Not long ago, the "Eldon's Ring of Law" speed players have compressed the fastest clearance record of this game to less than 30 minutes, and they generally use a war ash called "Frost Pedal" (that is, "Old Cold Leg") in the speed pass process, which is easy to obtain, has a large range, fast casting speed, low damage and cold attributes, which is widely loved by players. However, in the recent 1.03 patch, this ash has been greatly weakened, with reduced damage and slower spell casting.
At the same time, another essential war ash used by speed players, "The Determination of the Samurai Knight", was also weakened in the 1.03 patch, which had a greater impact on speed players, because the bug of the war ash can greatly increase the damage of the frozen shell axe, and all the speed routes are currently inseparable from this war ash bug, but the 1.03 patch fixes this bug, plus the "frost stepping" is cut, and the speed player can be said to be a disaster.
The current speedcom champion Distortion2 and some other speedcom players are very emotional about this, they said: they understand the need to weaken the "frost on the ground" and other ashes, but doing so will cause great frustration to speed players, if you can't find a new breakthrough, you can't go further.
However, some people believe that the previous "Frost Stomp" war ashes are too unbalanced, resulting in all fast-track players only using this one scheme, which is actually not a good thing, so they support the FS Society to weaken this war ash.
Of course, the game speed does not have to take a fixed method, weakening the "frost on the ground", players can also find other tricks and shortcuts, some other weapons may become the new favorite of speed players. At present, many people have begun to discuss the alternative of "frost stepping on the ground", and the blasphemy sword, reverse stab, etc. may shine in the future.
In addition, there may be players who have discovered new methods that they never thought of before, after all, "Eldon's Ring of Law" is a large open-world game, the amount of content is very sufficient, and many of the secrets hidden in the game may not be discovered quickly; if players find new available bugs later, it may be easier to break the current express record.
At the same time, the speed pass itself also has many different rules, not that it is necessary to use the latest version of the "Eldon Ring" to challenge the fastest level, some fast passers may choose to roll back the game version, continue to stay in the 1.02 version to challenge the fast pass, then you can continue to use the original "Frost Stomp" and "Samurai Knight Determination". Of course, the speed record of different rules will not be counted together.
It is worth mentioning that many express players will challenge the same game for many years, such as the game "Dark Souls" (the dark soul in 2011), its fastest clearance record (21 minutes and 17 seconds) was achieved in 2021, and there will still be people who insist on speeding up after 10 years of release. Therefore, the "Eldon's Law Ring", which has only been released for less than 1 month, is still far from being conclusive.
At present, Speedrun, the largest foreign express website, has not yet opened up to Eldon's Ring of Law, which means that the current speedcom players have not kept records on Speedrun; the record will not be open until March 25. Speedrun webmasters say they need to take the time to create a fair enough and reasonable set of fast-track rules.
I don't know how players will use it to quickly access "Eldon's Ring of Law"?