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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters |OT| Old Hunters. New Tricks, Bells & Whistles.
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Cow Goes Moo
Member
cool might go back after getting all these rad weapons
I made a gem farming tutorial vid for a late DLC area:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV6KxXpMcGg
It's a simple loop you can run in a minute. Vid shows how to kill what drops the gems safely and consistently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV6KxXpMcGg
It's a simple loop you can run in a minute. Vid shows how to kill what drops the gems safely and consistently.
I am a big fan of Dark Souls 2, and even more of Scholar, but they certainly did not fix the hitboxes on a lot of moves. The problem was certainly overstated due to the confusion surrounding adaptability, but even in Scholar there are just downright confusing moves that must have been untested or something.
Another poster mentioned the Hippo grabs- I am not sure why that thing has a hitbox within a thousand feet of the damn enemy. Also, that was a particularly bad choice because everyone sees the Hippo 5 minutes into their gameplay, which almost immediately soured people who couldn't dodge the move due to a combination of low adaptability and poor hitboxing.
I'm in front of the boss fog.
Quick and easy haha.
Fancy Clown
Member
I had OoK down to one hit left and died fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuick
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
From Software are evil.
TeddyShardik
Banned
I just parried someone with the Augur of Ebrietas. 
Could you always do that?
Could you always do that?Need help?
Dhruv_hanom
Member
lol Thanks! also thanks to whoever joined us
You're welcome
Aspirations26
Member
Hmm that glyph code didn't work for me.
Fancy Clown
Member
Nah, I'm determined to solo all the bosses. Thanks tho
The DLC is really challenging.
Enemies are relentless, fast, and have high poise. One thing that I don't like is how the hunters rotate when you side-step them. It's not like the way Havel does a 180, it's more like the turtle guys from Dark Souls II where their feet are planted and sliding around the ground as you strafe.
I'm currently at the entrance fighting the Cthulu thing, and I'm toast whenever he buffs.
Edit: I love getting into slug-fests lol. I just wack away at the hunters as they wack away at me, and I still win.
Edit Edit: Oh, also forgot to mention that I'm not fond that they recycled the environment. Even if they changed the skybox and retextured everything. I want to see completely new environments.
(I'm about 2 hours in).
Enemies are relentless, fast, and have high poise. One thing that I don't like is how the hunters rotate when you side-step them. It's not like the way Havel does a 180, it's more like the turtle guys from Dark Souls II where their feet are planted and sliding around the ground as you strafe.
I'm currently at the entrance fighting the Cthulu thing, and I'm toast whenever he buffs.
Edit: I love getting into slug-fests lol. I just wack away at the hunters as they wack away at me, and I still win.
Edit Edit: Oh, also forgot to mention that I'm not fond that they recycled the environment. Even if they changed the skybox and retextured everything. I want to see completely new environments.
(I'm about 2 hours in).
TheBlackMarvel
Member
I just parried someone with the Augur of Ebrietas.
Nope, they added that in a patch.
on my way
Mmmh I never shared a glyph before, are you supposed to do something in game before other people can use it?
Facism
Member
Sweetabix. Waiting by fog door, character name is zey
TeddyShardik
Banned
Ah okay. I was so surprised by that that i didn't even get the visceral off in time.
Oh shit....that is very cool
also
The summoned hunter who drops bloody clothes....how do you finish his "quest" Ive only found him in two areas...also I assume he is the Cleric Beast
mickcenary
Member
I'm actually finding L
way harder than K
. Ridiculous health pool.
aurence
os
After many, many hours, I have finally defeated
solo. Damn this feels good. Here are some of my strats, if anyone is as desperate as I was to kill this guy (NG+ level 120 with Ludwig Sword):
Now that I've done everything in the DLC, I loved it. The three new areas are great, though perhaps a bit on the easy side? Honestly the first area gave me the hardest time, and they progressively got easier from there. The first and optional bosses gave me the hardest time. The first one felt like a really great boss design, but the optional boss wasn't as good, IMO. The highlight is definitely the abundance of new weapons. The church pick and Rakuyo are great for skill oriented builds like mine, but I'm itching to make a strength and arcane build for the rest of them. Great DLC overall.
Laurence
Lock on during his first form = bad time. I was almost constantly right up against him always circling around him clockwise, unless I really needed to GTFO to heal. But leaving when you're close to him is pretty scary. Learning to dodge his three consecutive hits with his big hand consistently will really help.
For his second form, I took it super slow and played the long game. I used bolt paper constantly and only attacked once or twice when he did his fire spew. Didn't risk attacking under any other circumstances. I would also never lock on, and I'd always keep my eye on the arena. I would always try to be in the bigger half of the arena in order to maximize my space for when he does that terrible multislash bumrush. Whenever he'd do it I'd bait him to walk against the right wall and when he'd finish, I'd run around to the left over to the side with more space. If I was lucky he'd do fire spew right away and I could run to his left, get a hit or two in, and then book it. If you can get this strategy down, it's not very hard, just a matter of smart spacing and not screwing up, which is a serious factor when you're going so slow.
For his second form, I took it super slow and played the long game. I used bolt paper constantly and only attacked once or twice when he did his fire spew. Didn't risk attacking under any other circumstances. I would also never lock on, and I'd always keep my eye on the arena. I would always try to be in the bigger half of the arena in order to maximize my space for when he does that terrible multislash bumrush. Whenever he'd do it I'd bait him to walk against the right wall and when he'd finish, I'd run around to the left over to the side with more space. If I was lucky he'd do fire spew right away and I could run to his left, get a hit or two in, and then book it. If you can get this strategy down, it's not very hard, just a matter of smart spacing and not screwing up, which is a serious factor when you're going so slow.
Now that I've done everything in the DLC, I loved it. The three new areas are great, though perhaps a bit on the easy side? Honestly the first area gave me the hardest time, and they progressively got easier from there. The first and optional bosses gave me the hardest time. The first one felt like a really great boss design, but the optional boss wasn't as good, IMO. The highlight is definitely the abundance of new weapons. The church pick and Rakuyo are great for skill oriented builds like mine, but I'm itching to make a strength and arcane build for the rest of them. Great DLC overall.
TheBlackMarvel
Member
Dhruv_hanom
Member
Woops got too greedy :-\
The two you encountered are probably the one on the bridge and the second near the shell monsters right? the third one should be at the bottom of the area where you encountered the first one on the bridge. the last one is in the underground cell right after the first boss.
Yeah he's definitely harder, which is probably why he's optional.
Thanks I assume the last one unlocks after the third battle?
CMojicaAce
Member
Alright I need help with OoK. Anyone in?
Level 80 NG
Password is tacosGAF
Level 80 NG
Password is tacosGAF
Dhruv_hanom
Member
I don't think, you can summon anyone there at your point in the game.
xxTHIN_WHITE_DUKExx
Member
I think you need to share the code so it opens the chalice to everyone.
HORRORSHØW
Member
you need the ROOT chalice unlocked in your game of the chalice you want to run. you also need to make it once.
I think the last one unlocks after beating the final boss because I just ran away from the first 3 battles and only killed him in the last.
Facism
Member
Oh okay. That gives me a reason to bother reactivating my ps+ membership then.
There is no order iirc. I think encountering the first one makes him invade you in those specific locations.
CMojicaAce
Member
Welp. Ringing again if you want to help lol
OoK
Password: tacosGAF
OoK
Password: tacosGAF
Fancy Clown
Member
Got him to one hit away before dying AGAIN. Are you fucking kidding me??
HORRORSHØW
Member
check it
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
OoK
Fancy Clown
Member
Have fun