great now

I levelled up my scadu and my levels (I entered the DLC at level 129) at the start of my second play session (what will be episode 3) and I'm all good now. This build is great for me and how I naturally play, but I get that you need to be more defensive or magic build! That's the great thing about Elden Ring, it allows for all sorts of playstyles.

@@itsjavachip If it's great for you, then it's all that matters 🙏I was just afraid that you would be getting quickly frustrated. But it appears I was wrong and you are much more determined than I thought 👍

Collecting the bellbearings and levelling up my endurance was a super critical turning point (that'll be up in the next couple of days)

That is WILD to me that people are doing that. Imho the DLC is better than the base game

Definitely this. The Scadu blessings are crazy important, but now I'm needed the levels to level up random other stats so I can use other things

Fast weapons like katana are good for big bosses which their attacks will not be interrupted unless their pois is broken but it is too painful to use them if you need to clear 100 normal mobs with it.

There is dex scaling Great sword dropping from imp at fog catacomb right next to fort you are at now. Lizard GS is the name i think.

Thank you for this ☺💖

This can’t be overstated lol reading all the items is really what colors the lote

Yes...yes exactly like this (I tell myself as I cry myself to sleep)

@@itsjavachip I can almost hear the choir singing the lullaby...in Latin

We live to see it baybeeeee 😊

@@itsjavachip lets see if you finally got those backhand blades

Wait the nickname for your mimic is so cute! There's no summon shaming here, I hope you and your mimic are having an amazing time exploring the Land of Shadows. Lord knows I might be renewing Tiche's passport at some point 😂

@@itsjavachip The Cupofjoe☕ is my nickname not the Mimic. Sorry I think you read it wrong. I would never Shame on your no Summon play through. just why work harder when you can work smarter. I do like watching your video's and your voice. Cheers👍

got me cryin in the cluuuuuub

hiya lovely!

This was so lovely to read, thank you so much!

@@itsjavachip you're very welcome friend

I'm OBSESSED with the backhand blades I've been using, I can't wait to find more of them

@@itsjavachip I maxed those out for a while until I got claws and realized I've been wanting those all along. Thanks for posting early gameplay, everyone else is spoiler alert city 😂

@@itsjavachip the first guy you fight with the circle swords and the crazy movement attacks can drop his weapon (also a backhand blade) you can farm that one in Belarut from the Stagefront Grace

Immediately doing this I HAVE to try these out

@@itsjavachip I'm trying to follow your playthrough so I hope to see you use them soon. The moveset is too fun

100% this. I've done two play sessions of the DLC now and my second one went SIGNIFICANTLY better than the first. Some things that helped (not spoilers): I really did need to level up (went in 129 with like 55 vigor, 55 dex, low endurance). Getting my endurance way up and my vigor and dex to 60 were super helpful - endurance is a must to increase your survivability in the DLC since things are crazy aggro (in my opinion, obviously people can disagree). Exploring around the beginning area more thoroughly before going to do more boss fights was also crazy helpful - do not sleep on the scadu fragments they're insanely important. They're basically how you level up your attacks and your defense. Also incase you're like me and were fighting with weapons that werent fully levelled, definitely fully level them (I went back to base game to get the bell bearings).

I've only done two play sessions, havent left the beginning map section and the game is HUGE here. There's so much to explore

some tips about the expansion without spoilers, if you're feeling frustrated by the difficulty, it's because this expansion was made for characters level 150 and up, it's an expansion that takes into account you having finished the game and having explored the entire base game, making your character super powerful by killing bosses in 1 minute like in the videos out there, it is essential that you collect scatutree fragments to level up your character, they are spread across the map and increase your status, you can see a video of where all these fragments are on the starting map if you don't want to explore, because it's really essential to survive the bosses, so far I've killed 4 bosses alone without the help of spirits, but I'm pretty strong at level 165 and with 5 fragment upgrades

@@mentormachado4601 Thanks, I dont get why FS introduced the scadutree mechanic, its really innecesary and confusing. If they wanted to force players to explore, I think there are better ways to achieve that goal

I agree, they could have at least explained better the level up system in the game, and what the benefits of it are, this would make people go after them, instead of trying to kill a boss and die 20 times, in this video we see the lack of level, lack of fragments, and lack of weapon at +25, she didn't kill any boss she faced due to lack of damage​@@nacorcarmonablanco4414

I've done two play sessions of the DLC now and my second one went SIGNIFICANTLY better than the first. Some things that helped (not spoilers): I really did need to level up (went in 129 with like 55 vigor, 55 dex, low endurance). Getting my endurance way up and my vigor and dex to 60 were super helpful - endurance is a must to increase your survivability in the DLC since things are crazy aggro (in my opinion, obviously people can disagree). Exploring around the beginning area more thoroughly before going to do more boss fights was also crazy helpful - do not sleep on the scadu fragments they're insanely important. They're basically how you level up your attacks and your defense. Also incase you're like me and were fighting with weapons that werent fully levelled, definitely fully level them (I went back to base game to get the bell bearings). The scadu fragments were popped into the game so everyone would start off on equal footing (Whether you're level 150 or level 300). If the fragments weren't there I guess NG+ would be melting things OR level 150 would just be blown out the water. At least that's my assumption for why they're there!

@@itsjavachip Thanks for the detailed response. I have been looking at the game files, and unless I messed something, scadutree fragments are x0.05 players absorption and damage multipliers, so if there are 20 scads scattered around the map, players can reach a total of x2 absorption and damage. This is a huge difference, although it still doesnt make the game easy at all because of how insanely overtuned enemies are in SOTE (you will die in four hits instead of two against the main bosses, and some enemies can reach x16 base hp). Players base level in fact does matter, because the scads multipliers apply over them. It seems FS wanted to push players into exploring the map thoroughly instead of rushing to the boss fights. I find this design quite unintuitive and forced, but well, it is what it is. Nice to see you improving, you are now a real ER expert!

1. I was using katanas you don't typically see players use 2. I find new weapon I want to use in this video 3. I literally just started the DLC, just give me time to find stuff... 😅

Just finished my second play session and this is all perfectly on point. I think you'll be please to see how closely I followed all of this even though it was before I read it 😂 I'm TERRIFIED of missing out on story beats, so I'm obsessively talking to all the NPCs