Bloodborne |OT+++| ...and so the Nightly Hunt continues

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I summoned and got summoned with no issues since launch. Nothing is broken. Even the password system works fine. The only time I lost an insight was when I did while waiting.

This is the best MP of any Souls game, no longer getting invaded unless I have a partner.

It's plenty broken. If you haven't had issues consider yourself lucky. Playing with just anyone works but finding a specific friend takes either forever or doesn't work.
 
Reached the N
ightmare Frontier
a couple of days ago.

I have to go through that god damn
poisonous swamp
to progress right ? Any tips in terms of equipment/items or just in general to combat the annoyance of the
poison
/the area in general ?
 
Beat Amygdala on defiled phtumerian, all of Greater Isz and the Phtumerian descendant in Phtumerian Ihyll last night. One two more bosses and that Plat is mine all mine.
 
Reached the N
ightmare Frontier
a couple of days ago.

I have to go through that god damn
poisonous swamp
to progress right ? Any tips in terms of equipment/items or just in general to combat the annoyance of the
poison
/the area in general ?

Full white church robes, stack the resist runes and don't use an antidote until you're on dry land.
 
Reached the N
ightmare Frontier
a couple of days ago.

I have to go through that god damn
poisonous swamp
to progress right ? Any tips in terms of equipment/items or just in general to combat the annoyance of the
poison
/the area in general ?

You have to remember that there really doesn't exist better or worse armor in Bloodborne. Rather they are distinguished by simple parameters. Good physical defense, or good arcane defense, or good bolt/fire defense, or good status ailments resists. Consequently, having that right gear for the right moment is crucial. For example, equipping gear with good bolt resistance makes the Dark Paarl boss a cake - walk. Equipping gear with good poison resist actually makes a difference. And so on and so on.
 
Since when Sony send emails to congratulate you for beating a game...
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It's plenty broken. If you haven't had issues consider yourself lucky. Playing with just anyone works but finding a specific friend takes either forever or doesn't work.

If you say so, I play with my buddy just fine. Maybe the suspend bug is getting you guys. Restart the game.
 
Just beat the game. So good. Damn. I didn't think I'd make it. First souls game and had some frustrating parts but pushed through. I ran it solo and didn't really use other items and armors. Just a clean run. That was fun.

I feel so relieved having made made it through. I definitely liked the early bosses better than the late ones. They felt more epic and intimidating to me. Great game.
 
It's plenty broken. If you haven't had issues consider yourself lucky. Playing with just anyone works but finding a specific friend takes either forever or doesn't work.

I think I coop'ed the entire game with a friend. I'd summon him to walk to the boss with me in my world then he'd summon me to walk him to his boss to beat it. Ddin't even solo any bosses til towards the end.

I'd say it worked for us 80% of the time with passwords. Other 20% we either waited a while or it didn't work.
 
2nd character up to the worst enemy in the game: the damn Choir hunter in Byrgenwerth. It was fun absolutely wrecking SoY, though. Didn't take a hit, fight over in probably a minute.
 
That goddam camera. He was a pain in the ass without the goddamn camera being an issue. I only just did him in yesterday. I wasn't even pleased in the end. I was broken. Hollow. A shell. I hear his AoE scream in my sleep.

Seriously, I haven't had that much trouble with a boss since O&S.
The Watchdog just took patience, BSB and Abhorrent Beast were just straightforward strafe around/sensibly attack routines, but this? THIS WAS MADNESS.

My kill was somewhat satisfying:
I knocked his electricity out, smacked him another time, DHUNNN, visceral opportunity, went for it, kept smacking his head, kept staggering him, and then one final blow, dead.

Can someone clarify sharing chalices for me? Do you need to:

1) unlock the chalice yourself using the same rites as your target glyph
2) actually beat the chalice first before trying to enter the glyph

I keep entering one and it's telling me I don't meet the requirements. I just unlocked and beat my own version of the chalice but didn't use any rites.

Also if I know a certain glyph has, say, a blood rock, could I effectively "farm" that chalice by grabbing it, removing chalice, then entering the glyph again?

This chalice/glyph system to me is completely opaque.
 
What's the general consensus on using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory... using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory...
 
My kill was somewhat satisfying:
I knocked his electricity out, smacked him another time, DHUNNN, visceral opportunity, went for it, kept smacking his head, kept staggering him, and then one final blow, dead.

Can someone clarify sharing chalices for me? Do you need to:

1) unlock the chalice yourself using the same rites as your target glyph
2) actually beat the chalice first before trying to enter the glyph

I keep entering one and it's telling me I don't meet the requirements.

Also if I know a certain glyph has, say, a blood rock, could I effectively "farm" that chalice by grabbing it, removing chalice, then entering the glyph again?

This chalice/glyph system to me is completely opaque.

You can only get a rock 1 time from each chalice dungeon type. So, if you got 1 from a Isz, every other rock in a Isz dungeon will turn into a wisdom item. That way you can't have a unlimited supply of rocks. Thus, I think you can only get 3 rocks from chalices.
Just did it
Still not working. Sorry, we tried.
 
You can only get a rock 1 time from each chalice dungeon type. So, if you got 1 from a Isz, every other rock in a Isz dungeon will turn into a wisdom item. That way you can't have a unlimited supply of rocks. Thus, I think you can only get 3 rocks from chalices.
So you can get effectively only 4 rocks from chalices and the rest you'll have to get from playthroughs?
 
Namely, that "in Bloodborne than any game previous in my experience. Dashing is done by holding the dodge button, so to read inputs the game waits a moment after the dodge button is pressed to see if the button is held. During this moment, nothing can happen.

This is an odd way of putting it that makes it seem way worse than it is.

From the PS4's side of thing, essentially this is how it sees the circle button.

doing nothing: (constant stream of 'off')
000000000000000000000000000000000
dodging (super quick tap):
000000000000000010000000000000000
sprinting (significant hold of 'on')
000000000000111111111111111111111(etc)000

Now, sure, some people might have a heavy finger and hold down dodge a bit long and you'll get:

000000000000001110000000000000000

that Bloodborne will recognize as 'dodge'.

It's not that it's "waiting a moment" to see if you are still holding the button -- that implies it needs to wait until 'sprint hold' length before it can act. But actually, it can act on dodge the instant you release of the button. And we're not talking 'moments', we're talking miliseconds.

So honestly, I can't imagine this even affecting 99.9% of players at all... and imho, if you're fast enough on the draw to care about the milisecond you tap the button (and hit it that fast), then your release should also be super fast, and more importantly, your ability level should allow you to quickly come to terms with how it plays.

For us 99.9%? If you tap the button, you get what you want when you want it. Heck, I doubt most people will care (or notice) there's a tiny delay before you start sprinting.
 
hmmmmmm i got a bad feeling about this guy

im in the forbidden grave and after killing those bug human things and that 0_o nightcrawler many legs huge bug thing, i see a hunter that killed me

but after leaving the door i see a random guy sitting and i died before talking to him, he must be a boss or something.
 
What's the general consensus on using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory... using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory...

I never used any inventory MMK, and despite being low on insight for a short bit due to BSB still have 90+ endgame and only helped a handful of people against bosses. It's not rare.
 
What's the general consensus on using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory... using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory...

I wouldn't say it makes the game necessarily harder, some enemies just get different attacks and looks. I would say spend it all, you don't really get a reward for hording it.
 
So you can get effectively only 4 rocks from chalices and the rest you'll have to get from playthroughs?
I think 3 from chalices and 1 per playthrough. More doing NG+.

knitoe let meet by the lamp and yell me when you ring
Unfortunately, I need to log for a bit.
I can't seem to find out where to get the Defiled Chalice. I thought I already did the dungeon it's supposed to be in.

From 4 layer boss of Lower Pthu chalice.
 
My character has been plagued with the Eileen disappearing act bug during both my first and new game plus play through. This has made it impossible for obtain all of the weapons and get the trophy for it. Should I wait until the new update comes out before I finish my new game plus play through in hope that they fix it? I would really not like to have to beat the entire game again with a new character just to obtain one trophy.
 
What's the general consensus on using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory... using Mad Man's knowledge? Is it worth having 15+ so the enemies get harder? I'm at 16 right now but thinking of spending some to get mine below 15 again. I also have like 30+ madman's knowledge sitting in my inventory...

games doesn't get harder with more inight.

a few enemies, which are all found in cathedral ward get some new motions and attacks.
that is it.
you almost don't notice it.
hmmmmmm i got a bad feeling about this guy

im in the forbidden grave and after killing those bug human things and that 0_o nightcrawler many legs huge bug thing, i see a hunter that killed me

but after leaving the door i see a random guy sitting and i died before talking to him, he must be a boss or something.
why do you have a bad feeling about that guy?
bosses are your targets.

and btw.:
he isn't the next boss.

My character has been plagued with the Eileen disappearing act bug during both my first and new game plus play through. This has made it impossible for obtain all of the weapons and get the trophy for it. Should I wait until the new update comes out before I finish my new game plus play through in hope that they fix it? I would really not like to have to beat the entire game again with a new character just to obtain one trophy.

she will reappear in the grand cathedral after you beat Rom.
 
she will reappear in the grand cathedral after you beat Rom.

That's the thing though, she never appears anywhere. After I beat Rom on my first play through she never appeared there. When I started my NG+ play through, she wasn't at central yarhnam nor did she ever appear outside of the cathedral ward. I hope From is aware of this bug and that it's fixed in a new update.
 
she will reappear in the grand cathedral after you beat Rom.
Unfortunately you still miss out on like 2 runes, a gesture, and Henryk's armor. I had the same bug in NG, and I'm expecting it to happen in NG+. It sucks.

That's the thing though, she never appears anywhere. After I beat Rom on my first play through she never appeared there. When I started my NG+ play through, she wasn't at central yarhnam nor did she ever appear outside of the cathedral ward. I hope From is aware of this bug and that it's fixed in a new update.
Actually it sounds like my bug was different. She appeared in Yharnam and outside CW, but she and Henryk never showed at the Tomb. I still got her in the Grand Cathedral though, but I missed out on a lot.
 
hmmmmmm i got a bad feeling about this guy

im in the forbidden grave and after killing those bug human things and that 0_o nightcrawler many legs huge bug thing, i see a hunter that killed me

but after leaving the door i see a random guy sitting and i died before talking to him, he must be a boss or something.

You can kill him for a pretty good rune, but he's not hostile.

Lore spoiler:
That's Master Willem.
 
God damn this
Hunter in the Grand cathedral
just wrecks me. Two hits from his bone marrowed pistol and I'm dead. Anyone have any tips for beating this fucker?
 
God damn this
Hunter in the Grand cathedral
just wrecks me. Two hits from his bone marrowed pistol and I'm dead. Anyone have any tips for beating this fucker?

You want the legit way or the cheesy way?

legit way:
When he transforms he is easier to parry because you worry less about the gun. You can outrange him with something like the threaded cane, but just do 1 or 2 smacks at most then back off, he might roll shoot you if you get greedy. If throws numbing mists at you, roll toward him and punish him, sometimes he gets stuck in a loop where he does it a couple times in a row. Whenever he rolls, take caution, he likes to shoot after it.

cheesy way:
When he transforms the chikage, he takes bleed damage over time. When he transforms run out of the room. He will go back to the center of the room but forget to put away the weapon properly and bleed himself to death.

On another note, for the Iofska and chapel situation, I tried to do something weird with the fence skip.
I did the fence skip and killed Iofska early in the game. Just to see what happened, I sent Arianna there and she still turned into ET :(.
 
2nd character up to the worst enemy in the game: the damn Choir hunter in Byrgenwerth. It was fun absolutely wrecking SoY, though. Didn't take a hit, fight over in probably a minute.

I had more trouble with the damn Chikage hunter in the cathedral at the end of the Eileen questline. Dude hit 600+ dmg per shot, used an old hunters bone and did around 200 damage with an Evelyn if you tried to get clever. I beat him spamming beast roar and threaded cane strikes. The Brygenwerth choir hunter was pretty tough too, as were the three hunters in the Unseen Chapel. In general, I'd say those hunter fights were tougher for me then most of the boss fights.

You want the legit way or the cheesy way?
cheesy way:
When he transforms the chikage, he takes bleed damage over time. When he transforms run out of the room. He will go back to the center of the room but forget to put away the weapon properly and bleed himself to death.
[/spoiler]

Damn... I'm an idiot. I should have thought of that. I even noticed that he was damaging himself.
 
There should be a layer 4 for the Lower Pthu Chalice.. Port back to the layer 3 heart and look.

I guess i played it, beat the 3rd layer boss and ported out because i assumed that was all like every other dungeon before it. Now i gotta fight through it all again and the pos rom.
 
God damn this
Hunter in the Grand cathedral
just wrecks me. Two hits from his bone marrowed pistol and I'm dead. Anyone have any tips for beating this fucker?

The legit way: whenever he's holding the katana one handed, you want to be careful not to spam r1, otherwise he can and will one shot you with a parry, so parry him instead, be patient, use numbing mist every now and then so that he won't heal (not guaranteed that it will work all the time). When he tricks up the chikage you have a bit more leeway to hit him, since he can't parry you then. Wait until his bone effect is gone and go all out.

The cheap way? Poison him, lure him to the entrance and fight him a bit there till he tricks up the katana, he'll start losing hp, you can either run around and bait him a few times while trading blows with him until he dies, or just flat out wait by the door, he will probably glitch and stand still while losing hp.

Even though he might be the hardest fight in the game, it's very satisfying when you kill him in a straight duel, so it's well worth it to learn his moveset and try to beat him at his own game imo.

EDIT: beaten xD
 
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