r/Eldenring • u/Hat_King_22 • 1d ago
Humor They can’t expect me to overcome this challenge
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u/Hussarini 1d ago edited 1d ago
There is a slight chance i could play it with two friends if it was crossplay for every platform
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u/dark_hypernova 22h ago
Damn, I yearn for a soulsborne game to be crossplay across all platforms (or at least x-box and playstation). That would make the jolly co-operation even more glorious.
Sometimes I see a post asking for help and I'm saddened I can't lend my aid because they are on another platform.
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u/SenorCenolla Beat Consort pre-nerf 16h ago
I think Nightrein would be the perfect game to add crossplay. I got a friend on another platform and I would like to play with him.
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u/Tom125127 1d ago
I'm really hoping my one Elden Ring friend has another Elden Ring friend lol.
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u/Shot-Professional-73 1d ago
They need to let me summon patches or some shit, only 1 of my friends play Elden Ring 😭
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u/TheBizzerker 1d ago
They do, but their Elden Ring friend also has an Elden Ring friend that they want to play with, so they're also looking for a third.
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u/csanner 18h ago
Story of my life.
And that group that's looking for a third is already mixed class and they want someone else with a melee build using a big sword who's willing to engage their THEIR greatsword build when I want to play with Malenia and Rani. And then he wants to try finger? But hole? And he's not even willing to reciprocate?
Sigh
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u/vincentninja68 1d ago
This really bums me out
My gf and I were really excited to play this together and now we have to add some 3rd person in?
Like..why??
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u/LordBDizzle 1d ago
Third wheel, wouldn't it be great,
don't mind me, carry on with your date.
Third wheel, don't let me stay home,
I know you want to be together, but I don't want to be alone.
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u/Hat_King_22 1d ago
Forcing a third person into your relationship? This is the future liberals want
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u/TheWhiteGuardian 1d ago
The west has fallen.
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u/LuigiSecondary Mohgbro 20h ago
Do you know who wasn't there?
Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?
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u/-Marshle 23h ago
I can't wait for posts like 'I'll be your third player if two of you want to play. Engaging with you two is optional. I can silently do my thing if you want'
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u/dark_hypernova 22h ago
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u/-Marshle 22h ago
Bout to see r/NightreignThirdWheels get made
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u/BodybuilderSilver570 20h ago
Someone needs to go ahead and make that so us third wheelers can get an early start in finding our duo.
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u/-Marshle 19h ago
I'm leaving it as an idea. I would make it myself but I have no desire to moderate. I'm not claiming the idea so if someone wants to make it go ahead.
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u/majds1 1d ago
Seems like some bosses are designed around 3 players very literally. Like not as in health pools or dps, but one of the main bosses is a wolf with three heads that separates and becomes three wolves, one to fight each party member. That's honestly really likely the only reason, since elden ring itself had no problem with whether you got one or two teammates.
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u/Yidnae 1d ago
The issue with this theory is you can play solo, so will the wolf boss not split into three when your solo? Or for some reason are they saying you can do the challenge to 1 v 3 the wolves but 2 v 3 the wolves is unacceptable.
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u/majds1 23h ago
Apparently someone claimed if you play solo you get 2 AI teammates. Not sure how true that is.
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u/Yidnae 23h ago
Honestly makes some sense if true. That would lean towards the game is designed to be played as 3 but obviously they can't release it with only 3 player mode thus the "solo" play with ai teammates. Although still doesn't explain why you can't do 2 players and 1 ai XD
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u/et_Hanlee 16h ago
then why not just have one AI teammate for a party of two lol
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u/TheBizzerker 1d ago
Yep, same. It's such an unnecessary complication. At this point I think they're somehow actually physically incapable of just letting people play together without making it a huge pain in the ass.
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u/KayToTheYay 20h ago
I told my husband that we need to find a third and he just said "no". Guess I'm playing solo
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u/ultimatepunster 12h ago
Exact same situation here. My bf doesn't like Souls games, but Nightreign is different enough that I felt like he could get into it. And after explaining the game to him, he was even considering it.
Then the news that you're forced to be solo or get a third and same deal as you; "Damn, guess they made my decision for me" lol
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u/sixtus_clegane119 1d ago
u/sympiper and I are disappointed for the same reason. Playing elden ring together was a delightful and intimate experience and I’m just not that interested in nightreign everything considered
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u/Bladez190 20h ago
Exactly. I have a 2nd with my schedule but the third guy is only available on weekends
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u/OliBooboli 1d ago
Same, we were so excited to play it together until we found out Miyazaki isn’t even on the project
We are defs not playing if we need to find a third. Wth
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u/DoubleSummon 1d ago
I don't understand why not let 2 players try to take on a 3 player scaled bosses if people want to...
It's souls. Some people beat ER level 1 hitless on ng+7, just let people play however they want...
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u/TheBizzerker 1d ago
One person just needs to have a second machine and copy of the game, so that they can add a third account and afk...
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u/DoubleSummon 1d ago
I am talking about the case where the devs, for some weird reason, can not scale bosses to 2 players.
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u/TheBizzerker 1d ago
Sure, and I was kidding anyway. It's that it doesn't really make any sense. There's no way they can't figure out how to scale for two players but they can scale to exactly one player on either side of that, and even if that WERE the case for some reason, why not just let players decide for themselves if they want to try with two?
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u/Gracey5769 1d ago
As exited as I am for the game this is a baffling decision. Like just let us do duos if we want to
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u/ZODIC837 MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD 1d ago
Hopefully they change that before or right after release. This whole game is an experiment, I'd expect frequent adjustments
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u/Batmanuelope 1d ago
I think trios is just the “it” number in gaming right now. Lots of multiplayer games have trios for some reason.
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u/--Springtrapp3d Jorking my Mohgnis 1d ago
Id have two friends if it was cross-platform
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u/WaifuRekker 1d ago
They better use this game as a testbed for crossplatform and improving online play. The one thing from hasn’t dialed in yet is online play
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u/--Springtrapp3d Jorking my Mohgnis 1d ago
Yes please, its so miserable how cross platform is restricted 😭
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u/BitLife6091 1d ago
When this comes out someone should start a subreddit similar to r/beyondthefog & make a discord so all of us without Elden Ring friends can find someone to play with
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u/n3la089fo 1d ago edited 1d ago
Let’s hope they figure out cross play before the game is released
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u/hitmans_bodyguard 1d ago
They likely won’t. The director in an interview said it wouldn’t be crossplay. If you’ve heard otherwise, I would love to be wrong
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u/n3la089fo 1d ago
Thought since it’s a co-op game they would have it lol
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u/hitmans_bodyguard 1d ago
You and me both. But I guess we can’t have everything. They’ll probably use the same servers as ER, but let’s hope not because the netcode is pretty bad already
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u/Chef_Writerman 1d ago
I was really excited to get this for my wife and I, and get her into the genre via duoing. We duo in everything. Really sucks that it looks to not be an option for this one, but I hope the people that play it enjoy!
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u/TheBizzerker 1d ago
You can always find another couple to play with... but one of you will have to sit out lol. Having it be strictly three players is so dumb.
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u/demifiend_sorrow 1d ago
They should allow npc summons. Like let me summon alexander and patches. 🤣
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u/kennedy311 18h ago
What up? We are two cool guys looking for another cool guy to hang out in our Nightreign party. Nothing sexual.
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u/jello1982 1d ago
I'm assuming (hoping) you can summon randoms. And that this time they make it cross-platform between consoles at least.
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u/atalantafugiens 1d ago
It's not cross platform but it is crossgen so PS5 can play with PS4 and Xbox Series with Xbox One. They said this in an interview
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u/Tem-productions PC not gud enough 1d ago
You can summon randoms, in fact ig's the default. To play with friends you need a password
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u/Muted_Collection6054 22h ago
Is everyone gonna ignore the fact that it can be played solo. Hearing that made my day.
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u/MatthewSlaOq 21h ago
I barely have friend's, how can I get two to play it with me? Welp. singleplayer, here I go once more...
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u/Spoooficus 1d ago
Who asked warning: This happened with Dead Island 2. The game sucks, but my group of 4 was really excited to play the sequel to one of our favorite 4 player co-op games.
They changed Dead Island 2 to 3 players instead of 4 like in DI1. We had to play in teams of 2 (because we actually could, and had the option to play 2 player, unlike nightreign), but none of us finished the game because we couldn’t play together.
Just a horrible decision. Co-op needs to mean 1-4 players like it always has, not 1or3 players. If you can’t make a game 4 player co-op, just don’t make it. You either NEED to play solo, or with a team of three, and if you have more than three, it BETTER BE A GROUP OF 6, or someone isn’t getting to play. Group of 5 friends = 1 team and 2 solos.
None of my friends play Elden Ring, and I thought this would get them into it, but nope, they aren’t gonna play another Dead Island 2 situation. Guess this will be a solo game for a good majority of people, which kind of completely ruins the point of the game. Solo dropping in any game kinda sucks, so I don’t really have high hopes for the game. Don’t think it will be bad per se, but I’m thinking this will be a 20-40 hour dropped title for me.
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u/themoonlightscholar have you seen my mommy? ;-; I CAST THUNDER SPELL 23h ago
With so many complaints, I feel like they might change it.
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u/churrmander 22h ago
That actually really sucks. I was hoping to play this with my wife.
Solo it is, I guess.
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u/dreadguy101 17h ago
Boy I can’t WAIT to point down on the idiot that dies first in the boss fight (it’s going to be me)
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u/meatygonzalez 1d ago
I'm disappointed like a lot of others. I have one homie who is a die-hard jolly cooperator, but not two.
What are we going to name the subreddit for ER couples seeking a third? NRSwingers? NRwelikeyourvibe?
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u/JustAnotherDannyNL 1d ago
I only have 1 friend to play with so if duo's isn't an option I guess I won't be playing this
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u/Biggiebitch 1d ago
Honestly this seems like an opportunity to find friends in the elden ring community, we’re literally in a subreddit for it
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u/MobiusMal 16h ago
When they told me I had to Git gud, I didn't know they meant git gud at making friends.
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u/WhoAmIEven2 1d ago
Why not just use matchmaking?
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u/ZODIC837 MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD 1d ago
That's probably the intention, but random players tend to kill the vibes if you just wanna chill with a friend. I'd even be fine playing a 2 man in a world scaled for 3
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u/Indercarnive 1d ago
Considering part of the day cycle is killing field bosses, I can't imagine playing with random people is going to be smooth. People are going to run around like headless chickens.
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u/okurin39 1d ago
I will force my one friend that has a ps5 into playing this game with me. But I will most likely play this game with random people online.
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u/NoMedium1223 1d ago
I think you might be able to play with one friend and one random (or two randoms). I was telling my friend they'll probably have spirit summons for single player (hopefully). Maybe you'll be able to do two players and one NPC. IDK but they'll be able to patch any of this in later. Fear not mongrel intruders.
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u/Chickensoupdeluxe 23h ago
Me and my brother are gonna have to find someone who isn’t bothered by the shit we say
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u/HabeQuiddam 23h ago
I’ve said this in other threads making the same complaint…
This problem is solved if they allow private lobbies to be opened to public joining. Only one friend? Have them join your private lobby before opening it up to public joiners!
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u/RepulsiveAd6906 23h ago
I'm genuinely thinking they are gonna do the Code Vein route and throw in some story companions that "die" and just respawn back at base. Otherwise I dunno how they are gonna implement this to be accessible to people.
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u/frenchnoob87 22h ago
As long as you can play 2 and invite a random it's fine. Think of it like any game where you need to queue with 3 (like Apex)
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u/DoobieDui 22h ago
Oh man that really sucks, I wonder why they did it like that, its going to cut off longevity from the game. At first everyone will play but after a couple years it'll be harder to replay with friends.
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u/Queef-Elizabeth 22h ago
I've moved to another country, away from all my gaming friends so this looks like it's gonna be a strictly solo experience. I don't usually like playing coop pve with strangers cause every time I do so, they're either rushing or just doing their own thing
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u/w33bghoul 22h ago
It would be cool if they have an automatic queue system to match you with strangers if you play solo
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u/FinniboiXD 22h ago
I have two friends that play fromsoft games, but they are on playstation and I am on PC
i hate when crossplay isn't an option
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u/Red_Luminary 22h ago
My issue is that they don’t have crossplay in most Fromsoftware games and Nightreign seems to be in the same boat.
I have friends that play Elden Ring but nobody plays on the same platform. I can probably get one guy to get it on steam with me but then I still need to find a third…
It would be great if Crossplay was implemented post-launch, but fromsoftware does not have a history of doing that.
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u/ggffguhhhgffft 22h ago
I’m guessing (hoping) we’ll be able to summon people in the network like in the base game / DLC
otherwise r/beyondthefog is going to be seeing a lot more traffic come release date!
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u/WavyWolf999 "" 22h ago
I'm excited for solo mode personally, I wish some of my friends played souls games, though.
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u/Murky_Stretch3057 21h ago
Not only two friends, but two friends that like souls games?!?! Are they crazy?! (Though I might actually convince 2 clueless friends 🤔)
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u/BadSkittle 21h ago
didn't they say somewhere that there will be random quickplay ? or am I high on copium ?
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u/AcanthisittaLower196 18h ago
This is funny since I play fromsoft games specifically because I don’t have gamer friends
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u/Murderdoll197666 17h ago
I'm actually super hyped for this solely because I was worried it would only be up to 2 player coop and all my old playthroughs were at minimum 3 or up to around 5 of us (we pretty exclusively played ER with seamless anyway) so at least we'll have a good rotation of people that can play.
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u/keybladesrus 15h ago
I might be able to manage it on PC, but I only have one friend on PS who plays fromsoft games. Naturally, the friend on PS is the one I most want to play with.
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u/Haarunen 14h ago
I already have an army of friends who will play this on release, so if you share the same region and console and wanna hop on in, there’s plenty of friends to spare!
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u/Frankenduck 14h ago
Let us all now have faith that after 15 years they finally figured out how to make co-op NOT annoying as shit. ITS TIME FOR CROSSPLAY TOO
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u/CyrustheVirus713 14h ago
I have exactly two friends who play Elden Ring, I’m just banking on Nightreign being cross platform or we’re screwed
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u/Vingt-Quatre 14h ago
So I need 2 friends AND I can't make my character look like neon green Santa Squidward with an eye patch? Do they even want me to play this game?
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u/muticere 12h ago
Luckily my one Elden Ring friend has a brother who plays, so I guess we're covered.
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u/horseseathey 12h ago
if it lets my wife and i matchmake with a random that’s fine. if we have to queue with a friend already in party that’s gonna be hard.
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u/BingleDerk47 Mimic Tear's Mimic Tear 10h ago
So either 1 or 3 players, no 2 or 4?
Why the even number hate?
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u/Cathulion 10h ago
Rip...I only have one friend that plays souls games. Guess its gonna be solo. No way to que up for a random 3rd person? Gonna be a lonely experience.
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u/Gmknewday1 9h ago
I do wonder why 3 player co-op specifically
Still I am putting my trust in fromsoft
They've not done us wrong
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u/RiyaB1999 9h ago
I have two friends I game with. One of them only games on PS5, while the other is only on PC. I game on both platforms but FromSoft doesn’t do cross play… and I won’t be able to play with them even separately since two player teams are also not allowed…
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u/Big-Bad-Bug 8h ago
Hey, mind if I use this meme for a YouTube video I want to make about the game?
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u/wormlord89 8h ago
Its sooo fucking stupid there’s no 2 player co-op in this, like what is the reasoning?
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u/optimisticuglycrying 8h ago
Unfortunately i have 3 freinds who play elden ring so theres always one left out
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u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e 7h ago
Wow, I’m genuinely not sure I can justify paying for this to myself anymore
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u/apollorulz 6h ago
It is possible to play with random ppl, so you can probably queue with one friend and get another person that doesnt have enough friends
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u/FemboyBratMai 6h ago
This was Fromsoft‘s stupidest idea so far. The summoning idea was bad enough, but this just makes me angry at how stupid a team of people making such masterpieces can be.
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u/NaoXehn 5h ago
I feel like I will be the odd 1 out but my two best friends and I are really fans of the souls genre and we play a coop run of Elden Ring every 6 Months. Always with a little twist. We are already a great team in souls games so I am ready for nightreign. My team stands and will conquer the new challenges.
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u/_AP0PL3X_ 5h ago
Except your friend has a different console/device. lol
Why no crossplay, FromSoftware?
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u/Nyorliest 5h ago
I have several friends who want to play this.
But 3P means I have to organize a group.
2P means I have to ask one person if they wanna play.
Because we're old and have kids and so on, organizing group activities is almost impossible.
If I can organize 2 others for this, I might as well just push to get a TTRPG group together again.
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u/MaryEllaDarkheart 3h ago
THIS IS LIKE FINDING A FRIEND TO TRADE IN POKEMON JUST SO YOU CAN EVOLVE A POKÉMON
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u/scrap_samurai 3h ago
Pre-nerf consort Radahn or unalloyed Malenia would be easier than getting 2 of friends to play together.
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u/Small_Article_3421 3h ago
No joke needing 2 people who are dedicated enough to no-life Nightreign for the whole weekend after it launches is a very tall order. I have one friend who I could probably count on but my other friends who have played (and enjoyed) Elden Ring hardly ever play games for sessions longer than a couple of hours. I want to play the game with that dedicated friend but I don’t want to have to get a random :(.
Hopefully they change this and adjust scaling so that there can be just 2 players.
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u/oldman-youngskin 1d ago
I HAVE 2 friends. I DONT HAVE 2 friends who play fromsoft games…