A few days a go I posted my list of co-op/pvp etiquette and grievances. Since then I have been playing quite a bit and I have a few more.

1. 100/100 times when I am busy on a hard part doing ER Parkour or helping a newbie and someone invades, its annoying. I am not going to be all formal and wave/curtsy yada yada. That's just me. I want to get it over with. If I can get a cheap shot I take it.
   
2. I am about to the point where I am getting tired of the blue ring for hunters. More times than not, I am getting called into a fight club where hunters are brought in for an invader and everyone else watches and emotes each other. I have gotten to the point where if I see no one actively fighting the red guy, I bounce. I also bounce if I get put in a spot where I can't reach you for a while, but that's just the game spawning me in a stupid area. If you do hunteinvader fight club, I am out. I see this more times than not and it's annoying.
   
3. Speaking of...If I get summoned to help in limgrave, and I see no tree sentinel, I am out. Trying to spawn invaders so you can get a 3 on 1 with the high ground never goes how you think it will. They all either run off and waste time (99% of the time) or cut out themselves. It's a waste of time for trick the invader fight club. This makes joining the summoning pool annoying. I know you think you are trying to get one over on them. That ain't how it ends up.
   
4. Back to what I said last time: Most of my co-op summons are just for boss battles. I am not that great but I try. I don't mind at all. What I hate is when they run off and run through the door before I get ready. You didn't clear out Castle Sol and you wanna aggro everything and run to the end? Nah. Not me. This is usually followed by them dying in about 15 seconds. I carry buffs for myself and others. Maybe we should use them?
   
5. One other thing about Hunters: Thank you! I appreciate the help. I will always allow you first dibs and never waste your time. I am about to the point where I am done with it. That 1 time in 10 where we win and gank the red guy makes it worth it.
   
6. Lastly, I enjoy Deeproot/Underground River Runs. I am game from start to finish. What am I not game for? Crossing the Lake of Rot. That's all you. See you on the other side.
   

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What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

• Mostly gaming + maybe Zoom meetings
• Games: Rocket League, Elden Ring (+future FromSoft games), any future PC releases for The Last of Us,

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

• $1,500 - $2,250
• willing to go a bit higher for significant improvements

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

• 1 week - 1 month

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

• I'm starting completely from scratch, so any/all elements involved in building a PC.
• (clearly I'll have to look up some guides on how to put it all together, so any direction y'all can offer me there would also be great)

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

• Portland, OR. USA
• looks like there aren't any microcenters nearby

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

• No parts being reused apart from maybe a mouse. right now I am only looking for a keyboard and mouse for basic tasks and navigating menus

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

• No overclocking

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

• I'd like to take up as little desk space as possible, preferably storing whatever I can under the desk

What type of network connectivity do you need? (Wired and/or WiFi) If WiFi is needed and you would like to find the fastest match for your wireless router, please list any specifics.

• WiFi
• right now we just use the gateway that came along with our Xfinity wireless plan. It's been pretty stable but I'm open if y'all have any recommendations to greatly improve performance
• I'll also be moving a room over from the gateway - about 25-30 ft away

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

• Colors: really as neutral as possible, preferably matte black or matte white
• no LED lighting
• As small as possible without greatly sacrificing performance. it looks like ITX or microATX fit that best.
• If it is safe to store under my desk, I'd be ok going bigger
• No window if possible

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

• I would need a copy, best available

Thanks everyone! I recognize that I'm coming into with pretty minimal knowledge so any direction y'all can point me in is fantastic

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Playing the 1.12.2 Pack on a server a friend is hosting, and trying to find a good player launcher in it. I'm doing a build where I've got a big airship I've made as my main base, and I wanna have smaller auxiliary airships around to give me more room to build stuff/build a fleet around my main one cuz I think it'll look cool.
Already got a couple built, and am currently using Luminizers as my main way to travel between them. The main issue is I have to have two sets per ship for those, because theres apparently a bad bug seemingly where if you hook up two luminizers as a loop, if you hop off the luminizer you reach the other side, you spawn at the height level of the luminizer you got into, and because I've built the secondary ships at different height levels, this means either I get plopped inside the secondary ship, or on the way back I get dropped off 10 blocks above the ground and would take fall damage if not for my tiara/ring of odin. Technically avoidable if I always hop off it at the right time, but its already happened enough I'm done with it.
I'd love something you could just walk into and it'll launch you into the air towards the ship. Sadly the version of Portal Gun in this pack doesn't have Aerial Faith Plates, so I can't just use those. I can see that carts have a launch pad option, but I don't wanna clutter the deck of my ship with rails. Is there a good item in the pack I'm missing for anyone who knows the mods in it, or am I outta luck? I am hoping to not have to add anymore mods, because we've been playing for a while already.
TL;DR: Playing the 1.12.2 pack, and wanna know if any mod in this pack has a good way to launch the player upwards to a specific destination/location, or at least in a general direction. Not looking for recommendations of other mods to add to the pack.

Assasin's Creed Valhalla - Gold Edition - Assasin's Creed 3 Remastered Assasin's Creed Odyssey - Gold Edition - Assasin's Creed Origins - Gold Edition - Batman Telltale Series Batman Enemty Within Batman Arkham Knight - Gotham's Most Wanted DLC only- Bloodborne - Old Hunters DLC only - Call of Duty Black Ops : Cold War - Crossplatform Edition(ps5) - Call of Duty Vanguard Cyberpunk 2077 Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin Dark Souls III Demon's Souls Devil May Cry 5 Doom Eternal+ Old gods Dlc Elden Ring Fallout 4 - G.O.T.Y. Edition - Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Ps5 Edition - Ghost of Tsusima Directors Cut God of War III Remastered God of War Ragnarok Ps5 Edition GTA Online Gran Tourismo Sports Hades Horizon Forbidden West - Ps5 Edition - Marvel's Avengers Guardians of the Galaxy Spider-man : Miles Morales Spider-man Remastered Mad max MediEvil Metal Gear Solid V Metro Last Light : Redux Metro Exodus Metro 2033 Redux Persona 5 Strikers - Digital Deluxe Edition - Persona 5 The Royal Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 3 Resident Evil : Resistance Rayman Legends Ruined King : League of Legends Sekiro : Shadows Die Twice - G.O.T.Y Edition - SOMA Tom Clancy's Division 2 The Last of Us : Part II The Nioh The Nioh 2 The Witcher Goty Edition Tom Clancys ghost Recon Breakpoint - Gold Edition - Xcom War of the Chosen -DLC only- Uncharted : Nathan Drake Collection
These are games that is purchased. I do have every single ps plus game right after september 2021 up untill now, account alsonhas ps plus deluxe for 12.09.2023. I am first and only owner of account.
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I've played Elden Ring, Platinumed Bloodborne and Sekiro, and even played a little DS1.
Loved it all. It's the best design I've ever known... But nobody can convince me that Fromsoft quest design isn't utter bullshit. Without a guide, knowing everything beforehand, or spending 100s of hours scouring randomly, you have no chance of finishing most quests.
So, assuming I only play the main quest and don't fuck with the side content whatsoever, is it worth playing DS1, 2, and 3?

Title says it. Currently I've got a 1080 in my pc, and have for the last couple of years. I kinda want something ray-tracing compatible and I was wondering if the A770 was worth it.
The games I mainly play are Warframe, Rainbow 6 Siege, Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring, League, and Valorant, as well as a few SteamVR games.
Would the A770 have noticeably better performance?

I have not beaten Elden ring yet, and started playing a couple months ago been taking my sweet time to finish the game. For current information my character is level 90, 40 vig, 50 strength, 20+ Guts great-sword with lion claw. Just beat Crucible duo fight second try, with no spirit summons. After getting my build together no fight has taken more than 10 tries. Which is odd since other soulsborne have has had me on bosses for hours.
While my build is admittedly over tuned right now, I don’t think I have played much of the game over leveled in terms of weapons or stats. I try to limit guides and never look up boss strats. I have also tried numerous builds but settled on the sweaty gamer melee only.
My question is after hearing so much about this game online being stupid hard for melee only no summons builds, it has been ludicrously easy compared to my recent blood-borne replay. Did the game just get easier for melee only with patches? because the online community made it out in the beginning that melee only was neigh impossible.
Im not sitting here trying to claim I am some gamer god, since I’m still getting my ass handed to me in bloodborne. Just find the dichotomy between the games release and now interesting.

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
Gaming and programs like Python. I’ll be playing Microsoft Flight Simulator,GTA 5, Fortnite, Elden Ring, Forza Horizon, Spider Man, God of War, Beam ng, Kerbal space program.

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

$1150

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

Next week.

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

Tower and OS.

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

Illinois and yes I have access to a Microcenter location.

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

None.

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

Possibly the GPU at a later time.

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

Just storage for a lot of games.

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

Just a case that will be able to fit everything. A black case with a window and LED is fine.

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

Yes.
*I was looking at a 3060 ti but am unsure about the cpu. I don’t know if Intel or AMD would be better long term for the sockets and upgrading. Also what would be a good monitor to pair up with?

Just beat Radabeast and the game 5 minutes ago, at level 150 it took me 2 tries on a STFaith build , with Maliketh's sword , and it felt too easy for a fight this entire sub seems to regard as the hardest Fromsoft boss. Was i overleveled? On my first attempt i beat Radagon with more than half of my flasks remaining and managed to half health Elden Beast before dying, without spirit ashes. On my second attempt i killed Radagon and then summoned Black Knife Tiche , and just like that i won.
Wich leads to this post. Are all the people who say that Elden Beast is too strong and that the fight itself is mostly down to luck just not using spirit ashes? It would likely taken me a dozen or two dozen more tries if i tried to do it on my own , but not nearly as bad as you all say.

This past Saturday I had been working on my soon to be new home, and after a long day of labor I got home and immediately collapsed and went to bed. I live right outside of Wilmington Delaware, in a condo complex with a C- in crime score. Not particularly bad, not too good either. A convenient location right off the highway to get to the majority of east coast cities.
Sunday morning I woke up, took a shower, and then gunned for the door to go back to work on the house. I gave my wife and daughter a kiss goodbye, grabbed my phone, keys and wallet, and leave. As I’m approaching my car in the parking area I notice my door is slightly open… not a great sign. I opened the door and noticed my glove box and center console have been completely ransacked. Paperwork I had just gotten two days prior now laid dormant on the floor of the driver and passenger seat. I had also forgotten my day bag in the back seat.
It happened, my car had been robbed. Typically I’m great about locking my car door, Saturday night though, I suppose I missed a critical step in ensuring the safety of the contents of my car.
This is an important time in my life right now, I’m in the middle of a house purchase, work is going crazy, and my second kid will be here in two months. I brushed it off, told my wife what happened, and drove to the house I’m working on. During my drive I gave the Non-Emergency line a call. The gentlemen who answered was very kind.
He collected important information and asked for my location. I let him know that I was on the road and that it would be a few hours before I returned home. He asked that I gave the non-emergency line a call back when I’m home so they could send an officer out. Ugh. Now, in my life I haven’t had the best experience with police. Nothing directly involving me, but lots of second hand interaction and stories from family, so I was naturally inclined to assume the local police wouldn’t be useful. Admittedly, I wrote the entire situation as a loss, I felt hopeless.
Over the next few hours I took mental inventory of what was missing. Originally I had only thought that change and a Bluetooth speaker were missing, some of which was in my center console and others in the bag that was in my back seat. I began to fully remember what I had lost: An Android cellphone, an Apple iPhone, Bluetooth Speaker, home purchase paperwork, $10 in cash, and a few other things.
At this point I was mostly nervous about the iPhone, as it was a backup iPhone 12 I got some time ago which had all my Apple Wallet cards on it. Once I realized I logged into Find my IPhone and activated lost mode on the iPhone. I figured the best case scenario would be to ensure my data was protected. The evening settles in, I’ve accepted defeat, and head to bed.
This morning I clock on for work, and as I’m sitting in a work meeting I get a pestering notification on my phone. Lost iPhone has been turned on. I immediately open Find My iPhone to see the device had checked in, but then immediately was turned off. I was frustrated… not only did this person steal my property, they rubbed it in by trying to further use the device they stole.
Only for a moment however I was frustrated. I further read the information on my phone screen and a smile went from ear to ear. That minute or two the phone was turned on was long enough for the iPhone to pick up an address.
I was motivated at this point. I didn’t know what would happen, but I figured hey, what the hell, let’s give the non-emergency line a ring again. I called in, gave them a recap. They collected my information and let me know I should hear back soon. At this point I half expected the officer to tell me too much time had passed for anything to be done… but boy was I totally wrong.
Officer Thomas gave me a call and let me know that he was outside of my condo. He asked for a recap of the situation, what was taken, and if I had any additional information. I shared the Find my IPhone information. Officer Thomas had another officer come along to swab for DNA and collect finger prints off of my car - I was stunlocked! He then let me know that he was filing a warrant for the address listed on my Find my iPhone. I’m not sure what I thought would happen, but given what I was always taught, and believed, I thought I would have eaten dust.
After about an hour or two Officer Thomas and the officer taking DNA and finger prints finished up with me. I made more assumptions… I’m sure nothing will come of it, this is probably the last I’ll hear of it. Officer Thomas then proceed to send me several texts over the next few hours, he wants pictures of the Bluetooth Speaker, Pictures of my Bag, Cell Phone Serial Number, and various credible bits of information.
I scour my iPhone photos going years back finding the best pictures I possibly could for the items stolen. I sent some blurry and dark photos that I had taken, and then also some screenshots from Walmart and Amazon listings for the original items.
Again, I made assumption. I assumed he was just doing his typical paper work for his reports. Mind you, hours earlier I had also filed with my insurance regarding the situation, so at the minimum I was happy to have a police report for my claim.
A few hours pass and I get a missed call from Officer Thomas… I was playing video games and had my headphones up pretty loud. He took the time to text me however and let me know that they had recovered a phone, but it was smashed, and asked if I could send over the devices IMEI.
I sent the information, this time assuming that if they did actually goto the persons house there would be no way they were silly enough to leave a stolen phone right there.
A few hours later go by again, I received a call, and a third officer lets me know that he’s outside and that he’d like me to come out. I step outside and he lets me know that he believe he has my property. Officer Thomas was working overtime to get everything settled today so this officer was stepping in to help get everything tied up so he could go home. I was shocked. Jaw on the ground floored.
The iPhone was taken for evidence. I’m guessing the thief immediately smashed the iPhone once they realized it was out in lost mode. I got everything else back besides the few dollars of cash I had in the glove box.
The entire time I made assumptions against the police. Assumed they wouldn’t help, or weren’t able to. I was wrong every step of the way. Not only did New Castle Police impress me, but Officer Thomas was a godsend.
I cannot say how immensely shocked I am even now. I’m not sure what happened with the person who stole my items and broke into my car. I’d assume it’s more then a ticket, but I’ll have to find out next time I speak with Officer Thomas.
I just wanted to share my story. It may be benign to some, but it was a truly eye opening experience for me. These guys showed me they care about their jobs and their community.

What I'm looking for

• Unique co-op games where you have specific roles to play and not just run around doing your own thing. A decent example of this is Deep rock galactic but even that game doesn't have too much depth in its implementation of classes.
• Decent graphics. 3D preferred. 2D is okay as long as the art is detailed and NOT pixelated (think hollow kinght, Barotrauma, etc.)
• Games like Resident Evil 5/6 where there is enough uniqueness to different areas/bosses to keep you engaged while playing a story co-op (as opposed to Borderlands with spongy/similar enemies or remnant from the ashes with repeated scripts)

What I'm NOT looking for

• Top-down, Isometric games
• Cartoony grapchis
• Pixelated art
• horror
• Horde-based games
• Card games
• Grindy games (BIG NO!)

Games I've heard about, already played, NOT looking for

• Deep Rock Galactic (a lot of great ideas. Got bored of pooslow progression and certain grind mechanics. Also cartoony graphics and dark caves are not visually appealing)
• Vermintide 2 (old/sluggish. horde)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (old/sluggish. horde)
• Payday 2 (old/sluggish)
• Divinity Original Sin 2 (Isometric)
• We Were Here series (they were okay. Not deep. Too many bugs. Same-y after a short time)
• Outward
• Terraria
• Valheim
• Elden Ring, Monster Hunter, Remnant: From the ashes, etc.
• Factorio, Satisfactory
• PlateUp (why bring real life work into a game?! Zzzzz)
• Don't Starve Together (Game is fine on peaceful but community is too hardcore. survival/starving aspect sucks)
• Minecraft
• 7 Days to Die, DayZ, Back4Blood, insert zombie game here
• The forest, Green Hell
• Vrising, Baldur's Gate
• A Way Out, It Takes Two
• Seas of Theives
• Raft

Possible contenders (Listing to avoid duplicate suggestions but detailed input is appreciated)

• Barotrauma (Waiting for deeper sale. Too expensive for an indie game)
• Grounded (Hesitant due to cartoony graphics and possibly childish gameplay)

Hi. Hoping that someone might help me if you've encountered something like this: I have the Series X and purchased the trilogy on disc, brand new. When I boot up DS1 or 3 it starts having weird little visual glitches in the character creation menu and then back to the home screen we go with no explanation! It doesn't happen with DS2, Elden Ring or other games like the Mass Effect Trilogy, Halo MCC, RE Village or even the great grandpa that is Gears of War 3. Played the trilogy countless times on PC but recently switched to console and only physical copies. I was feeling like playing a run of 1, 2, 3 and ER with Moonlight Greatsword build but fuck me I guess, unless someone can help. As for solutions checked and cleaned the disc, reinstalled the games, reseted the console both keeping and deleting ganes, power is on energy saver, not sleep; console and controller are up to date and deleted saved profile data. I have yet to try with a new profile cause it seems like a pain to create a new email (only have one) for this or external hard drive cause it's something like 250 € from what I understand. Helo me guys, you're my only hope!

So I just need confirmation but is muling for someone basically they give you stuff then they switch characters and then you give it back to them on that new character?

So I finally beat Elden ring and have been working on getting the last few talisman/incantations I was missing before starting new game+. I went through Elden Ring wikis new game+ guide and have completed everything on the checklist besides farming weapons. What are some must have weapons to get before restarting? This play though I was an intelligence build but I just did a respec to a dex/arcane build and want to make sure I don’t miss out on any must have weapons for this build! Currently for my dex/arcane build I’m duel wielding ROB and Uchigatana. I know ROB is OP and gets shit on but I’m having WAY to much fun using it. I completed every main boss so I have all of the remembrance weapons already and I also have all of the legendary armaments and all npc invader weapons. I have not farmed a lot of the rare drop armaments and was wondering if there are any that are highly recommended to farm before starting new game+. I just want to make sure I’m not gonna kick myself later for not farming a certain weapon before re starting. Or if anyone has any recommendations not weapon related before restarting please share, I’m just a gal trying not to have regrets in new game+ lol.

Alright so I actually learned about this game and played it for the first time before playing from soft games, but it was too hard for me and I couldn’t get into it (at the time my favorite game was Skyrim). I have played (in order) elden ring, ds3, sekiro, dsr, and bloodborne, and decided to give mortal shell another try because it seemed like a really cool/unique souls-like. I want to preface this by saying I’m not trying to say this game is better or worse than other souls-like games, and I love mortal shell and I love fromsoft.
I really enjoyed how different the progression was in this game. Coming from dark souls, etc. where the leveling is pretty much the same in most of those games (except sekiro), this was a really cool concept to me. Idk if other games have similar stuff bc I’ve really only played Skyrim and Minecraft a lot previous to getting into souls-like games.
I really liked the parry mechanic and the variety that there is with the different riposte abilities. The parry timings definitely felt weird at first but that’s just because I was used to dark souls or sekiro parry timings. The parry was always much earlier than I thought it would be.
I just started NG+ and have not really looked into the DLC outside of getting the shell from it, but so far NG+ seems to be much more fun than in dark souls, etc. Because of the different shells and different weapons I don’t really feel too overpowered which was the issue for me in dark souls and led to it being very boring and I would abandon it quickly. Because there are different shells and different playstyles with them, NG+ feels a lot more fresh to me. Maybe it’s the novelty bias but either way I’m enjoying it for now.
I also really like how this game seems to be more focused on pve. What I mean by this is that it is harder to ignore enemies and it feels like you are really supposed to clear each dungeon fully, and it never feels like a chore to do so. In fromsoft games I would often run past most enemies because I just didn’t see an incentive for fighting them. Also the ability that eredrim had with the damage buff made fighting those enemies feel more rewarding.
I also really liked exploring the areas in this game. Yes, they were small in comparison to the other games I have mentioned, but it really felt concise in a good way. Everything that was in each dungeon felt interesting and new and engaging.
One thing I will note is that I completely missed all of the glands until I did some research into how to unlock the frog chests. I had beat most of the bosses but I didn’t have any glands. Probably just oversight on my part bc I don’t pay attention to tutorials very well in games.
The bosses didn’t really blow me away personally. They weren’t bad or anything, they just didn’t stand out to me the way the bosses did in a game like ds3. Maybe they will grow on me when I play the game more, idk. I also worry that I may have been slightly overpowered. I used eredrim and the hammer and chisel for the first playthrough, and that playstyle made some things a bit easy because of his abilities. I still had fun and I died plenty, but I think my opinions will change when I try all of the shells and the dlc.
The graphics of this game really blow the other games I’ve mentioned away. Everything just looks so cool. The dungeon right after the eredrim shell in particular looked really interesting to me with the ray tracing on the black pillars and the floating stuff everywhere. I was also very far from sober when I played that part tho lol (and as I’m writing this).
I really liked the level design and the hidden stuff that could be found. It didn’t feel too hard to find things which I liked. In games like elden ring I really needed to look stuff up to find what I was looking for, but apart from the frog chests and one of the weapon ability things I was able to enjoy playing blind which I really prefer.
This game was really short but I really enjoyed all of it. The mechanics felt very fresh to me and the graphics were kinda amazing. It felt like there was a focus on quality over quantity which I really loved. I will say I almost never used the harden mechanic but I also don’t really use shields in most games I play.
Overall I really liked this game and I’m looking forward to playing it more. Sorry if a lot of people have made similar comparisons already, I just wanted to share my experience with the game. It definitely isn’t a perfect game and feels a bit unfinished, but I think anyone who is a fan of souls type games should definitely give this one a try. Not really sure why I’m making this post and it’s kinda rambly , but if you read all of it or even just some of it, thanks for taking the time to do so.
Edit: forgot to add, I really hated the lack of healing items (besides the mushrooms) in the beginning of the game, but as I kept playing I realized it’s really fitting and the parry mechanic really makes up for that.

I just wanna tell people who may or may not care, so if u wanna hear what I thought of the game keep reading I guess. Sorry for the unorganized post. Also if u want ask me questions about my opinions on specific bosses/ areas.
I just finished the game and the DLC after about a week or two of playing. I’ve played and beat DS1, DS3, Sekiro and kinda sorta Elden ring(I literally played to the final boss and didn’t have time to finish it)and now this game. I think have it experienced the other games I already have the dodge spidy sense ingrained in my brain, so most bosses only took me 1-3 tries (except for Orphan which took me about 8).I used the pimp cane as my starting weapon and played as the profession that most fits me (waste of skin), and smacked some bitches around with that cane until I found the beast saif after beating Micolash. I went for a skill based build so I did very good damage with it.
I think my favorite bosses were Orphan of Kos , Ludwig, Gerhman, and mommy Maria. So basically all the dlc bosses, but specifically orphan due to him being the hardest for me. The “story” I was very confusing to me and I still don’t really get what happened most of it, or why I killed a baby but it doesn’t bother me that much since for me at least that’s typical when I’m playing from soft games. Overall I think the main game bosses weren’t as great as the other games main bosses, but it more than made up with it with the atmosphere it had in all the unique areas. I’m also in love with lovecraftian horror which makes me very bias. The level design was also very impressive and seemed almost as well made as the interconnected levels in DS1. The combat is probably my favorite in the series, other than sekiro. In conclusion I think it’s probably one of fromsofts best games(that I’ve played) and it’s one I plan on trying to learn the more of now that I’ve finished.

If you're looking for a powerful build that will blow through the high madness levels, look no further than poison dark build. What you need for this is Thuls, Zek, and Maluka and me personally I run Heiner for defense.
Perk Thuls to have high speed, max poison output, and max dark applied as the rest goes into damage resist, slashing/piercing and gems/gold.
Zek and Maluka will be about the same, have both perk dark damage, dark applied, and poison with maluka taking the perk where poison lowers dark resistance and Zek must have the dark perk where he explodes on a 38 and malukas final dark perk have her giving out +1 dark applied. Rest go into usual speed, defense, purchase stuff. Maluka can dip into regen perks and zek in decay.
Finally Heiner, perk him entirely for defense, make it so he can stack 50 bastion, and also give him all perks in dark applied.
By the end of this you should have all 4 of the final dark perks applied (explode at end of turn, zek explode on 38, maluka +1 applied, dark explodes for more damage)
Levels you should take are Thuls (black talons, envenomed, deadly strikes, wide sleeves), Maluka (Yin ritual, Jinx, Vaccine, shadowform), Zek (cursemancy, dark feast, infestation, absolute darkness), Heiner (steel forge, defense master, last guardian, tireless)
Starter decks- Heiner should only have defense+sheild bash, every card thuls plays should apply poison (ignore stealth cards) and Zek + Maluka should load up on dark applied cards, any with poison are good.
Midgame decks- Heiner (no change), Thuls should be taking spammable small weapons with his poison cards, Zek should have the noxious eruption and cards that apply dark to himself, Maluka needs lots of Dispel cards to keep Zek from blowing up and should have Vile Gas.
Late Game decks- as many poison catalyst as possible for Thuls.
Now two items you need for this build to be devastating is for Thuls to have Venom fang (from queen spider boss) and Viper ring (every poison applied also applies bleed)
Items to look out for but not needed, Blackguard for Heiner, The Dark One for Zek or Maluka, Bone ring or Vile Ring for casters as well. Ying Yang badge also good for extra healing but not needed.
If you make this build you can easily apply hundreds of poison + Bleed a turn that becomes extremely weak to dark. Against the final boss I put over 5000 poison and bleed on him alone.

Using asus ROG Strix z690 gaming wifi motherboard and (x4,32gb) 128GB 5200mhz Corsair dominator platinum DDR5
I’m having an issue where sometimes my RAM will stop sending signals to ICUE, when this happens I don’t notice performance issues (other than crashing with XMP, see paragraph below), however I see no voltage and no temp monitors for the ram. Restarting icue and icue service does nothing. When I restart the machine, it doesn’t boot, will show error code 55 on my motherboard (which I believe means no ram signal) If I shut it down and boot up, it boots normally.
Possibly unrelated but I’ve been having issues with games freezing then crashing randomly. (elden ring, BF 2042, rarely Hogwarts) disabling my XMP profile seems to have fixed this problem (which notably clocks my ram from 4800-5200mhz) could this be a symptom of the issue above?
I recently upgraded motherboard ram and CPU, when I installed the ram I put them in, realized I needed to move things around, took them out and it’s possible I mixed up the sticks. They are all the same however before I had seated the pairs together (as I bought 2 packs of 32x2) now it’s possible they are mixed. Does this matter at all? And if so is there a way to match them back (matching batch numbers etc?)
I’m puzzled for now as to what is causing this
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