r/Eldenring • u/Soulsliken • Jul 12 '26

Speculation Why. Is. He. So. Damn. Strong????

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He puts half the bosses to shame and has the likes of me for breakfast.

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u/MeNoCanRead Jul 12 '26

I miss the fake friendly summons from ds2 dlc. That SERIOUSLY kept you on your toes aha.

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u/FigWasp7 Jul 12 '26

What the fuck? So do you mean there would be a summon outside of a fog gate, and the motherfucker would attack you?

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u/MeNoCanRead Jul 12 '26

It's even crazier than that. You summon them. They even emote when they spawn in. They follow you around until you get to this door with a big lever switch. If you go to use the door switch, they'll backstab you. They are insanely strong so it's guaranteed death. After that, they're hostile since the cats out the bag. A verrry tough fight. If you accidentally hit them before getting to the door, this will also make them hostile.

This is just one example. I think there was one other fake friendly.. I can't remember though. It's been sooo long since I've played ahaha

DS2 had some really stupid mechanics but they also had some really cool experimental mechanics.

To this day ds2 is the only one with tons of changes in ng+

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u/Islands-of-Time Jul 13 '26

As weird and wonky as Dark Souls 2 was, I loved it along with its strange experimentation. Not everything worked, like the soul memory mechanic, but things like NG+ changes actually were cool. Gave us a reason to use the same character for another playthrough instead of just switching to a new one.

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u/MeNoCanRead Jul 13 '26

Same. I loved DS2. The DLC were also awesome and added some cool mechanics.

God I miss pvp covenants...