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[Rhaknar]

(re)playing DS2 reminds me of something I miss from every Soul game thats missing in BB. The sense of "rags to ritches"

In all the Souls games, you start off looking like shit, your weapon looks like shit, and gradually you get better looking stuff and end up looking like a badass from hell (if you choose to of course) near the end

In BB, you start off looking like a badass already, and the few sets you get are just more badass looking stuff Same goes for the weapons, instead of starting with the shitty little sword, you start with all sorts of transformable badass weapons.

Im not saying its good or bad, just something I noticed and missed is all

 

[b0bbyJ03]

I'm having trouble with

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Gerhman

. Can't beat this guy. Any tips or strategy anyone can offer would be appreciated.

 

[Lakitu]

I still use the same Saw Cleaver I started off with, it's not let me down yet. I've got a badass bolt gemstone for it, so it does continuous bolt damage. It's pretty awesome.

 

[Juli]

In all the Souls games, you start off looking like shit,

Counterpoint.

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

I still use the same Saw Cleaver I started off with, it's not let me down yet. I've got a badass bolt gemstone for it, so it does continuous bolt damage. It's pretty awesome.

Could you put the fire paper on that for Bolt and Fire damage?

 

[Lakitu]

Could you put the fire paper on that for Bolt and Fire damage?

I'll try it out in an hour and let you know.

 

[psychotron]

The best way to beat Amelia is not to grind but to beat her properly with a good tactic. Here's how I did it after a few futile attempts. Notice that she only managed to hit me once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ytj__fm9E

Thanks for the video. Something is different though with how she acts with you versus when I faced her. My saw blade didn't slow her down at all, and took far less damage out. I'm thinking your axe has a degree of stun that's giving you those opportunities. Maybe Ludwig's 2 hand will do the same for me. I'll try tonight.

and use Fire Papers, three papers was enough on my playthrough to kill her. Just heavy strikes as punishment.

I can't ever find any. It isn't for sale in either of the two messenger bath's in HD either.

 

[Stampy]

How do you activate the lift in the hollow structure in the middle of the firbiden forest. (not meaning the one which brings you to the bond fire).

 

[Skii]

I have a

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Kinhunter's Damp Blood Gem (4), what are "the kin"?

 

[Mr Git]

Finished it last night. Spent a few days just clearing up before fighting the last boss

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or bosses

. Loved the music for

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Moon Presence

although the fight was a bit easy - but one of my favourites for design I think.
I can now at least finally read this thread and any spoilers.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

I'm pissed that I can't use the Chikage yet since

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Alfred

killed the Queen. I knew I should've joined right away. I hear it drops in one of the dungeons. Is this true?

 

[Juli]

I have a

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Kinhunter's Damp Blood Gem (4), what are "the kin"?

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I believe it's the aliens.

 

[Juli]

I'm pissed that I can't use the Chikage yet since

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Alfred

killed the Queen. I knew I should've joined right away. I hear it drops in one of the dungeons. Is this true?

You can get every weapon in the chalice dungeons, but they're alternate versions of it. It will have slightly different imprint slots than the regular version.

 

[LunaticHigh]

I'm pissed that I can't use the Chikage yet since

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Alfred

killed the Queen. I knew I should've joined right away. I hear it drops in one of the dungeons. Is this true?

Spoiler regarding the queen, but very relevant to your interests.

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There's a way to bring the queen back to life in the same playthrough.

 

[mxgt]

I'm pissed that I can't use the Chikage yet since

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Alfred

killed the Queen. I knew I should've joined right away. I hear it drops in one of the dungeons. Is this true?

You could

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loot the flesh from her corpse and use it to revive her at the altar in Upper Cathedral Ward and then get the Chikage

 

[Paasei]

Can anyone help me out with

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One Reborn

tonight? I am having a lot of problems on this boss, and I just can't get it done.

PS ID: Velmux

I'll be home at around 18:00 (GMT+ 1 or CET).

 

[Namikaze1]

This game refuses to give me a gem with a rating of 15 or higher. I need it for one of the two trophies I'm missing for Platinum. I have collected 38 gems with a rating of 14 over the past week and a half.

 

[Kudo]

This game refuses to give me a gem with a rating of 15 or higher. I need it for one of the two trophies I'm missing for Platinum. I have 38 gems with a rating of 14.

Are you doing depth 4-5 Chalice Dungeons? Should be the first thing you get from those.

 

[Bishop89]

went to what was clearly a boss arena..

Girl in white

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turns into some white dog mammoth beast

nope.gif

*uses bold hunters mark* straight away.

live to fight another day

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Can't beat this guy. Any tips or strategy anyone can offer would be appreciated.

spoiler tag that

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parry him at first, he normally attacks in 3 so afterwards hit him fast once or twice and get out. During the later stages, I wasn't able to parry him so be careful. If he's up in the air Welp run! I think he tends to do that when his weapon is transformed. Spam molotov cocktail And poison knifes if required. He's fast so I perfer a fast hitting weapon compare to the holy sword's greatsword form for example.

 

[StaffyManasse]

went to what was clearly a boss arena..

Girl in white

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turns into some white dog mammoth beast

nope.gif

*uses bold hunters mark* straight away.

live to fight another day

The best boss.

 

[flipswitch]

Has EDGE given out its review yet?

 

[Karsticles]

I have a

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Kinhunter's Damp Blood Gem (4), what are "the kin"?

Kin = squiddies.

 

[bosseye]

Take that BSB! Ahahaha. I had to summon Alfred in the end, bang goes my 'every boss solo' pretensions. Nevermind. Alfred did zero damage but proved a useful distraction.

Ran into Vicar Amelia, decided I wasn't quite ready for a new boss so soon after BSB and went a-wandering instead looking for other things; and then got bagged

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by a bagman and woke up in the Unseen Village,

which is awesome so I'm there now creeping around and generally loving the atmosphere. But holy hell, those

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old women beasts who lunge at you at high speed and grab your head,

they put the fear into me.

Also, that hunter in Old Yarnham (the one who potters around just below the clock tower), I killed him by trying to get him to suicide off the shortcut ladder - he refused but did glitch out as I waited at the top of the ladder; he ended up stood just outside not moving so I was able to smash his face off unmolested.

I'll take the cheap victories along with the earned ones

Game just gets better and better. I've got a variety of ways to go now, but will deal with Unseen Village first and then try my luck with Amelia again.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

You can get every weapon in the chalice dungeons, but they're alternate versions of it. It will have slightly different imprint slots than the regular version.

As long as I can get the weapons trophy. I should be able to.

Spoiler regarding the queen, but very relevant to your interests.

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There's a way to bring the queen back to life in the same playthrough.

You could

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loot the flesh from her corpse and use it to revive her at the altar in Upper Cathedral Ward and then get the Chikage

I know that but the elevator down is glitched for me so I can't get down there.

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

Has EDGE given out its review yet?

I saw someone posting review scores of the issue and Bloodborne was a 10.

 

[greatestjediever]

Thanks for the video. Something is different though with how she acts with you versus when I faced her. My saw blade didn't slow her down at all, and took far less damage out. I'm thinking your axe has a degree of stun that's giving you those opportunities. Maybe Ludwig's 2 hand will do the same for me. I'll try tonight.




I can't ever find any. It isn't for sale in either of the two messenger bath's in HD either.

I wouldn't use Ludwig's against her. VA has always given me issue (which is funny since other bosses like E

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brietas

, R

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om

and M

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artyr Longarious

I had no issues with). Ludwig's 2 hand is way too slow, and its 1 hand seems to do lower damage the first couple of hits than the last 2 in the combo and doesn't stun quite as effectively. 1 hand saw does solid damage (even if its a little slower than Ludwigs 1 hand) and I was able to slightly stun her with 4 consective hits - though depending on when you start your combo, she may recover by the 3rd hit.

 

[Namikaze1]

Are you doing depth 4-5 Chalice Dungeons? Should be the first thing you get from those.

That's all I've been doing. Depth 1-3 gave me a few with a rating of 11-13. Heck, I even used a few of the dungeon codes on reddit that said a gem with a rating of 15 would drop in there. Everyone but a few of us in those threads got the gem. I got one with a rating of 14. Those were depth 4 dungeons.

 

[Bishop89]

2 questions.

1.

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do I give small hair ornament to the doll? What do i get? should I keep it for something else?

2.

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Old hunter bone sounds amazing...but is it worth putting 8 points in Arcane for me to use it?

 

[Styles]

went to what was clearly a boss arena..

Girl in white

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turns into some white dog mammoth beast

nope.gif

*uses bold hunters mark* straight away.

live to fight another day

50 deaths.

 

[flipswitch]

I saw someone posting review scores of the issue and Bloodborne was a 10.

Yeah I remember reading that somewhere on GAF. I think we'll have to wait for tomorrow when it goes on sale ( I believe).

 

[LiK]

That's all I've been doing. Depth 1-3 gave me a few with a rating of 11-13. Heck, I even used a few of the dungeon codes on reddit that said a gem with a rating of 15 would drop in there. Everyone but a few of us in those threads got the gem. I got one with a rating of 14. Those were depth 4 dungeons.

huh, that's one of the first things I got in Chalice from those glyph codes online. weird.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

2 questions.

1.

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do I give small hair ornament to the doll? What do i get? should I keep it for something else?

2.

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Old hunter bone sounds amazing...but is it worth putting 8 points in Arcane for me to use it?

1. I don't think you can give it to anything else.

2. Yea and I would also pump Arcane to 15 so that you can use

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Beast Roar

which is incredible when you're surrounded.

 

[ys45]

Made it to the end of

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Cainhurst castle

yesterday fought

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Martyr of Logarius

managed to get his life down to half but I got killed .
Decided to come back later , so I killed

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Rom

on my second try because the first try I got too greedy with the attack .

I'm in

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Unseen village

now, actually made it to the

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Chapel

I can say that tis is the area I hate the most so far in the game the

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respawning ennemies

are a pain in the butt .

 

[Namikaze1]

huh, that's one of the first things I got in Chalice from those glyph codes online. weird.

LiK, why am I so lucky in Destiny but have such shitty luck in Bloodborne?!

 

[Zocano]

Counterpoint.

The only armor set that has come close to the perfection that is the fluted armor set is the faraam armor from dark souls 2.

 

[LiK]

LiK, why am I so lucky in Destiny but have such shitty luck in Bloodborne?!

you totally drained all dat RNG juice

 

[Zocano]

LiK, why am I so lucky in Destiny but have such shitty luck in Bloodborne?!

They drop like crazy in depth 5, so it's assured. Just get the lower loran chalice and go ham.

 

[Artex]

Made it to the end of

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Cainhurst castle

yesterday fought

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Martyr of Logarius

managed to get his life down to half but I got killed .
Decided to come back later , so I killed

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Rom

on my second try because the first try I got too greedy with the attack .

I'm in

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Unseen village

now, actually made it to the

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Chapel

I can say that tis is the area I hate the most so far in the game the

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respawning ennemies

are a pain in the butt .

Gotta kill the bell maidens to stop the spawning. I actually loved that area, very intense!

 

[Haluko]

So the defiled chalice is painful. The dungeon mobs arent the problem. Im at the second boss

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Watch Dog of the Old Lords

. I can get him to 40-50% health without even taking a hit. Then literally one misstep you can die. Ive beaten the game and ever boss except queen. Anybody have suggestions on the dog in defiled? I beaten him first try every other occasion.

 

[Namikaze1]

They drop like crazy in depth 5, so it's assured. Just get the lower loran chalice and go ham.

Just get the lower loran chalice

the lower loran chalice

loran chalice

loran

*Abhorrent Beast laughs in the background*

Noooooooooooo!!!! I ain't going back there! Two days spent in Ailing Loran... Two days!

I ain't going anywhere near anything with Loran in its name!

 

[schlongdog]

What level are people beating bosses in NG+ at?

 

[Luigiv]

Finally beat Father G. Feels good man.

 

[b0bbyJ03]

spoiler tag that

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parry him at first, he normally attacks in 3 so afterwards hit him fast once or twice and get out. During the later stages, I wasn't able to parry him so be careful. If he's up in the air Welp run! I think he tends to do that when his weapon is transformed. Spam molotov cocktail And poison knifes if required. He's fast so I perfer a fast hitting weapon compare to the holy sword's greatsword form for example.

Thanks. I'm currently a lvl 70. Is that enough or should I lvl up more?

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

What level are people beating bosses in NG+ at?

I'm level 99 in NG and when I'm summoned it's to people in NG+.

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Vicar Amelia

is who I usually get summoned for.

 

[Arjen]

What level are people beating bosses in NG+ at?

I'm 100, currently at VA

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

The multiplayer in this game makes me foam at the fucking mouth.

From seriously needs to work on their netcode/multiplayer interface.

What level are people beating bosses in NG+ at?

Beat the first four bosses from 84 to 95.

 

[Putty]

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BSB CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF!!!!!

Feels good man!!!!! Took my time, didn't get flustered....had a bit of help at the start but that didn't last long........

Get the fuck in!!!!

Actually....i was in no trouble really.....But still, feels great!

 

[joecanada]

The best way to beat Amelia is not to grind but to beat her properly with a good tactic. Here's how I did it after a few futile attempts. Notice that she only managed to hit me once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ytj__fm9E

I can assure you that the majority of people having trouble with her are getting alot more movesets than that. Yours was like a dead mouse. You must have left your ps4 on rest mode for a while lol.
Good video though

 

[Collateral22]

Did anyone kill the Abhorrent Beast in the main game? Get anything good from it?