Can I Beat Elden Ring's Biggest Mod on the Hardest Difficulty?

[@IronPineapple]

🕹 Download Opera GX for free: operagx.gg/IronPineapple It's been a while since I've made an Elden Ring video, so I'll be watching closely to see if people are still interested, and if so, I have a few ideas for other potential mods and/or challenge runs to cover for Elden Ring and other FromSoft games. Also for everyone interested in the Souls-Like series, I do have a pretty big stockpile of souls-likes that have been played and recorded, so keep an eye out for that. For the immediate future, I'm very very excited for Dragon's Dogma 2, so there's a chance I'll cover that on my channel if there's interest. And of course, I'm super pumped for Shadow of the Erdtree. Anyway, thank you guys very much for watching and I hope you're all doing well.

[@gamechannelminecraft6583]

Hello everyone, good viewing🐼

[@Zalown]

I want to see your thoughts on the new lords of the fallen game

[@kalamir3439]

You should check out the Archthrones mod for DS3

[@butterfreedom5357]

Ignore this ad and install Firefox. Used Opera gx for a few years and I will never come back, it's filled with annoying ads and freezes for 10 seconds every single time you search something

[@LevelFear]

I would have declined a sponsorship by Opera GX because it's a data gateway directly to china. Well, chrome does the same, but at least the data won't go to a country which is pretty much a dictatorship and openly spies on other countries and citizens. Tiktok is the same by the way. And Opera isn't even that good. Yes, it has some features but it's slower than Chrome. I stay at Firefox. It's still one of the slowest browser but one of the safest. No one takes data from you and makes money out of it. No one spies. But Opera.... stay away from it. Seriously!

[@razbuten]

for the record, yakko and I did carry pine through this playthrough. don't believe his lies.

[@IronPineapple]

my back... it hurts

[@MYNDsEYE]

@@IronPineapplefor sureeeee

[@yakkocmn]

why don't you boys put down your little magic wands and pick up two giant crushers

[@jacevess7556]

​@@yakkocmn a man after my own heart. Strength all day

[@thog8169]

Dont respond if youre held hostage by Pine and forced to play Elden Ring's Biggest mod on the Hardest Difficulty with him

[@bionicdragon5]

Mod Author: "I got rid of all the cheese builds." Pineapple: *"H A M M E R B R O S ."*

[@gogogo123454321]

Also holding down Volcanic Storm costing almost no stamina for some reason.

[@TrueChaoSclx]

So anyway, I started bonking

[@SkiLLAGEx94]

Brought out his inner spiffing brit with that one 😂😂

[@Freekymoho]

@@gogogo123454321Probably because volcanic storm requires you to be next to your target, unlike comet azur

[@devindeocharan8323]

While some may call hammer bros cheese, this is more tank to the limit. Players are going to maximum endurance fighter to beat out their opponent, fully possible for them to die. They have to get up close and swing away, and while mimic may get into cheesey territory, they still can die. You're not instakilling, boss, nor are you completely shutting down their ability to do things. While you may ve able to keep them down in stagger, they can break out, overall it's a fair, if annoying hyper endurance build

[@tripondisco1522]

“…and our speed is 50% slower, the enemies learned our social security number and are committing identity fraud, and every enemy can one shot you, and…”

[@BaseSteve]

Amor London needs you. Just provide your credit card and don’t forget the 3 digits on the back.

[@slinderb.4592]

1:02:13 "Hypotheticly, if there were three jackasses, all running the same build." That build up leading to that punchline is fucking PRISTINE.

[@comfybaguette]

nice profile picture

[@jjjkkkjjjkkk-tw5su]

Mine better >:]

[@toneprime3622]

Hey, fun fact, the 'waking the other' mechanic isn't cut, it's just broken for the duo fight. See, for that fight, there's an Apostle hidden under the map, and when the duo checks to see if the other is asleep, it checks all the knights nearby AND THE APOSTLE HIDDEN UNDER THE MAP, but NOT the boss fight. This is why it works in randomizer, and you can see this in action in the Apostle at the Windmill Village! Lure it to the dancing women, put em to sleep, and he'll wake them up.

[@thomaswinwood]

It's the knights outside that cause the behaviour to fail; the "Apostle under the map" is just holding onto the shared health bar (a trick From Software have been using since at least the original Dark Souls).

[@quentincesari5018]

if it wasnt cut then they would have fixed it, no?

[@toneprime3622]

@@quentincesari5018 It literally works in the windmill village. They probably just don't think it's that big of a thing to need to fix.

[@azyrennvd4814]

@@toneprime3622yeah they probably just decided to let it be.

[@The_Saatik]

One time in randomizer I fought them in Caelid and that mechanic indeed fully worked

[@Jexdane]

Take a shot every time he says "with the mod, its only 10%"

[@Safetyman99]

I want to be able to stand up, thank you.

[@TehAwesomer]

YOU DIED... ... of alcohol poisoning

[@Hawk7886]

I did it, but only because I'm a beast. I regret everything.

[@NocturnalNick]

have to reforge your liver

[@ALongAndLowTide]

I'll send him my hospital bill 🔥

[@RiddleAnim]

RE: Samarg's Glintstone Key. It doesn't *start* in his mouth. If you're sneaky enough to not wake him up,it's on the same corpse as before. If you wake him up,though,you gotta kill him for it,or posture break him and yank it from his mouth before booking it.

[@TheRealYgrek]

I've played the mod recently and am 90% sure it does start on his mouth, but you can grab it if he hasn't woken up yet

[@gestalt7529]

@@TheRealYgrek I guess it's more of a cutscene then

[@SteadyTeddy]

10:30 This whole segment explaining how healing yourself heals others and how it resulted in more cooperation by needing to know the positions of your other teammates reminded me a lot of Monster Hunter gameplay. That's really cool.

[@Feonir44]

*Nods in wiggler head*

[@Haka-f3k-u]

Your average Souls player isn't ready for MonHun, which is fine. Had friends raving about Placidusax and his Phase 2 special "I'm a lighting cloud now" attack, and I told them again they needed to play Monster Hunter because that kind of shit is commonplace.

[@Feonir44]

The average mon hunt player isnt ready for late game mon hunt. Fatalis and Alatreon decimated the community lol.

[@dinosaurkin5093]

@@Feonir44 Only the World-babies

[@TehcaruS_Bright]

​@@dinosaurkin5093 Wasn't the guy who created a petition to nerf Alatreon claimed to be "veteran" who had X hours on previous games? LOL talk about babies.

[@vervetwrydavigy3006]

fun fact, the Godskin duo waking each other up isn't cut content! It's still in the game and works... under the right circumstances. See, for some reason the enemies outside the arena mess with the boss's "go wake up buddy" system. If you clear out the entire area outside, or encounter them in a randomizer, the system works perfectly.

[@tlozeke4830]

I love the facts all three hit the "alright" at the same time not once but twice during that secret boss 1:08:52

[@ags8507]

Mod creator: i hate cheese builds and i made this mod specifically to destroy all cheese buils. Iron Pineapple: 1 hour video of how he cheesed the mod with his friends

[@seveneightlp]

pine: and i took that personally

[@SuperbFairy]

It looks like the creator focused on making it hard a bit too many times, like nerfing builds, stats, items, spells, upgrades etc. Most people would be expected to beat it by resorting to some sneaky stuff as not everyone can go and get 3 friends with hundreds of hours to beat a game with

[@BenjoCovers]

@@SuperbFairy but its the co-op mode. If you dont have co-ops, dont play co-op mode

[@tyomega9939]

Well now that Iron discovered that mega-tank poise cheese build with Prayerful Strike, the modder will likely nerf that into near irrelevance as well, so what Iron really did was help him find another build to nerf to the ground so people going Co-Op mode can't use it, lol

[@loudpissingnoise8574]

@@SuperbFairy i mean there are difficulty options so you dont have to rely on cheese if something gets too hard for you, also keep in mind they re on the hardest mode with less players than recommended

[@platypuspracticus2]

17:30 this is actually a game narrative thing and fairly consistent. spirits are immune to rot and poison. you'll see the same behavior with your spirit ashes and with Goldfrey. Non-corporeal beings can't be poisoned since they don't actually have a body to be poisoned or rotted. edit: Mohg the Omen (baby mohg) is also non-corporeal and cannot be poisoned or rotted.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

Weirdly, Margit can be poisoned and rotted

[@Graysmog]

​@@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 Apparently it's because he isn't just creating an illusion, but using a physical person as an illusion as we see him do in Lendell. Pretty sure it's just because making such an early boss randomly immune to one of the most common status effects would feel awful, but hey it's possible.

[@MilesHadley]

I'm overjoyed you played Reforged! I'm one of the team members of Reforged, with the role of doing quality assurance and map editing. I was previously a regular on the Reforged Discord server before joining the team a few weeks ago, so my contributions are a bit too recent to be seen in your recordings. I've been watching your videos for years and have nothing but respect for you. My biggest undertaking with Reforged so far has been fixing literally thousands of errors throughout all of Elden Ring's maps, from floating trees to flickering textures to pieces of furniture clipping into each other. I also help place down new content that is being added -- such as a new kind of harvestable resource coming soon -- and polishing areas added or changed by Reforged, such as the extensively overhauled tutorial that was added after your playthrough. The community of Reforged is welcoming, friendly and inclusive, and the people there are very happy you have brought your amazing community's eyes onto it! Lots of exciting stuff is coming to Reforged in the future that I am excited for everyone to get their hands on.

[@MudkipMan97]

A wild Cavou appeared! 😂

[@Safetyman99]

You guys did an awesome job with this mod. I can't imagine how you are able to do it.

[@pabloqp7929]

Good work guys!! Fromsoft might as well take some ideas from your mod 🔥

[@MilesHadley]

Yep that's me!@@MudkipMan97

[@Helghastdude]

did i get it right, when reading through the wiki: you can play this mod without increased difficulty, no even better, even switch to a lower one?

[@eminkilicaslan8945]

I love how their solution to Astel being resistent against elemental damage is they all start hitting him with rocks.

[@DreamerTrain]

its revenge for the ones with Ainsel river

[@itsyvonblitz6819]

As Radahn intended

[@CosmicSealer]

I don't know why but this video is my favourite video to date. There's something about it watching IronPineapple playing with friends which is just so entertaining and hearing small amounts of voice coms just want me to be able to watch the whole playthrough they did together. Honestly had a blast watching and seeing this mod, if my pc was good enough I'd for sure try this out and experience this.

[@ividyon]

Wow, not what I expected to hit my front page today! Thank you so much for the coverage. Powering through Raid Mode is a real achievement, so I'm not sure about all that talk of "not being the best players"! Special thanks for covering all the mod's features and additions in detail, pointing out that the difficulty is a result of your deliberate choices, and the overall positivity you covered the mod with. You've a talent for presenting content and covering its finer points in a fair and distinguishing way. We're a very small team helmed by Kirnifr, with most of the work done by just two of us, and we don't have the resources bigger mod teams have, so I'm glad that you took away so much joy from your playthrough.

[@Ocelcinion]

Y'all have done some really amazing work. Each change and new addition is so subtle and perfectly integrated, and it feels right at home in the base game. Deflecting makes the entire game more fun, in my opinion, and small things like giving particular knight enemies more health is GREATLY appreciated (the knights are my favorite)

[@Arissi]

Kirnifr needs to learn to take feedback

[@thomaswinwood]

@@Arissi Kirnifr has taken plenty of feedback, he just ignores it when it's people arguing in bad faith or from a position of ignorance (e.g. thinking everything is nerfed because if you look for individual numbers in isolation they've been reduced - there was a post on Nexusmods about the Blue Dancer Charm recently, for example, where all they knew was the maximum boost was reduced from 12.5% to 10% when in fact it's had the falloff smoothed substantially to make it viable for more than just naked Tarnished with daggers).

[@criarinobr2682]

hisui pfp, based

[@edwardking9359]

​@@Arissi why do you say this?

[@IHaveBeesInMyEars]

One of my favorite changes that this mod introduced, is that on the elevator at the Divine Tower of Liurnia. They just...Spawn a Godskin on the elevator. Half way up. When you have no-where to run

[@MsMoonDragoon]

yeah no hard pass. I'm tired of getting disrespected by modmakers.

[@lynnlantern7513]

I love that fight. It scared the shit out of me my first time getting to it but it's luckily not that hard.

[@edisontrent618]

That dodging tutorial boss got moved to the Cave of Knowledge tutorial dungeon. They pretty much re-worked that entire dungeon and made the final tutorial boss much cooler.

[@DarkLordArbitur]

Rick just got bored and sent in his unpaid intern

[@Drub-s6t]

khkg

[@Drub-s6t]

Rick just got bored and sent in his unpaid intern

[@DarkLordArbitur]

Ain't no fuckin way a bot repeated my comment word for word

[@Drub-s6t]

Ain't no fuckin way a bot repeated my comment word for word

[@harizharu97]

This is the 1st time I felt soo engage in a video. I was like constantly cheering for you guys to do it and glad you guys did! Awesome content as always!

[@ShaggyMcSwaggy]

I've been binging all of your Elden Ring videos and you're by far my favorite creator for this type of content. Editing is smooth and never over-the-top while articulating everything so well. Great work man, looking forward to more!

[@mohl8526]

I love how you can tell just how long this video's been in the making because both Crucible Knight Phantom and the fortunes got changed a while ago. Knight Phantom is now part of an overhauled tutorial and fortunes don't directly reduce stats anymore.

[@Gordion111]

calling the comet azur nerf “reeled in a bit” is hilarious. looks more like “out back with a shotgun” to me

[@20thcentury_toy]

It would be better to just remove the spell at that point

[@dvdivine1962]

Comet Azur isn't even good in the base game

[@Haka-f3k-u]

@@20thcentury_toy I understand nerfing it, but it feels like a troll to simply make it not useful at all. Some modders do that sort of thing, and for many of them its to feel superior to their users. I get not wanting people to face roll through your content, 100%, but its not hard to design it and keep it useful somehow.

[@20thcentury_toy]

@@Haka-f3k-u I think a way to balance it would be by making the spell cost hp as well as fp

[@OleandrWhite]

It's still pretty strong if you have stamina for it.

[@midgematic8659]

Man, I genuinely love it when I come across mods that feel like its was created by someone with a true passion and love for the game and its series. The tweaks that fit perfectly into gameplay, the little additions to the map and balancing fixes; you can really tell the mod knew this game inside and out and its user base. I just love to see passionate and talented people make mods for the game series they know inside and out; they always bring so much to the table

[@MsMoonDragoon]

yeah but this just feels like a sweaty tryhard cried because people where allowed to use anything but a strength mash r1 build and got pissy enough to make a mod for it.

[@KeDe1606]

@@MsMoonDragoon Dude… what are you talking about?

[@MadisonRamanamabangbang]

​@@MsMoonDragoonNo? The mod is specifically so extremely hard because they're purposefully playing on an overturned setting meant for more people, the mod itself is super well designed

[@Jlaaag]

16:49 i love the check-in about how everyone is going, making sure ppl are still having fun and not burning out too bad, hope you guys took enough breaks cause this seems brutal.

[@noahdavis8626]

This feels like watching a live action DnD campaign of sorts. Really enjoyed the video.

[@parthshukla56]

Just yesterday i though pineapple guy is missing for sometime now, and here you are today. Literally made me cheer up.😁

[@lordmpfree4564]

going back to the original builds was so strangely poetic to me

[@reignfire85]

Congratulations on beating this challenge. I'm lousy at games like this, but I love the aesthetics and lore and seeing someone go through them in such a unique fashion is a thrill.

[@Daggurat]

Vampire Avalanche was my favorite bit. Giving the finger back to the mod creator who has consistently been taking away or breaking your fun toys throughout the whole thing.

[@SaucyPuppetShow1]

Someone has probably already mentioned it, but I just wanted to mention that Radahn has always been able to do his meteor attack multiple times, it's just fairly rare in the vanilla game.

[@NETRUNNER2077]

just a heads up, endurance also increases stamina regen as a tradeoff for weight. also weight can be increased with talismans or fortunes ^^

[@artemgleba7630]

This is hands down the best Elden Ring video I’ve watched. Even my favorite vids from my favorite streamer LilAggy don’t come close to this. Everything is just perfect about it, both the gameplay and the narrative. Well done, Pine. The wait was completely worth it.

[@elliotlabrie5241]

Some of these mechanics are really nice! The added stamina cost for certain abused attacks, the mixup of regen mage attacks and heavy ones and the light dodge! Amazing

[@kallanshrynen3650]

Love your long vids with Raz and Yakko. I’ve rewatched the Remnant 2 one like 3 times. This was just as good

[@Moewenfels]

That Flask change is AMAZING! Like so many multiplayer games have SO FEW meaningful interactions between players. Now having to think where everybody is and what their situation is seems genius.

[@Rhaethyn]

I think they could still do better. Let the subclass fate things and items change the flask mechanics - larger area, larger percentage gotten by allies, etc etc.

[@uberculex]

Breaks PVP. Also isn't balanced for solo runs so you'd just have to hope that players figure out on their own that their flasks are worse in co-op. If you summon someone and they run off, it just makes everything even worse (they get buffed health AND your flasks are garbage). Also, it can be hard to coordinate healing each other when you don't have voice chat. Remember, this is a co-op mod. The normal game isn't so co-op focused. They literally have healing incantations for healing allies.

[@DDruxy]

It reminds me a bit of healing powder in monster hunter. Which I love. I really hope more games will add multiplayer mechanics like this

[@christopherng9953]

This really reminds me of DS1 where your phantoms didn't have flasks and you needed to heal them by drinking your own. Such a nice throwback

[@ariannadravis3934]

​@@uberculex Fuck pvp, this is how you actually make co-op hard. Not "here's a random chance for dingle mcdongle to invade, have fun fucker"

[@shiiche]

Some of these changes would actually be really good in the base game. Like the Bloodbourne dodge when you have a light equip load sounds awesome!

[@kalebdavis7080]

And some are pure garbage, like the Endurance/weight changes

[@babulbi]

@@kalebdavis7080 I'm curious. Why are they garbage?

[@kalebdavis7080]

@@babulbi Capping Carry Weight to only 100 and not letting you increase it with leveling endurance limits what you can use at one time.

[@babulbi]

@@kalebdavis7080 Yeah, that's the point. Doesn't mean its better or worse, just differently balanced.

[@kalebdavis7080]

@@babulbi for the game as a whole that change would be objectively worse to implement

[@acalman]

A quarter of this video was just you explaining how the mod works, I love it ❤ so happy to have a new video!!

[@wickedgoatstudios5867]

Crazy how half the mechanics in this mod became a thing in the DLC

[@Windscreamer]

Explain

[@kyailu9053]

Such an amazing, high quality video! It was fun to watch you guys play together. You are all really good at working as a team!

[@Scarorion]

Awesome to see more Elden Ring content, just re-watched some of your old challenge videos of the game and got me into starting a new playthrough again

[@patrickade3034]

This is the best Elden Ring video I've seen. Not only does it showcase an amazing mod, but it's also a great dissection of a lot of Elden Ring's mechanics, and a super fun and at times hilarious playthrough of three absolute madlads suffering cooperatively. Iron Pineapple never misses. 11/10 content

[@jacevess7556]

29:05 Straight out of Monster Hunter. That flight looks so cool!

[@nebulaicvoid9510]

I thought the same thing it's totally teostra

[@LoidCornflakes74736]

as someone who plays the face tank build using Prayerful Strike I find using the Butchering Knife (which is a greataxe) is more useful as its basic attacks heal you as well.

[@Doppelgamer211]

Already about a dozen hours into this mod. As someone with over 500+ hours in the vanilla game, this has been a refreshing experience for me. I highly reccomend it, even if you dont engage with the difficulty options.

[@ividyon]

thank you!

[@whiteshadow7341]

I love the change to the flasks! It reminds me of the wide-range skill in monster hunter, which applies item buffs you do to yourself to your friends in a certain range!

[@sgtpastry]

BTW, Radahn can do his meteor attack multiple times in the base game. He usually does it a second time after a set amount of time.

[@edrick_2250]

Great video. Man, I love Elden Ring. I really hope they go with a coop experience more akin to the seamless mod for future games, especially if they're going to be open world. This looked like a blast.

[@MarshmallowShibe]

Coming here, happy to see Seemless CoOp being used, it's such a great mod! It has gone through a BUNCH of changes, like the "everyone teleports together" is gone and there's options to turn off the rot essences. You can even turn Invaders back on! Really a lot has happened. And it works with the DLC. This was yet another awesome video of Iron Pineapple. Usually I am really not into souls games, but Eldenring and your video series make consuming Soulsborne content real, real fun. Awesome video creator!

[@juicyjuustar121]

Surprising amount of hate for the mod in these comments despite you repeatedly saying its a great mod and stressing many times that you guys are playing on the highest difficulty that was outright not recommended by the mod creators. Personally I think the mod looks sick, even if there are some changes I disagree with, and the video was fun to watch too!

[@WBF_III]

This was a total delight all the way through. Incredible problem solving and creativity!!! The Godskin Duo finish had my jaw ON THE FLOOR 😱

[@oblivacy]

Finally, I've been waiting for you to do more Elden Ring again. These are really entertaining.

[@Dark_Adonis_Vyers]

I really like the longform challenge run content videos, always a good time. And just like it was fun for you running it with the boys, it was entertaining wayching you run it with the boys - fun dynamic to see unfold!

[@Genovoa]

Jesus this isn’t just a mod, this is like a whole new game. Wild and crazy talented from the creator.

[@aaronhillaker7036]

Weaponized autism is a hell of a drug.

[@Pilps]

Just in time for taking a dump on the toilet, marvellous

[@Schmodin]

your legs are gonna be fast asleep by the end of this one

[@requiemagent3014]

Same

[@NWAP1337]

I read this as I sat down 😅😑💩

[@Acererak0912]

For real 😊

[@iAstronomical999]

currently dumping on company time

[@KubinWielki]

I like how the entire explanation of the difficulty changes (at 3:25 mark) could be replaced by a video of someone getting his ballsack slowly crushed in a hydraulic press, and the feeling it instills in us viewers, wouldn't change at all.

[@Antoney293]

Dude, why did you put that mental image in my head 😭

[@Biggssyyy]

IM GOING IN FOR MY 36 HOUR SHIFT AT THE BALL CRUSHING FACTORY WHERE THEY CRUSH MY BALLS

[@Yixdy]

​@@Antoney293 it's more like putting a toothpick under your big toe nail and kicking a brick wall

[@Antoney293]

@@Yixdy I have seen one guy doing that. Ouch

[@dvdivine1962]

Yeah sounds kind of boring and limiting.

[@gameboy-gf4pc]

I was hoping for more content! I was rewatching your stuff recently so I'm very glad to see an upload on Elden Ring

[@MrBahafire]

55:40 : that exact reaction to godskin duo in this mode reminds me of like when you finally get to end a raid you’ve been working off with your guild for weeks in WOW

[@baconhair7393]

17:30 I believe this is because Torrent is a spirit and therefore isnt affected by poison and blood.

[@teacakes6861]

Even when the whole world denies you cheese, mimic tear got your back.

[@daanbosmans4240]

Damn, I'm so happy you are doing a challenge run again!

[@NonisLuck]

So freaking AWESOME! ❤ I'm really out of the loop on the mods, they're getting more and more amazing!

[@vapersmith7859]

This definitely gave me insights...into how to clear Elden Ring in the first place and how a lot of builds work...really interesting. Definitely one of the absolute best playthroughs for a variety of reasons I've seen of Elden Ring!

[@SketchSkarLive]

this video was actually so good I struggle to figure out how to make the beginning to my videos entertaining when I'm just explaining stuff but the way it was done here actually gave me the information required to understand what was happening in the video and was entertaining honestly underrated skill some people dont think about but turns out according to my scholars (me) its hard to explain something and be entertaining the whole time

[@TheTolnoc]

I like using the Meteoric Ore Blade as an early game Mage weapon. Inherent magic damage and scaling, bleed build up, and the heavy attack slaps real damn hard.

[@MH_Dalam]

18:44 WAIT WAIT THIS MOD PREDICTED THE SPIRIT SPRING PUZZLES OF THE DLC Not 100% match, but the concept is still there! Sweet

[@SoullessCast]

I can't say I'm a fan of a lot of the changes the mod makes, but a lot are pretty cool. Definitely a fresh change in the way you play for the people who want that!

[@thesaviorofsouls5210]

Keep in mind that you can simply do a lower difficulty to get all the fun stuff without the difficulty mode. Its important to remember theyre playing the hardest difficulty which was also ment for 4 people at least.

[@greatheightsu]

The way you tell the stories of your trials and tribulations is so entertaining. Your thought process is awesome. Lovely video

[@gerald216]

Something the dlc has been drilling in to my head and watching this futher reinforces it, jumping is completely underrated. There are so many times I see spots where the game clearly wants you to jump instead of dodge roll mostly slam attacks and sweeps. That one mechanic has helped me so freaking much in the dlc fights

[@TwistedChi]

I don't even play Souls Games and just watch your videos 'cause I find them quite entertaining and they give me a small window into the genre. That being said this mod is truely impressive in scale alone. Respect to the team who did this. A true labour of love.

[@brentramsten249]

i like how shortly after reading, "i decided to take the cheese strats out for this mod" you then accidently cheesed a boss and then purposely cheesed one. human nature is a thing that doesnt react well to being told: "no" also, nerfing comet azur to the point of actual uselessness seems unreasonable. making it like that one magma incantation by perhaps drastically reducing the damage it does at longer ranges, forcing you to actually engage a nearby and very agressive enemy for a moderately long time to get that damage in... as opposed to getting your stamina bar immediately dumpstered from less than a second of firing

[@camrendilbeck]

Hard agree on that nerf. I’ve yet to see a challenge mod that doesn’t just nuke the stuff that’s too strong instead of actually trying to make it balanced. It always puts a sour taste in my mouth because a mod can be amazing and then do this to a OP thing and it shows me that they don’t care enough to try and make it work and just take the easy way out. After thinking about it for a minute I think an interesting change would be to shorten its range a good bit but split it into a cone instead of a straight line(and probably nerf the damage). This would make it so it’s still a strong option but just against enemy groups or dual bosses instead of the single targets, BUT if you really want that big chunk of damage you’d have to stand close to melee range to make all of the split beams still hit the boss. I think that'd be a super fun way to give it less overall power while still maintaining usefulness-just in a different way- while giving a more risk/reward playstyle.

[@duckyduckington9736]

nah, comet azur is impossible to balance. Any nerf you apply will break it to being god awful. Its a fundamentally terrible spell since its either always going to do too much damage, no damage, or take too long. If you reduce the casting time its just a glorified shard spiral and if you make it cost hp its damage numbers vanish and if you try to balance it with less damage its just still going to be a worse night comet. Its objectively a terribly designed spell that only works if its cast time is shortened and damage nerfed by around 18% Even then that would also require all the magic damage nerfs to make even a little sense.

[@sator_project]

Return of the Keebler gang

[@slaeh2225]

The idea of weapon catalysts feels like such a no-brainer to put in the base game when your look at bosses like Loretta or Rellana. It's a very cool addition for sure

[@freggy404]

I love how you come of with these crazy solutions for this run. 10 outta 10

[@bird9188]

hell yeah, in reforged I played a greatsword gandalf with a staff and troll knight's sword using FP generating abilities to shoot big spells or to use the greatsword's art, it was so fun

[@ravenfalith]

Have you seen DinoBlade? Would love to see you make a video on it once it has a playable build.

[@Sinhesthysia]

Crazy that this mod predicted the Deflect tear in the dlc

[@Sparkofshurima]

sure, the mod „predicted“ it. it definitly wasnt a mechanic in many other games, including fromsoft games. people like deflecting so the mod maker and fromsoft put it in the game. thats it. people have been talking about something like this in souls games since sekiro.

[@Sinhesthysia]

@@Sparkofshurima wait you thought I was serious? It was supposed to be a stupid joke, learn how to have fun...

[@Sparkofshurima]

@@Sinhesthysia so the joke was that its in both games? crazy that this mod predicted swords. being this unfunny and unoriginal is honestly worse.

[@Sinhesthysia]

@@Sparkofshurima my guy let it go, it's not that deep just enjoy the video...

[@Sparkofshurima]

@@Sinhesthysia wait you thought i was serious? learn how to have fun.

[@xcninja]

I really like how you did the co op in this video normally you can never tell what’s happening because there are 4 guys yelling at the same time and being really obnoxious great job making co op videos enjoyable

[@CowKirbo]

I kinda hate that their solution to "cheese builds" is to completely nuke their use like comet azur being practically useless because of that stamina cost on top of the other nerfs

[@thomaswinwood]

If you level endurance, you have more stamina. I don't know why Iron Pineapple declared it "much less useful", stamina is crazy useful even without it affecting equip load; the more of it you have, the more you can chain together dodges and counterattacks without needing to resort to skill-intensive moves like parries and deflects. It also scales the regen, since that's percentage-based.

[@CowKirbo]

@thomaswinwood yeah duh but needing to dedicate thousands and thousands of runes just to USE THE SPELL on top of all the other nerfs is ridiculous. They completely ruined it

[@1Hexxer]

​@@thomaswinwoodenough things were already nerfed or changed in order for the comet to not be anywhere as useful as in the base game. The stacking damage buff, bosses are more aggressive and seem quicker so they will probably not just stand in the beam, boss HP in the raid mode is so ridiculously high that they can just tank the spell and their damage is also so high that they will probably just one shot you during the cast. There was no need to tie the beam lifespan to stamina to nerf it to the ground. Yes stamina is useful however leveling it up eats lots of runes, runes that could be put to better use.

[@Aeivious]

@@thomaswinwood which is one of the least impactful stats after the changes mind you. regardless, there were already enough nerfs tot everything that made the spell cheese that the spell itslef could have been left alone

[@Underournorthernstar]

Considering the volcanic spell that the mod added can basically do the same it makes even less sense. Cool mod but this mode seemed a bit dumb fundamentally. I could see it being fun with some friends even with all the no fun allowed changes though.

[@KFrascek]

"if you are ever in the mood to replay ER" 😂 like i dont have 1k hours already :))

[@hallowvenixya9215]

To Pineapple brain. Torrent is immune to poison and rot because spirits are immune to poison and rot. It makes perfect sense.

[@hazelgill5805]

There is a special difficulty option called Hybrid that allows you to play with the full Hard AI changes AND raid mode movesets solo if you want. It gives you some stat buffs of your own to make it not completely impossible.

[@kram9850]

this mod kicks ass and actualy got me to replay the game literally after beating the DLC in july, I'm one of those people who will play a game once to completion and then instantly lose all interest but recently I got into modding so I was trying out different mods like graceborne which was to complicated, converagance which after a week of trying fixes I gave up uninstalled the game entirely and said nah modding ain't for me, but then I saw your vid and was ok ill give it one last try if I get a save error or black screen then I'm done, to my surprise all I had to do was open the installer let it run and launch the game from the installer folder, and godamn even though the tutorial is just a movement mini game it had me hooked especially the enemy scalling and all the small tweeks which just improve the game and the removal of cheese meant that I had to actually get good so beating melania without comet azure for the first time properly was a rush and as someone whos never replayed a single campaign after 1st completion this was such a unique experience that it had me coming back for more

[@ividyon]

Thank you for the glowing review!

[@Julesmadinathirds]

Every time a hard-mode mod was released, Iron Pineapple would be like, "Me, a mere unskilled mortal!" "I can't possibly take on this challenge......" We won't be fooled, sir.

[@grfrjiglstan]

It feels so satisfying to see the Leonine Misbegotten actually holding the weapons you get from them when you beat them. I have no idea why the base game doesn't implement that. Also, I love that no matter the mod, cheesing O'Neil has become a tradition on this channel.

[@FashionSoulsForever]

Wake up babe, new Iron Pineapple video dropped!

[@slippinndippin1421]

I think my favorite thing about all this is getting to see all the cool looking spells actually get put to good use. So many are just so situational without a summon tanking the boss for you and this just seems so fun to play!

[@HeyImFred]

Not sure if anybody commented this already, but the flasks healing your friends was a mechanic in dark souls 1 for your co-op summons! I’m not sure if it healed the NPC summons but players were not able to use their own estus flasks and therefore relied on the host or just used humanity to full heal.

[@DarkHarlequin]

What I never fully get is: Challenge runners are people who want to challenge their skills to a higher degree by adding difficulty. Cool I understand that. Mastering things feels good. But why are challenge runners then the ones that constantly cheese Bosses & situations? Isn't this the antithesis of what you're trying to do? Why play on higher difficulties if you then won't engage with the mechanics that were made more difficult? Like to take this run as an example I currently watched till Rhadan and for essentially every Boss they had difficulty with the solution didn't seem to be "so we learned the Boss found a strategy and overcame it" but "so we cheesed it by making it bug out!" I don't mind people cheesing but I really don't understand why challenge runners like the 3 here do it... Like don't get me wrong these guys seem to have put in the work and earned the W of beating the mod. I just don't understand the contradiction of "I love how Rhadan feels like a real raid boss now" and then not angaging with that by going "so we got him to bug into the water yay" Isn't that contradictory? 🤔🤔

[@thomaswinwood]

Iron Pineapple isn't really a challenge runner - his normal thing is trying out the goofy stuff people put up on Steam under the Soulslike tag, this is just a side gig he does occasionally. His default, as seen in the videos he made when Elden Ring first came out, is cheese.

[@rat00157]

this makes me want a fromsoft mmo

[@artoriapendragon3234]

okay.. Am I seeing things or is a LOT OF THE MOD STUFF ACTUALLY IN THE DLC!?

[@thomaswinwood]

Yeah, either From had a bunch of the same ideas or they took inspiration from mods. Their implementations are generally worse, though - five minutes of deflects as a physick tear is less interesting than it being a basic mechanic, their unlockable spiritsprings involve no combat and can be cheesed with the goddamn shackles again, and Reforged has much better weapon catalysts.

[@TheyLoveThemLLC]

Even though I'm not playing in these videos *gestures to all of your videos* I feel like part of the team. You do a really great job of having fun with your friends but not leaving us as the viewers out of the jokes or meaningful moments! Subscribed (surprised I wasn't already) and thankful for this content.

[@4zqS]

51:00 I hope a viable shield build will be available in the DLC. I really like the uniqueness of having a character that is fighting with just a shield (or one in each hand). Anyway I enjoy watching your videos since Dark Souls 2 and it brings me good old memories of all souls game, thank you for that. Take care!

[@Day100]

Iced estus has a bleed build with small shields. I wish we had proper balance patches like Ds2 did so we could get that DPS up more

[@KakhaPrime]

"can I beat raid mode with only two friends" bro can't admit that he didn't have enough friends to fill the requirement smh my head

[@airekofvinlandslayerofthes7965]

He literally plays games with Vaati, I think he has enough friends. I, on the other hand, don't have enough friends who would play this with me.

[@Drub-s6t]

jf

[@Decembersbreath]

What a sour comment. Boo to you.

[@ezratrujillo7289]

he just like me fr fr

[@Drub-s6t]

ttu

[@edisontrent618]

Learning to jump over Radahn's gravity wave attacks and perfect deflect his ranged attackes were awesome moments for me and I'm sad you guy's missed them.

[@tunaroll47]

Can we get like a mini series of this whole playthrough without the commentary? I think it would be hilarious watching the full progression of you guys learning the mod

[@adamr3497]

I agree I would love to watch this!

[@duckyduckington9736]

same, would love to see this.

[@Darkreaper1982]

Never played Elden Ring but a great video and was such a relief when you beat a boss you were struggling against! God knows how you 3 felt when you did it, but must have been euphoric!

[@ezzzzyyy]

I don't understand why ascended mod exists even to this day The "every boss is a gank boss" mod

[@ee_boy6847]

Now do raid mod solo 😡

[@gametwo2063]

It is a co op mode ao you are required to have someone else with you.

[@thomaswinwood]

@@gametwo2063 Nah, you can play the co-op difficulties solo if you're masochistic enough.

[@Vortex945]

That’s what I was expecting it to be lol

[@christianowen4112]

You could do it so low, but it would have to require the second person not to do anything

[@MohgTheLordOfBlood]

I love how he completely ignored this comment

[@TOOTHBRUSHDUCK]

Early in the video, however, it seems like heavy armour got way too nerfed if it mandates fat rolls but isn't giving more benefits

[@IronWarriorApologist]

The defense is improved significantly on heavy armor and heavy load rolling now just has less i-frames than med load, no longer fat rolling.

[@duckyduckington9736]

Its the harder difficulty that he picked that makes some of these changes actually an issue, without it you still are going to disintegrate bosses. Don't worry about it too much