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

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Elden Ring Reforged is one of the biggest gameplay overhaul mods for Elden Ring, but can someone like me beat it on its hardest difficulty?
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Big thanks to Raz and yakko for playing through this with me:
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Also, we played on version 0.10.3 of the mod. This version is a couple months old at this point, and since the mod is a constant WIP, it's worth mentioning that there have been several features and bosses added since then.
0:00 Intro
2:57 Elden Ring Reforged

[@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🐼

[@colinred4252]

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]

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[@razbuten]

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

[@IronPineapple]

my back... it hurts

[@ThatGuyYesHim]

@@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

[@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

[@AManWithAVoice]

I'll send him my hospital bill 🔥

[@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.

[@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).

[@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 😂😂

[@freakymoejoe2]

@@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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*

[@hakageryu-hz7jz]

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.

[@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.

[@Shin_97]

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!@@Shin_97

[@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?

[@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.

[@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!

[@Nyx_Eos]

Just wanted to leave my own input here but the logical reason Torrent is immune to rot and poison is because he is a spirit. I mean you literally summon him with a whistle so it makes sense that a spirit is immune to these kinds of things. But gameplay wise it's probably because during your first bout through swamps you'd usually get invaded by an NPC or it's in a place torrent can't be summoned so after that it's like a little consolation prize?

[@thrashergx4877]

For poison that works, but in Elden Ring lore, spirits are absolutely not immune to Scarlet Rot. Its not a simple disease after all, more of a curse borne of the touch of an outer god.

[@Nyx_Eos]

@@thrashergx4877 None of the spirit ashes you can use can be afflicted because they are ash, Torrent is once again summoned via a whistle and even then acts like a summonable spirit ash because if he "dies" you can simply resummon him. The only "spirits" that we see afflicted by Scarlet Rot are the Ulcerated Tree Spirits and Erdtree Avatars but they don't work like our summons because they are fully alive and not ashes and are simply existing as a part of the Minor Erdtree they appear at. So while I somewhat agree with you our summons specifically don't work in a way that Scarlet Rot or poison should affect them, ya know?

[@DtehHermit]

@@thrashergx4877Scarlet Rot is a aspect of death/decay Torrent the spectral steed isn't alive

[@terskataneli6457]

By that logic torrent would also be immune to any physical damage which it ain't😂

[@Nyx_Eos]

@@terskataneli6457 Please don't think you're better than me for providing incorrect information. All I have said is Torrent acts like our Spirit Ashes when it comes to gameplay, which includes the obvious ability to be hit and lose "HP" although lore wise they won't lose anything since they are spirits. All attacking them would do is disrupt their physical forms to the point of no longer being able to exist for the remainder of the fight. At no point did I say Torrent or the Ashes were immune to damage I just said they would be immune to Poison and Scarlet Rot.

[@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

[@hakageryu-hz7jz]

@@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]

@@hakageryu-hz7jz 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.

[@tlozeke4830]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@apollodransfield3422]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@user-rl2zi6mp7g]

khkg

[@user-rl2zi6mp7g]

Rick just got bored and sent in his unpaid intern

[@DarkLordArbitur]

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

[@user-rl2zi6mp7g]

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

[@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!

[@praisethesun9434]

this is how game journalists feel the game difficulty is

[@lordmpfree4564]

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

[@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.

[@Blacknight8850]

If this mod was more "new spells" and "grab the key out of the dragon's mouth while it's stunned" (which might not have even been intentional?) and less "no backstabs, stacking debuffs when you die, nerf all healing & buffs" I'd be interested in it.

[@IronWarriorApologist]

The key mechanic is intentional, it can also be acquired through stealth. The debuffs on death are a Seamless Coop mod mechanic, not Reforged and the first and third thing you listed are only on the highest difficulties. Solo Normal mode I actually found slightly easier than vanilla and buffed so many nonviable options. It's really an incredible mod and Pineapple barely scratched the surface of a lot of improvements/additions

[@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.

[@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.😁

[@alexukonu6592]

This video was so entertaining thanks Iron and friends. Also this mod difficulty is pretty insane but must’ve been really fun too as it was fun to watch the different new mechanics and also seeing you guys cooperate through dungeons and boss fights

[@kallanshrynen3650]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Sushiman118]

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"

[@Rubbly]

Very fun video! Love the progression you all made through the game together!

[@lukamtloko]

Insane video man, congrats to you and your party 🙏

[@NETRUNNER2077]

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

[@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

[@freggy404]

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

[@zach.3196]

really like and appreciate some of the background music used in this video. was happy to hear ost from billy hatcher. great video!

[@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.

[@acalman]

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

[@CanadianBear47]

honestly watching your channel grow has been nice to watch and also the confidence u have gained. :D

[@seanh2785]

What a journey, jeeze!!! Great stuff, and awesome play you all!

[@jacevess7556]

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

[@nebulaicvoid9510]

I thought the same thing it's totally teostra

[@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

[@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!

[@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 😱

[@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.

[@user-rl2zi6mp7g]

jf

[@Decembersbreath]

What a sour comment. Boo to you.

[@ezratrujillo7289]

he just like me fr fr

[@user-rl2zi6mp7g]

ttu

[@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.

[@greatheightsu]

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

[@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

[@NonisLuck]

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

[@creativecalisthenics398]

One of my favorite vids of yours! Love the outside the box strategy and narration! :)

[@nnnickel]

really fun video, love to see the coop stuff with the boys

[@lexdrix]

Love to see Iron Pineapple making these. Killer freaking videos, jealous of the editing.

[@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!

[@jack_kerins]

This is one funnest playthroughs I’ve seen of a game period. Great video lads👍

[@TheAnEnglishman]

Always look forward to your videos, this one was a treat as ever.

[@oblivacy]

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

[@daanbosmans4240]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@sator_project]

Return of the Keebler gang

[@tannerlowicki1698]

great video pine thanks for taking the time to playthrough this hell

[@BasedParadise]

Really enjoyed this one. You are so good at narrating

[@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!

[@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.

[@teacakes6861]

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

[@kap1e246]

I wish this vid was 10 hours cause learning all this stuff from the mod was so cool and seeing y’all play is super fun

[@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.

[@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

[@i3erzerker479]

Good Video! had fun watching it.

[@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

[@KFrascek]

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

[@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.

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Great video as always and that hammer health regen build was a very nice idea

[@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.

[@prince_nox]

okay yeah no, a few of these changes had me like "I don't like it but I see why it's like that", but the Torrent change that makes swamps kill him??? nah, dumb change. Torrent is immune for gameplay AND lore reasons, but focusing gameplay-wise he's literally a response to the player base complaining in every other game about the unavoidable poison swamps, so devs went "Here, have an immortal horse that's immune" it's always so funny to me when game devs make a QoL change and a modder is like "nah I like suffering" 😂 also the comment from the modder about radahn's attacks being unavoidable through dodging and forcing players to use blocking or parrying or whatever?? I hope that's for hard difficulty ONLY 'cus if not that's a lowkey red flag. If you teach a player that dodging works, and then throw them a fight where it doesn't work, that's not a "challenge", that is bad game design :/

[@thomaswinwood]

The complaints about poison swamps have always been kind of a meme, but Elden Ring has gone out of its way to make the Swamp of Aeonia (which this complaint is always actually about, since the other major poison areas don't let you use Torrent in the first place) as minimally frustrating as possible without needing an invincible ghost horse. Gameplay-wise, the "quality of life" change of making Torrent immune to ambient status renders Rowa Raisins pointless because you never need to care about Torrent being hurt. Lorewise, Aeonia is the fantasy equivalent of Pripyat, the ground zero of a catastrophe that scarred an entire region - shouldn't that at least make you stop and think a moment about how you're going to navigate it? > I hope [radahn's attacks being unavoidable through dodging i]s for hard difficulty ONLY It is. The harder the difficulty mode you choose, the more the design of the mod assumes you're proficient with its additional dodging mechanics like ducks and deflects. Playing on Reforged mode is comparable to vanilla.

[@stalwort1692]

@@thomaswinwood I do not know about anybody else, but I certainly wasn't chomping at the bit for a mod to make... raisins... a more integrated and necessary feature. Much less *implicitly* bundled into a mod with a thousand other things I *actually* wanted. But that's the devil in the details with making such a gigantic mod.

[@rafalst]

The mod lost me when it changed equip load and made endurance pratically useless.

[@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

[@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

[@knight_lautrec_of_carim]

Kinda ironic that the modder trying to remove the cheese, people are encouraged to cheese as hard as they can.

[@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.

[@slaverstrike]

I put this on as a look at it with a side eye while doing other stuff. But it got so interesting I just had to fully focus on it. Your Elden Ring videos have been a blast.

[@IcyLucario]

Awesome video! The mod looks super cool I gotta try it.

[@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.

[@TheTolnoc]

"Generator Spells" "Recover FP on hit" GOD that's the best thing I've ever heard.

[@ChrisHoopes1]

Yeah that’s a legit good idea. It’s never been very fun in Souls games to try to be a spell caster where you need to constantly chug estus to regain MP or whatever the equivalent is. Now you can actually throw spells out there constantly and feel like you’re in the thick of it.

[@hakageryu-hz7jz]

@@ChrisHoopes1 It seems like ARPG dev leads from Japan like to purposefully design things badly sometimes and call it "creative vision". Makes zero sense that you have no means to regenerate your FP outside flasks, so you end up with limited uses of your special attacks/spells, and that is how they balance it. On the other hand, you can build to annihilate everything in one cast/hit so what the hell is the point of limiting the fun, instead of making you engage more with the game to get more FP in combat, so you can use the satisfying flashy and powerful move?

[@genericyoutuber5533]

It’s a good idea, but with the massive increase to spell costs it ends up feeling worse since you just have to sit there for a minute spamming the same generator spell over and over I liked Reforged when it was first available, but as they added/changed more stuff I ended up not liking it and moving on (the archery challenges are really fun though!)

[@flagmuffin1221]

The generator/spender system from ARPGs like Diablo is not liked by many people. And apparently this made makes spells cost ridiculous amounts.

[@doshmastercash1977]

It quickly loses its charm after having to fight Fromsofts terrible UI that makes cycling through spells a chore. That and ultimately due to how they nerf FP costs/damage you end up with an overall worse experience as a caster.

[@HiimSpencer0808]

It would be so cool to see vods of this

[@michaelduffy3423]

This was such a fun video. Thanks so much, dude. Super fun to watch, and super fun to see all you guys having a blast together. Of course I love the Dumpster Diving videos, but I'm glad you made another Elden Ring video! Good to see. Have a Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!

[@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.

[@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

[@jugomebu]

Freaking love your uploads, and this was an amazing showcase. ❤

[@MrPizzadash]

As someone who got warped to caelid during my first playthrough and explored Sellia before getting Torrent, I love the change at 18:33