Since you already have Dark Souls, PLAY IT! Fantastic game. Personally I liked BB more, but that is just my personal taste. I liked the combat and lovecraft theme of BB.
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Since you already have Dark Souls, PLAY IT! Fantastic game. Personally I liked BB more, but that is just my personal taste. I liked the combat and lovecraft theme of BB.
It makes me sad how bad the camera is in this game sometimes, it makes some bosses harder than they really are (Bloodletting Beast i'm looking at you). It was cheap and lazy to build the combat system on top of the Dark Souls one, which obviously wasn't designed with fast paced combat in mind.
Indeed, combo-ing L1 into an attack is a lighting quick shot...a player who is good with BoM do tend to give me fits though when using Reiterspallach. They are usually only side step attacking and it usually only 1 attack, so you really have to be on point, and have some luck, with your parries, otherwise your probably not going to win.
Locking on to chalice boss
Loran Darkbeast (Paarl)
I'm totally in love with the Chikage but I'm also a pussy and I rarely use the 2H mode. thanks for the L1 R1 combo. I have to practice more. I've been putting points into skl but BT scales so well it increases my atk about 10 points per. I just need to take the plunge I think. If I'm stuck on an enemy my fall back is still my +9 Ludwig. I added the blood rock to the Chikage +10 fucking Chigake!!!!!
There are some bosses designed with the fact that they don't want you to lock onto them for the fight. This goes back to DaS 1 and the iron golem at the end of sens fortress. You were at a disadvantage if you used lock on targeting. I know that might not be what you want to hear, but that was the intention for some bosses. The boss you mentioned,
paarl
abhorrent beast
Yah love it, especially when you do it to an enemy rushing towards you (like the Chalice madmen). It's a fun weapon too.
After clearing U
nseen Village
Yeah a lot of bosses are better without lock on here.
Keep playing through the main story, you get there eventually, it isn't a side area.
Second? You mean the first?
there is a ladder in the to the right of the door in the way back.
I found this out kinda late and suffered from using lock on all the time. after watching ENB's videos and seeing him barely ever using it I started fighting without it and its nice. I didn't feel so awkward when I fought those boss's.
No joke, I beat him easy withI tried parrying parrying but to no avail
what level were you guys?
Beast roar
Monochromaticx
Member
you will be sent there after completing a goal in the main quest line.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Have you not played Dark Souls before?
Castle Cainhurst was really cool, but it was like... a really lite Painted World of Ariamis, heh.
Yeah I loved the Painted World a lot I just think the aesthetics of Castle Cainhurst are so amazing that to spend that much manpower for an area with that many unique enemies that is kind of obtuse to find is just such an awesome part of these games.
I swore I already had all of the weapons but I sold some way back before I knew better. hhhmmm I want to see a master list because I don't have the trophy yet.
I know, i'm not targeting them. The camera behaviour is still unpredictable.
BTW, it's laughable how most people recommend to not use a feature designed to ease a part of the game because it makes it even harder. Says a lot about how bad the system is.
Relativ9
Member
I know the joke has already been made, but I feel like the reaction I get here really adds something special to the act of brutally sodomizing a pig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENow5BohQhg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENow5BohQhg
Lock on is still better for regular enemies and small bosses (like Father). Is just the big bosses that are better without lock on, not just because of the camera, but also because you have more control rolling and it's easier to go behind them that way.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
While studying for my final, I notice in the notes A
in bloodborne did cause some players fear and anxiety
mygdala is written down. And its a region of the brain. When stimulation occurs, it cause fear and anxiety. Welp pretty sure amygdala
FranXico
Member
I've performed multiple prostate exams on the fella in NoM, he is clean....figuratively.
Okay, so here's a question for those who've gotten the platinum trophy. I've gotten the first two endings and I'm planning on just reloading my saves, hitting up the optional areas I missed, and then going all the way through the main chalice dungeons. That said, how difficult/much of a grind are those dungeons going to be in order to get the boss trophy associated with them? I've got pretty high stats, a +10 weapon with a good deal of damage enhancing runes, and if it's any indication of my skill level, it only took me two tries for the last boss (last before the "true" or third ending).
Later Chalices are the hardest content in the game, especially Depth 5 and the defiled.
You may also need to grind for materials for some Chalices.
Would have been amazing if the pig killed him after the exam.
Yeah, the grinding is going to need to happen. I have barely any ritual blood. But in terms of difficulty, is it more the bosses or are there a lot of bullshit enemies with poison and frenzy? Along those same lines, any areas that just give you poison because the game is just being a dick?
So I have a question.
I've beaten the game and platinumed it.
Was there any positive to having a lot of insight? It gives enemies new moves, adds new enemies to some areas, reduces your frenzy resist.
I just started dumping it into fire/bolt paper after a while because it didn't seem worth it to have.
I've beaten the game and platinumed it.
Was there any positive to having a lot of insight? It gives enemies new moves, adds new enemies to some areas, reduces your frenzy resist.
I just started dumping it into fire/bolt paper after a while because it didn't seem worth it to have.
This is a good list. Tells how to get them.
Seeing bunch of different stuff. Hear
Gehrman
I did! Is her
revival eventual or something optional
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Don't remember the areas really and I don't think there are bullshit enemies. The enemies have more hp and do more dmg prob similar to ng+. The bosses have a lot more hp and do a lot of dmg as well From what I have seen the vast majority of players are 110+ for the last 2 dungeons. I was lvl140 when I finished. But you do get a lot more blood echoes as well.
No frenzy, and overall there's not much regular bullshit in the areas up until root depth 5, and thats after the platinum.
There's some hard new bosses there, and theres one Chalice that cuts your health to half. Thats where everyone have the biggest problems.
No, its found in
uper cathedral ward. You need to get the choir key from Yaar Ghul to go there
I think i'm not making myself clear. I know all that, i lock on regular enemies and small bosses, i just don't on the bigger ones. Still, some of the big bosses are very fast and that makes very hard to follow them even without the lock on because the camera behaves in a unpredictable way (and this is way worse if you are near a wall or some other obstacle).
tamaster92
Member
spent two days dying to martyr over and over with summoned help dying too all the time. Just about ready to give up.
Spent my last insight point and last 10 blood vials on one last chance.
We fucking steamrolled him, felt SO good. Makes me remember why I love these games so much
Spent my last insight point and last 10 blood vials on one last chance.
We fucking steamrolled him, felt SO good. Makes me remember why I love these games so much
Aeroglyphics
Member
I bet it's the Beast Claw that your missing.
It's not in the story mode, its in the dungeons, I forget which one.
OniBarubary
Banned
Aw yuss, got my Eileen, Hunter of Hunters shirt today!
So much better than official merch.
So much better than official merch.
Karsticles
Member
You get there naturally through the game's progression if you got to the first floor.
when you get sent to Nightmare Frontier by that weird Alien looking dude is that a secret area? And is it a PVP battleground or something? Whenever I'm in there theres always a sinister bell looking for players to come gank me. I faced my first pvp opponent and just won due to my blood vials.
Thanks. Got the tools.
Whoa!! Where do I get it????Aw yuss, got my Eileen, Hunter of Hunters shirt today!
So much better than official merch.
Focus on using attacks that hit her head and left arm. The hunters axe 2-handed mode R2 is a nice downward overhand chop that will get her right in the face if you aim it right.
Consider unlocking the camera, it will give you a bigger dodge so you can avoid her attacks.
Don't hesitate to get some distance from her when you need to heal, she's really not very aggressive compared to some of the other bosses.
If it helps, I absolutely demolished her with the Ludwig. Didn't try another weapon but it was taking chunks off and the R2 charge when she was healing made it a relatively easy fight.
KillerDark
Member
Ludwigs is a fantastic weapon, highly recommend it