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[Spoo]

I feel like Vicar Amelia really shouldn't be people's 4th boss unless you're really over leveled. Instead,

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take a left just before the entrance to the Grand Cathedral and go through the witch area to level/get the rune tool and get a bunch of upgrades for your weapon (you'll be at +6 by the time you are done, probably). When you get back to Amelia she will go down in < 1 minute, if you haven't been losing too many souls

.

 

[Dalek]

Can anyone help me with Djura? I put the bell out but no ones showing up.

 

[Karsticles]

Agreed, kill boss 5 before boss 4.

I beat the second boss of my first root chalice dungeon. Took about 8 tries.

 

[ShipTheCheese]

I feel like im doing something wrong. I never have the option to tell an NPC to go to a safe place. Is it something im missing? Spoiler tag it if necessary.

 

[bananafactory]

I feel like Vicar Amelia really shouldn't be people's 4th boss unless you're really over leveled. Instead,

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take a left just before the entrance to the Grand Cathedral and go through the witch area to level/get the rune tool and get a bunch of upgrades for your weapon (you'll be at +6 by the time you are done, probably). When you get back to Amelia she will go down in < 1 minute, if you haven't been losing too many souls

.

Is that the

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forest area

? I went down there but it looked massive so I went back

 

[skLaFarebear]

I feel like Vicar Amelia really shouldn't be people's 4th boss unless you're really over leveled. Instead,

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take a left just before the entrance to the Grand Cathedral and go through the witch area to level/get the rune tool and get a bunch of upgrades for your weapon (you'll be at +6 by the time you are done, probably). When you get back to Amelia she will go down in < 1 minute, if you haven't been losing too many souls

.

VA is nowhere near as bad as thinking

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Darkbeast Paarl

is the 4th boss since you get

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warped right to the prison in the cathedral ward area if/when that thing kills you.

I fought that thing like 5 times before I realized I probably should just

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try to escape from there.

 

[toastyToast]

I feel like Vicar Amelia really shouldn't be people's 4th boss unless you're really over leveled. Instead,

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take a left just before the entrance to the Grand Cathedral and go through the witch area to level/get the rune tool and get a bunch of upgrades for your weapon (you'll be at +6 by the time you are done, probably). When you get back to Amelia she will go down in < 1 minute, if you haven't been losing too many souls

.

It's not that difficult of a boss but it had me thinking I was due for an upgrade. She has a ton of health.

 

[bananafactory]

Also my cane is still only +3 because I am missing another twin stone. It feels like it'll be a while before it reaches +6

Level 33 btw

 

[Dahbomb]

People should also stop referring to bosses as numbers as it makes no sense in the context of this game where you could fight boss "7" before you fight boss "4".

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Like the Witch could be the 2nd boss you face in the game or she could be the 12th.

 

[Spoo]

Is that the

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forest area

? I went down there but it looked massive so I went back

It's not THE forest area, but it looks like a forest yeah. It's not that big (the opening area looks big, and then it starts funneling off nicely). The most important thing is the rune stuff you get when you kill the boss of that area.

 

[Ragingnight]

How??

use

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antidote

, don't be greedy with hits and stay close to his body

thats how I beat BSB 1st try. Saw cleaver +3, no molv used

 

[aly]

I think this happened to me at Cainhurst because I never saw him do anything but the same basic swipe and a projectile.

Happened to me today against the

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Wet Nurse and I was fighting her the first time. Needless to say it was the easiest boss ever.

Yep. Those two for some reason seem to be the biggest offenders along with end game spoilers

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the final boss. Really sucks cause their phase 2's are awesome and make parrying them much harder.

 

[Karsticles]

What is max insight? I am up to 72.

People should also stop referring to bosses as numbers as it makes no sense in the context of this game where you could fight boss "7" before you fight boss "4".

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Like the Witch could be the 2nd boss you face in the game or she could be the 12th.

Well, how can we refer to them without spoilers?

 

[Vitor711]

No. You just need to join one Covenant for one of the achievement (specifically to get the Rune bonus you get from joining a Covenant).



Happened to me today against the

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Wet Nurse and I was fighting her the first time. Needless to say it was the easiest boss ever.

Huh, I just assumed she was a complete cake walk. She disappeared at one point and came back down but nothing had changes. Used the same 2 attacks as before. Was it meant to be harder? It's a shame because the fight looks awesome. And I also wouldn't have minded it being tougher because the shortcut to the lantern was so close...

 

[hipsterpants]

I think I'm done with this game. My ratio of fun vs. annoyance is way out of wack. I have no idea how I ever took the time to beat Dark Souls, but I'm pretty sure that game was much easier than this.

 

[Evo X]

Just beat the W

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itches

of H

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emwick

on my first try without breaking a sweat.

This game is easy as hell. Lol

So far, CB on second try, Father G on first, BSB on first, Amelia on second.

I'm not even a Souls pro or anything, but I have no idea how some people are running out of blood vials and fighting bosses like 30 times.

 

[Nightengale]

Get used to that attack.

Bloodborne |OT3| Praise The Axe

Extended Hunter Axe's R2 is soooo useful.

 

[StewboaT_]

Getting destroyed by bsb and I'm in desperate need of antidotes and vials. Is there a specific spot to farm these things?

 

[-tetsuo-]

You can get both her set and weapon by killing her. What you miss out on (presumably) is entering the Hunter of Hunters covenant.

Fucking hell she got so bodied by that fucking Hunter asshole. He is a demon. I can not do shit to him.

 

[bananafactory]

I think I'm done with this game. My ratio of fun vs. annoyance is way out of wack. I have no idea how I ever took the time to beat Dark Souls, but I'm pretty sure that game was much easier than this.

BB definitely feels harder than Dark Souls for me. Feels more like Demons Souls but I assumed Demons just felt harder than Dark because it was my first experience

 

[Vitor711]

Are you locked on? I wouldn't be. As long as I was running those never seemed to hit me.

I tried everything - running doesn't always work. Not towards her, not away from her, not sideways. Same for sidestepping or rolling. Those missiles are a pain and need a nerf.

 

[Dahbomb]

What is max insight? I am up to 72.

Well, how can we refer to them without spoilers?

I am almost at a 100 Insight.

And we can just refer to bosses by the initials. CB, FG, VA etc.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Also my cane is still only +3 because I am missing another twin stone. It feels like it'll be a while before it reaches +6

Level 33 btw

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The thing carrying the sack on its back outside the Cathedral Ward does drop twin stones.

 

[Spoo]

People should also stop referring to bosses as numbers as it makes no sense in the context of this game where you could fight boss "7" before you fight boss "4".

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Like the Witch could be the 2nd boss you face in the game or she could be the 12th.

That's a fair point. I'm only doing it because other people are doing it lol

 

[T_Exige]

Father Flipcoin slain

5 hours in and Lv16

 

[aly]

Huh, I just assumed she was a complete cake walk. She disappeared at one point and came back down but nothing had changes. Used the same 2 attacks as before. Was it meant to be harder? It's a shame because the fight looks awesome. And I also wouldn't have minded it being tougher because the shortcut to the lantern was so close...

Suppose to be much harder. Second phase spoilerssss :

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She unleashes a dark attack that makes it hard to see and summons a copy of herself and has new attacks.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I think I'm done with this game. My ratio of fun vs. annoyance is way out of wack. I have no idea how I ever took the time to beat Dark Souls, but I'm pretty sure that game was much easier than this.

I think the constant ratio of fun is on a bell curve. It's extremely high at times then it just drops. Don't worry though it goes back up fast. I had a few times where I got down. I've also had times where my hands were in the air fist pumping. Like tonight I lost about everything I had worked hours to get and I've had to take time to think about what to do next. I think it's normal. It's going to happen, but the reward is sure high. I think you'll see it eventually. It's just a way to look at things at the moment. I lost 46k echo that I was going back to get and I just died.

 

[Hypron]

Huh, I just assumed she was a complete cake walk. She disappeared at one point and came back down but nothing had changes. Used the same 2 attacks as before. Was it meant to be harder? It's a shame because the fight looks awesome. And I also wouldn't have minded it being tougher because the shortcut to the lantern was so close...

It's not a particularly hard fight but

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she has a move that summons mist. After that she'll temporarily summon a copy of herself to attack you. She also has more than two moves, she's got an attack where she moves forwards while wailing all her arms, she can extend her arms to hit you from afar and probably an other or two that I forgot.

 

[Rip]

A

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bhorrent

B

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east

is no joke, damn.

 

[el_Nikolinho]

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Rom

beaten in one. This is my first souls type game, not struggling too much at all.

 

[Derpcrawler]

This is optional? How do I not miss it?

Yeah, optional area.

 

[Hypron]

What is max insight? I am up to 72.

It's 99. I consumed a Madman's Knowledge at 99 and didn't go to 100.

 

[Shengar]

Agreed, kill boss 5 before boss 4.

I beat the second boss of my first root chalice dungeon. Took about 8 tries.

How's the difficulty so far?

 

[Vitor711]

Just beat the W

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itches

of H

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emwick

on my first try without breaking a sweat.

This game is easy as hell. Lol

So far, CB on second try, Father G on first, BSB on first, Amelia on second.

I'm not even a Souls pro or anything, but I have no idea how some people are running out of blood vials and fighting bosses like 30 times.

I was in the same boat as you more or less - hadn't died once to a single boss and them I found my roadblock. One that a lot of people are complaining about, more or less half way through the game.

Just happened to be low on health vials because of normal mobs. Didn't even realise until I suddenly saw that I'd spawned with only 7. Having to go and farm more SUCKED. And then I ran out of bullets for the first time ever before the FINAL BOSS. A little anti-climatic to have to return to an early game area just to get such minor items before the epic last confrontation. Weird busy work that the game really could use without.

Then again, I only missed like 2 optional bosses and completed the game in 20 hours. So maybe it was for padding? Who knows. I think the length is fine as is but it is uncharacteristically short for a Souls' game.

 

[Nightengale]

I think the constant ratio of fun is on a bell curve. It's extremely high at times then it just drops. Don't worry though it goes back up fast. I had a few times where I got down. I've also had times where my hands were in the air fist pumping. Like tonight I lost about everything I had worked hours to get and I've had to take time to think about what to do next. I think it's normal. It's going to happen, but the reward is sure high.

Whenever I'm frustrated, I just do a one-run grind to basically kill everything from start-till-wherever you last need to be deadly focused.

There's a fun in basically easily killing through areas that previously was 'kind of hard.'

 

[Kard8p3]

Fucking hell she got so bodied by that fucking Hunter asshole. He is a demon. I can not do shit to him.

Are you at the area where you fought Father G?

 

[cpp_is_king]

Maybe some people have found this already, but I uploaded a video showing off what I think is probably the best blood vial farming route in the game. You can cap out at 99 in about 20-25 minutes depending on how fast you are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FvSCHOiNzQ

It's way better than the normal route of running from Central Yarnham to Father G and then dying. Not quite twice as fast, but at least 50% faster.

 

[Karsticles]

I am almost at a 100 Insight.

And we can just refer to bosses by the initials. CB, FG, VA etc.

That will confuse folks.

It's 99. I consumed a Madman's Knowledge at 99 and didn't go to 100.

Anything awesome happen?

 

[toastyToast]

I was trying to do the crow lady quest line but then the hunter I had to help her with bodied us both. Got the crow badge though so I can buy the burial blades and her armour.

Am I missing out anything else?

 

[McBryBry]

Where's B

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lood

S

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tarved

B

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east

? I kept going through Cathedral Ward and expected him behind the big doors, but found V

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icar

A

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melia

instead.

 

[Vitor711]

It's not a particularly hard fight but

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she has a move that summons mist. After that she'll temporarily summon a copy of herself to attack you. She also has more than two moves, she's got an attack where she moves forwards while wailing all her arms, she can extend her arms to hit you from afar and probably an other or two that I forgot.

Haha, oh wow. I got off lightly. It's CRAZY that this can happen.

Makes you wonder how many other bosses were holding back... Especially the ones I beat on my first try.

 

[Hypron]

Anything awesome happen?

I've been at 99 for a couple of hours and haven't noticed anything different from when I got past 40 :/

 

[hipsterpants]

BB definitely feels harder than Dark Souls for me. Feels more like Demons Souls but I assumed Demons just felt harder than Dark because it was my first experience

I definitely don't remember this many insta-kill or 40-60% damage attacks in DaS. Even O&S felt challenging but fair. This feels like I'm just supposed to dodge around like an idiot until there's an opening. The more I play I'm also missing the RPG elements of DaS, even though I rocked the Zweihander through most of that game.

I think the constant ratio of fun is on a bell curve. It's extremely high at times then it just drops. Don't worry though it goes back up fast. I had a few times where I got down. I've also had times where my hands were in the air fist pumping. Like tonight I lost about everything I had worked hours to get and I've had to take time to think about what to do next. I think it's normal. It's going to happen, but the reward is sure high.

I don't know, my first visit to

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Old Yharnam

was pretty awesome but everything else has been pretty mediocre. The boss fights are the worst part of the game.

 

[Nose Master]

Me with most of the optional bosses

 

[Ragingnight]

Getting destroyed by bsb and I'm in desperate need of antidotes and vials. Is there a specific spot to farm these things?

just farm bloodechoes and buy antidote

 

[kobe(beast)]

I was trying to do the crow lady quest line but then the hunter I had to help her with bodied us both. Got the crow badge though so I can buy the burial blades and her armour.

Am I missing out anything else?

If you beat the hunters, there is one more quest from her and you get a rune. I think that is it.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

Where's B

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lood

S

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tarved

B

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east

? I kept going through Cathedral Ward and expected him behind the big doors, but found V

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icar

A

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melia

instead.

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old yharnem down a dark path

 

[skLaFarebear]

Where's B

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lood

S

Spoiler

tarved

B

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east

? I kept going through Cathedral Ward and expected him behind the big doors, but found V

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icar

A

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melia

instead.

He's not in the cathedral ward.

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From the cathedral ward lamp, go out the left entrance and past the two guys is a staircase down. That's the path to where the BSB is.

 

[Papercuts]

What is max insight? I am up to 72.


Well, how can we refer to them without spoilers?

I like the route of naming and putting spoil bars on everything but the first letter of each word. People that got there can tell at a glance what it is and it stops people from uncovering something with no context that's late in the game.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Do you pretty much have to go through

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Secret World

after you've beaten that invertebrate? I've beaten

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witch, cleric, and BSB in addition to getting to nightmare land, but it's too hard

. Any other cool areas I can check out?