Took out my first sharburetor today! Eventually managed to solo it with some jelly~(fish) cooperation. I spent a significant portion of my play session just trying to figure out why I couldn’t summon ash buddies…somehow I missed out on the little bell thing and no matter what I did I couldn’t find the NPC who was supposed to furnish it (some kind of bug???). Turns out you can purchase it from the husk ladies back at the Roundtable…really hope my game isn’t horribly glitched though 
So if I have a couple of items equipped from the swamp in my right hand >!specifically the meteor katana and meteor wand, is this just this game‘s version of the drake sword? Heard some random vague chatter about good stuff in the swamp. Just got the wand and it’s description of high boost but can't be upgraded seems to fit the bill!<
@“rejj”#p61010 I think the stuff people dislike it for is mostly good, I guess. The illogical, fractured world and the more traditional fantasy, but with an edge, type look gives it a sort of dream-/nightmareish quality that's really stuck with me. It managed to unnerve and confuse me despite playing it after all the others!
I can remember almost every area in DS2, I can barely recall a single one in 3. I guess there's that pretty snow place? And you go back to ||Anor Londo||?
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@“JoJoestar”#p61009 This is the fourth
Make it FIVE, guys.
This time I'm going to be mysterious, as @"treefroggy"#449 requested.
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Could this be a hidden path? Time for jumping… [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/H08IDEm.jpeg]
Also tried to leave a couple of messages in game in the area (playing on PS4). Hopefully the fellow donkeymilkers will see them...
Speaking of messages I’d be extremely curious to know if any of you are behind warning messages like “Beware unguarded but hole”. I’m guessing not
@“2501”#p61068 If you are using the group password any messages or bloodstains created by the group will be highlighted with a circle surrounding the interaction.
A friend in China reports that he is at level 147 after just 18 hours of gameplay - thanks to a grey market in runes & items. The truly committed pay-to-win player can exchange US$200 for >!660 million runes!<, enough to >!reach the level cap of 713!<
Can someone make a poll for what console everyone is playing on? I guess it would make sense why I'm not seeing any group messages if no one else is on PC.
@"goonbag"#p61077 Wow I need to get on this, I hacked my switch too late to capitalize on the animal crossing economy.
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@“treefroggy”#p61093 Can someone make a poll for what console everyone is playing on?
I suppose it's not a bad thing that this thread took on a life of its own, but that was the original purpose of this very thread. So just go back up to the first post!
I forgot because I've been playing elden ring too much.
@“treefroggy”#p61093 whether or not it’s true, I just choose to assume any time I get a “Message Appraised” notification it’s from an IC person and it makes me smile
Just encountered the ||Tibia Mariner|| mini boss in Limgrave and wow was that a really goofy DS2-ass fight. Top marks!
@“kory”#p61118 You'll meet an even sillier skeleton boss later on.
@“treefroggy”#p61093 I’m on PC and have seen a few group messages. Only one group bloodstain however.
I was in the Academy yesterday, and then something ||patches warned me about|| happened and I am ||now in a nasty Volcano Manor basement||.
I left a message in the Academy ||about a real hidden pathway|| so if anyone on PC is there maybe you’ll see one with the group circle
@“Syzygy”#p61144 Not sure what you‘re saying here,
but this is a fun time where everyone is super confused by NPCs equally
I have personally experienced such confusion as: where is this NPC I was told to find in this specific location?
Oops I gave the thing to him now I can’t give it to the other him
Who are these silouettes for NPCs I am supposed to find??
How is this guy seemingly in two places at once??
Speaking of confusing NPC moments Bladder ||the wolf guy|| hates my… Guts (hehe do you get it) for some reason I don‘t comprehend. Maybe because even after becoming hostile I keep calling him Bladder? Maybe he’s into something there…
I'm avoiding the area in hopes there is eventually a church to revert NPCs like in older From titles (please don't tell me! I want to be surprised).
@“JoJoestar”#p61160 That guy is so nice to me, I really don't want this to happen!
@“christoffing”#p61161 Yeah man he looks pretty chill! I want to be friends with him, that‘s why I hope there is a church/bribe place to revert npc’s outbursts of unprovoked violence lmao
What I think happened here is that ||I did happen to accidentaly wake up the super saiyan bear which is sleeping there and he fucking wrecked the whole place, if that particular area happens to be wolfman's house I understand him being mad at me!||
Power Stance! Keen Uchigatana +15 with keen Kodachi +15 ! Wow! And I got buffs for days!