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Bloodborne |OT+++| ...and so the Nightly Hunt continues
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lvl +0 till +1 has C scaling, +2 till +6 already B, +7 till +10 A scaling so yes it scales very well with strength
Since i have a ton of insight and don't need them, i just shop at the insight merchant for fire and bolt paper. Better than wasting 7000 echoes or farming them.
The One Reborn.
TheSpoiler
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Why are bullets and vials such a problem for people when you can buy them after a run? You don't need to farm shit because there's a dedicated store that allows you to buy things on the cheap.
Hell, once you pass the BSB, the amount of souls you get per kill is more than enough to fill up both numbers. It pains me to see people trying to farm stuff when they can just buy it outright.
FullmetalPain
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Even when you aren't having to farm for them I like the vials less, because you almost never deplete your stack of 20 vials (+ drops) during regular play, outside of boss battles. There's really no concept of managing your healing in this game, or related to that playing more carefully because it's a long area and you can't afford to take much damage. I feel like a lot of the decision making that mattered in Dark Souls is downplayed in Bloodborne. Because you're so mobile you can heal almost any time you want, you don't need to wait for a good opportunity, positioning matters less because you can spam dodge if you get surrounded, stamina management rarely comes into play etc.
Doing a run through the (mid-game area spoiler)
Forbidden Woods
Once you get to chalice dungeons, you get so much souls that you can just stay topped off by buying them straight. I've never had an issue with supply. A quick few enemies is enough to buy 20 or 30 of each.
DarkLordMalik
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Ludwig's Holy Blade is so OP. Feels like I am cheating, except with boss fights.
If you spend all your money to fill up your vials/bullets you can't use it for other, more important things.
I like that part of the game. It encourages you to play carefully or retreat to earlier areas for supplies.
I did almost all of NG with Ludwigs Holy Blade and almost all of NG+ with Burial Blade. I think Burial Blade is better now. The scythe is just as good at dealing with crowds, and feels faster / uses less stamina. Despite having 100 less ATK than Ludwigs with the same gems, I get more DPS per volly on a boss with BB, although Ludwigs is better at stunlocking.
Well that's totally opposite of what i am experiencing, i am using Holy blade most of the time and stamina management is vital for me. Each swing takes a hefty amount of stamina and add dodging to it i run out of it very quickly. And i usually run out of vials
What downplayed it guns for me. After the first area with human enemies i rarely used them. Maybe to kill a crow or a dog that's all. I never dare to use them against bosses i am not sure if i can do visceral attack on every boss or enemy so i don't wanna risk myself.
Fallout-NL
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Interesting. I thought it was incredible. Used it exclusively after being able to buy it.
John Bender
Banned
Undead Giant, Darkbeast Paarl.....and even Vicar Amelia. Fuck her!
Some people told me "Hey, she's easy as shit". No, she isn't. The Wich of Hemwick was easy. I killed her on my first try, without losing a single bit of energy and without knowing anything about her. But Amelia..... to hell with her!
Some people told me "Hey, she's easy as shit". No, she isn't. The Wich of Hemwick was easy. I killed her on my first try, without losing a single bit of energy and without knowing anything about her. But Amelia..... to hell with her!
lvl +0 till +1 has C scaling, +2 till +6 already B, +7 till +10 A scaling so yes it scales very well with strength
Since i have a ton of insight and don't need them, i just shop at the insight merchant for fire and bolt paper. Better than wasting 7000 echoes or farming them.
And where might that chap be then?
It's the little Messenger Store that's above the regular one in the Dream, out the side door of the house.
toastyToast
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I actually went and got the frenzy res rune before I did N
of M
this time. Night and freaking day. The
barely does anything.
ightmare
ensis
searchlight or whatever
Now that is bad ass.
Doomshroom
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Oh man im think i figured this game out. I just beat the Bloodletting beast i used all my molotovs, all my vails, all my bullets, all my poision knifes. I was trading blows with him it i didnt avoid shit, man i played bad but with a sliver of health left i got him down on a knee and i could do a visceral attack and i won.
maaan.......why do i play this game.
maaan.......why do i play this game.
GrandHarrier
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Jesus fuck the summoning system in this game is complete and total ass. I've had one successful summon. Half the time it just pings for awhile and the disconnects me from the server, wasting my insight.
In the future please don't fix what isn't fucking broken, FROM.
In the future please don't fix what isn't fucking broken, FROM.
I think I've died more times to her than the rest of the game cumulatively. I just have the last boss and her and no other boss took me more than two tries. Seriously, fuck that goddamn charge/hit me while I'm down combo.
Laughing Banana
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I wouldn't call her "easy" but "hard" is also not something I'd attribute to her, especially if you can learn her patterns. Really, perhaps compared to all the other bosses, her patterns are predictable and she's prone to do the same thing over and over and over again.
Just be clever with your camera lock ons and such. Really, for being a "feature", camera lock on can be such a pain in the arse in so many boss fights.
Go into the house in the hunters dream and exit it to first door to the left. There is another "messenger" pool/bath. You need 10+ insight to be able to buy stuff there. Fire Paper and Bolt Paper cost 1 insight.
ah, beaten. This thread is still fast in OT4
The main issue is just that lock on isn't useful for large enemies or ones that have large sweeping attacks. Your roll/sidestep is too restricted by lock on and you have less freedom of movement.
Learning to play without lock-on is another step in being very competent and adept at every encounter the game throws at you.
No, it's just that this is the problem with randomized dungeons. You can easily run into scenarios where you just get clusterfucks of enemy placements, especially later on in the dungeons.
Also the Chalice depths aren't very clear with how difficult they really are going to be. Like saying Depth 3 is NG late game or "Depth 4 should only be attempted when you have reached NG+" could be much more helpful.
Also the "B Team" made the better Dark Souls game
neener neener.
Jinjo
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What is the recommended level to go through Night
? That place scares the shit out of me and is superdifficult.
I'm level 70, but have sorta diminished my character potential by going more for a quality build levelling skill & bloodtinge after getting that sweet Chikage katana & Evelyn (was going strength only using the Ludwig Sword first). Both weapons' damage potential is about equal but I use the L. Sword for bosses and Chikage for mobs. The mobs just wreck me out there though. I have about 30 vitality and 22 endurance.
Not gonna mention the trouble E
is giving me. Lack of summon partners isn't helping. I've done everything else that is to be done so far though. Those are the last two things that remain.
mare of Mensis
I'm level 70, but have sorta diminished my character potential by going more for a quality build levelling skill & bloodtinge after getting that sweet Chikage katana & Evelyn (was going strength only using the Ludwig Sword first). Both weapons' damage potential is about equal but I use the L. Sword for bosses and Chikage for mobs. The mobs just wreck me out there though. I have about 30 vitality and 22 endurance.
Not gonna mention the trouble E
briatas
unempLLOYD
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God fucking damnit at those 3 hunters inside the building where a potential checkpoint is located at in Yahargul, unseen village. They are so fucking hard to beat.
I think it will be the first weapon to get nerfed alongside BoM.
Jinjo
Member
It really helps if you went to Hypo
gean goal
one of those bag-enemies
Wait, are there illusory walls here too!?
John Bender
Banned
Yeah, after the first try, I didn't even use the lock-on anymore.
Still, no chance. Seems like I have to skill my "Strength" a lot more -_-
Damage with "Ludwig's Holy Blade" is shitty as hell, so I have to fight her with my axe.
Hardest boss for me till now (almost at the end of BB, not counting chalice). Helped around 4 people beat him, died around 6 times helping someone. Even caved and tried to summon someone (i want to beat all bosses alone) but everybody seems to summon for help
and it didn't work. Watched some videos of ppl beat him but he wasn't as aggressive in the videos compared to when i played him.My gf came into the living room after long BB session and said: you still trying to beat him? haha, you are not going to make it". That's when i beat him and made a dance in the living room.
You're at the "right" level at that area. Either play super safe with the opening area or book it to the left.
Also the boss you mentioned, you should stay up in her face and right up against her. This *should* trigger the faceslam and give you plenty of time to just repeatedly wail on the boss.
If you run back to the lamp only one of them follow you in and can be disposed of solo. Then you can go back and fetch another one
is this permanent roar? you can use it always?
I don't get the hype around it. Was forced to play the whole game with it for my Arcane build character and I just didn't enjoyed the weapon. Moveset is too meh even if the damage is alright.
Kirkhammer is the better version of the light/big trick weapon.
It's a consumable (with infinite uses) that uses your bullets as casting material.
Jinjo
Member
Thanks. I booked it to the left a couple of times, but that doesn't work for the sp
iders as soon as you enter the castle though lol. Those give me the most trouble. Guess I should just try and take it slow and not try and run past them. They chase you through the entire level.
Fallout-NL
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Yeah, it's like a spell, uses bullets.
Arjen
Member
Thing is pretty insane, especially in the hunter fights, you can just chain stunlock them to death.
It's an Arcane trinket that uses bullets! It's fucking amazing when you're overwhelmed with dogs, rats
Blue Phantoms
Yes! But I've only encountered two so far.
Is this (bold) consistent? I was given access after beating CB and having around 5 insight (I think), but then found access is revoked and randomly reinstated. I've never been above 7 insight.
Yah don't run past them. Once you're inside and up the stairs on the right side, the guys outside should have either left or there is only one or two to take care of. Then just take the spiders slowly and head on forth.
The rest of the level is much more manageable, I would say.
Jinjo
Member
Thanks, will try tonight.
About the boss we were talking about, I do fairly well throughout but she always cheapshots me with her arcane lasers. Rolling like a madman doesn't really seem to help. Any tips on how to best dodge that one?
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