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Bloodborne |OT3| I Cane, I Saw, I Conqu- YOU DIED
- Thread starter Robot Pants
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Holy shit, you can see Old Yharnam from the bridge that leads to Father G.
The level of detail is obviously down, but you can easily make out the area. FROM, you so crazy.
The trees that you see as soon as you step out of the door.
The path that leads to BsB.
The stairs you take down to the old Church/BsB
Gatling Gun tower
The level of detail is obviously down, but you can easily make out the area. FROM, you so crazy.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Is the enemy 'level' at Cainhurst similar to the ones in the Forbidden?
I probably should do the latter first, but I want to get the weapons from the former.
I probably should do the latter first, but I want to get the weapons from the former.
No. You open up two shortcuts that makes the run to the boss like a minute, however it's stupid that no matter by the time you reach the boss you'll have a little bit of your health chipped off thanks to the sniper guys.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Yes, but after the boss fight.
GAF, I have Chalice Dungeon question:
Go deeper or start the next one ? Which would be a hintertomb dungeon.
So I was in Byrgenwerth and
I went to Hemwick and
After that I decided to go the other route and after trying to open a door,
Guess I should take my time and keep exploring before trying to kill
Should I try D
P
? I tried once before but I think I could go for another run now.
killed the old guy and got a rune, then I jumped down and Rom the spider was there to greet me. He kicked my ass so I decided to go to other routes I had left unexplored.
killed the Witch of Hemwick to finally get the rune workshop tool.
the big spider chtulu thing grabbed me and kept saying something about Amygdala, then I appeared in the Lecture building and Nightmare frontier after that.
Rom.
Should I try D
arkbeast
aarl
UnluckyKate
Member
In mensis nightmare, you can make contact with the B
to get a rune ? How ?
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Pretty neat that dust/dirt flakes from opening doors (specifically in chalice dungeons) have collision detection and physics applied. They bounce off your character and settle on whatever objects are in the way.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
I uh.... accidentally killed the old man on the chair right before R
. For some reason I thought he's hostile immediately after seeing him and without thinking I uh... struck him down.
Is that a bad thing to do? What's his role in terms of gameplay mechanic and role? I felt silly afterwards, although he did give me an Eye Rune....
Anyway, managed to down the boss itself on the 3rd attempt. 1st and 2nd I ignored the spiders and that strategy fucked me up. The 3rd one I diligently killed them one by one--evading the boss's meteor strike/ground missiles were easy enough and even if they hit they wouldn't be a one/two hits KO since I wore Tomb Prospector set which is high on Arcane. After the spiders are dead it's really at my mercy, hahaha.
om the spider
Is that a bad thing to do? What's his role in terms of gameplay mechanic and role? I felt silly afterwards, although he did give me an Eye Rune....
Anyway, managed to down the boss itself on the 3rd attempt. 1st and 2nd I ignored the spiders and that strategy fucked me up. The 3rd one I diligently killed them one by one--evading the boss's meteor strike/ground missiles were easy enough and even if they hit they wouldn't be a one/two hits KO since I wore Tomb Prospector set which is high on Arcane. After the spiders are dead it's really at my mercy, hahaha.
People here are platinuming the game while I am still stuck at Vicar. I've beaten her down to less than 10% on so many occasions, but She wrecks me every single time with her infinite combos during that last phase... NGL, this has been the longest roadblock I have ever experienced in a Souls game. SMH.
With that said, I'll be coming back to wipe another several dozen times...
With that said, I'll be coming back to wipe another several dozen times...
Doomshroom
Member
The Xtortionist
Member
Have you been to
Hemwick
xplicitone
Member
Thanks yea I had him close a few times but definitely had to be patient and wait for the right time to get 1 attack and leave towards the end. Got him down!
I didn't know
getting kidnapped by the sack guys brings you to a secret place. I never got killed by them and now they're all gone.
I have yet to step foot into other areas.. except for that one time when..
some sack dude killed me and dragged me to Unseen Village
toastyToast
Member
I was planning to save scum my way to the plat in one run but this non-stop chalice mess is wearing me out.
The Xtortionist
Member
Head left when ascending to the cathedral where VA is
xplicitone
Member
Ugh stupid bells. I used 4 insights (beckoning bells) to try to connect with my friend on my first Chalice dungeon. He's done a lot and I haven't done any. I'm L66 and he's 76 so that should be fine. He joined my Chalice and we just waited by the lamp trying to connect over and over.
i see a few isz root chalices on reddit that have blood rocks, but when i enter the code it says i dont meet the requirements (although i do have the isz root chalice and all the materials it would take to make one)
my only guess is that because i have not made my own isz root chalice dungeon, its not letting me
anyone have confirmation on this?
i wonder if i could just make one, and then move to another headstone and find the one with the code and the blood rock
my only guess is that because i have not made my own isz root chalice dungeon, its not letting me
anyone have confirmation on this?
i wonder if i could just make one, and then move to another headstone and find the one with the code and the blood rock
HORRORSHØW
Member
best bet is to run past those enemies or stack frenzy resistance (runes+clothes) and kill them quickly.
Yeah, you have to make a chalice dungeon first before you can search for them. You can just create it and then delete the dungeon right away I think, but leaving it and moving to another headstone works just fine as well.
There is a clear source for the frenzy and thus easy methods of avoiding it. Look around and try to spot a) the trigger and b) source.
There is a Eye of Sauron -type thing going on. The tower in the middle of the castle contains an entity that causes the effect. It is possible to neutralize later on. 'till then, stay out of sight using the walls and other terrain features.
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nice, yeah i think ill move to another headstone
i did all three of the offerings in one creation and imagine it'll be pretty fun to try and beat
ty for the confirmation
UnluckyKate
Member
Amazing. This game never cesses to impress me.
I guess you can do something similar with Willem in the lunarium ?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Well, (NG+ spoilers)
I for one, want to try the scythe, but I don't have enough materials to bring it any further than +6. I use a chikage+9 and the cane+8, and blades of mercy at +9 too. So yeah I wish I had more chunks for sure.
I should have farmed some chunks before going into NG+ but eh, seems like it was a pain in the ass...
Where are the earliest chunks again? U
nseen Village
ainhurst
How high is your SKL? It scales really really well with skill, and its combos are very quick. I mained them for a good while, until I found the chikage. And it's possibly better than the chikage but I can't resist katanas so....
Soyongdori
Member
I think I fucked up my character's stats by lvling up both strength and skill too high. Now I'm an easy target from invaders because it takes so much blood echoes for me to lvl up my vitality. Oh well, time to start with another fresh new character...
Why not just keep leveling and put points into vitality? I don't think the pvp meta level will be as critical in this game as it was in ds2, I can see plenty of pvp happening at high levels like 150+
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
There's a really dirty, cheap trick to win this with little effort.
Soyongdori
Member
I could do that. It's just that I'm bummed out from doing this stupidly, especially as a DS2 player, I should've known better.
Anyway, does skill weapons increase with skill stats or strength as well?
I like it. It doesn't hit hard, but it's DPS is pretty insane if you can lay into your target without being stopped, not to mention the hit-and-run you get with the dodge attack. Working on a char right now that's going to main it just to see how effective it is,
just let Eileen die at the Tomb of Oedon
Bloodstarved Beast
I actually liked that fight except for when he wanted to spam his gun the entire time. He eventually killed himself the third time I fought him.
Messing with arcane optimization has made me even more confused. The Attack Ratings on weapons feel completely inaccurate in a way.
Burial Blade +8 has (I'm going off memory but should be fairly accurate) 144 +63 (phys) and 44 +24 (arcane).
Ludwig's +9 is 190 +167 (Arcane).
And both do roughly 180 damage to the basic villagers in Forbidden Woods. I made Ludwig's do Fire damage instead (slightly less AR) and it does ~170.
Ludwig's has significantly higher AR and yet the damage is basically the same which is throwing me off super hard.
edit: On my STR dude my Kirk +10 has 560 (phys) AR and does 300 dmg with each sword swing to the basic villagers in Yarnham (NG+). I imagine the actual DEF is roughly the same so the numbers should be going through the same resistance filters.
Burial Blade +8 has (I'm going off memory but should be fairly accurate) 144 +63 (phys) and 44 +24 (arcane).
Ludwig's +9 is 190 +167 (Arcane).
And both do roughly 180 damage to the basic villagers in Forbidden Woods. I made Ludwig's do Fire damage instead (slightly less AR) and it does ~170.
Ludwig's has significantly higher AR and yet the damage is basically the same which is throwing me off super hard.
edit: On my STR dude my Kirk +10 has 560 (phys) AR and does 300 dmg with each sword swing to the basic villagers in Yarnham (NG+). I imagine the actual DEF is roughly the same so the numbers should be going through the same resistance filters.
Orthogonal
Member
I typically only get to play in bits and pieces. Just had a very productive half hour. Opened up 2 shortcuts in the Forbidden Woods. Both were brilliant. The first taking you all the way back to
and another that goes back to the starting lantern. Level design is so amazing.
I also found a Cannon. Damn, 30 Str to wield it. No more two-handing technique to cut the stat in half. Is it worth leveling?
Aldo, Woods is also great for grinding Echoes, got enough to justify the purchase of Ludwig Holy Blade And upgrade to +6. A very productive 30 minutes I would say.
Central Yarnam and a path to go inside Iosefka clinic
I also found a Cannon. Damn, 30 Str to wield it. No more two-handing technique to cut the stat in half. Is it worth leveling?
Aldo, Woods is also great for grinding Echoes, got enough to justify the purchase of Ludwig Holy Blade And upgrade to +6. A very productive 30 minutes I would say.
Did you unlock the shortcut? I don't think it will take you more than 40 seconds to get to the boss from there.
Ludwigs will only do arcane damage if you have an arcane damage gem on it, but at the same time it wont' do any more physical damage. It's one or the other. Burial has built in arcane damage with it, so it scales with both.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Can you tell me the name of the weapons or it's location ? I think I missed it.
No no.
I know. I've beaten the game with the fire gem (and then the bolt gem) in it.
I'm saying the AR numbers just seem off, even considering resistances.
edit: I say this because I have 40 Arcane and 12 Skill
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Phew, beat it for the first time! Ran about finding stuff to do and leaving no stone unturned before I went to finish up so I feel pretty good.
I assume most standard enemies probably just have really really really low phys def vs. arcane/fire/bolt.
Oh well.
edit: In conclusion: Arcane builds seem to just suck cause you don't get the customizability you'd want for weapons through the gem system. If I could actually shift my damage for the Burial Blade or Blades of Mercy I might actually like it but most weapons either don't have the scaling to back it up or they're the Ludwig blade and have good arcane scaling on a shit-ass shit weapon.
Oh well.
edit: In conclusion: Arcane builds seem to just suck cause you don't get the customizability you'd want for weapons through the gem system. If I could actually shift my damage for the Burial Blade or Blades of Mercy I might actually like it but most weapons either don't have the scaling to back it up or they're the Ludwig blade and have good arcane scaling on a shit-ass shit weapon.
UnluckyKate
Member
How high is your SKL? It scales really really well with skill, and its combos are very quick. I mained them for a good while, until I found the chikage. And it's possibly better than the chikage but I can't resist katanas so....
skl is 50. i cant deal anything compared to the cleaver
i should get better gems in calice
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