Elden Ring - Blind Playthrough #49: Capital Outskirts I (Sainted Hero’s Grave to Divine Tower)

[@Aegon_of_Astora]

Hi, friends! As I think I'm finally nearing the end of the NG portion of the playthrough, here is another Wednesday episode. Once I'm clear about how much is actually left, I'll start releasing multiple episodes every week. Until then, I hope you have a wonderful week!

[@silentservant_]

Awesome!!

[@imlostinthefade]

YAY! I'm so excited

[@Crabcakes96]

I’ve played Elden Ring 3 times and never knew Melina tells you to tell Boc he’s beautiful. I just looked up his questline to know to tell him he’s beautiful. I’m always finding out new stuff about this game.

[@painfuldiscourse5231]

What a welcome surprise middle of the week!

[@UncleFenris]

Huzzah for bonus episode! When you said that Aurelia "got into a crawling position and immediately slumped down", i realized... I, too, often desire to slump down rather than get up and face the day.

[@LuSends]

Was just about to go to bed but who needs sleep when there’s a new Aegon episode? Hope you’re doing well!

[@TheRealGovika]

Lovely video as always, Aegon! I had mentioned before but was unsure if you saw it, but you can reorder your list based on most recent by using O instead of X when selecting the order by.

[@TheRealFacemanguy]

From that lightning incantation that mentions only using it if you are friends to dragons is a reference to the fact that dragons attack with lightning and because it lowers your lightning resistance you'd only have to worry if you are fighting dragons. Also i loved the moment near the end of the episode when you got to the divine tower and you just took a moment to sight see and name all the places you've been. It was just a nice little moment.

[@kcojco]

I guess he didn’t notice the imp “‘materialize” when it stepped into the light

[@Yasukima]

I really look forward to Aegon's reaction when discovers how to deal with the ghosts

[@imlostinthefade]

Hey Aegon, what sound does a wolf make? 1:17:37

[@montyawol]

A Wed episode lets go!

[@imlostinthefade]

Boc is beautiful!! Tell him how beautiful he is!

[@Aegon_of_Astora]

🙈

[@imlostinthefade]

@@Aegon_of_Astora Oh no! Well, I wouldn't have gotten it on the first try :) There's always another playthrough!

[@traceries5201]

Did you ever get the night time events to happen? The other one was at Muriel’s church.

[@sablemae8853]

Can you say "undertaker" in Paul's voice for one of the ghosts?

[@Aegon_of_Astora]

I've added this to my notes to remind myself to do this!

[@sablemae8853]

@@Aegon_of_Astora awesome!

[@joshk494]

I swear, if you don't tell Boc he's beautiful...

[@bludgeon1081]

What will you do?

[@Aegon_of_Astora]

😅

[@killervic7379]

Ahoy

[@Aegon_of_Astora]

Ahoy-hoy!

[@painfuldiscourse5231]

First

[@4blasphemy]

i dont entirely get how and why you are playing the game as is, because in these last like 10 episodes, most of them just have essentially been about you complaining that you have to play the game (exaggerated a bit, not literally) for example the fact that your favorite enemy are enemies that dont attack, which is like such a nonsensical concept to me an enemies job, is to be your enemy, and obviously some of them meant to be better at their job than others inherently but i never understood how can someone outright HATE an enemy just because they are not easy to kill and it kills you easily i just feel like this mentality of hating everything that basically only makes you play the game more, is very toxic to everybody now something like not trying out ANY other weapon, or not even considering it at all ever, i can understand because it is purely the side effect of you not being able to play, only little portions at a time, and i think you are very well aware of its consequences and such so its fine but the constant, constant complain about any enemy that doesnt die in one hit and can maybe fight back sometimes is just so unreasonable to me, and then when something has no chance of fighting back at all because of you being overleveled you dont even entertain the thought of maybe trying to see what it can do (like for example fortissax) but it is true that a fight like rykard was real good, mostly because it is a thing that is curated to be a specific thing (and that you didnt level the serpent hunter, or summon the mimic to have another which would have made it a horrible fight, since it wouldnt have been a fight) as someone who thinks that this game has some absolutely amazing fights that should be deserved to be at least seen by everyone who plays, i understand how and why you play with the "least fights possible" (such as time constraints, that leading to not being able to experiment with other weapons, not being able to let enemies just attack to see how they can etc) but it just in many ways doesnt allow the game to be "fully experienced" or "fully realized" since a lot of thought, love, effort and care have went into the fights and they are more masterfully crafted than ever mainly saying this because i assume you have already "fought" the main boss of leyndell, and i can already feel how much it wasnt a fight, when it is such an amazing experience through and through

[@Aegon_of_Astora]

I'm curious as to where you got the idea that I "outright HATE" enemies who are "not easy to kill"? And when did I ever say that my aim was to complete the game while engaging in the "least fights possible"? I mean, presumably you're quoting me there, but I don't recall ever saying that? For the record, I have enjoyed the game immensely throughout this playthrough, and continue to enjoy it as I near the end of the playthrough. Is it possible that you're misinterpreting my commentary such that you feel like I'm complaining? For example, when I exclaim, "come on, friend", after someone hits me, that's not me complaining, that's me being playful towards the NPCs. Can you provide an example in this episode (or, indeed, in one of the last 10 episodes you mentioned) of me complaining? I'm genuinely curious, because, sure, there are enemy types I don't enjoy fighting (e.g., birds, dragons), but I've thoroughly enjoyed 90%+ of the combat in this playthrough. After all, I wouldn't be doing this playthrough if I wasn't enjoying it.

[@patrickgodfrey9645]

​@@Aegon_of_AstoraTo butt in with a positive, what have been some of your favorite enemies so far? Bosses or otherwise? Of the ones you've fought, I love Astel, some of the true dragons, the clay men (which drop an awesome weapon, btw), and the Nox. The mimic rolling boulders of doom are fun in the underworld areas, as well? What're your thoughts?

[@ni9274]

It's false that he complains a lot, he does it maybe once every 5 episodes and it's never really serious, go watch another playthrough by other content creators to see how chill this guy is compared to most other creators on KZbin. + When you play a souls game for the first time I think it's fair to expect some complaining, many things can feel unfair the first time you encounter them, it's human nature to express this feeling even if in retrospect it's not the game being unfair but you not understanding the mechanics or missing some knowledge. When Aegon says "favorite enemy" I think it's more about him finding an enemy interesting conceptually than just mechanically. Since he's overleveled there isn't any reason to wait around to see if the bosses will do something interesting, it would just feel artificial, and he can just go back in NG plus at the right level. A boss doesn't need to be difficult to be a good fight, many people just appreciate the experience of killing a boss in one or two tries, especially in Elden Ring since it's more focused on exploration than combat. Appreciating these fights to the fullest will always involve some amount of frustrations, and some ppl just don't want to deal with that. The devs don't agree with your way of thinking, they created these games in a way that lets the players discover the world by themselves, this mean that the devs accepted the fact that many players will miss part of the content they spent years crafting. Any player that explored every area before going to leyndell will be overleveled for the Morgot fight, it's a game balance problem, even if Aegon didn't farm he would still be overleveled for this boss.

[@4blasphemy]

@@Aegon_of_Astora So i didnt specifically mean you were the one who outright hated an enemy, it is just something that was connected to what i was saying. And the least fights possible, i meant it more like what i was saying after, meaning you dont specifically try to see every move of every enemy and if you can you avoid fights, which again, i totally understand and dont really have a problem with. So it is kind of true that when i wrote the comment, i was a little bit over emphasizing the complaining part, im just really passionate about the combat and similar because many, many enemies go overlooked for reasons such as them not being in enough places, or not being powerful enough when they should be and such. My ""expectations"" are pretty unreasonable and i know that, so sorry about that. And yes, as you said, you wouldnt be playing if you wouldnt be enjoying it. But many of my complaint "points" are just simply unfortunate consequences of the time constraints and such, so i have to wrestle with that fact every time, which is just it is what it is. I just hope you will get/got most of the experience of stuff you might be overleveled for.

[@4blasphemy]

@@ni9274 yes, i dont really disagree with any of your points, sorry it seemed like i was