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[Turdburger]

If you guys want to, you can use the strategy I found that unfortunately makes that fight trivially easy:

I basically have been doing that and he's been under 20% my last 3-4 attempts but I always make one quick screw up and he more or less 100-0's me.

 

[Oppo]

by the way, if you want the game to totally install, just just leave it in rest mode. I bought it yesterday digitally, started the download manually, put the thing into rest mode and this morning when I selected the Bloodbourne icon, it immediately applied the patch and I was in. You don't have to babysit the Info window or whatever. I think some devs are using the PlayGo system in ways that are letter-if-not-spirit of what was intended.

 

[0racle]

OK this for the beginning.. Help and advice

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How do I beat the wolves? Moltovs? And how much further until the next Lantern?

I'm feeling good and breezing to the part when I'm fucking myself. Le sigh

the second lantern is after the

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second boss

 

[VinFTW]

These types of guys? The ones with the capes I'm grouping under these for now as well.

Parry with gun and then use the short version of your blade until dead.

Had no idea you had a PS4 Visc, add me on PSN:

Vinftw22

Should have the game by Friday or Saturday.

 

[Kama_1082]

Sounds like me. But believe me, you'll get past it. It took a couple of tries for me but I managed. Now I'm stuck on the first boss. See you there

Where's the closest Lantern? Please tell me it's past wolves..

 

[Majmun]

this fucking game

this....fucking...game

 

[Reebot]

As someone who is level 63...im wanting to have some fun helping people out.

I purchased the small bell required to help people but now what?

1) I went into yharnham in rang it ( central yharnham ) and nothing happened. It was searching but it never connected.

2) do I loose insight when I offer help?\

3) is the bell I purchased a one time thing? or do I need to purchase another one every time I offer help?

4) does it help ANYONE or strictly someone close to my level?

5) what do I gain from doing it?

6) do I simply warp in the other players game then warp back to mine? everything untouched on my side of things?

1) Just means no one was summoning

2)Nope

3)Nope!

4)Not sure, I've been helping people past the

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Blood Starved Beast

and I'm way over leveled so I guess the former.

5)An insight

6)Yeah, basically

 

[Stone Ocean]

The fuck do I beat first fat guy?

Fat brick guys? Dodge their attacks and do a charged heavy attack in their back

Otherwise just throw a couple molotovs in their faces lol

 

[Conezays]

Slightly spoilerish after 2nd boss:

I was in area just past

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Cathedral ward

and found an item

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various clothing. After touching it a weird spell filled screen and my character raised up into the sky, before falling down (didn't kill him). Said I was in a frenzy.

Lol.

 

[The Mango Sentinel]

Aaaaaaaaaand Amazon fucks me over again. Guess I'm picking it up from a store after work...

Yeah it looks like they're going to fuck me as well. They haven't even shipped mine yet. I guess that's what I get for preordering it on Sunday and I knew damn well I was buying the game.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Where's the closest Lantern? Please tell me it's past wolves..

It's right after wolves

...after the first boss.

 

[jiiikoo]

Where's the closest Lantern? Please tell me it's past wolves..

If you go past the wolves and look to your left, there's a doorway. Go inside, then downstairs. When you're out of the house go up the stairs directly infront of you and you'll open the gate on the left side of the first lantern Don't know about the second lantern yet, I guess it is at the boss.

 

[Regurgitated]

Any tips for someone very new to Souls like games? Anything I could be aware of before jumping into this to make it a bit smoother?

 

[Giriath_89]

I basically have been doing that and he's been under 20% my last 3-4 attempts but I always make one quick screw up and he more or less 100-0's me.

Sounds like you could use more health.

 

[TalentBurke]

Slightly spoilerish after 2nd boss:

I was in area just past

Spoiler

Cathedral ward

and found an item

Spoiler

various clothing. After touching it a weird spell filled screen and my character raised up into the sky, before falling down (didn't kill him). Said I was in a frenzy.

Lol.

happened to me too

 

[Pinktaco]

Easily beating fat guys:

1) stand still and wait for him to approach
2) shoot with pistol when he's attaking/swinging
3) when he's knocked down by shot use melee and instant kill him

super easy and works every time if you time it right

 

[Frillen]

So when you die you lose all your blood echoes? Am I supposed to constantly go back to the hub and use the blood echoes on thangs. You can't bank/store them? About to start my first Souls game.

 

[legacyzero]

You ring it an if someone has the corresponding bell they'll answer.

I'm heading over there, if you're still around in 5 minutes I'll lend you a hand.

Im there with the GAF password in

 

[crazyprac]

These types of guys / ones with capes?

Parry with gun and then use the short version of your blade until dead.

Bah I guess I just have to get better with parry

 

[Katori]

What do I do after the first boss (assuming

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Cleric Beast

is the first boss)? I feel like I'm missing something, because every route I take is either a dead end or closes the loop with another part of the city I've been to already. Beating the boss opened up

Spoiler

leveling

, but didn't open anything physically in the world that I can see.

 

[Rootbeer]

is psn supposed to be slow or is it just my setup? I'm using gigabit wireless but my ETA for the 2.69GB Bloodborne patch is 90 minutes (it was 4 hours but it looks like it sped up a tiny bit)

 

[TeddyShardik]

I swear to god, there's always an issue with me and release games. If this ends up becoming the issue, I'll fucking rip my own heart out. I want to have 8 hours of efficient game-time before I head to college... none of this "hold on while it's downloading, silly hunter"-bullshit.

Actually, all of this is because Sony was too fucking lazy unlocking the game for EU. US got to unlock it like what, 4 days before launch? Who is in charge of EU? Apes?

Totally feeling your pain here. At this pace my download will be complete by the time I have to get ready for work or even later.
Feels like they're sending me the game through msn messenger or something.

 

[Reebot]

Im there with the GAF password in

On my way

 

[Tactics18]

You got the GAF code enabled? I can lend you a hand, completely after that fight and got nothing better to do.

Spoiler

I managed to cancel her heal with a fully charged heavy attack, but not consistently.

Thanks, but I always fight bosses solo on my first encounter :/

 

[rNilla]

I

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AM

DEFEATED.

 

[bananafactory]

So when you die you lose all your blood echoes? Am I supposed to constantly go back to the hub and use the blood echoes on thangs. You can't bank/store them? About to start my first Souls game.

Risk/reward

When you go back to the hub to spend your echoes on items or leveling up, all the enemies in the world will respawn.

It's a question of pushing further to reach the next checkpoint, or cashing out early with your echoes and then going back to try again.

Though, in addition to the regular echoes you automatically collect, you also pick up blood items that are consumable and provide you with echoes when you use them. These items will stay with you even if you die, so only use them when you plan to spend the echoes immediately.

 

[Nose Master]

For anyone who wants to cheese the wolves before the first boss on the bridge: Ignore them, and instead of turning right (where they are) run straight. Go down the steps, break some shit, and there's a big hole that leads to the sewers, with a little walkway on the side. Run back up, aggro a wolf, and run back down there. Go on the little platform and wait for them to tumble down. They don't die, but they can't get back up.

 

[VisceralBowl]

Bah I guess I just have to get better with parry

Sometimes the enemies don't react to it properly. Either a really tiny window or it's just a chance of parry.

Don't worry. Just stock up on ammo and keep trying if you fail the parry.

 

[0racle]

As someone who is level 63...im wanting to have some fun helping people out.

I purchased the small bell required to help people but now what?

1) I went into yharnham in rang it ( central yharnham ) and nothing happened. It was searching but it never connected.

2) do I loose insight when I offer help?\

3) is the bell I purchased a one time thing? or do I need to purchase another one every time I offer help?

4) does it help ANYONE or strictly someone close to my level?

5) what do I gain from doing it?

6) do I simply warp in the other players game then warp back to mine? everything untouched on my side of things?

1) Just means no one was summoning

2)Nope

3)Nope!

4)Not sure, I've been helping people past the

Spoiler

Blood Starved Beast

and I'm way over leveled so I guess the former.

5)An insight

6)Yeah, basically

but how does the matchmaking connect? do I need to be in the vicinity of other players that are rining it? could I be in yharnham and be teleported to help someone on the last boss for example? that would suck....and would spoil lots...

 

[super-famicom]

So when you die you lose all your blood echoes? Am I supposed to constantly go back to the hub and use the blood echoes on thangs. You can't bank/store them? About to start my first Souls game.

When you die, you leave a blood stain on the ground where you died. You can go back to touch your bloodstain to pick the echoes back up, but they may also be grabbed by an enemy. In that case, kill that enemy (marked by glowing eyes) to get them back. If you die before you can get your echoes back, you lose them for good.

You can't bank your echoes, spend them or save them.

 

[todahawk]

15,5 out of 30GB

Going at a blazing 800-1000mb per hour.

3 ½ hour till launch, so I'll be at around 19 out of 30GB when it's time for me to play. Will this be an issue?

I was at 12GB at unlock last night and I did character creation and some of the beginning areas without issue before going to bed. You should be ok for a bit of playing.

 

[Stone Ocean]

What do I do after the first boss (assuming

Spoiler

Cleric Beast

is the first boss)? I feel like I'm missing something, because every route I take is either a dead end or closes the loop with another part of the city I've been to already. Beating the boss opened up

Spoiler

leveling

, but didn't open anything physically in the world that I can see.

Spoiler

Explore the sewers

 

[TalentBurke]

Anybody been to The Unseen Village yet? Why are the damn enemies there so strong?

 

[Deified Data]

How long did the day one patch take everyone to download? It's the only thing standing between me and a night of glorious slaughter.

 

[Oppo]

Any tips for someone very new to Souls like games? Anything I could be aware of before jumping into this to make it a bit smoother?

yeah. be open to the concept that you will be hit with a bunch of baffling info, and it's alright. you're supposed to be baffled. just read the notes and take every enemy seriously.

 

[Yoshichan]

Now it's been stuck at 15.66GB.

What a torment. I am filled up with so much anger right now, I could literally feel it coming out of my asshole.

PS Network isn't working, the "What's New"-function isn't working, nothing is working but I can still see my friends online..

Oh my god.

 

[realcZk]

is psn supposed to be slow or is it just my setup? I'm using gigabit wireless but my ETA for the 2.69GB Bloodborne patch is 90 minutes (it was 4 hours but it looks like it sped up a tiny bit)

Sounds like The Playstation Notwork in action

You could try plugging in hardwired if available, might increase your speeds. When I tested my PS4's wifi, it was horribly slow. From what little I looked into it, sounds like Sony cheaped out on the wifi in the PS4s.

 

[super-famicom]

Any tips for someone very new to Souls like games? Anything I could be aware of before jumping into this to make it a bit smoother?

The Beginner's Guide to Bloodborne

 

[bananafactory]

Now it's been stuck at 15.66GB.

What a torment. I am filled up with so much anger right now, I could literally feel it coming out of my asshole.

Have you tried spamming pause/resume? Some people find that works to get a better DL speed

Or try putting your PS4 in rest mode

 

[Oppo]

The Beginner's Guide to Bloodborne

this is very, very good

 

[VisceralBowl]

Haven't really been paying much attention to the upgrade/downgrade talk but the first glaringly obvious thing I noticed on Twitch is that there doesn't seem to be any ground shadows. Kind of disappointing.

Like, ground geometry not shading stuff below it (I've seen this a few times) or just missing character shadows?

 

[Jobbs]

I've never been summoned or summoned anyone or seen anythign resembling a summon sign to interact with. starting to wonder if there's something wrong with my router that won't allow the peer to peer stuff or something. I have 20 insight.

 

[Stone Ocean]

So when you die you lose all your blood echoes? Am I supposed to constantly go back to the hub and use the blood echoes on thangs. You can't bank/store them? About to start my first Souls game.

Death means your blood falls on the ground. You can reclaim all of it if you go back to where you died and touch the bloodstain. If you die again before getting them however it's gone for good.

Sometimes the enemy that killed you can absorb the blood. In that case you have to kill it.

 

[super-famicom]

Now it's been stuck at 15.66GB.

What a torment. I am filled up with so much anger right now, I could literally feel it coming out of my asshole.

PS Network isn't working, the "What's New"-function isn't working, nothing is working but I can still see my friends online..

Oh my god.

You have 15.66GB more of the game than I do at this point.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

I've never been summoned or summoned anyone or seen anythign resembling a summon sign to interact with. starting to wonder if there's something wrong with my router that won't allow the peer to peer stuff or something. I have 20 insight.

i used two insights trying to summon last night to no avail.

 

[Teknoman]

Ok so for cleric, do you stun right before it hits you, or when it raises its arm to attack? I had it down once, but now im getting sloppy.

 

[EL CUCO]

 

[valkyre]

Noob here, are there particular stats/ build i should invest in order to enhance survivability? Can GAF throw in some tips in regards to character build? Like what is more important vitality or endurance investment?

Also, is it possible to respec?

 

[Yoshichan]

Wait, I disconnected the Internet really quick. Will the download not pick up from where I disconnected??

 

[bananafactory]

Wait, I disconnected the Internet really quick. Will the download not pick up from where I disconnected??

Yes it should. You can drop internet or shut your PS4 off and it will resume from where it left off