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[noomi]

So!

I totally want to do that dog cage echo glitch thing to get an alt quickly leveled. Going to give it a shot tonight and get started on a skill/tinge built. I wanna know what all the cane fuss is about....

Is there a quick way to get to cleric beast right from a new game, or just run passed everything?

 

[LiK]

Tonitrus makes this game easy mode holy shit. I was building my 2nd character to use the damn wheel... i might have to change that.

but the durability is so awful.

 

[AkuMifune]

Well, you can go to the story and lore thread to find out.

Hah. I'll happily eat crow if it makes sense, but I'm not ready for that thread! Still trying to remain in the dark about as much as possible and draw my own conclusions until it's done. It just feels like the humanity equivalent, but because you don't lose it when you die you have a ton of it by the end for no (significant) reason.

I didn't realize you could buy armor from those vendors though. I check and all they have for me at the moment is Father G's set. Thanks though!

 

[PuMa]

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Don't even really need much stats. Just upgrade the damn thing and keep it's transformed mode up all the time. Only rocking like 18 str 15 arc and it's killing all regular mobs in like 2 hits. Doing these areas on my first character it was taking 3-4 hits on a much slower weapon.

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Did you use Ludwigs? I got that before the Tonitrus in my playthrough, and that was much more efficient for me.

 

[Ferrio]

but the durability is so awful.

It is...but I rocked falcions in DS2... so I can deal.

Did you use Ludwigs? I got that before the Tonitrus in my playthrough, and that was much more efficient for me.

What I used for like 50% of my first play through.

 

[joecanada]

Now nothing. She and her quests & covenant are gone! I missed out on her too. Think game bugged out on me, never saw her again till late game when I missed my chance.

well piss on her , I shanked her already. Then i drank her blood. I think I've been playing to long, help?

 

[Yshi]

but the durability is so awful.

yup, and look like if you charge it with L1 dura goes down really fast;

 

[MegaSackman]

Hah. I'll happily eat crow if it makes sense, but I'm not ready for that thread! Still trying to remain in the dark about as much as possible and draw my own conclusions until it's done. It just feels like the humanity equivalent, but because you don't lose it when you die you have a ton of it by the end for no (significant) reason.

I didn't realize you could buy armor from those vendors though. I check and all they have for me at the moment is Father G's set. Thanks though!

Yeah spend it, I bought every set of clothes I found in the bath messengers.

 

[cslesce]

what i miss is poison knives, where to get them/purchasethem?
i know cathedral ward, but ran out

 

[ISee]

when you first come to cathedral ward and head out towards that giant..then downstairs to the first "chrystal lizard" thingy..theres a locked door...how to open that one?

AFAIK, you can't. Remember what

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Gilbert (the first red lantern / window NPC you meet)

told you about how the church

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sealed off the entrance to cathedral ward

. Most probably this is one of the doors they closed, it should lead to the gate on the bridge where you fought the c

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leric beast

.

 

[PuMa]

What I used for like 50% of my first play through.

Interesting. I gotta give Tonitrus another try tonight then...

 

[cyba89]

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Moon Presence

is down. Was not so hard, especially compared to the fight before. Beat all the bosses on my first playthrough.
Have to tackle

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Gehrman

again for

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the third ending

and then I'm done with the game for now. Not really interested in the Chalice Dungeons. Will definitely play the New Game+ another time.

I think I should backup my savegame right before the final boss so I would be not at the beginning of New Game+, when a possible DLC releases, right?

 

[Ferrio]

Interesting. I gotta give Tonitrus another try tonight then...

Not sure how much it fairs at lategame, but at +5 it's tearing shit up in the cathedral ward and hemwick.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Finally make it to the

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Nightmare Frontier

and get invaded by two guys at once. Almost killed both of them, but a tombstone got in my path and they ganked me. This sucks. :/ Also, I passed a

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green candle

with the sound of a baby crying coming from a dark hole. Can you go in there?

 

[ISee]

Not really interested in the Chalice Dungeons.

Rethink that, I started the 'story' dungeons and granted the first ones are quiet boring but the later ones are very challenging and good.

It started to get good with the

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first ailing loren chalice

 

[Ferr986]

 

[cakely]

Tonitrus makes this game easy mode holy shit. I was building my 2nd character to use the damn wheel... i might have to change that.

Tonitrus is great against anything that's a

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Great One

. If it looks like an

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insect, or squid, or an alien

, bolt will wreck it.

It does much worse against

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Beasts

, for that you need fire.

 

[broony]

I have just a little more to do before I finish the game. What's a "sensible" level to be for NG+?

 

[Astral]

I really don't like the Covenants in this game. I don't feel like I'm a part of anything.

 

[Artex]

but the durability is so awful.

I think the L1 is what kills the durability. I kinda thought the transformations had a huge impact on durability, or is that my imagination?

I really don't like the Covenants in this game. I don't feel like I'm a part of anything.

I do. I rock castle attire now that I pledged to the Q

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ueen

.

 

[Ferrio]

I think the L1 is what kills the durability. I kinda thought the transformations had a huge impact on durability, or is that my imagination?

The L1 doesn't decrease durability. Which is great cause I love spamming it for the animation when running somewhere.

 

[LiK]

I think the L1 is what kills the durability. I kinda thought the transformations had a huge impact on durability, or is that my imagination?

never hard a problem with the other weapons and I transformed like crazy. but that mace breaks easy.

 

[Sullichin]

Tonitrus makes this game easy mode holy shit. I was building my 2nd character to use the damn wheel... i might have to change that.

r1,l1,r1,l1... is so good.

 

[delSai]

Just had my first ever PVP fight in a Soul-ish game. And i even won! Dude ran into my fully charged stab and went down. Feels good man.

 

[BeeDog]

FINALLY, killed that damn Watchdog on my 12th try... My heart was racing.

 

[JackEtc]

Beat R

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om

last night with a buddy after failing like 10 times. Saw a lot of people complaining about him, he was definitely annoying as hell

B

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ergenwerth

is awfully short, damn

 

[Augemitbutter]

FINALLY, killed that damn Watchdog on my 12th try... My heart was racing.

12 tries is not much. people like to rage but they rarely try, eh.

 

[xezuru]

Just had my first ever PVP fight in a Soul-ish game. And i even won! Dude ran into my fully charged stab and went down. Feels good man.

Yeah, I only got invaded once in my first run, near endgame.
It was in

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Mereloft

where a guy tried to cheeze me in a cage elevator.
(I was also gesture cheezing him back sitting in it as he spawned in and as the lift went down past him).

Went all cool guy sitting infront of middle elevator platorm that's a perfect PVP place.
Knicked him hard with my Chikage then finished off with a Parry Riposte. Beautiful~

 

[Xeilyn]

I really don't like the Covenants in this game. I don't feel like I'm a part of anything.

Yepp i dont like the way its done either. I love the concept behind them but i wish there was some form of interaction, the vileblood queen doesnt count

 

[cyba89]

Rethink that, I started the 'story' dungeons and granted the first ones are quiet boring but the later ones are very challenging and good.

It started to get good with the

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first ailing loren chalice

I don't know. Exploring the different areas of Yharnam was a huge part of my enjoyment with the game thanks to the fantastic world- and level-design. I don't think some randomly generated dungeons can give me that.

One Queston about Upper Cathedral Ward:

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What can I do at the rear of the cave after beating Ebrietas? Never figured that part out.

 

[Astral]

I think the L1 is what kills the durability. I kinda thought the transformations had a huge impact on durability, or is that my imagination?



I do. I rock castle attire now that I pledged to the Q

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ueen

.

Sure but you don't really get shit for it. She gives me no reason to follow her other than her. The Vileblood badge should have been a rank 2 reward at least. It would've given a reason to kill shit for her. Instead, you get the badge instantly and I already have everything I want from her. It just feels pointless.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Rethink that, I started the 'story' dungeons and granted the first ones are quiet boring but the later ones are very challenging and good.

It started to get good with the

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first ailing loren chalice

Challenging my ass. Certain parts are just bullshit >.>

 

[MickeyKnox]

Took a while to figure out but the E

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brietas

fight turns out to be easier than it wants you to think it is. Focusing on the head is how I was doing it, trying to bait and dodge everything except that fucking charge which is a guaranteed hit and like 80% of my health which once the lasers come out makes it more or less insta death even if you perfectly dodge the arm and tentacle sweep combo. Then I spent time just studying the patterns to see if there's any specific trigger for the charge to help mitigate the bulllshit factor of it and turned out to be completely random as it will trigger at any distance you stay at in front of her. After that, examining her model it seemed like there was a weak spot on her back and her slug body was peculiarly split down the middle, so what about trying to stay behind her.... and as it turns out, if you're not greedy and you keep mobile while using the shape of back to your advantage you can pretty reliably stay directly behind her, which stops the charge and lets you keep the pressure on once the third phase starts to curb laser garbage.

Here's the video for it:
https://youtu.be/tHaOW3UE3fE

 

[Grady]

Started final chalice about 30 minutes ago. First boss down on first try. Was not happy when i saw who it was, i remember that dude from another chalice. Annoying boss. Having full health again feels like a heaven sent.

 

[BeeDog]

12 tries is not much. people like to rage but they rarely try, eh.

Really? I don't really want to come of as a rager/whiner, haha. Figured 12 attempts was an absurd amount.

 

[KZObsessed]

Bloodletting Beast destroyed first time. Got the Defiled Chalice *gulp*

Don't have the ingredients yet though.

 

[Sullichin]

Holy shit, I almost beat defiled chalice

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amygalda

on my first shot but got instakilled by a laser when it had one hit left. Damn. Definitely seems easier than watch dog at least. Burial Blade is great for hitting its head.

 

[LiK]

Bloodletting Beast destroyed first time. Got the Defiled Chalice *gulp*

Don't have the ingredients yet though.

welcome to hell

 

[Cloud Strife]

Started final chalice about 30 minutes ago. First boss down on first try. Was not happy when i saw who it was, i remember that dude from another chalice. Annoying boss.

He gave me way more trouble than the BLB last night. I just spammed my R2 charge Ludwig move as he kept running up to me.

I wasted a few attempts trying to riposte him but then said fuck it.

 

[Beelzebufo]

I would agree with people saying this is a little easier, at least for me. So far I've spent about the same time (less?) than I did with Dark Souls. I beat Dark Souls once, already beat this twice.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Bloodletting Beast destroyed first time. Got the Defiled Chalice *gulp*

Don't have the ingredients yet though.

It won't be fun in the second layer boss.

 

[140.85]

I agree with folks that say BB isn't technically a horror game, but man...the

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Orphanage

is most definitely horror. That music. The darkness. The jump scares. The oppressive creepiness.

 

[Artex]

Sure but you don't really get shit for it. She gives me no reason to follow her other than her. The Vileblood badge should have been a rank 2 reward at least. It would've given a reason to kill shit for her. Instead, you get the badge instantly and I already have everything I want from her. It just feels pointless.

There is also an online ranking thing I noticed. I have some registry in my inventory now and it shows....something. I don't even know what it is. Do I go offer her my echoes or something?

 

[Ferr986]

Really? I don't really want to come of as a rager/whiner, haha. Figured 12 attempts was an absurd amount.

12 tries is nothing. Been stuck here for more than a day

 

[super-famicom]

There is also an online ranking thing I noticed. I have some registry in my inventory now and it shows....something. I don't even know what it is. Do I go offer her my echoes or something?

When you kill a Hunter, you get a Blood Dreg and can offer it to the Queen. That lets you rank up. The problem is, when the duping glitch was still around, people duped thousands of Blood Dreg and artificially raised their ranks. The ranking is the registry is effectively meaningless now.

 

[Ferrio]

There is also an online ranking thing I noticed. I have some registry in my inventory now and it shows....something. I don't even know what it is. Do I go offer her my echoes or something?

Online ranking was destroyed due to the duping bug.

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And no you give her blood dregs which you get from killing other players while in the covenant.

 

[Grady]

He gave me way more trouble than the BLB last night. I just spammed my R2 charge Ludwig move as he kept running up to me.

I wasted a few attempts trying to riposte him but then said fuck it.

lol, thats exactly what i did, just charged as he came at me. No other way to fight the dude, he doesnt stop swinging long enough to give you an opening.

 

[Zafir]

There is also an online ranking thing I noticed. I have some registry in my inventory now and it shows....something. I don't even know what it is. Do I go offer her my echoes or something?

From what I understand you get dregs from killing other hunters. That's what you hand in to her.

 

[Astral]

From what I understand you get dregs from killing other hunters. That's what you hand in to her.

Yep. After you hand one in, you get a gesture and then that's it. No rewards after that. I think most of the high ranking players in the registry duped their blood dregs so their rank doesn't mean anything.

 

[Lender]

I know the question has been asked a million times, and I'm sorry, but what dungeons/chalices are required for platinum? I mean, I have all these chalices in my inventory:

http://i.imgur.com/drVV5Bg.jpg

Some of them I've already done, so I suppose I don't need to create those again? And what are these root chalices exactly?

I've just beaten BLB and gotten the defiled chalice, but apparently I need 2 bastards of Loran. Is it true I can only obtain these in the ailing loran chalice?