BadMoonRisin said:

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I actually prefer liberated areas to stay liberated, but I guess I'm in the minority on that. Is there a reason they are resetting in this game?

Having said that, nothing stays liberated in Elden Ring which I'm currently playing, but you kind of need them to respawn to get the experience so you can continue leveling. Is that the same concept here?

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There was a complaint from a person that played the game for 230 hours (yes, 230 hours), and said he only had a few bosses left to beat, but since the map doesnt repopulate, the game felt empty. I think the devs hyper-reacted to this corner case and allowed this type of thing to keep people happy, but it seems like it was unnecessary. Just my opinion, but if people want to smash a button to repop the map and have more fun after TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY HOURS....okay.

Game on.

Just buy it already, YouBet. You'll love it. I was skeptical at first, but now I'm drowning in just getting in and playing. It's fun.

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I can't. I'm sucked into Elden Ring now. That will probably take me two more months to finish. By then, maybe this will be on sale. When I turned on PS today though, I got an immediate message from PS telling me that Crimson Desert is surging WORLDWIDE. Such taunting.

YouBet said:

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BadMoonRisin said:

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YouBet said:

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I actually prefer liberated areas to stay liberated, but I guess I'm in the minority on that. Is there a reason they are resetting in this game?

Having said that, nothing stays liberated in Elden Ring which I'm currently playing, but you kind of need them to respawn to get the experience so you can continue leveling. Is that the same concept here?

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There was a complaint from a person that played the game for 230 hours (yes, 230 hours), and said he only had a few bosses left to beat, but since the map doesnt repopulate, the game felt empty. I think the devs hyper-reacted to this corner case and allowed this type of thing to keep people happy, but it seems like it was unnecessary. Just my opinion, but if people want to smash a button to repop the map and have more fun after TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY HOURS....okay.

Game on.

Just buy it already, YouBet. You'll love it. I was skeptical at first, but now I'm drowning in just getting in and playing. It's fun.

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I can't. I'm sucked into Elden Ring now. That will probably take me two more months to finish. By then, maybe this will be on sale. When I turned on PS today though, I got an immediate message from PS telling me that Crimson Desert is surging WORLDWIDE. Such taunting.

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To each their own

Saw in patch notes where they added (or will add) new moves for the other two characters so there is a point to actually use them.

Improved Damiane and Oongka so that they have more abilities useful for open-world gameplay.

Added 'Axiom Force', 'Nature's Snare' and related abilities for Damiane and Oongka.

Improved Damiane's 'Shield Toss' and Oongka's 'Scatter Shot' ability so that they have the same effect as Kliff's 'Force Palm'.

Changed the control inputs for Damiane's 'Skystep' and Oongka's 'Vertical Flight' ability.

I like being able to play as all 3 characters. It is amazing to me how they actually feel different. Oongka 'feels' heavy and not very mobile. Damiane 'feels' light and fluid and not very sturdy. Looking back at the sections where you play them in the game, I wish there was more of an ability to use and get used to them before their respective highlighted spots.

BTW: This game has the uncanny ability to make you think you've only been playing for an hour or so and you look up and it's been 3-4 or more.

I'm now 45 hours in and still much of hernand unexplored. Just accidentally crossed into Demeniss last night….those bandits were insane

They challenge you for sure. Really forces you to upgrade skills and equipment.

anyone else having an issue getting the Haldin bounty? I think my playthrough is having an issue. It does not matter how many times I go to the area or what time I go he never shows up. I've even stayed in the area for 2 in game days to see if he'd show and nothing.

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anyone else having an issue getting the Haldin bounty? I think my playthrough is having an issue. It does not matter how many times I go to the area or what time I go he never shows up. I've even stayed in the area for 2 in game days to see if he'd show and nothing.

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IIRC, it is timing issue. He isn't there outside of the morning time slot.

I'll have to try that specifically. He is the only bounty in Hernand that I'm missing

I think I bricked that bounty some how. He never shows up

for some reason one of my quests is broken from the blacksmith guy in camp where i have a rhett's longsword and cannot turn it in. It's in my inventory, but has been modified or reinforced or something and I had purchased it and been using it prior to getting the quest. someone said to drop it in the forest and come back later and pick it up....annnnd its gone.

And Rhett is out of stock for it.

edit: Evidently, i threw it at the edge of camp and if the NPCs find stuff in camp, they pick it up and put it in storage. still cant turn it in, though.

Finally broke down and jumped in. Really liking it so far. The only bad experience I've had is two crashes in 8 hours and both were quite a bit of time lost. I realize I have the classic Fallout problem where I don't save often enough but I hope the crashes don't continue.

I would make sure your game-ready drivers are up to date. Should prevent it.

Well now I feel like an idiot lol. I built my own PC last year and didn't install any of Nvidia's bloatware. As such I always have to remember to update when a new game comes out that I want to try and it somehow slipped my mind to update drivers before playing. Thanks for the reminder.

I got the lightning one but have no idea how to use it. lol

I found where to go for the fire element but I got BODIED by the boss gatekeeping the way. Good lord.

What do you all do when you stumble into a boss fight? I found a questline last night that I had already beaten one of the three bosses earlier in the game.

Very good combat mechanic breakdown and how your stamina and spirit work together.

I've started to use focus quite a bit more. Its amazing what attacks you can scoop up, and return to sender if you spec for it !