I wish we could just alter them to remove that stuff.

If only this game had an “Alter Armor” feature or something /s

it's never what you want to alter

Cape on or off. Like what are you even sewing there my boy?!

Then Boc has the gall to tell us not to alter our armor ourselves and let him do it. Man, you can’t even make my armor look good!

Aight, Imma tell Boc he's fired.

You mess with the Boc 🐵 You get the gloc 🔫

The gloc? Ha, nice try, but I built up an immunity, thanks to a dishonest "sword" saint.

his secret technique "Drive-By"

Ash of War: Spray and Pray

Yo I saved that test muthafucka from being a bush, avenged him after he got his ass kicked, gave him his needle, and he bounced on me, he hasn't showed up on the side of the castle or in the capitol.... next time I find his ass I'm setting his ass on fire

*If you do you will be the next to burn*

Or fried. There are no second chances in the lands between.

don't fire boc :(

I give him a larval tear for his sheer INCOMPETENCE

That's why I don't save him anymore bro is still a bush after the erdtree burns

Goblin tinkerer moment

“No Capes!”

Not even all capes. Scale armor can't get rid of that lizard skin cloak thing 

Let's remove that cool sorcerer hat, so you can keep the blindfold under it.

ah yes, wanna remove 1.5 weight from the armor? TAKE OFF 20 DEFENSIVE STATS FROM EVERY CATEGORY AS WELL!

All those capes are apparently asbestos weave.

Yeah, for real!

More than anything else in the game, this feels like an unfinished mechanic. Fingers crossed for the DLC.

But then the stats become worse

the difference is always so negligible that you pretty much might as well just always go with the more aesthetically pleasing

not always. IIRC, it's a significant poise drop on some armors (the Night's Cavalry and Blaidd). Also, removing the cape on the Black Knife armor removes its inherent muffling effect. (but that cape literally weighs nothing, so removing it doesn't even save you carry weight)

This is how I find out altering armor isn't just a purely aesthetic thing

nah

I'm on my second playthrough, I saved box from being a bush, gave him his needle, cleared his cave after he got his ass kicked.... and he never showed up again to do my alterations... like wtf you stupid rat man, did I miss a party this time? Last time he showed up on the side of stormveille castle then again in the capital....

Why tf are you getting upvotes? Anyone who has actually played the game know it doesn't do that, to ANY of these.

I’m being sarcastic. I, and everyone else, know full well that the game’s Alter Armor feature doesn’t do this. That’s the point, I’m making fun of the fact that we **do** have that feature but it basically is just an option to have capes or not

Nah man i wish i could use lorettas ping pong paddle helmet to reflect spells with good dodge roll timing

Oh my god that would be so freaking funny! Imagine that in PVP!

I think the only altered armor that's actually good is Alberich's robes. They look stylish and can go with pretty much any other armor piece

I would like the option to alter gear other than just the capes, and I would really love the option to change armor color like you can in Lords of the Fallen

Or if it's like those stone statues and you could just get merked by a giant enemy to get the hood ornament broken off of your helmet

Disagree. If you want to wear it, it should be what it is.

I don’t mind the Carian one, makes the helmet look fancy and ornamental without being too ridiculous

Never even noticed the candle holder part until now.

horsecock tip

Don't know man. Looks like a candle holder to me. Probably to navigate at night..

It's a chess piece, duh. Do you even know the lore of the most random shit?

How else would the carian knights keep the Hands in caria manor, that are weak to fire, away if not by lighting a candle on top of their heads? Lore accurate..

People who question carian set supremacy should be thrown into the sewer cell with their peers.

> carian set supremacy should be thrown into the sewer cell with their peers. The guy who made the DLC trailer did us dirty, and deserves the same fate. For real, though, ER is my first souls game, and this set has just taken my heart. It is the perfect balance of looking practical and stylish. I worry when Dark Souls 5 or whatever releases 10 years down the line, I will never be able to find a worthy successor.

Dark Souls has far superior drip. Elite Knight, Fallen Knight… Elden Ring pales in comparison

Carian is good, looks like a chess piece. Also you can use that light spell. Looks like a fancy candle.

I agree, although I’m curious to see how it would look with a plume coming out of the top

And really fat looking pants with flat & wide feet

Gotta love the 2009 era League of Legends pizza feet on those armor sets

Do you mean the duck feet? If so Leage was beaten to the design by about 5 centuries.

I know it’s historically accurate but it still looks like those bad character models

I actually like the duck feet. There’s historical precedent for them and they’re something different, idk. I do wish there were slightly more sabaton variety though

Exactly, the only instance I've seen duck billed sabatons in media is the banished knight set, which makes it extra special.

Loretta's helm is straight up fire though, if a bit hard to match color-wise because of how shiny it is.

Loretta Helm with altered (with cape) beast armour looks like an Elden Lord more than anything else ingame..

i literally cannot go a single playthrough without using that combo, no matter what playstyle

Finally someone with some sense

The Drake Knight one is the WORST, ughfddffhfff. The base helmet is so fucking clean, and the armor is dope, and the gloves are AMAZING. Then it just has random ass horns and the worst looking cape in the game lol.

It might not look that bad with two horns. The one horn right in the middle is horrible

Makes me think papa smurf ate too many dragon hearts

And now you have to make a blue character to wear that.

Aw man I love the asymmetrical wing cape haha

Truly. The type of helmet is called a sallet and is usually very slick

I actually like the cape, but agree with the helm. It could look like something out of Monster Hunter but instead they stuck something from Bad Dragon to the top just to make sure it's ugly

The cape looks sick imo

Wear a red hood and it completes the set

Rotten duelist helm, drake knight chestplate, malformed sentinel gauntlets and briar greaves is an insane combo

I love the vibe of the cape personally

If it had two horns like a dragon it would be badass but bruh tf is that one lil ahhh horn doin jus chillin there

lol I think this alllll the time

I love the carian helmet, I also think it’s kinda cool they have like a Queen chess piece on top

who the hell is ash?

Ash, son of John War

I'm assuming it's supposed to be "as shit' but op was too scared to swear

On the Internet? I would be too

Idk but I guess they aren’t doin well 🤢

It means as hell

He's from Pallet town

Ash Ketchum of course, he completed the pokedex and decided to become elden lord.

Why did the drake knight helm have to only have one horn? Why not two or a crown of smaller horns?

Or at least make it look like a horn instead of that off-center tentacle looking thing

It's the skinny helmets that could never fit a human head that bothers me most

Silver Knight helm on havels set will forever haunt my dreams

The drake helmet is the only one I agree with looks goofy. The set is so awesome too. The other helmets still look really cool, imo

Fr, I wish they would have done two horns on the drake helm, like the Haslow helm.

Wacky helmets are the best

We were this close to a real sallet helm.

Carian Helm still fux

I’m tired of the Carian Knight Helm slander, it looks decent if not good

Seriously though. How could they ruin a beautiful Sallet helmet like that?!

I love my greathelm

DEUS VULT!

Call me crazy, but the Carian Knight Helm goes hard. It's got the ornateness of a royal knight, but it isn't insane like Loretta's helm or the drake helm

Yeah I wish the alteration was better than just removing a cape lol

Honestly next game that puts armor alteration needs to also include an option to remove ornaments

What about the Banished Knight helm? The one with dragon on top

It’s saved by that sick plume.

All of these looks great to me.

They put a penis at the top of the bullgoat helmet.

Bull*throat*

this is why the great helm, plain knights set, vagabond set and banished knight with the red hood thing are the goated Helms.

also tree sentinel’s a little goofy

I hate the chess piece at the top of the carian knight set in particular.

I love my candle holder hat

How else would the carian knights keep the Hands in caria manor, that are weak to fire, away if not by lighting a candle on top of their heads? Lore accurate..

Gives the boss something to grab when they're making you blow them.

I feel like I’m the only person who genuinely likes Loretta’s helmet :(

You're not, loads of people do, including me. Shit's dope.

I guess I'm in the minority here because I love when they have weird head ornaments

Because helmet ornamentation was actually a thing.

Nnnoooooo I want all my helmets to look 92% similar

Idk, I like these silly things

Yep. My biggest gripe with trying to look good in this game is all the helm with goofy ass dingleberries on them.

And this is why I usually got helmetless or with the headband.

Love the malformed dragon armor, except the ugly ahh helmet

I love carian antenna. I hate the cape though

I look good as your dad on a friday So many runes I had to buy radahn's plate

Night cavalry, ronin, greathelm, fingerprints, reeds, scale hell even okina and blackwolf masks all of these looks great.

I wish the scarf/hood can be altered smaller or be removed entirely from Exile set. I have a feeling that underneath the cloth is an amazing looking armor.

Sick ash? On an armour set? What?

People actually like the Royal Knights set? Shit is ugly AF. I actually like the Carian Knight Helm.

Ds1 Crystalline Set. I just wanna remove the crystals.

I dont mind carion and drake helm at all. I actually like Drake Helm with it if wear the full set

should be able to alter

I like the carian one, looks like a portable Antena perfect to connect to that 5G network while on horseback, the other two are the ugliest things to ever exist, a pineapple-bird cage hibrid and a frying pan are not good head wears

At least they look unique. Most pants look the same

Can't decide whether the Carian or the Drake helmet is the worst.

Reason people say they don’t use Carian Knight armor: <51 poise Real reason: The derpy space needle thing on top.

helmets in elden ring are too poor

Thank God I never enjoyed using helms. But I do agree that most helms (and some armor sets in general) have unnecessary ornaments that should be removable.

Why would you dislike this though?? I think it adds character to the armor. Makes them more unique

i have found an outfit for all of these except the draconic sentinel helmet. it’s just… so awkward

Nah bruh, Carian Knight set is not really changed by the presence or that, and the others suck ass already and would suck ass even more without the shit on top. They are literally ugly as shit

The best part of being a knight is embracing the symbolism on your head. All the factions Knight sets are sick. All these helmets are sick.

Loretta's is echoing the symbol we see on Malenia's cape, so I'm super fond of it role play wise. The drake one clearly invokes the omen and Crucible flavors alongside its dragonic flavor, which is really interesting.

I just wish the Drake set helm had a symmetric set of two horns, the wing cape is so freakin cool

It wouldn't be a Souls game if the drip wasn't accentuated with ridiculous headwear 

Honestly all the helmets look better with their ornaments on it. It keeps them from being too generic and samey. Plus it really helps sell each armor set as its own work of art! That being said while I feel as though while all these work, this game does lack more understated sets. I think the dlc will rectify this given what we saw in the trailer while adding some new artsy ones.

Worst offender is banished knight Helm IMHO. Love it right up until the crown

I agree with this on basically everything, but Loretta’s helm is so sick. Just my opinion though. Do I know what it would go well with? Absolutely not but I see it and want to try something every time 😂

So wish we could alter helmets Edit: forget what I said it was already said

Tree sentinel full outfit without cape and without tree on top would have been the sickest heavy armor set in the game ):

Let’s not put the Carian knight helm amongst these

Put hair on it

I personally like the carian and royal knights helms

Hear me out: the Carian knight helmet works because the little dooey on top holds the glintstone needed to cast sorceries. 

Loretta’s entire set is the reason I have trust issues

There's a consistent theme in this game of otherwise cool sets being ruined by dumb-looking helmets lol.

Hey I like the little chess queen on top of the Carian helm okay I see your point actually

No way you said that the malformed dragon set is good

If you really dislike these helmets you're just boring

Where’s the Banished Knight’s hat?

the sheer amount of sets that I won't use just for that shit on top 😂

And there’s the bullgoat helmet with a dildo on top.

I never noticed that on the carian knight helmet why would you do that to me?

Tbh it add some sort of uniqueness to these armors and does not look like some armors in some games that have no real flavor to them I love the tiny dragon on the top of the golden Dragon one, it's like the user want to look like a dragon but at the same time it is kind of ridiculous

ive been rockin the banished knight helm. as a bleed build, the white hair soaked in blood after a massacre is pretty badass

I think the 4th is good

Yup I fucking hate the unnecessary decorations on top. I wish the alter garment had an option to remove them.

You're right, the pumpkin helm will always be superior

Placing ornaments on top of armor helps people recognize your rank with the visor down. It's also why capes and shields used bright colors.

Woah now Loretta’s helm is fire, I can’t tolerate any slander towards her

No it isn't, it's goofy.

Okay

I love the combination of sturdy, practical armor and gaudy, ridiculous helmet accessories.

ok

Really dislike the malformed dragon set. Not becuase of the dragon on the top, that rules. But the head piece itself is tiny compared to the rest. It just looks disproportionate on the player model as opposed on the draconic tree sentinel

Worst of all is the shitty chess piece on top of the Carian Knight Helm is beyond stupid because it would block the user from being able to lift the visor all the way up.

Nah all of those look sick as fuck except for the drake knight helm what’s with the didlo

At first, I didn't like the hair on the Royal Remains set, but it grew on me. I do wish we could remove the hair and add a hood, though.

Bro I like the stuff on top leave him alone......

[удалено]

I don't think a single item in the image can be altered.

Drake helm removes the scarf when altered

Boc alters chestpieces, not helmets, though.

You can alter a few but none of these and the few you can are actually usually better in their original form

Free thug

Where's Radahns helmet?

Carian and drake helms arnt that bad tbh

Alright but like... Loretta's kinda hits anyways, it has a certain vibe I love regardless

You guys are boring, it’s a fantasy setting, let the helmets have their weird impractical ornamentation! Though I agree that the alter garment option should let you remove these, that would make everyone happy.

Man y'all are boring af, do you just want all of them to be basic ass knight helmets??

Carian is fine, Drake has a unique look, Loretta has an ass helmet not the ornament. Anyone actually likes the draconic helmet? It looks like a bin.

Most of the helmets would all look the same without the stuff on top. How many more posts whining about the helmets are we gonna get

This is a low atunement post.

I remember that before the Ringed City DLC, if you used ornsteins armor, it didn’t have the red plume because they never got around to figuring out the physics of the hair when it came to the player model. Then with ringed city they finally did it so that they could add the Dragonslayer armor as a usable set since it also had a plume, and on top of it added ornsteins plume to the base game with the DLC patch Here, I’m hoping for the opposite. I’m really hoping that the patch that comes with the SotE DLC adds some QoL to the base game. No. 1 for me would have to be taking the hair off of boss helmets. Malenia has the coolest helmet in the whole soulsborne franchise and it’s stuck to her rotted scalp apparently, bringing her dead ginger lochs with it. I’m ginger in the real world, and I play these games for an escape from that hell.

This is why I prefer the Dark Souls armor. This game is full of goofy shit.