It seems like everyone has been busy with Elden Ring Shadow of the Golden Tree lately, but when I heard my friends who used to focus on casual games and Galgame start talking about the "King of Promises" style, I really realized the influence of the Old Man Ring. However, what makes people wonder is that this benevolent brother obviously quickly entered the DLC with the strategy, why is he wearing the big goat suit rewarded by the side quest?
Of course, it's very convenient to "ding" and replace saves on the PC platform, and the console can also use the game's built-in online system to lose equipment, but after asking, I got an unexpected answer - an old man's ring member bought by a certain treasure. Accompanied by a "Huh? There were three question marks in my brain, and then my first reaction was to open a treasure and enter keywords to see what was going on, but my friend hurriedly explained: "It's all IQ tax!" ”
It turns out that the so-called membership service, the essence is still to lose equipment online and lose rune, and when the "Elden Ring" itself was released, a large number of such merchants were derived. Now it's a step further, if your hundreds of millions of runes are accidentally lost due to death, or you want to open a new file to re-experience the game, the seller can re-give you the props you need, and the after-sales guarantee is ~
>>> don't need money to give away online, why do you have to pay "IQ tax" to a certain treasure
When I heard my friend's self-deprecating "IQ tax" rhetoric, I immediately thought of something like "Pirated games cost money?" Doubts. After all, Elden Ring's in-game giveaway of weapons, equipment, and rune is completely free, and theoretically as long as a friend is willing to help, you can get the equipment you need anytime, anywhere.
However, on second thought, the reality may not be so simple, and if there were no buyers, wouldn't these stores have closed long ago? After all, having friends with the perfect save is a cost in itself, and not everyone has a group of friends who are always available. If you want to find a netizen boss on social media, you also need to add communication and waiting time. If you can solve the problem immediately for a few bucks, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing.
To use the slightly derogatory term "IQ tax" to describe it may not be respectful enough for many players. After all, they themselves know how to lose gear online, and they're no strangers to vendor mods and save replacements.
Needless to say, how exaggerated the DLC values are, just look at the overwhelming negative reviews on Steam the other day. Therefore, a treasure spends money to quickly solve the equipment construction and experience all kinds of "wheelchairs" is just a convenient choice for many busy adults to play late-night games.
>>> weapons and equipment cannot be acquired at a glance, but they are indispensable in construction
With the above content figured out, the official online system is more valuable, not only providing fun to defeat strong enemies with friends, but also losing items is also a way to enhance the game experience.
Many of the weapons and equipment in Elden Ring must be earned by progressing through the story, completing specific side quests, or defeating bosses, and some equipment even requires multiple weeks to collect.
For example, the "Corrupt Winged Sword Badge" and "Millicent's Prosthetic Hand" rewarded by Millicent's side quest can only be obtained in one of them per week, and different choices will also affect the acquisition of other items. For flat A-hit gameplay such as small curved swords and backhand swords, the normal process must be fully formed.
In addition, despite the existence of replica memories, the number of boss reminiscences is obviously higher, and one week does not redeem all weapons and skills. So whether it's a treasure or a friend to connect with, finding a solution to get a complete build in one week may be more enjoyable with RPG loadouts.
>>> don't want to brush up on experience, and are too lazy to recruit people on the forum, a certain treasure may be a really good choice
It's worth mentioning that I went to visit an Elden Ring spin-off store, and the best-selling item was still 699 Rune.
It's not difficult to brush the rune in the "blood bank", and there are a lot of strategies to share on the route and loadouts on the Internet, but the "brushing" itself is really boring. "Ding" modifying saves is always an out-of-game approach, and cheating is more or less a banning risk. Therefore, finding someone to throw 699 Kings of Lun online is the most direct way for many players to improve their strength. Compared with the trouble of finding friends to connect with each other, a few dollars of a certain treasure may be more cost-effective, and it will not feel guilty for wasting other people's time.
Despite the gloomy benefits, I want to emphasize that taking shortcuts can drastically reduce the longevity of the game. You are wearing a set of god costumes "Crazy Fire Perfume Bottle + Tandem Spark Incense", and your health is longer than the screen, and the experience of clearing the wasteland is bound to be completely different from that of ordinary players, so it is not recommended at first sight.
>>> the most important thing in playing games is to "play", and it's good to have fun anyway
Because of a self-deprecating "IQ tax", I walked around a certain treasure for two hours, but when I wrote here, I actually figured out some of the most simple things. Because of the difficulty of the DLC, many friends "broke the defense" and gave bad reviews, but the ultimate purpose of playing the game is to get happy, if the "Golden Tree Shadow" is useless, everyone will not play for so many hours against the sky.
In Elden Ring, or Hidetaka Miyazaki's work, the difficulty is designed to give players a sense of challenge and achievement, but obviously no one should use this to baash another group of players. Everyone has their own way of playing and pacing, and there's no need to be upset or blamed for choosing a different path.
Shield pokes, perfume bottles, rejected thorns, tumbling flat A, and even a certain treasure full level + god costume, no matter how you clear the level, as long as you enjoy the game content, it is reasonable and correct. The key is to have fun on your own, and that's the most important thing! (However, the second phase of the "King of Promises" is really against the sky!) I can't enjoy it at all~
If you don't have the popular Elden Ring yet, the Shanguo 7% discount is only 187 yuan, which is 21 yuan cheaper than the Steam Summer Sale, and the good discount is definitely not to be missed. The newly released DLC "Shadow of the Golden Tree" Shanguo can also be discounted by 10 yuan when you buy it, and friends who have the body can come to Shanguo to bind Steam and place a separate order.